PGA Tour: Chris Couch nabs his first-ever PGA Tour win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans despite bogeying the 17th hole, and experiencing a weird 18th. On the last hole, Couch hit his drive into a cut of rough, then flew his second shot over the green into the back of the sand bunker behind it. With a funny stance, his third shot only left the bunker onto the rough in front of it. Couch then proceeded to hole his fourth shot to make par and win with an overall score of 19-under, defeating co-runners-up Charles Howell III and Fred Funk by one shot. It was a great ending to an odd week for Couch in the Big Easy. A week earlier, Couch had gotten lost in a bad part of New Orleans, then hitched a ride with strangers who took him into an even worse part of town, where he had to go to a tattoo parlor just to call police so they could help him find his car.(SI.com)
The biggest losers of the day are USC players. The Texans choose Williams over Bush, the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner, while Leinart, the 2005 Heisman winner, is not chosen until the tenth pick and RB LenDale White winds up going to Tennessee with the 13th pick of the second round (45th overall).
The Packers trade WR Javon Walker to the Broncos for a second-round draft pick.
Chelsea 3–0 Manchester UnitedChelsea clinches back-to-back Premier League Championships for the first time in the club's 100 year history. However, England's hopes for the 2006 World Cup may have suffered a blow when Man U's Wayne Rooney was injured in the 80th minute and will be out for six weeks with a metatarsal fracture in his right foot.(Premierleague.com)[permanent dead link]
Ottawa Senators 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: The longest sports championship defense in modern history ended when the Senators knocked out the Lightning in five games. Tampa Bay won the Stanley Cup in 2004, and the 2004–05 season was cancelled due to the lockout between the owners and the players. The Toronto Blue Jays had held the previous record of over one and a half seasons due to the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
FC Barcelona 75–84 CSKA MoscowThe Russians come back from a 12-point deficit in the third quarter to advance to the final, ending a string of three consecutive losses in the Euroleague semis.(Euroleague.net)
Middlesbrough 4–2 Steaua Bucharest (Middlesbrough wins on aggregate 4–3.) For the second successive round, Middlesbrough require to score four goals to win – and for the second successive round Massimo Maccarone scores the 4th goal in the 89th minute.(uefa.com)
MLB Chief Operating Officer Bob DuPuy announced that Major League Baseball is prepared to select an ownership group for the Washington Nationals at the May 17 – 18 owners' meeting in New York City. MLB is asking for $450 million, and there are eight active bids, including one led by former Seattle Mariners owner Jeff Smulyan. (ESPN.com)
Villarreal 0–0 Arsenal (Arsenal win 1–0 on aggregate) Jens Lehmann saves a last-minute penalty to ensure Arsenal proceed from a nervy semi-final, Arsenal's 10th successive Champions League match without conceding a goal.(uefa.com)
This match will be remembered for Jason Gillespie's remarkable double century, the only instance in Test cricket in which a nightwatchman passed 200. Gillespie later admitted it was "ridiculous ... I was just lucky that the shots came off and I had a bit of a laugh all the way."[1]
Arsenal 1–0 VillarrealIn the last European match at Highbury, Arsenal take their Champions League record of clean sheets to 9. Villarreal suffer their first-ever loss against an English team. Kolo Touré scored the only goal of the match, to send Arsenal to Spain next Tuesday with an advantage.(uefa.com)
Liverpool mark the 17th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 that killed 96 fans. Originally scheduled to play Blackburn today, the match was put back by a day to allow for the Liverpool players to attend the memorial ceremony at Anfield.
A Test century by Shahriar Nafees led Bangladesh to an impressive score of 427 in their first innings. Australia struggled, precariously placed at 145/6 at stumps on Day 2. On the third day of play, Adam Gilchrist led Australia's revival with an innings of 144. Bangladesh squandered their impressive lead, dismissed for 148 in the second innings, leaving Australia 307 runs to claim victory. Australian captain Ricky Ponting's undefeated innings of 118 guided Australia to victory midway through the fifth and final day's play. Australia leads the series 1–0, with one Test to play.
Middlesbrough 4–1 FC Basel: Middlesbrough stage an amazing comeback from their 2–0 first leg defeat, and after conceding an away goal to Basel, to score 4, the winner coming in the final minutes of the match.(UEFA.com)
American Football: The NFL releases its schedule for the 2006 season. This is the first year that the NFL will use a "flexible-scheduling" system in order to show the biggest games during prime time. In the system, new Sunday Night Football rights holder NBC will have a choice of all the games played on Sunday afternoons starting with Week 11. However, CBS and FOX will have the right to protect some of their biggest games.
Because of the ongoing investigation about player behavior, Duke University men's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler resigned, and in turn, the school announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2006 season.
Second Test, Kandy:Mohammad Asif takes 11 wickets in the second Test match, including five for 27 in the second innings when Sri Lanka were bowled out for 73, as Pakistan turn a 109-run deficit on first innings into an eight-wicket win. Asif is named Man of the Match and Man of the Series. (Scorecard)
Justin Langer's landmark 100th Test. Unfortunately, the Australian opener was hit on the helmet by a Makhaya Ntini delivery and was forced to retire hurt, having faced only the one delivery. Langer played no further part in the Test.[2][3]
A.C. Milan 3–1 Lyon: Lyon came within three minutes of progressing to their first-ever Champions League semi-final, before two late goals see Milan through for the third time in four years.(UEFA.com)
(3 Minneapolis) Florida 73, (2 Oakland) UCLA 57: Final Four Most Outstanding Player Joakim Noah leads the Gators to their first NCAA basketball championship, scoring 16 points and setting a championship-game record with six blocked shots.