March has been packed with sports fun - football trades, college basketball on every channel and the revving engines of motor sports, but April is when things start to heat up, and I’m not just talking about the weather!
Top 8 sporting events that happen in April:
- Starting 3/31 - Baseball is back in the swing of things. Get ready for seven months of analyzing how much money it takes for a team to put together a winning roster, and be on the lookout for the younger teams to try and make a name for themselves, like the Kansas City Royals started to last year. 2013 Baseball Schedule
- 4/8 – March Madness will come to an end when Syracuse, Witchita State (Who?), Michigan or Louisville will be crowned College Basketball King for the year! These next three games should be exciting! Final Four Schedule
- 4/9 – Women’s College Basketball takes the court after reining champion and top seeded Baylor goes down in the Elite 8. Who will be taking home the tiara this year? Final Four Schedule
- 4/11 - 4/14 – The Golf Masters at Augusta. Tune in to see if Tiger Woods can remain the #1 golfer in the world and win his 15th major! Do you even own 15 pairs of shoes? Masters at Augusta Schedule
- 4/13 - College Hockey Frozen Four takes the ice when the four remaining teams slash it out on the ice for the top championship in college hockey. This is also where smaller schools make a name for themselves on a National stage…this year in the Frozen Four: St. Cloud State, Yale, UMass Lowell and all mighty Quinnipiac. Frozen Four Schedule
- 4/20 - NBA Playoffs begin and you can bet all eyes will be on the reigning champions, The Miami Heat! Not only have they been on fire all year, but it doesn’t look like they are ever going to cool off. We’ll be able to let Lebron know if he gets to keep his crown in June, but he better watch out – teams are coming for him.
- 4/25 - 4/27 - NFL Draft Weekend aka college graduation for football players! This is the weekend, when the top 200 college football players find out where they are going to go to training camp in the summer. Tune in for a lot of crowd noise, and pictures of athletes and their families (oh yeah, and their hot girlfriends)! Draft details
- 4/30 - Stanley Cup Playoffs begin. Due to the lockout, there was a much shorter hockey season this year. So teams are just starting to get to know each other and get an idea for where their teammates are on the ice. So the playoffs are really going to act like the middle of the season. Should be a good one!
As I sit here and write this, I realize that someone might want to reconsider the name April for this month, and just call it Playoffs month!
As always – feel free to ask me any sports related questions in the comment section below.
