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"Mhm. AP Sports. I'm Bruce Morton. The World Series stands at 11 after the Diamondbacks Saturday took Game two from texas 9 to 1 Arizona starter Merrill Kelly went seven powerful innings and says getting a fall classic win is a special moment. I don't think anybody being can predict able to sit here and pitch in the World Series. You know, I think there's a lot of people out there that want to be a part of the game. You know, you've got to be at the right right. Got to be at the right place at the right time and obviously have the right team around you. Just really everybody that has helped contribute to me being in this spot. The Dbacks were up 2 -1 before they chased loser Jordan Montgomery with two runs in the seventh. Ranger manager Bruce Bochy is asked if Montgomery might have been fatigued from an earlier postseason relief appearance. He was in a good place as well. Like I said, so. I don't know how much it affected him, but he's not saying it did. Game three is Monday night in Phoenix. College football Devin Neal ran for a go ahead TD with 55 seconds left and Kansas held on to stun number six Oklahoma 3833, a victory that quarterback made Jason being a happy man. This program has been through, you know, this school and this state. I mean, that's just means everything to, you know, get that win and against that school, you know, in that fashion you know, it's just huge for us. In the day's top matchup, eighth ranked Oregon squished number 13 Utah six 35 and earned high marks from coach Dan Lanning. Extremely proud of our team. You know, I thought this was This was our most complete game. We played a four quarter game from start to finish. We faced moments of adversity. Our guys never flinched. You know, it's really complimentary football from offense, defense, special teams, field position. And again, I thought we played our most complete game since I've been the head coach here against a really good team. Other ranked winners included Georgia, Ohio State, Florida State, Washington, Texas, and Penn State. Martin, Bruce AP sports. When it counted in the fourth quarter, Ohio State made the winning plays to pull away for a 94 -10 road win over Wisconsin. The Buckeyes carried a 17 -10 lead into the fourth, sealed the game with a 33 -yard touchdown run from Trayvon Henderson, who rushed for 162 yards. Buckeyes coach Ryan and Day says they were tested by the Badgers. They did a nice job with everything. The fans were really into it as a great environment. so, we want to go on a road and be road warriors. Marvin Harrison Jr. made his mark to touchdown catches, including the tie -breaking score in the third quarter. Chuck Freeman, Madison. Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey hit 34 points each as Philadelphia topped Toronto 114 -107 at Scotiabank Arena. Maxey was 12 of 20 from the field and 7 of 9 from three -point range. Being able to get as many shots as possible, being able to get Joel and guys involved to take care of the ball, that's going to be huge for us. I think we did good a pretty job with that today. The Sixers kept the giveaways to a minimum, committing just nine turnovers. Scotty Burns was Toronto's top scorer with 24 as former Raptor coach Nick Nurse won his first game in his return north of the big Toronto. Thank you for listening to the AP Radio Network. Did you know that you can prints purchase of AP's photography for your personal or small business use? Every day AP's photographers capture incredible images from all around the world.
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"Contention. AP Sports, I'm Geffen Koolbaud. Number one Georgia bounced back from an 11 point halftime deficit to beat South Carolina 24 -14. AP's Dave Ferry has more. Bulldogs The trailed 14 -3 until day one Edwards, Dylan Bell, and Cass Jones ran for second half touchdowns. Edwards ran for 118 yards on 20 carries after missing the dog's first two games with a lingering knee injury. head Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart. At the end of the day, is it what they did? Is it what we did? And their pressure was effective early. Number three Florida State also survived an upset bid after nearly blowing a 21 point second half lead in a 31 -29 win at Boston College. Seminoles coach Mike Norvell. I definitely believe in this team of how they will respond in this situation, but that's the game of the ball. Number two Michigan and number four Texas cruise to easy victories. Elsewhere in the AP top I've Missouri upset number 15 Kansas State on Harrison Meebus's 61 yard field goal with no time remaining. This team deserves the win. You know they've shown so much resilience over the summer. It's really about them. It's not about me. Florida knocked off number 11 Tennessee 29 to 16 for the Gators straight home victory in the series. Major League Baseball Los Angeles Angels two way star Shohei Ohtani was ruled out for the rest of the season with an oblique injury and will also have surgery on the ligament tear in his pitching elbow. The league leading Braves fell to the Marlins 11 to 5 after a six run eighth inning Jazz Chisholm Jr. slugged a three run blast in the frame to help Miami stay within a half game of the final NL wildcard spot. It shows the fight we got. I mean everybody voted us to be last this year and we just came out with a vengeance and had that fight in our heart that we're not going to come out here and we're not going to lay down you know we're not going to be bottom feeders every here. Division leaders Baltimore Milwaukee and the L .A. Dodgers were victorious while the Astros and Twins were defeated. I'm guessing cool Bob AP sports. Thank you for listening to the AP radio network. Hey did you know that the Associated Press produces news related books. Here's what's new and upcoming First pet presidential dogs cats and other critters deadly force fatal
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"The Russian ousted top seed Carlos Alcaraz in four sets. Steve Carney AP sports. I'm Steve Carney. The Orioles extend their winning streak to a major league best six in a row in Boston as Kyle Bradish leads Baltimore to 11 to win over the Red Sox. I was talking with Adly after he said I look really locked in out there. Every shape was feeling good over the plate. I've thrown a lot of strikes, minimizing damage. So yeah, felt really good. Baltimore leads the American League with 89 wins on year. the The Rays White Sox Blue Jays Athletics Guardians and Twins were also victorious in the American League. Milwaukee He stays atop the National League Central with a win in the Bronx correspondent Tom Merriam reports. The Brewers added another game to their lead atop the National League Central by beating the Yankees 8 to 2. The game was tied at two entering the seventh inning when Milwaukee scored three times to gain the victory for Craig Council's team. William Contreras, Carlos Santana, Willie Adamas all had RBI gave up just three hits to the Yankees led by starter Collin Ray. The Yankees two runs came on a homer by rookie sensation Jason Dominguez his fourth in seven big league games. The Braves Diamondbacks Cardinals Dodgers Marlins Padres and Giants also won in the National League. The remaining members of the Pac -12 are resorting to legal action in efforts to salvage the crumbling conference correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh has more. Oregon State and Washington State have filed a complaint in Washington State Court against the Pac -12 and Commissioner George Kovf. It seeks a court order preventing 10 departing members from standing in the way of the two schools efforts to the rebuild conference. The Pac -12 currently has 12 members but 10 of them are leaving next year. And the final American man has been eliminated at the U .S. Open with Ben Shelton losing to second seed Novak Djokovic semifinal. in the I think the two weeks as a whole was a good run for me. A lot of positives to take away for the rest of the year and go into next year. Djokovic faces No. 3 Daniel Medvedev in the final after the Russian ousted top seed Krasn four sets Steve Carney AP sports. The official number of those still missing from Hawaii's wildfires has dropped. I'm Lisa Dwyer. Hawaii's governor says that the number of people still missing following wildfires that destroyed the historic community of Lahaina has dropped to 66. The Valley of the Missing is now significantly lower than a week earlier when authorities said that 385 people remained unaccounted for. The number of confirmed deaths is still at 115. The deadliest U .S. wildfire in more than a century swept through Lahaina on August 8th, destroying more than 2 thousand structures. The governor says that in the coming weeks, authorities will begin to schedule supervised visits for residents so that they can return and view their property. I'm Lisa Dwyer. AP news for this Saturday, September 9th. I'm Jackie Quinn. President Biden oversees in India with his G20 counterparts, praising the approval of a multinational rail and shipping project involving the U .S. that will expand exports from India into the Middle East eventually and into Europe, unlocking endless opportunities, including making it far easier to trade, export clean energy, expand access to reliable clean electricity. The G20 leaders also voted to accept the membership of the African Union and approved a statement of support for Ukraine considered a watered down version, but defended by India's foreign minister concerns about unimpeded deliveries of grain, foodstuff and fertilizers. The the issues of attacks on the relevant infrastructure. Russia did sign onto the which agreement, is considered a diplomatic victory for India. The death toll continues to grow in Morocco, though, where a powerful earthquake has killed more than 1000 people. Here's our Karen Chamis. Rescuers crawl under the rubble of a collapsed building in a village near Marrakesh, as a building is trapped underneath. The magnitude -6 .8 quake toppled buildings and walls in ancient cities, not designed to withstand such powerful tremors. Hurricane Lee has lost some of its power, river, now a Category 3 storm chugging toward the Caribbean islands. Hurricane specialist Daniel says the storm is not expected to make landfall, but it will churn up the waters. Swells are begin going to to impact places like the Bahamas, parts of the southeast US coast as we get into Monday and Tuesday. Health experts are urging Americans to get vaccinated against the flu and new variants of COVID -19. A big Vatican meeting next month. I'm Walter Ratliff with the Religion Minute. Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the of future the Catholic Church behind closed doors. He says the three week conference is a religious moment for the church and not a television program that's open to scrutiny. The Senate of bishops will convene after an unprecedented two year harvesting of rank and file Catholics around the globe and their hopes for the church. Catholic bishops in Ukraine are upset about the Vatican's diplomatic neutrality in that country's war with Russia. The 86 year old Pope told Russian Catholic youths in August they are the heirs of the great Mother Russia and he cited Peter the Great and Catherine II as examples. Moscow in turn praised the Pope's comments. The head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine told Francis that the faithful are sensitive to every word from the pontiff as the universal voice of truth and justice. I'm Walter And I'm Jackie Quinn, AP News. Thank you for listening to the AP Radio Network. For news on the go, try the AP Mobile App. Get breaking US and international news from the world's most trusted news source, plus stories more from than 800 local media companies. Choose to see the content that interests you most, whether it's sports scores, entertainment highlights, global news, or the latest from your hometown. AP is Mobile available in English and Spanish and can be AP sports. I'm David David Schuster, another busy college football Saturday with the biggest game, number 11 Texas, going into Tuscaloosa and beating number three Alabama 34 -24 behind quarterback Quinn Ewers.
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"Three six four seven seven six win over the eight seed Yannick Sinner and that will take on the top seed Carlos Alcaraz in his bid for a third consecutive major win this year. The Spaniard advanced to his second Grand Slam final with a dominating straight eight sets win over the third seed Daniel Medvedev. Baseball. The Rangers erupted for nine runs over their final two at bats to earn the twelve four trouncing of the Guardians Rangers starter John Gray for us to come alive like that and like really put it on them it was just what really one sided after the fifth inning Corey Seager Adolis Garcia and Jonah Haim all homeward for Texas in the eighth inning. Bowen Josh Naylor hit two run homers in the third to give Cleveland a four nothing lead. Gary McKellips watched baseball's best team. Matt Olsen's first inning grand slam backed by Charlie Martin's seven solid innings of pitching led the Atlanta Braves to a nine nothing victory over the Chicago White Sox. Olsen picked up where he left off before the All -Star break by hitting his 30th home run of the year. When it's going well you're not sure if you want the days off but I think everybody throughout the course of the season you need you that need blow midway through. Adam Frazier and Dean Kramer led the Orioles sixth straight win 5 2 over the Marlins. Kramer was sharp in holding Miami to a run in two hits with eight strikeouts over six innings. Just kind of went back to basics and just try to control breathing and kind of control my tempo and and release all and that. Frazier homer twice and was three for four with four RBIs. Cedric Mullins had three hits and scored twice for birds. the Other National League winners were the Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Brewers and Rockies. The Blue Jays, Red Sox, Astros, Twins and Tigers were the AL winners, and the Cardinals and Nationals were suspended in the third inning. I'm Dave Ferry, AP Sports. The Astros began second half play with a 7 to 5 win over Shohei Ohtani and the Angels. Houston's Kyle Tucker had two hits and knocked in a run. We had lot a of really good at bats and our pitching staff did a good job. Our defense did pretty well too, so pretty happy with it. OJ Abreu had a three -hit game with an RBI. JP France started, but the win went to Phil Mayton. Ohtani allowed five runs in five innings. His record now seven and five as the Angels lose their sixth in a row. Mark Myers Anaheim. Five straight wins for the Dodgers as they return from All the -Star break with a 6 -0 win over the Mets. LA was hitless for four innings, but in the fifth, Justin Verlander walked three straight and then surrendered an RBI single to Mookie Betts. You know, we got a pretty good team, you know, but I think we grinded, you know, the whole game. We gave them some tough at bats and we were able to cash in. Julio Arias allowed a first inning leadoff double and that was the Mets' lone hit. He went six innings for his seventh win. Mike Mancuso, New York. Matt Olsen's first inning grand slam, backed by Charlie Morton's seven solid innings of pitching, led the Atlanta Braves to a 9 -0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Olsen picked up where he left before off the All -Star break by hitting his 30th home run of the year. When it's going well, you're not sure if you want the days off, but I think everybody, throughout the course of the season, you need that blow midway through, so it was good to come out and play the game we played today. gave Morton up just three hits en route to his tenth win against six losses. Gary McKellips, Atlanta. Adam Frazier and Dean Kramer led the Orioles' sixth straight win, 5 -2 over the Marlins. Kramer was sharp in Miami holding to a run and two hits with eight strikeouts over six innings. Just kind of went back to basics and just tried to control breathing and kind of control my tempo and release and all that. Frazier, a homer twice, and was three for four with four RBIs, helping Baltimore pull within one and a half games of the race for the AL East lead. Cedric Owens had three hits and scored twice for the birds. Marlins starter Cindy Alcantara left with a game tied 2 -2. Miami stayed three and a half games ahead of the third -place Phillies in the AL East. I'm Dave Ferri. The Rangers erupted for nine runs over their final two at bats to earn the 12 -4 trouncing of the Guardians. Rangers starter John Gray. For us to come alive like that and really put it on them, it was just really one -sided after the fifth inning. So, I mean, it was really good to see. Cory Seeger, Adolis Garcia, and Jonah Heim all homeward for Texas in the eighth inning, as did Nathaniel Lowe in the fourth. Heim had three hits and four RBIs for the Rangers, who scored five in the eighth, and four more in the eighth. Bo and Josh Naylor had two run homers in the third to give Cleveland a 4 -0 lead. were They the first brothers in a decade to homer in the same inning for the same team. I'm Dave Ferry. Corbin Burns worked innings, six and Victor Caratini singled home the lone run in the seventh to give the Brewers a 1 -0 win at Cincinnati. Burns struck out 13 and allowed just two hits, staying in the game following a scare in the fifth inning. Pitching intense amid humidity, he squatted behind the mound with his head lowered as trainers rushed over. I was just kind of dizzy and cross eyed there for a minute or two, and it finally started to go away. After a bottle of water and just some time to give a second, it it went away and didn't come out the rest of the game. Graham
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"25 % at Whoa! That's like saving up to one -fourth of... That's gonna leave a mark. BJ's. Absurdly simple savings. Shop today. Not a member? Go to AP Sports. I'm Mike Reeves. Three Detroit Tiger pitchers combined to toss the franchise's ninth no -hitter and a 2 -0 win over the Blue Jays. Matt Manning pitched the first six and two -third innings. Jason Foley recorded the next four outs before Alex Lane closed it out. Here's Foley after the history -making Anytime you achieve something like this in this game, it's awesome and I'm happy to do it with these guys. The Braves continued their winning ways in Tampa Bay. Steve Carney has the story. Spencer Strider earned his 11th win and Sean Murphy hit his 17th home run as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6 to 1. Strider pitched shutout baseball into the seventh allowing just four hits and striking out 11. The hander right says his start was the perfect way to head into the All -Star break. It feels like every part is kind of clicking right now and even throughout of the course the game when when somebody's struggling or the offense is struggling or fall behind it's just you know that the other half of the team is going to come pick you up and figure it out and that's kind of what's been happening. Other MLB winners were the Yankees, Cardinals, Orioles, Giants, Nationals, Reds, Guardians, Red Sox, Marlins, Diamondbacks, Astros, Dodgers, and Padres. It was six day at Wimbledon. Graham Agars has this report. The dream run continues for Wimbledon rookie Chris Eubanks, a 27 year old American now into the fourth round after a straight sets win over the Australian Chris O 'Connell. Madison Keys reached the women's final 16 for the fourth time in London continuing her straight sets run through the draw. Men's top seed Carlos Alcaraz dropped his first set of the event but advanced in four. Sixth seed Holger Runé just survived in a wild fifth set tie breakup. Greg Popovich has signed a five -year contract to remain coach and president of the San Antonio Spurs. Women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe has announced that she's retiring at the end of the NWSL season. Golf Nasha Hataoka holds a one shot lead at women's the US Open and Brynden Todd also leads by one at the John Deere Classic. I'm Mike Williams, AP sports. AP News for this Sunday, July 9th. I'm Jackie Quinn. President Biden will be discussing environmental issues with Britain's King Charles, his first stop of his European trip Monday. Tuesday, he joins other NATO leaders in Lithuania. TOPS on the agenda aid for Ukraine, whose president is urging a more speedy delivery of weapons to help with their offensive against Russia. We want to do it faster because every day means new losses of Ukrainians. President Volodymyr Zelensky with a translator on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He wants NATO to signal that Ukraine will eventually be allowed to say that NATO is not afraid of Russia. The U .S. military confirms that it killed a leader of the Islamic State group with a drone strike last week in Syria. In Cleveland, nine people were shot and injured when a gunman opened fire overnight at a nightclub district. Police are still looking for a suspect. Cleveland Councilman Kerry McCormick on WEWStv says more must be done to guns get off the streets. Guns flowing freely in this state even with a cop across the street, that person still was able to access a firearm and commit that crime. There's a for push federal regulators to look into an energy drink, Prime, which is being peddled to kids. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says it has dangerous levels of caffeine. Asking the FDA to investigate Prime for number one, its claims. Number two, it's marketing aimed at kids. And number three, it's eye popping caffeine content. The horror film Insidious 5 tops the box office this weekend, knocking Indiana Jones down second place. This is AP news. Pope Francis has taken another step to mark his stamp on the Catholic Church with the selection of 21 new cardinals, some coming from countries where Catholicism is not widely practiced. The announcement was made during the Pope's weekly Sunday appearance overlooking Saint Peter's Square. The He's chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, where Catholics are a small minority, saying they will manifest the bond for churches around the world. His selections are viewed as a look toward the future, installing the group of churchmen who are his successor. Grammy winning pianist Peter Nero has died. He was 89 years old and spent three decades as the conductor for the Philly Pops Orchestra. I'm Jackie Quinn, AP News. Iowa Republicans have selected the third Monday in January next year for their presidential caucuses, which also happens to be a federal holiday. It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 15th, 2024, only about six away months when Iowa Republican voters will gather for their presidential nominating caucuses. The date is earlier than it has been in the past several years, and it could pose a quandary for Democrats who were hoping to hold their caucus on the same day. But Democrats are bound by a new calendar that makes South Carolina the party's first primary voting state on February 3rd. The early voting states can help set the momentum for a candidate, and many of the GOP contenders have already been visiting Iowa. I'm Jackie Quinn. An annual march has taken place in Bosnia to mark the 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger Nearly 4 ,000 people retrace the route taken by thousands of Bosniak men and boys in the forests of eastern Bosnia. The march takes place every year in memory of the over 8 ,000 mostly Muslim males slaughtered as they tried to escape Srebrenica in 1995 after it was captured by Bosnian Serb forces. One survivor of the the 1995 march Osman Salkic told the AP that walking the same path again was Emotions awful. are mixed when you come here when you remember all the killed people that were lying here at this spot in 1995 and compare it to the situation now. The event comes as ethnic tensions in Bosnia still persist with Bosnian Serbs continuing to push more independence from Bosnia and open calls for separation. I'm Karen Chammas.
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"EP sports, I'm Josh rowntree, a busy night on the diamond and we start in Canada where the Blue Jays dropped the brewer 7 two. Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero junior each had three hits and Kevin biggio had a pair and drove in a run. In Seattle, the Yankees beat the Mariners tend to Aaron judge homered for a third straight game in Houston, the Astros topple the twins 5 one as Alex Bregman, hit his 7th home run of the year. The Orioles dropped the guardians 8 5 Anthony Santander with three hits and three RBIs got our Henderson also drove in three runs. The Padres topped the Marlins 9 four, the rangers out slugged the tigers ten 6 Cincinnati edge Boston 9 8 things to Jose barrero Grand Slam. The mets blank the Phillies to nothing, St. Louis got by the royals two one, while the cubs beat the rays by the same score. The Dodgers beat Washington 9 three and a big change to one of the NBA's marquee franchises, bob Myers departing as president and GM of the Golden State Warriors after winning four titles in an 8 year span. I'm Josh Brown tree, AP sports.
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"AP sports and Mike Reeves, Josef Newgarden won his first Indianapolis 500 passing defending champ Marcus Ericsson in a two and a half mile sprint to the finish. Major League Baseball, the rays defeated the Dodgers 1110, while the rockies beat the bets by that same score, Cleveland got a four three, walk off win over St. Louis, the Orioles were three to two winners over the rangers, Detroit down the White Sox 6 to 5 in ten innings, the royals were three two winners over the nationals, Toronto shut out Minnesota three zero, the brewers won 7 to 5 over San Francisco Cincinnati is an 8 5 winner over the cubs, Miami at two zero winner over the angels, the Diamondbacks defeated the Red Sox four two, Seattle gets a 6 three win in ten innings over Pittsburgh. The Yankees beat the Padres 10.7 and Houston beat Oakland ten to one with the braves downing the Phillies 11 to four emiliano grillo won the PGA's Charles Schwab challenge. You don't play off over Adam schick and Steve stricker was victorious in a playoff over podrick heritage in the PGA scene your championship at Mike Reeves AP sports.
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"AP's sports and Mike Reeves, it was a frantic finish at the Indianapolis 500, our Tom McKay reports. Josef Newgarden used a one lap shootout to grab the lead from 2022 champ Marcus Ericsson to win the Indy 500. You know, I wasn't looking to take anyone else out of the race, but I was going to put my car on the line to win. And I was either going to win the race or I was going to end up in the wall. Newgarden driving for team owner Roger Penske survived a chaotic final 40 miles, which saw the race stop three times for Rex. Major League Baseball the rays win a wild one over the Dodgers in Tampa Bay, correspondent Steve Carney provides the details. The Tampa Bay Rays used a 7th inning RBI ground out by wander Franco to break a ten ten tie and defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11 to ten. Both starters got hit around as Gavin stone allowed 7 runs in two innings of work, while Josh Fleming allowed ten runs in 6 innings, including 5 home runs, Tampa Bay finishes at ten game home stands 7 and three, while the Dodgers complete their longest road trip of 2023 with a four and 6 Mark. The Yankees used a 7 run third inning to defeat the Padres ten to 7, Aaron judge and Harrison Bader hit home runs to support winning pitcher Garrett Cole, who is now 6 and zero. This was a good team win today for sure. I mean, being able to kind of subdue them through the middle innings and keep the momentum. I thought played in our favor, but it's just such a luxury to have the offense. Other winners on the diamond were the guardians Orioles tigers royals, Blue Jays, brewers, reds, rockies, Astros, Marlins, Diamondbacks, Mariners, and braves on the PGA Tour emiliano grillo wins the Charles Schwab challenge in a playoff against Adam chic. It was his first PGA Tour victory. It over 7 and a half years. So it was great. The way it was definitely worth it, it was long, but it was worth it. Steve stricker won the senior PGA Championship in a playoff over podrick Harrington, NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 was postponed due to wet weather. I'm Mike Reeves AP sports.
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"Adler. AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton. The Celtics want to be the exception to the rule. None of the previous 150 teams to lose the first three games of a best of 7 NBA playoff series have won the series, but now against the heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, Boston is down three games to two heading into Saturday's game 6. Celtics coach Joe Missoula says his team's approach can be very simply stated. And so just one day in time one day to tell him understanding what we need to do the best of the condition to win. The winner of this series faces Western Conference champ Denver, the nuggets are in the midst of more than a week of inactivity for guard Jamal Murray. What is the best thing to do? Stay locked in. We don't want to get relaxed. I think that's the biggest we want to relax and just wait, no, we want to stay sharp. Hockey, the golden knights will try again to close out the Western Conference final when they host the stars in game 5 on Saturday. Goaltender Aiden hills team was unable to complete a four game sweep on Thursday in Dallas. You obviously want to win in four. You want to close it on the road, but it's always nice to come back and be in front of the home crowd and playing in our building is always a great time. So you know what I'm excited for tomorrow. Pro football and what was termed a salary cap move, the Arizona Cardinals have released three time all pro wide receiver Deandre Hopkins, baseball and a battle of division leaders Cooper Chris well got his first major league victory as the rays routed the Dodgers 9 three. Steve Carney has the story. Chris well working in bulk relief allowed a run on four hits and four innings of work. The race scored 6 runs in the first four innings off Dodgers starter Noah syndergaard, including yandy Diaz's team leading 12th home run of the season. The wind gets Tampa Bay to a season best 23 games over 500 on the year. Meanwhile, AO west FrontRunner Texas blasted Baltimore 12 to two, and national league east leader Atlanta lost to the Phillies 6 to four. Bruce Martin AP sports. AP sports I'm Bruce Morton. On Saturday in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics continue to pursue history after dropping the first three games of the series to Miami, Boston won the next two of the first 150 teams to trail a best of 7 series three games to none, only 14 have made it to a 6th game, and of those 150 teams, none have won the series.
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"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton. The Celtics want to be the exception to the rule. None of the previous 150 teams to lose the first three games of a best of 7 NBA playoff series have won the series, but now against the heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, Boston is down three games to two heading into Saturday's game 6. Celtics coach Joe Missoula says his team's approach can be very simply stated. One day I found him one day in the column on this family. What we need to do the first president to win. The winner of this series faces Western Conference champ Denver, the nuggets are in the midst of more than a week of inactivity for guard Jamal Murray. What is the best thing to do? Stay locked in. We don't want to get relaxed. So I think that's the biggest we want to relax and just wait, no, we want to stay sharp. Hockey, the golden knights will try again to close out the Western Conference final when they host the stars in game 5 on Saturday. Goaltender Aidan hills team was unable to complete a four game sweep on Thursday in Dallas. You obviously want to win in four. You want to close it on the road, but it's always nice to come back and be in front of the home crowd and playing in our building is always a great time. So you know what I'm excited for tomorrow. Pro football and what was termed a salary cap move, the Arizona Cardinals have released three time all pro wide receiver Deandre Hopkins, baseball and a battle of division leaders Cooper Chris well got his first major league victory as the rays routed the Dodgers 9 three. Steve Carney has the story. Chris well working in bulk relief allowed a run on four hits and four innings of work. The rays scored 6 runs in the first four innings off Dodgers starter Noah syndergaard, including yandy Diaz's team leading 12th home run of the season. The wind gets Tampa Bay to a season best 23 games over 500 on the year. Meanwhile, AO west FrontRunner Texas blasted Baltimore 12 to two, and national league east leader Atlanta lost to the Phillies 6 to four. Bruce Morton AP sports. AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton. On Saturday in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics continue to pursue history after dropping the first three games of the series to Miami, Boston won the next two of the first 150 teams to trail a best of 7 series three games to none, only 14 have made it to a 6th game, and of those 150 teams, none have won the series.
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"Yeah, it's as loud, so it was like, I felt like a little kid out there running around. Other American League winners, the Red Sox, tigers, twins, rangers Astros and Mariners. In the national league, Zack Wheeler threw a shutout innings to lead the Phillies past the braves two to one. Pit my spot's a little better. Getting behind the ball a little better. I think today kind of showed what we worked on. Also in the NL, the Giants, Dodgers nationals, reds, cardinals, rockies, and Marlins were victorious, and engulfed PGA Tour rookie Harry hall from England and Adam schenk shared the 54 hole lead at colonial. I'm given kuba for AP sports. AP news, I'm Shelley Adler. An agreement on the debt deal has been reached. Now that President Biden and House speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle, a House vote has been scheduled. We're going to put the bill on the floor in 72 hours and facet. But democratic congressman Jim heims on Fox News Sunday isn't so sure. It's not done yet, and all you need to do is check the social media of the freedom caucus who are just obliterating this deal. A House vote is expected to take place Wednesday, support from both parties will be needed to win congressional approval before a projected June 5th government default. Now the latest on Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, who was impeached by the Texas House Saturday. Texas AG Ken Paxton says he has full confidence, as he now awaits trial in the state Senate. His conservative allies there include state senator Angela Paxton, his wife, the decisive one 21 to 23 vote in the House amounted to a clear rebuke of the GOP controlled body Republican state representative David spiller. No one person should be above the law. Least not the top law enforcement official of the state of Texas. Audio, courtesy wv, final removal of Paxton requires a two thirds vote in the Senate. He was impeached on 20 articles that included bribery and abuse of public trust. I'm Julie Walker, a growing number of capital rioters are facing hefty fines on top of prison sentences at their hearings. That's because prosecutors appear to be ramping up efforts to prevent them from profiting from their participation in the riot on January 6th and Associated Press review of court records show prosecutors in riot cases are increasingly asking judges to impose sentences that includes fines to offset donations from supporters of the writers. This is AP news. I'm Archie's are a letter with an entertainment update. Jewish groups and politicians have protested outside a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt, Germany. They accuse him of anti semitism and using Nazi imagery, which he denies. The concert is at the festival where more than 3000 Jews were rounded up by Nazis in 1938 and sent to concentration camps. The youngest of the singing Ames brothers Ed Ames has died at the age of 95, according to his wife. The Ames brothers were known for songs like yu yu, sentimental me, rag mop, and the naughty lady of shady lane, Ames became an actor and portrayed mingo on the TV series Daniel Boone
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"AP sports, I'm get cool bought Derrick white scored on a putback with one tenth of a second left and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of the greatest comeback in NBA playoffs history, holding off the Miami Heat one O four one O three Saturday night to force a game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jayson Tatum had 31 points and jaylen Brown 26 for the Celtics who became only the fourth NBA team to erase a three O deficit in a best of 7 series and force a deciding game 7 played Monday in Boston. In other NBA news, the bucks are finalizing a deal to make Adrian Griffin their head coach after spending the last 5 seasons as a raptors assistant. Stanley Cup playoffs tied to scored twice in a span of one minute, 27 seconds, midway through the third period and the Dallas stars beat the Vegas golden knights four to two to stay alive in the Western Conference final Dallas host game 6 Monday down three two and engulf PGA Tour rookie Harry hall from England and Adam shank shared the 54 hole lead at colonial. Gethin kuba AP sports.
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"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton. On Saturday in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics continue to pursue history after dropping the first three games of the series to Miami, Boston won the next two of the first 150 teams to trail a best of 7 series three games to none, only 14 have made it to a 6th game, and of those 150 teams, none have won the series. Hockey, it's also an elimination game for Dallas and the Western Conference final. The stars trail the golden knights three games to one with game 5 Saturday in Vegas. Crow football, the Arizona Cardinals have released three time all pro wide receiver Deandre Hopkins. It was a salary cap move after they failed to find a trading partner in the off season. Baseball, in a battle of division leaders, the rays routed the Dodgers 9 three. Yandy Diaz went three for four with a home run. AL west FrontRunner Texas won big at Baltimore 12 too. And the Padres beat the Yankees 5 to one. Bruce Martin AP sports
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"AP sports I'm David Shuster, one game in both the NBA and NHL playoffs Sunday and they were completely different from a competitive standpoint. We start in the NBA with geth and kuba filling us in on Miami and Boston. The Miami Heat cruise to a three O series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals after blowing out the Boston Celtics one 28 one O two at home in game three. Gabe Vincent pace the heat with a playoff career high 29 points on 11 of 14 shooting. Caleb Martin added 18 points, Jimmy Butler scored 16 and bam adebayo 13. Boston stars Jayson Tatum and jaylen Brown were held to 14 and 12 points respectively on a combined 12 of 35 shooting. Miami can clinch its second NBA Finals birth in four seasons with a win in game four Tuesday. And now over to hockey with Mark Myers reporting on Las Vegas and Dallas. Chandler Stephenson scored early in overtime to give the golden knights a three to two win over the stars and a two O series lead the knights were able to tie the score in the final minute of regulation on a goal by Jonathan Marshall, Aiden hill made 26 saves in the Vegas nets, Jake Avengers stopped 21 shots for the stars who were now zero in four and overtime games this postseason. Turning to baseball, Houston completed a three game sweep of Oakland Sunday's final two zero and how bad are the a's well they're on pace to lose 138 games which would be a record. Other highlights Sunday Oscar Mercado with 5 RBI St. Louis ten 5 over the Dodgers and Cedric mullin 5 hits Baltimore 8 three over Toronto. To golf and Brooks Koepka won his 5th major title, he won the PGA Championship by two shots. That was good. Yeah, this one's this one's definitely special. I think this one's probably the most meaningful of them all with everything that's gone on, all the other crazy stuff over the last few years, but it feels good to be back and get number 5. And in auto racing, Spain's Alex pillow captured the pole position for this year's Indy 500. I'm David Shuster, a P sports.
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"For AP sports on geffen cool bar, the Denver Nuggets rolled to a three O lead in the Western Conference Finals with a one 19 one O 8 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jamal Murray scored 37 points and Nikola Jokić added 24 for Denver, Anthony Davis totaled 28 points and 18 rebounds in LeBron James scored 23 for the Lakers. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, Matthew kuchak was the hero in overtime again, scoring one minute and 51 seconds into OT to give the Florida Panthers a two one win over the Carolina hurricanes and a two O lead in the Eastern Conference final. At the Preakness stakes, Bob Baffert's national treasure crossed the finish line first, Kentucky Derby winner mage finished third in the Preakness, meaning there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a 5th consecutive year. And in golf Brooks Koepka fired a second straight four under 66 to surge into the lead through three rounds at the PGA Championship. Victor Holland is won back at 5 under following a 69 alongside Corey Connors who shot 70. I'm geffen kobach for AP sports.
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"John morant was suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday after he appeared to be holding a gun in another social media video streamed live on Instagram the first led to an 8 game NBA suspension that was handed down in March. It's unclear what sanctions may face for the second video, which was captured Saturday night and widely shared online.
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"AP sports I'm Tom Miriam. Jayson Tatum scored an NBA game 7 record 51 points to leave the Celtics to a one 1288 victory over the 76ers to put the defending Eastern Conference champs back in the east final against the heat starting on Wednesday. Off the court the grizzlies of again suspended star guard John morant after video surfaced of him holding a gun. The golden knights advanced to the west final by eliminating Connor McDavid and the oilers in game 6, 5 to two behind Jonathan Marshall's hat trick. Baseball, the Dodgers topped the Padres for their 5th straight victory, and now have the best record in the national league as the braves lost their fourth straight to the Blue Jays. The rays added to baseball's best record overall by edging the Yankees 8 to 7, thanks to Taylor walls Grand Slam. NASCAR William Byron was the darling of Darlington, winning the Goodyear 400 over Kevin Harvick in overtime, and in golf a big day for Jason Day as he won the Byron Nelson classic with a final round 62. Tom Arian AP sports
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" Four AP sports I'm geffen cool ball, the Seattle kraken aren't done yet after forcing a decisive game 7th correspondent Jim Bernard reports, the Seattle kraken, even their best of 7 playoff series with the Dallas stars at three games apiece with a 6 three victory. The kraken took control early and jumped to a four one lead minutes into the second period. Jordan Everly had two goals and one assist for the game. We played aggressive. I think that's what we had to do. I mean, you don't want to come out in these situations and sit back and go into the summer wondering why. In the NBA, the Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday two years after reaching the NBA Finals in a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year. Phoenix was eliminated from the playoffs Thursday after a 25 point home loss against Denver in the Western Conference semifinals. Major League Baseball, a big day for Bo Bichette led the Blue Jays past the braves 5 to two correspondent John leatherbee reports the shet knocked in a pair of runs, including the go ahead in the 7th inning against the NL east leaders. A lot of really good teams we have to play. So yeah, I mean, it's good, but we've got another one tomorrow and we need to finish strong and get ready for the next one. Dylan cease taught 6 scoreless innings to help the White Sox top the Astros three to one. Really great. Finally, I think some of the work going into it paid off. So anytime you get a win and hold them scoreless, it's fantastic. Other American League winners, the Orioles rangers Yankees twins, Mariners and guardians. In the national league, Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan feltner was struck in the head by a line drive in the second inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, but was able to walk off the field on his own. The Phillies were 7 to four winners. Other NL results, the Dodgers won their fourth in a row four to two over the Padres. The brewers diving backs, reds and cardinals were also victorious, Metz nationals was suspended by rain, and engulfed Austin and China's Marty Doe are seeking a first PGA Tour victory as they share the third Brown lead at 16 under with Ryan Palmer at the Byron Nelson in Texas. I'm geffen Koba for AP sports.
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"Four AP sports I'm geffen cool ball, the Seattle kraken aren't done yet after forcing a decisive game 7th correspondent Jim Bernard reports, the Seattle kraken, even their best of 7 playoff series with the Dallas stars at three games apiece with a 6 three victory. The kraken took control early and jumped to a four one lead minutes into the second period. Jordan Everly had two goals and one assist for the game. We played aggressive. I think that's what we had to do. I mean, you don't want to come out in these situations and sit back and go into the summer wondering why. In the NBA, the Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday two years after reaching the NBA Finals in a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year. Phoenix was eliminated from the playoffs Thursday after a 25 point home loss against Denver in the Western Conference semifinals. Major League Baseball, a big day for Bo Bichette led the Blue Jays past the braves 5 to two correspondent John leatherbee reports the shet knocked in a pair of runs, including the go ahead in the 7th inning against the NL east leaders. A lot of really good teams we have to play. So yeah, I mean, it's good, but we've got another one tomorrow and we need to finish strong and get ready for the next one. Dylan cease taught 6 scoreless innings to help the White Sox top the Astros three to one. Really great. Finally, I think some of the work going into it paid off. So anytime you get a win and hold them scoreless, it's fantastic. Other American League winners, the Orioles rangers Yankees twins, Mariners and guardians. In the national league, Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan feltner was struck in the head by a line drive in the second inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, but was able to walk off the field on his own. The Phillies were 7 to four winners. Other NL results, the Dodgers won their fourth in a row four to two over the Padres. The brewers diving backs, reds and cardinals were also victorious, Metz nationals was suspended by rain, and engulfed Austin and China's Marty Doe are seeking a first PGA Tour victory as they share the third Brown lead at 16 under with Ryan Palmer at the Byron Nelson in Texas. I'm geffen Koba for AP sports.
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"AP sports and Mike Reeves the Denver Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a one 25 100 win over the suns to win their series four games to two, Nikola Jokić led Denver with 32 points ten rebounds and 12 assists, the Celtics forced a game 7 in their series against the 76ers with a 95 86 win in Philadelphia, Marcus smart scored 22 points for Boston while Jayson Tatum scored 15 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter in the NHL, the hurricanes advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a three to two overtime win over the Devils the game winner came on a deflection by yes per fast, the stars took a three games to two lead over the kraken with a 5 to two win in Dallas, the NFL announced their 2023 schedule on Thursday, the Super Bowl champion chiefs will kick off the season on Thursday, September 7th at home against the Lions and will welcome the eagles to town for a Super Bowl rematch on November 20th, Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to make his debut with the jets on Monday Night Football September 11th against the bills. I'm Mike Reeves, AP sports.
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"Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending a lawsuit against sportscaster pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized Thursday for his previous on air statements that Favre had been, quote, stealing from poor people in Mississippi. In a welfare miss spending case. Favre and McAfee both announced the settlement, McAfee, a former NFL punter, apologized during the pat McAfee show on YouTube and said he did not have to make a payment to Favre to settle the suit. Farb still has defamation lawsuits pending against former NFL player Shannon Sharpe and Mississippi auditor SHAD white. I'm geffen coolbaugh.
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"Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars will become the first NFL team to play two international games in the same season when they spend back to back weeks in London this year. The Jaguars will host the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium on October 1st and visit the Buffalo Bills at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 8th. The Jaguars were set to play two designated home games in London in 2020, but the pandemic canceled those plans. The NFL also announced dates for three other international games and released the opponents for a few other games, including the first Black Friday matchup. I'm geffen coolbaugh.
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"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton, high drama in Philadelphia with a sixers series with Boston stands at two two. James Harden's hoop sent the game to overtime, then his three ball with 18 seconds left gave Philip a one 16 one 15 victory. I'm a competitor like I always want to win always want to be aggressive, I always want to do things to contribute to winning. That's just me. In the west, the nuggets met the sons. George Tanner has the story from Phoenix. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each had 36 points as the sons that he had the nuggets one 29 one 24 to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at two victories apiece. Landry shamit had 19 off the bench, including 5, three pointers. The corolla jokic led Denver with a career in playoff I 53 points. Both series resumed with game 5 on Tuesday. Hockey, the Devils pulled within two games to one by thumping Carolina 8 to four. Jack Hughes, who led the way by scoring two goals and helping on two others was glad to be on home ice. They took it to us. When they were at home for two games, so we wanted to come home and match that same energy in, you know? We did a really good job. The Panthers have a three games to none lead over Toronto. Sam Reinhardt came through with the overtime goal as Florida prevailed three to two, and the kraken went up two games to one by pounding Dallas 7 to two. Baseball, the rays ran their major league best record to 28 and 7 by walking off the Yankees in ten innings 8 7. Meanwhile, the top team in the national league flexed its muscles when the braves got past the Orioles. Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson said it was nice to take a series from a quality opponent. Yeah, they're obviously off to a really good start. And it's played some tight games a series, so good to battle out that one today for the series win. Baltimore has the American League's second best mark at 22 and 12. Bruce Morton, AP sports
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"AP sports I'm David Schuster, it's round two for both the NBA and NHL playoffs and Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. It was game two between New York and Miami and Tom Marion was there. The next show some heart when they needed it most to beat the heat one 11 one O 5 and game two to tie their Eastern Conference semifinal series at a game of peace. The Knicks already down a game where down 6 points of the heat with 7 minutes remaining, but outscored Miami 24 12 the rest of the way, as Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart combined for 20 points down the stretch. Jimmy Butler missed the game for the heat with an injured ankle, but Julius Randle returned from his ankle sprain to score 25 for the Knicks. Brunson let all scores with 30. Meanwhile, out in the Bay Area, Anthony Davis had 30 points at 23 rebounds. The Lakers taking game one against Golden State one 17 one 12. Over in the NHL, it was game one between Florida and Toronto and John leatherbee has the details. Part of her hanky scored the tie breaking and eventual game on a goal in the second period as Florida doubled up Toronto four two at Scotiabank arena for hanky took a breakaway pass beating Ilya Samsung for his third goal of the postseason. Nick cousin Sam Bennett and Brandon montour also scored for the peppers, while Matthew nyes with his first NHL goal and Michael bunting replied for the buns. Charlotte widow for four on the power play at Sergei bobrovsky made 34 stops for the win. Game two is Thursday night. And down in Dallas, Yanni gourde scored the game winner in overtime Seattle prevailing 5 four over the stars, turning the baseball, the Yankee snapped their four game losing streak forward to over Cleveland, Gary Cole, with another good outing. It was a good punch and counter punch and I was glad to be able to get deep enough that, you know, we could use our guys, you know, and leverage if we did indeed get the lead, which we did. In Tampa, the rays improved to 24 and 6 with a four one victory over Pittsburgh. Elsewhere, Ryan monkcastle hit two home runs Baltimore 11 7 over Kansas City, and Connor Wong had two home runs, Boston 7 6 over Toronto and back in pro basketball, Joel embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers named the league's MVP. I'm David Shuster, AP sports.
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"ESports, I'm check Freeman, riding the shooting stroke of James Harden who turned in his fight as playoff game, the Philadelphia 76ers, turned back the Boston Celtics in game one of their NBA playoff series one 19 one 15 Hardin had 45 points, including the go ahead three pointer late in the game, the sixers also played without the injured Joel embiid, they learned he was not going to play hours before game time. Out west, Denver has jumped out to a two zero series fleet on Phoenix, Nikola Jokić had 39 points, and Denver's defense holds the suns to 14 points in the fourth quarter to seal the win. On the ice 22 year old Swiss goaltender Akira schmid led the New Jersey Devils to a four zero shutout of the New York rangers, Schmidt had 31 saves to lead his team to the series win, Devils move on to the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the metropolitan division winning Carolina Panthers. In baseball Cleveland knocked off the New York Yankees with the late rally three to two, news off the field, the achy captain Aaron judge has been placed on the injured list with a strained right hip. Check Freeman. AP sports
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"AP sports and Mike Reeves three game 7s were on the pro sports docket Sunday, including in the NBA where the defending champion Golden State Warriors got 50 points from Steph Curry to defeat Sacramento one 20 to 100. It was the first time in NBA history a player scored 50 points in a game 7 in game one of their Eastern Conference semifinal series, the heat won in New York against the Knicks one O 8 one O one led by Jimmy Butler who scored 25 points but suffered a right ankle injury late in the game. The other game 7s were in the NHL where the Florida Panthers defeated the bruins four to three in overtime Boston set league records for regular season wins and points this season Carter verhage scored the game winner Seattle beat Colorado two to one eliminating the defending Stanley Cup champions Oliver bureau strand scored both kraken goals. Tony finau won the PGA's Mexico open and Taylor gooch won the Liv golf invitational in Singapore in a playoff against Sergio Garcia, rain postponed the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover motor speedway. I'm Mike Reeves, AP sports.
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"Or AP sports I'm get cool and emphatic start to the Western Conference semifinals in Denver correspondent Bruce Morton reports. The nuggets thumped Phoenix one 25 one O 7. Denver gained separation in the second quarter led 68 51 at the break and kept its distance. The nuggets Jamal Murray was game high with 34 points. We're gonna keep doing what we're doing, keep proving everybody wrong and just taking one game at a time. Other NBA news, 76ers center, Joel embiid is doubtful with a right knee sprain from Monday's series opener in Boston. Stanley Cup playoffs, John Tavares scored four 35 into overtime to give the Maple Leafs their first playoff series win in 19 years with a two one game 6 win over the lightning. But in saying that, I think we just did a good job of staying within finding ways to win. Also in the east, the rangers forced a game 7 with a 5 two win over the Devils in the west, the oilers eliminated the kings with a 5 four game 6 win. Day three of the NFL Draft, the LA rams drafted two time national title winning Georgia quarterback stetson Bennett in the fourth round. I love competing against the best and, you know, it helps when you got the best on your team. And I think we do. The rams also made Toledo defensive linemen, Dez Juan Johnson, mister irrelevant, with the 259th and final pick. Major League Baseball, the Padres slugged 6 home runs during a Mexico City series game that featured 11 total homers in a 1611 route of the Giants. San Diego manager bob Melvin across the board are bats were really good today. You know, you get the ball in the air and we have some guys that can do that. Other animal results, the pirates swept a double header and the brewers, D backs, Phillies, Dodgers, Marlins, and reds were winners. In the AL, the Orioles and tigers split a double header, while the rays Blue Jays rangers Red Sox and royals were also victorious. And finally, Yankees captain Aaron judges being evaluated for a mild hip strain and the rangers placed ace Jacob de Grom on the 15 day IL with Wright elbow inflammation. I'm geffen kuba for AP sports.
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" AP sports I'm time Miriam. It was a marathon day of sports on Monday, starting with a morning Major League Baseball game, and ending with two late night overtime games in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In between the NBA played two game twos in its opening round series in Philadelphia the 76ers maximized home court advantage defeating the next 96 84 as tyrese maxi led a defense that held the nest for just 35 second half points while scoring 33 himself. We were able to get started time we started when we needed them. Consecutive stops in a row, which led to fast breaks, led to easy buckets. Out west, the kings were beaming again, lighting up the warriors one 14 one O 6 as the air and Fox scored 24 to put Steve Kerr's defending champions in danger of becoming ex champions. We know we have to play better. But we will play better. We're these guys are champions. You saw what they did. It was a good playoff night for kings as the NHL's Los Angeles kings came from behind to stun the oilers four to three in game one on Alex I have follows overtime gold. It took two overtimes for the wild to beat the stars in Ryan Hartman's goal. The bruins said in NHL regular season record for victories and Boston started the postseason with a three one victory over the Panthers. Brad marchand scored what turned out to be the game winner. It's always good to start the first game with a win, but we have an accomplished anything yet. The hurricanes took advantage of home ice to stop the islands due to one in their game one. 25 stays for auntie ranta. Fun to play these games again. Just super excited and getting that home crowd going the baseball at the annual patriots day, morning game in Boston, former Red Sox hunter Renfro got the angels off early with a first inning three run Homer, then drove in another run in the second inning in a 5 four angels victory. I enjoy hitting here, I've been wearing it. I always love the crowd here. Obviously, being my time, even from before I'm being here. Later in the day, winners included the mets, braves, Astros, brewers, Diamondbacks, cubs, reds, pirates, and Marlins. Tom AP sports
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" DP sports, I'm Mike Reeves after battling weather issues on Friday and Saturday. They were able to complete the masters on Sunday. Graham agar's has the story. John Robin has closed out a comfortable four shot victory at the masters to claim his second major title, adding the green jacket to his U.S. open crown became the fourth Spaniard to win at agusta, joining 70 by a sterile Jose Maria Osama and Sergio Garcia. Never thought I was going to cry by winning a golf tournament, but I got very close on that 18th hole. And a lot of it because of what it means to me and to Spanish golf. In the NHL, the Boston Bruins won 5 to three in Philadelphia to set a league record with their 63rd victory. Bruins goaltender, Jeremy swayman. It's hard to win in this league. There's a reason why this record's at 62, because not many teams can get there. So it's a special honor. The play in tournament pairings are set in the NBA in the east 7 seed Miami plays number 8 Atlanta. About number 9 Toronto meets number ten Chicago in the west, the Lakers are the 7th seed and they'll host number 8 Minnesota, LA forward LeBron James for us as good as we don't have to travel. We travel a lot the ladies. It's good that we get to stay here, but that doesn't make us be comfortable. The other Western Conference play in match up will feature number 9 New Orleans against number ten, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, head coach, Willie green knows what to expect from the thunder. You may not get as many shots as the scores are not going to be as higher. And we still have to attack, have tech mentality. On the diamond, the rays defeat Oakland 11 to nothing to improve their record to 9 and O pitcher drew Rasmussen. I think this organization has come to expect big things when it comes to the regular season and moving into the postseason. And so the start we're off to is unbelievable. Wide receiver Odell Beckham junior has agreed to a one year contract with the ravens Beckham did not play last season following ACL surgery and Christopher Bell held off Tyler Reddick to win the dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Reeves AP sports.
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"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton Florida Atlantic is a 9th seed and a team with a ticket to its first final four. This after hanging on to win the east region by topping Kansas state 79 76. Owls guard Brian greenlee says it's great to inhale the tournament's rarefied air. It's pretty surreal. It's a lot of excitement. Just happiness for the unit that we have that everyone gets to experience this together. And also a little bit of just hunger to go finish it off. Meanwhile, Connecticut got to the final four. The huskies made it out of the west, pulling away in the second half to route Gonzaga 82 54. UConn guard Andre Jackson says a final four birth is nice, but not a final destination. We got a lot to prove we still got a chip on our shoulder. And we had to go and it was to make this final four, but more importantly, to win a national championship. So as we still push it towards. And the women's tournaments Greenville regional undefeated South Carolina moved into its third consecutive elite 8 by downing UCLA 59 43, guard breeze bell said size helped out the defending champs. We definitely do a lot of work in practice with his ball screen, whether it's, you know, whatever the case may be. So I think for games like this, you know, and offensive scoring is very low. We definitely rely on our defense to keep their scoring lower than ours. Next up for the gamecocks is Maryland, which eliminated Notre-Dame 76 59 in the Seattle regional, Ohio State took over in the second quarter and beat Yukon 73 61. The buckeyes advanced to a matchup with Virginia tech which defeated Tennessee 73 64. Pro basketball, two teams with a bona FIDE chance to get to the finals, Denver pulled away in the third quarter to beat Milwaukee one 29 one O 6. Hockey, the NHL best bruins clinched the Atlantic division by edging Tampa Bay two one. Bruce Morton AP sports, AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton, 9th seed, Florida, Atlantic is on its way to its first ever final four. This, after the owls got out of the east region with a 79 76 victory over Kansas state in the west region, bulldogs versus huskies and Connecticut was best in show to the tune of 82 54 over Gonzaga. In the women's tournaments Greenville regional, undefeated South Carolina moved a step closer to successfully defending its title by dumping UCLA 59 43. The gamecocks next face Maryland, which beat Notre-Dame 76 59 in the Seattle regional Ohio State overcame a slow start to get the best of Yukon 73 61 good for a matchup with Virginia tech, a 73 64 winner over Tennessee. Pro basketball, best in the east versus best in the west, the nuggets pounded the bucks one 29 one O 6. Hockey, the bruins clinched the Atlantic division crown by edging Tampa Bay to one. Bruce Morton AP sports. The hurricanes wasted leads of two zero and three two before scoring twice in a 69 second span to beat
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" Leapy sports. I'm sure freedom coaches on the move in college basketball, Rick Pitino has headed back to the Big Apple, patina will leave his coaching job at iona to take over at St. John's getting his 6 year deal. Former Notre-Dame coach Mike bray, who recently resigned, takes over at South Florida. In the NBA, Philadelphia celebrated its 40th anniversary of the 1983 NBA title, but it was all Chicago Bulls in the second overtime. The bulls went at one O 9 one O 5 or the sixers. Bull centered Nikola vucevic says the team showed a lot of fight for a big win. This year, no matter what was going on, we always kept coming back and fighting back. We had light up and downs, let it tough bosses, a lot of things were we could have just kind of quit and gave up. But we keep battling, obviously, there's still a lot to play. Memphis rallied late to beat Dallas one 12 to one O 8. It was the New York Knicks getting 57 points from Julius Randle, not enough, though, has Minnesota topped the Knicks one 40 to one 34. We gave him confidence in a team like that that can really score the ball. He gave them confidence early. They're going to stick around. Utah beats Sacramento, Memphis over Dallas as the gris rallied late. Charlotte over Indiana and Golden State snapped an 11 game road losing streak in downing Houston. NHL, Florida defeated Detroit 5 to two Alexander barkov set the Florida franchise record for most career points. Dylan Ferguson had himself a game in the nets for the sins as Ottawa defeated Pittsburgh two to one Ferguson had 48 saves. It's still sinking in to be honest. My big focus tonight was just go out there and be me. Don't try to be anyone I'm not. And just stay in the moment. Colorado shout out to Chicago 5 nothing. It was Los Angeles blowing out Calgary and it was Edmonton defeating San Jose in overtime. Women's NCAA tournament another number one drops as Indiana got beat by 19 Miami. World baseball classic Japan over Mexico 6 to 5, Japan faces defending champion United States in tonight's championship round. Shek Freeman, AP sports
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" AP sports I'm Josh rowntree. We start on the NBA where Memphis took a game over Dallas with multiple stars sidelined. Correspondent Robert Stevens has more. Desmond baines scored 23 points as the Memphis Grizzlies completed a two game sweep of the Dallas Mavericks, one O four 88. Naz played without Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving both injured while the grizzlies were again without John morant. Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins says his team up this defensive intensity in the second half. Come out of halftime with just a renewed energy and mentality. Hey, we got to raise our level both sides of the floor. We made a couple adjustments defensively that paid off for us, which got us going with our groove on offense. And obviously that third quarter kind of changed the game. David roddy and Dylan Brooks had 19 apiece from Memphis while Jaden hardy led the Mavs with 28. Josh green at 23. Bob Stevens Dallas. In Houston, the rockets knocked off the Celtics one 11 one O 9. And jabari Smith scored 24 to lead the young rockets, one of the best teams in the league, where it was in the finals last year, you know, just competing with him. You know, going down to the wire like that with a great team like that. It's just real promise in this room. It's really good for us. The bucks beat the kings one 33, one 24. Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 46 in the win. The warriors took down the sun's one 23 one 12 behind 38 points from Klay Thompson, including 33 in the first half. On the ice, buffalo scored three third period goals rallying to beat Toronto four three. Alex tuck at the 30 goal mark with a pair in the final frame. We kind of got back to just trying to work and make simple plays and you know I just roll over one line after another after another and it makes a huge difference out there and big news in the opening day of NFL free agency. The Raiders reportedly filled their QB void by agreeing to terms with former 49er. Jimmy Garoppolo on a three year deal worth, 67 and a half $1 million. The bears are set to give linebacker tremaine Edmonds a four year $72 million contract and the Steelers are bringing on three time all pro corner Patrick Peterson for a two year deal. I'm Josh Valtteri, AP sports.
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"It appeared to be the first public response to their remarks since they were made Wednesday. I'm Sara nafa. AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton, the box 16 game win streak has ended with a come from ahead one 33 one 30 loss to the 76ers. Top of mind for Milwaukee coach Mike budenholzer was how his guys allowed a decisive 48 fourth quarter points to Philadelphia. The free throw line is three point line. You've got to be able to defend those two things and we didn't do that in the fourth quarter. The sixers went up for good on Joel embiid's three ball with 42 seconds to go. The Cavaliers disposed of Detroit one 14 to 90, while Minnesota won at Sacramento one 38 one 34. College basketball and a battle of big 12 Titans 9th ranked Texas pummeled number three Kansas 75 59, LongHorn sir jabari rice says this is a terrific way to end the regular season. Losing two in a row is something we haven't did all year. And so it kind of just made you kind of sit back and be like, all right, we kind of got to get ourselves focusing back recently. And I think we did a good job of that. In another matchup of top ten talent, number four, UCLA beat number 8, Arizona, 82 73. Iowa state scored a major upset when it prevailed on the road over number 7 Baylor 73 58. Bears guard Adam flagler says he knows why the cyclones won. But all the defenses and everything that they do, I felt like at the end of the day they had more energy and effort than us. And you know, we didn't go out there and play hard enough and execute enough to win the game. Other Saturday upset victims included number 11 Kansas state and number 12 Tennessee. Hockey, the ruins continued to ease their way through the season by chopping the rangers four two. Goalie Linus wool Mark says the bees are not happy with having the NHL's best record of 49 8 and 5. Trust is his standard cup. That's the only thing. You know, it doesn't matter if you're like records are meant to be broken, but once you have the hardware, they can never be taken away from you. Bruce Morton, AP sports
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" AP sports, I'm sure Freeman, the Los Angeles Lakers could be without LeBron James for several weeks, James has suffered a foot injury with more test results pending. A huge loss for the Charlotte hornets, lamella ball broke his ankle, while injured himself on a non contact play, he had 18 points on 6 three pointers in Charlotte's one 17 one O 6 weight over Detroit. Jimmy Butler took over in the final minute and a half to help lead Miami to a one O one 99 win at Philadelphia. We got some stocks, got out in transition. In Juan, no matter how we do it, we got one on the road. Here in Philly, and that's all we want. James Harden had a chance to win the game for the sixers, but his three pointer at the buzzer bounced out. New York over Boston one O 9 94 and Orlando beat New Orleans one O one 93. Jimmy haslam from the NFL's Cleveland Browns is now in the NBA as well. He has purchased 25% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks from bucks co owner, Marc lasry. In the NHL, Colorado best at Las Vegas for nothing that's a 6th straight win for the ebbs and right wing mikko rantanen. I think the defensive habits we have been we've been really, really good at those better than we were before, you know, and even if we're not playing that great overall, we're just still defending hard. Vancouver top Dallas 5 four and overtime, Anaheim for Chicago two, Ottawa beats Detroit 6 to two Boston overcame two goals from high scoring Conor McDavid to win their 7th in a row. Grew in Nick foligno, says giving up to two on contested goals to McDavid as a reminder, the bruins aren't perfect. Don't get me wrong. Guys, best player in the world, obviously. But, you know, you give them a couple, right? And I think in our game, if we can limit those, we just become a more dangerous team. And I think that's something that we can work towards and just understanding how crucial those little moments are and not giving teams momentum. Barry traps will be the new GM in Nashville. He takes over the summer for the retiring David poyle. NFL quarterback Carson Wentz has been released after one season with Washington, college basketball, 7th ranked Baylor by 6 over Oklahoma state. Check Freeman. AP sports.
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" AP sport time Josh Brown tree. We started college basketball where there were four top 25 matchups throughout the country Tuesday. In Manhattan, Kansas K state dropped 9th ranked Baylor more from correspondent Greg eklund. First year head coach Jerome Tang and assistant coach at Baylor for 19 years, savored Kansas state's 75 65 win over the bears. It's not the who we played or winning that, but the environment tonight and just to turn out the crowd, the energy, I mean, every coach's dream K state trailed by three at halftime but came out firing in the second half behind chianti Johnson, who scored a game high 25 points, 16 of the second half. While Kant's point guard marquise Noel chipped in with 1410 from the free throw line, but he also had ten assists and no turnovers. Elsewhere 8th ranked Texas roughed up Iowa state 72 54, wade Taylor the fourth scored 25 points as 25th ranked Texas a and M, dropped 11th ranked Tennessee 68, 63, tenth ranked marquette got by 19th ranked creighton 73 71, and in their first home game since an on campus mass shooting 8 days prior, Michigan state knocked off 17th ranked Indiana 80 to 65. On the ice Carolina took down St. Louis Tuesday, four to one, a goal in two assists from Andrei svechnikov. There's been a while for me, like I said, and whatever is called a score and gives you a little bit conference and you just tried to boss out there and knowing the creative and more chances. That's what I was doing today. The red wings dropped the capitals three one as suitor scored twice for Detroit. Well, I mean, every point mathers ever get matters and you think it's just also building something how we play how we win games and just trying to continue that. And in the NBA, the Atlanta Hawks fired head coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday, less than two years after he guided the team to the Eastern Conference Finals. I'm Josh rowntree, AP sports.