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BKN--DRAFT LOTTERY

DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO — Utah, Washington and Charlotte have the best chances to win Monday night’s NBA draft lottery and the right to possibly make Cooper Flagg the overall No. 1 pick. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Will be updated with 7 p.m. EDT start. With separates on merit.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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BBO--THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL

DESCRIPTION: The White Sox lost 121 games last season. This year’s Rockies have been worse so far. By Baseball Writer Noah Trister. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT, Text

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TEN--ITALIAN OPEN

DESCRIPTION: ROME — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner plays 93rd-ranked Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong at the Italian Open in his second match back after a three-month doping ban. By Andrew Dampf. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 1:00 p.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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FBN--NFL SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION: The NFL announces dates, matchups and times for a handful of featured games on the 2025 schedule, one each on NBC, Fox and Amazon Prime Video ahead of the full unveiling on Wednesday. UPCOMING: 400 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 2:00 p.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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HKN-FACEOFF

DESCRIPTION: Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars look for a 3-1 series lead before their second-round series switches back to Winnipeg, while Toronto goes home for Game 5 now tied with Florida. By Stephen Hawkins. UPCOMING: 450 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 4:30 p.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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BKL--STORM-SAMUELSON

DESCRIPTION: SEATTLE — Storm forward Katie Lou Samuelson will address the media for the first time since sustaining a season-ending ACL tear in her right knee. By Andrew Destin. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Press conference starts at roughly 3:30 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 6:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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FBN-MOST IMPROVED TEAMS

DESCRIPTION: Spring is the time of optimism in the NFL with most teams hopeful that the moves made this offseason will lead to success in the fall. Since the start of the league year in March, teams have doled out billions of dollars in free agent contracts, drafted 257 players and made scores of trades to upgrade their rosters. With most of the major work by teams this offseason mostly complete, here are some of the teams that made the biggest improvements headed into the 2025 season. By Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow. 800 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 6:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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BKN--NBA PLAYOFF COVERAGE

WITH: BKN--THUNDER-GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

DESCRIPTION: OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is mostly an expressionless, seemingly emotionless model of consistency. Whether Oklahoma City’s superstar guard has an off night or scores 50 points, the cool Canadian with the impeccable style sticks to the script. He says he’s not an all-time great yet, claims he doesn’t care about stats and just wants to win. He seems to be on his way to greatness. The MVP finalist led the league in scoring and helped the Thunder win a league-high 68 games this season, earning respect from teammates and opponents alike. He’ll need to summon all his skills to help the Thunder get past Denver. By Cliff Brunt. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 7:00 p.m. EDT

WITH: BKN--NBA TIPOFF

DESCRIPTION: OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seeds in each conference, have found the going much tougher in the conference semifinals after first-round sweeps. Indiana has put Cleveland on the brink of elimination, taking a 3-1 lead into Game 5 on Tuesday. Oklahoma City just evened its series with Denver and needs a win Tuesday to maintain homecourt advantage. By Cliff Brunt. UPCOMING: 550 words, with photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 9:00 p.m. EDT

BKN--CELTICS-KNICKS

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK — The Boston Celtics can tie an Eastern Conference semifinal series in which the road team has won every game when they face the New York Knicks in Game 4. By Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney. UPCOMING: 450 words, photos. Game scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 10 p.m. EDT

WITH: BKN--TIMBERWOLVES-WARRIORS

DESCRIPTION: SAN FRANCISCO — Playing without the injured Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors try to pull even with Minnesota in Game 4. By Janie McCauley. UPCOMING: 450 words, photos. Game scheduled to start at 10 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 12:30 a.m. EDT

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HKN--CAPITALS-HURRICANES

DESCRIPTION: RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals meet in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series on Monday night. The Hurricanes lead 2-1. By Aaron Beard. UPCOMING: 500 words and photos. Game scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 10:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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BBO--PIRATES-METS

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK — Paul Skenes is scheduled to pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates against Juan Soto and the New York Mets in a series opener at Citi Field. By Baseball Writer Mike Fitzpatrick. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. Game starts at 7:10 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/12/2025 10:10 p.m. EDT, Text

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HKN--GOLDEN KNIGHTS-OILERS

DESCRIPTION: EDMONTON, Alberta — The Vegas Golden Knights try to pull even with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series. UPCOMING: 450 words, photos. Game scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 12:30 a.m. EDT, Text

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BKN--PACERS-MATHURIN EJECTED

Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin ejected after hitting Cavs’ Hunter in the chest with a closed fist

SUMMARY: Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected in the first quarter of Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday after hitting De’Andre Hunter in the chest with a closed fist. Hunter responded by wagging his finger at Mathurin and then following him toward midcourt and shoving Mathurin to the ground with two hands. Pacers center Myles Turner ran across the court and knocked down Hunter. Following a replay review, the referees called Mathurin for a flagrant 2, an automatic ejection, drawing a chorus of boos from Pacers fans. Technical fouls were given to Turner and Hunter.

WORDS: 284 - MOVED: 05/12/2025 1:11 a.m. EDT

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BKN--CAVALIERS-PACERS

Pacers build 41-point halftime lead and rout Cavaliers 129-109 for a 3-1 series lead

SUMMARY: Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 41-point halftime lead before routing the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Pacers can earn a second straight trip to the East finals with a victory Tuesday in Cleveland, where they won the first two games. Indiana jumped to an 80-39 lead at halftime and led by as much as 44 points. Donovan Mitchell had 12 points despite not playing in the second half because of a left ankle injury. Coach Kenny Atkinson said his All-Star guard would have an MRI exam Monday.

WORDS: 542 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 11:49 p.m. EDT

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HKN--MAPLE LEAFS-PANTHERS

Bobrovsky stops 23 shots, Panthers top Maple Leafs 2-0 in Game 4 to tie series

SUMMARY: Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Verhaeghe scored on a power play in the first period, Bennett added the insurance score with 7:50 left and Bobrovsky did the rest. He’s the first goalie with two shutouts in this year’s playoffs. Joseph Woll stopped 35 shots for the Maple Leafs, who took a 2-0 series lead with a pair of home wins and now return there for Game 5 on Wednesday with the series knotted 2-2.

WORDS: 538 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 11:02 p.m. EDT

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HKW--CHARGE-VICTOIRE

Catherine Dubois scores in 4th OT to lift Victoire over Charge 3-2 for first playoff victory

SUMMARY: Catherine Dubois scored at 15:33 of the fourth overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 playoff victory over the Ottawa Charge on Sunday. The game set a Canadian professional women’s hockey record for the longest hockey game ever, passing the Canadian Women’s Hockey League semifinal on March 18, 2018. Kristin O’Neill and Laura Stacey also scored for Montreal, and Anna Wilgren had two assists. Ann-Renee Desbiens made 63 saves as the Victoire tied the best-of-five semifinal series at 1-1. Brianne Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Charge. Aneta Tejralova also scored for the visitors while Gwyneth Philips made 53 saves.

WORDS: 668 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 10:16 p.m. EDT

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HKN--JETS-STARS

Mikko Rantanen has a goal and 2 assists for Stars in 5-2 win over Jets to take a 2-1 series lead

SUMMARY: Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, including on the tiebreaking goal off Alexander Petrovic’s skate as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Sunday to take 2-1 lead in the second-round Western Conference series. Officials reviewed Petrovic’s goal with 16:09 left for more than five minutes before confirming the 3-2 lead that came off the rebound of a shot by Rantanen. Soon after play resumed, Rantanen scored his ninth goal of the playoffs. Game 4 is Tuesday night in Dallas. Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist for the Stars, and Wyatt Johnston added a late goal. Kyle Connor and Nino Niederreiter scored for the Jets.

WORDS: 684 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 10:02 p.m. EDT

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BBO--ROCKIES-BLACK FIRED

Colorado Rockies fire manager Bud Black a day after losing 21-0 to San Diego

SUMMARY: The Colorado Rockies have fired manager Bud Black. He was the winningest manager in franchise history, but the Rockies are off to a 7-33 start that’s one of the worst in Major League Baseball history. Colorado promoted third base coach Warren Schaeffer to be the interim manager Sunday after a 9-3 win over San Diego. That victory wasn’t enough to save Black’s job after the Rockies lost 21-0 to the Padres on Saturday. They also fired bench coach Mike Redmond. Hitting coach Clint Hurdle takes over as interim bench coach. The Rockies have the worst 40-game start since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.

WORDS: 958 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 9:51 p.m. EDT

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BBO--WHITE SOX-ELKO’S HR

Elko makes his first hit count: His 3-run homer lifts the White Sox over the Marlins 4-2

SUMMARY: Mike Elko’s first big league hit was a homer. And a decisive one at that. Elko’s three-run shot in the bottom of the sixth inning put the Chicago White Sox ahead to stay. They went on to a 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Elko hit .348 for Triple-A Charlotte this season, with 10 home runs in 31 games. The 26-year-old first baseman made his big league debut Saturday. He was the designated hitter Sunday when he connected to break a 1-all tie against Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara.

WORDS: 283 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 8:59 p.m. EDT

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BKN--THUNDER-NUGGETS-FEWEST POINTS

Clank! Nuggets and Thunder combine for 25 points, tied for fewest in 1st quarter of NBA playoff game

SUMMARY: The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t wake up their offense with an early tip for Game 4 on Sunday. The teams combined for 25 points to open the game, which tied the NBA playoff record for fewest in a first quarter in the shot clock era. The score after 12 minutes of action: Thunder 17, Nuggets 8. The last time two teams combined for that low of score after the opening period was April 21, 2002, when Detroit led Toronto 16-9. It looked straight out of a Sunday morning pickup game at the rec center. The Thunder and Nuggets combined for 8 of 44 shooting. That’s 18.2%. Denver was 0 for 14 from 3-point range, while the Thunder were 1 of 11.

WORDS: 590 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 8:34 p.m. EDT

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BKN--THUNDER-NUGGETS

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 25 points and leads Thunder past Denver 92-87 to tie series 2-2

SUMMARY: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder finally outplayed Denver in crunch time, beating the Nuggets 92-87 Sunday to knot their second-round series at two games each. The Thunder overcame an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter after the Nuggets had outlasted the youngest team in the NBA with wins in Games 1 and 3.

WORDS: 561 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 8:21 p.m. EDT

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GLF--TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP

Straka outduels Lowry to win Truist Championship at Philly Cricket for 2nd victory of the season

SUMMARY: Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par at the 16th hole and shot a 2-under 68, outdueling Shane Lowry in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season. Justin Thomas and Lowry tied for second place, two strokes back. Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman and Tommy Fleetwood finished tied for fourth at 12 under. Defending champion and four-time event winner Rory McIlroy never really got going, closing with a 2-under 68 and was in a group in seventh place.

WORDS: 1037 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 7:44 p.m. EDT

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SOC--ENGLISH ROUNDUP

Arsenal and Newcastle to meet in Premier League showdown as Champions League race intensifies

SUMMARY: Arsenal and Newcastle set up a Premier League showdown next weekend as the race for the remaining Champions League spots intensifies. After a weekend of upsets and comebacks in the Premier League, the six-way battle to qualify for European club soccer’s top competition looks set to go down to the wire. With the top five qualifying for the Champions League next season, just six points separate second-placed Arsenal and seventh-placed Nottingham Forest with two rounds to go. And only two points separate Arsenal and Newcastle in third ahead of their penultimate league game at the Emirates Stadium next Sunday. Arsenal rallied from two goals down against champion Liverpool to draw 2-2 at Anfield on Sunday, and Newcastle beat Chelsea 2-0.

WORDS: 1020 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 7:39 p.m. EDT

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CAR--NASCAR-KANSAS

Kyle Larson wins again at Kansas, dominating for his 3rd NASCAR Cup Series win this season

SUMMARY: Kyle Larson made it back-to-back spring race wins at Kansas Speedway. He dominated the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday from the pole to win for the third time this season. Larson swept both of the stages and led 221 of 267 laps. Christopher Bell was second and Ryan Blaney came on hard down the stretch to finish third. Larson now will take his momentum to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this coming week. He will be on track Tuesday as he begins another shot at “the Double,” running every lap of the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day Memorial Day weekend.

WORDS: 825 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 7:10 p.m. EDT

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BBO--YANKEES-ATHLETICS

Aaron Judge gets 4 hits to raise his average to .409 and the Yankees beat the A’s 12-2

SUMMARY: Aaron Judge had four hits to get his average back above .400 and Ben Rice hit a grand slam to lead the New York Yankees to a 12-2 victory over the Athletics. Judge hit a two-run single in a five-run second inning against former teammate Luis Severino and added hits in his final three at-bats to raise his average on the season to .409. The Yankees broke the game open in the fifth inning when Rice hit his first career grand slam after Mitch Spence had relieved an ineffective Severino.

WORDS: 351 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 7:03 p.m. EDT

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SOC--SPANISH ROUNDUP

Barcelona rallies to beat Real Madrid 4-3 despite Mbappé hat trick to move closer to La Liga title

SUMMARY: Barcelona took a huge step to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid despite Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick in a mesmerizing “clasico” and opened a seven-point lead over its second-placed rival with three matches remaining. Barcelona needs two more points to secure its 28th league title. Raphinha scored twice, and Lamine Yamal and Eric García added a goal each for Barcelona, which trailed 2-0 after Mbappé scored in the fifth and 14th minutes at Montjuic stadium. The hosts evened the match just over the half-hour mark and went on to lead 4-2 at halftime in a sensational recovery. Barcelona has won every match against Madrid this season.

WORDS: 874 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 6:49 p.m. EDT

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BBO--RANGERS-JUNG

Rangers’ Josh Jung hits 2-run homer for mom while facing brother Jace on Mother’s Day

SUMMARY: Josh Jung delivered a special Mother’s Day gift to his mom, Mary. The Texas Rangers third baseman hit a two-out, two-run homer in the fifth inning at Detroit on Sunday. Jung’s brother, Jace, was in the Tigers’ lineup at the same position. Before the game, Mary Jung delivered the game ball to the mound and her sons joined her on the field. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time since the first national Mother’s Day in 1914 that a major league player homered against his brother.

WORDS: 377 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 5:22 p.m. EDT

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HKN--FACEOFF

Hurricanes’ Andersen, Oilers’ Skinner enter Monday’s playoff Game 4s on far different trajectories

SUMMARY: Carolina’s Frederik Andersen and Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner enter Monday’s Game 4 playoff games on different trajectories in net. Andersen is coming off a shutout that helped the Hurricanes take a 2-1 series lead on the Washington Capitals. Skinner has lost all three of his playoff appearances for the Oilers. That includes a home loss in Saturday’s Game 3 to pull Vegas to within 2-1 in the series. Andersen has a 1.32 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage for the best among postseason goalies with multiple appearances. Skinner is last in that group with a 5.36 goals-against average and .817 save percentage.

WORDS: 899 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 3:58 p.m. EDT

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GLF--LPGA TOUR

Jeeno Thitikul plays bogey-free and no one can catch her in the Mizuho Americas Open

SUMMARY: Jeeno Thitikul has won the Mizuho Americas Open by playing a bogey-free final round of 69 at Liberty National. She won by four shots over Celine Boutier. Thitikul had to turn back two challenges. The first one came from defending champion Nelly Korda. Korda was one shot behind until driving into the hazard on the ninth hole for bogey. She made two bogeys the rest of the way and was never a factor. The final challenge came from Boutier. She had a chance to catch Thitikul until missing putts on the 15th and 16th holes. Boutier finished runner-up.

WORDS: 560 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 3:30 p.m. EDT

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BBO--YANKEES-STROMAN

Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman has a setback in his rehab from a left knee injury

SUMMARY: New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman had a setback as he tries to return from a left knee injury that has sidelined him for the last month. Manager Aaron Boone said Stroman still had “discomfort” in his knee after throwing a live batting practice session in Tampa, Florida, on Friday and will be reevaluated before the team figures out the next step in his rehabilitation process. Stroman hasn’t pitched since allowing five runs in two-thirds of an inning against the San Francisco Giants on April 11.

WORDS: 473 - MOVED: 05/11/2025 2:54 p.m. EDT

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