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Perry puts Ducks past Flames 3-2 in OT, into conf. finals (Yahoo Sports)
Corey Perry crumpled to the ice and crawled to the bench in the second period, his right leg hanging limply from his torso after a leg-on-leg hit. Just a few minutes later, Anaheim’s top goal-scorer willed himself back onto the ice. A period or so after that, Perry bounced up off his knees and leaned into a goalmouth scramble to score the goal that propelled the streaking Ducks into the
Clippers rout Rockets 128-95 to take 3-1 series lead (Yahoo Sports)
Houston’s strategy of intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooter DeAndre Jordan backfired in a big way. Jordan scored 26 points, making 14 of 34 free throws after attempting an NBA playoff-record 28 in the first half, and the Los Angeles Clippers won 128-95 on Sunday night to take a 3-1 series lead. ”All of us kind of got freaked out by it early, and then after that we were fine,” Clippers
Kreider scores 2, Rangers hold off Caps 4-3 to force Game 7 (Yahoo Sports)
All of 40 seconds into Game 6, Chris Kreider scored for the New York Rangers. Once so close to being out of the playoffs altogether, the Rangers are suddenly a Game 7 victory away from eliminating the Washington Capitals and returning to the Eastern Conference finals. Kreider got things started with his goals, Rick Nash put his first of the series into the net 54 seconds into the third period,
Illinois lineman says Beckman mishandled knee injury (Yahoo Sports)
Former University of Illinois offensive lineman Simon Cvijanovic used a long series of Twitter messages Sunday to accuse coach Tim Beckman and some staff members of mishandling an injury. Over the course of dozens of messages Sunday afternoon and evening, the senior said Beckman had tried to convince him the injury wasn’t a big deal. Cvijanovic had both knee and shoulder injuries at Illinois but in his messages Sunday talked
Rickie Fowler delivers major performance to win Players (Yahoo Sports)
Rickie Fowler can deliver the goods. Facing a five-shot deficit with six holes to play, Fowler produced the greatest finish in the 34-year history of the TPC Sawgrass. Criticized in an anonymous survey by some of his peers for not being able to win, Fowler answered with a captivating victory at The Players Championship. At a tournament that dresses up like a major, Fowler looked the part in beating the
Fowler outlasts Kisner and Garcia to win Players Championship
Rickie Fowler captured The Players Championship by vanquishing Spain’s Sergio Garcia and fellow American Kevin Kisner in a thrilling playoff that lasted through four holes. It was the first win in three years for Fowler, who survived the tournament’s first three-hole aggregate playoff before toppling Kisner in a sudden-death hole at number 17 at the TPC Sawgrass course. “I had to wait a long time for this,” Fowler said. Fowler,
LeBron James hits buzzer beater as Cavaliers edge Bulls
LeBron James made a baseline jumper as time expired to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 86-84 win over the Chicago Bulls in game four of the NBA playoff quarter-finals. Two-time finals MVP James caught an inbounds pass with 1.5 seconds left and drained a fadeaway shot from the left side with Jimmy Butler hounding him, to even the Eastern Conference series at two games apiece. Teammates mobbed James after