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Orioles postpone second straight game after night of violence
Muhammad Ali's Twitter account reminds Floyd Mayweather who's the greatest
Ray Lewis delivers passionate message calling for peace in Baltimore
White Sox-Orioles postponed again in riot-ravaged Baltimore (Yahoo Sports)
The Baltimore Orioles postponed a second straight game against the Chicago White Sox after a night of rioting near Camden Yards. The team says it made the decision Tuesday after consulting with Major League Baseball, and state and local officials. Public schools were shut down Tuesday, and Baltimore’s mayor imposed a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew. Monday’s game was postponed after riots that followed the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died
Cavaliers move on without Love, out with dislocated shoulder (Yahoo Sports)
The Cavaliers will move forward in the NBA playoffs without Kevin Love and with their title hopes shaken. Cleveland’s starting forward has been ruled out for the team’s next playoff series – and perhaps longer – after dislocating his left shoulder in Sunday’s win to sweep the Boston Celtics. Love, playing in his first postseason as a pro, got hurt when he got tangled with Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk while
Kuznetsov's goal leads Capitals past Isles 2-1 in Game 7 (Yahoo Sports)
Unburdened by the catastrophes of past Game 7s littering the Washington Capitals’ playoff history, rookie Evgeny Kuznetsov delivered a breathtaking, series-clinching goal that got Alex Ovechkin’s seal of approval. ”Pretty sick,” Ovechkin declared. Skating around every opponent on the ice as he swooped across from the right boards, past the slot and waited, waited, waited for the right moment to lift a rising shot over sprawling goalie Jaroslav Halak, Kuznetsov
Johnson scores 2, Lightning beat Detroit 5-2 to force Game 7 (Yahoo Sports)
Tyler Johnson scored two goals in his latest stellar performance and the Tampa Bay Lightning held on for a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night, forcing a Game 7 in their first-round playoff series. Johnson and Jason Garrison scored in the first period, and Johnson added another goal in the second to give the Lightning a 3-0 lead. Tomas Tatar scored twice for Detroit, but Alex
Nets beat Hawks behind 35 from Williams, tie series at 2-2 (Yahoo Sports)
Deron Williams finally delivered the game that’s expected of him, and he wasn’t going to let the Nets lose it. ”We really needed to get this one to stay in the series,” he said, ”and so it was definitely one of my better games this year for sure and probably as a Net.” Williams rebounded from two dismal games by tying a playoff career high with 35 points, and Brooklyn
Golf-Martens aims high after going to hell and back
By Tony Jimenez LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – If ever a golfer deserved to triumph in the face of morale-crushing adversity it is surely Ladies European Tour professional Caroline Martens. Martens, who is down in 31st place on this season’s money-list, also had to experience the death of her grandfather and a close friend in 2013 plus the sudden, unexpected ending of a long-term relationship with her boyfriend. “Golf was