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Peter K. Afriyie/AP/APTyler Herro hit six of Miami’s franchise playoff-record 23 3-pointers to lead the Heat to a 111-101 victory over the Boston Celtics and tie their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. -
I didn’t turn on Game 2 of the New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia Seventy Sixers playoff series Monday night until the 4th quarter, largely because it felt inappropriate watching the game during a Passover Seder. But like a lot of folks, I actually turned it off with less than a minute to go, I believe switching to House Hunters, or something like that. That’s because the Sixers went up four and heading to the free throw line with only 47 seconds left. So by all accounts, this game was over. The best of seven series would be tied at a game apiece heading to Philadelphia.
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Carlos Carrasco picked up his first win for Cleveland since 2020 and Andrés Giménez had two RBIs to lead the Guardians to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. -
Joel Embiid had 23 points, and 15 rebounds and one huge assist to Kelly Oubre Jr. on a late go-ahead three-point play that led the 76ers to a 105-104 win over the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament last night -
Of all the differences between American soccer and the sport played around the world, perhaps the most notable is the concept of promotion and relegation. That’s a system where the highest finishing teams from one league move up to a higher division next season, and the lowest teams move down.
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WAMC Sports Report 4/17/24: Smejkal gets 1st goal, Senators beat Bruins 3-1 in regular-season finaleJiri Smejkal scored his first career goal midway through the second period and Jakob Chychrun scored less than a minute later as the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 in the regular-season finale for both teams. -
Caitlin Clark has been selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. -
Scottie Scheffler is the Masters champion for the second time in three years. -
O.J. Simpson has died of cancer. Simpson, who starred for the Buffalo Bills in the 1970s, was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but wound up in prison years later in an unrelated case died in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, his attorney confirmed to TMZ. -
The start of the Masters has been delayed by at least one hour because of bad weather. The first round was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. local time with Erik van Rooyen and Jake Knapp going out in the first group. The Masters says that "the first round will not begin before 9 a.m,” and that gate openings at Augusta National have also been delayed. Storms, heavy rain and strong winds have been forecast. -
I feel like I write some version of this topic every couple of years, only with a different sport and a different city. It might be St. Louis, or the Nets, or the Raiders.
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Jalen Brunson scored 45 in his second straight 40-point game, and the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls 128-117.
