NBA:
In the NBA playoffs, Toronto beat Cleveland 105-99 to tie the series at 2 games apiece.
Golden State forward Draymond Green has been fined $25,000 but not suspended by the NBA for kicking Oklahoma City's Steven Adams in the groin Sunday night. That means Green will be on the floor when the Warriors try to even the Western Conference finals at 2-2 on Tuesday at Oklahoma City.
NHL:
In the NHL playoffs, San Jose doubled up St. Louis 6-3 to take a 3-2 series lead.
A minor hockey league's governing body has approved the sale of thePortland Pirates to a group of Springfield, Massachusetts, investors. The Pirates will start playing in Springfield in the fall as an affiliate of the Florida Panthers. The Portland Press Herald reports the American Hockey League's Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale on Monday. The Panthers are agreeing to a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Springfield club. Springfield sought a new team to fill the void expected to be left by the Springfield Falcons. The Falcons are moving to Tucson, Arizona.
MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, Oakland blanked Seattle 5-0, Cleveland bested the White Sox 5-1, Kansas City topped Minnesota 10-4, the Angels won against Texas 2-0, and it was the White Sox over Cleveland 7-6.
In the National League, the Mets topped Washington 7-1, Pittsburgh doubled up Colorado 6-3, St. Louis edged the Cubs 4-3, the Dodgers beat Cincinnati 1-0, and it was San Francisco over San Diego 1-0.
In interleague play, Detroit beat Philadelphia 5-4, and it was Miami over Tampa Bay 7-6.
The Mets' Lucas Duda has gone onto the disabled list with a stress fracture in his lower back, with manager Terry Collins saying he'll likely be out at least four-to-six weeks. Eric Campbell played first base last night, with the Mets also picking up the minor league contract of Ty Kelly from Las Vegas.
The Atlanta Braves have invested deeper into their already important June draft by acquiring left-hander Brian Matusz and the 76th pick in the draft from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for minor league pitchers Brandon Barker and Trevor Belicek. The move gives the rebuilding Braves five of the first 80 picks in the June 9-11 draft, including the No. 3 overall selection.
NFL:
Patriots QB Tom Brady wants his "Deflategate" four-game suspension heard by all 13 judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, not the three-judge panel that ruled against him earlier. In the appeal filed on Monday, Brady's lawyers said that Commissioner Roger Goodell's "biased, agenda-driven, and self-approving 'appeal' ruling must be vacated."
Meanwhile a senior House Democrat has found that National Football League officials improperly sought to influence a government study on the link between football and brain disease. The report by New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone says the league tried to strong-arm the National Institutes of Health into taking the project away from a researcher that the NFL feared was biased.
The NFL had agreed to donate $30 million to the NIH to fund brain research but backed out after the NIH refused to take a $16 million grant away from Boston University researcher Robert Stern, who is a leading expert on the link between football and brain diseases.
Horse Racing:
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist's planned move from Pimlico to Belmont Park yesterday was put off because the colt developed a fever. The horse's trainer says Nyquist's temperature was 102, which is slightly elevated for a horse. Nyquist's owners still hope he will be able to run the Belmont Stakes on June 11.
Tennis:
For the second straight day, rain has forced the postponement of matches at the French Open, but not before Stan Wawrinka escaped a scare. The defending men's champion needed five sets to defeat the 59th-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Men's fifth-seed Kei Nishikori also advanced.
In women's play, second seed Agnieszka Radwanksa, fourth-seed Garbine Muguruza and sixth-seed Simona Halep were first round winners.
U.S. Amateur Four-Ball:
Defending champions Nathan Smith and Todd White ran off six birdies in a 10-hole stretch Monday and easily advanced to the round of 16 with a 6-and-5 victory in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. Smith and White next play Drew Allenspach and Matthew Van Zandt, who made five straight birdies to break open a tight match and defeated Tom Hart and Jonathan Marisco, 5 and 4, on the West Course at Winged Foot.
The medalists from stroke-play qualifying, former Temple teammates Brandon Matthews and Patrick Ross, took the momentum from qualifying into a 4-and-3 victory. Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell, semifinalists last year at Olympic Club, won the last two holes to beat 15-year-old Sean Maruyama and 15-year-old Clay Seeber.
Luge:
USA Luge and the International Luge Federation are collaborating in an effort to help grow the sport in the United States. A new strategic plan will focus on building a natural track program. That plan will include recruitment, development, coaching, and equipment needs.
Natural track luge competitions are contested on surfaces similar to a frozen road, or hillside, with no banked turns. The courses are bordered by vertical walls, as opposed to the banking on artificial tracks in World Cup and Olympic events.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula in and around the city of Marquette on Lake Superior has been the sport's seat in the United States, and USA Luge marketing director Gordy Sheer says it likely will figure in future plans. Sheer says other areas also will be explored for growth.
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