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| Baseball-Highlights of Friday's major league games Friday, May 03, 2013 08:58 PM PDT May 3 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Friday's Major League Baseball games: - - - - Pirates 3 Nationals 1 Andrew McCutchen went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and A.J. Burnett struck out nine over seven frames as Pittsburgh downed visiting Washington. Jordy Mercer, who was called up from the minors earlier Friday, delivered the go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth, giving Burnett the margin he needed. Burnett (3-2) improved to 8-3 all-time against the Nationals while Jason Grilli struck out the side in the ninth for his 12th save in as many chances. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Highlights of Friday's playoff games Friday, May 03, 2013 07:29 PM PDT May 3 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Friday's National Basketball Association playoff games: - - - - Knicks 88 Celtics 80 Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and visiting New York took control early before holding off a furious comeback to win the Eastern Conference playoff series in six games. Iman Shumpert scored 17 points and Pablo Prigioni added 14 for the second-seeded Knicks, who bounced back from consecutive losses to win their first postseason series since 2000 and advance to play number three seed Indiana in the next round. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA play-offs 1st round results Friday, May 03, 2013 07:18 PM PDT May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA Play-offs 1st Round games on Friday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 T NY Knicks 24 15 28 21 88 BOSTON 10 17 20 33 80 (NY Knicks win the best-of-seven series by 4-2) 1 2 3 4 T Indiana 21 16 28 16 81 ATLANTA 20 9 21 23 73 (Indiana win the best-of-seven series by 4-2) Full Story | Top |
| NHL-Highlights of Friday's NHL playoff games Friday, May 03, 2013 07:17 PM PDT May 3 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Friday's National Hockey League playoff games: - - - - Islanders 4 Penguins 3 Kyle Okposo scored to snap a tie with 7:37 remaining in the third period as visiting New York overcame two goals by the returning Sidney Crosby to even its Eastern Conference first-round series with top-seeded Pittsburgh at one game apiece. After being pulled in Wednesday's 5-0 loss in Game One, Evgeni Nabokov rebounded from a shaky start to turn aside 30 shots. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship results and standings Friday, May 03, 2013 07:16 PM PDT May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship matches on Saturday Friday, May 3Godoy Cruz 3 Colon (Santa Fe) 0 Friday, May 3Quilmes 1 San Lorenzo 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Newell's Old Boys 11 8 1 2 23 14 25 2 Lanus 11 6 5 0 16 5 23 3 River Plate 11 6 3 2 14 10 21 4 Godoy Cruz 12 5 5 2 14 9 20 5 Atletico Rafaela 11 4 5 2 16 10 17 6 Quilmes 12 4 5 3 18 16 17 7 San Lorenzo 12 4 5 3 12 11 17 8 Arsenal 11 4 4 3 12 12 16 9 All Boys 11 4 3 4 13 11 15 10 Racing Club 11 4 3 4 15 14 15 11 Colon (Santa Fe) 12 4 3 5 15 21 15 12 Atletico Belgrano 11 3 5 3 9 8 14 13 ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL play-offs quarterfinal results Friday, May 03, 2013 06:53 PM PDT May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL Play-offs Quarterfinal games on Friday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 T PITTSBURGH 3 0 0 3 NY Islanders 1 2 1 4 (The best-of-seven series is level at 1-1) 1 2 3 T MONTREAL 0 3 0 3 Ottawa 0 1 0 1 (The best-of-seven series is level at 1-1) Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Higginbotham extends Wallabies deal, eyes Lions success Friday, May 03, 2013 06:48 PM PDT SYDNEY, May 4 (Reuters) - Australia back row forward Scott Higginbotham has extended his deal with the Wallabies until after the 2015 World Cup and is hoping a series triumph against the British and Irish Lions this year will be the start of a string of successes. The 26-year-old has played mainly as blindside flanker in his 23 internationals since his debut in the 59-16 hammering of France in Paris in 2010 but can also play at number eight. ... Full Story | Top |
| Miami Dolphins stadium renovation bill rejected Friday, May 03, 2013 06:01 PM PDT By Kevin Gray MIAMI (Reuters) - A proposal by the Miami Dolphins to use taxpayer money to help finance an upgrade of the NFL team's stadium failed on Friday to win broad support among Florida state lawmakers, dealing a potential blow to Miami's bid to host the 2016 Super Bowl. The Dolphins, owned by real estate tycoon Stephen Ross, lobbied the state legislature for months to back a bill to increase hotel taxes in Miami-Dade County to finance nearly half of a proposed $350 million renovation of the Sun Life Stadium, which is privately owned. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship scores Friday, May 03, 2013 05:59 PM PDT May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship at the par-72 course on Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina. The cut was set at 146. 135 Phil Mickelson (U.S.) 68 67 137 Scott Gardiner (Australia) 70 67 Nick Watney (U.S.) 67 70 George McNeill (U.S.) 69 68 138 Rory McIlroy (Britain) 67 71 Lee Westwood (Britain) 70 68 Rod Pampling (Australia) 69 69 Jason Kokrak (U.S.) 68 70 Derek Ernst (U.S.) 67 71 139 Lucas Glover (U.S.) 68 71 David Lynn (Britain) 71 68 Robert Garrigus (U.S.) 67 72 140 D.A. Points (U.S.) 71 69 Kevin Streelman (U.S.) 68 72 Russell Henley (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rallying-Rally of Argentina leg 2 classification Friday, May 03, 2013 05:44 PM PDT May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Leg 2 Classification from the Rally of Argentina on Friday 1. Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen 3:32:15.900 2. Sebastien Ogier (France) Volkswagen +00:39.800 3. Evgeny Novikov (Russia) Ford 02:43.300 4. Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Volkswagen 02:51.500 5. Thierry Neuville (Belgium) Ford 03:32.500 6. Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Citroen 06:43.300 7. Mads Ostberg (Norway) Ford 10:40.600 8. Martin Prokop (Czech Republic) Ford 12:13.900 9. Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway) Volkswagen 12:44.100 10. Daniel Sordo (Spain) Citroen 13:04.100 Full Story | Top |
| CA-SPORTS Summary Friday, May 03, 2013 05:31 PM PDT Mickelson grabs Quail Hollow lead at halfway mark (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. The big lefthander made everything from inside 10 feet on the soft greens, making him 31-for-31 from those distances during the first 36 holes for a nine-under total of 135. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Saunders returns to Timberwolves in new role Friday, May 03, 2013 05:26 PM PDT (Makes clear that Saunders was appointed head of basketball operations) May 3 (Reuters) - Flip Saunders returned to the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves as president of basketball operations on Friday, eight years after he was sacked by the team as their head coach. Saunders, who has also been head coach with the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards, was appointed on a five-year deal in place of David Kahn, who was fired on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday, May 4 Friday, May 03, 2013 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday: - - - - NBA Celtics and Clippers fight to stay alive The Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers try to avoid playoff elimination and force decisive seventh games in their respective National Basketball Association first-round playoff series. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-National Basketball Association roundup Friday, May 03, 2013 04:50 PM PDT May 3 (The Sports Xchange) - The NBA will name Miami Heat star LeBron James the league MVP, ESPN reported Friday, citing league sources. It will be James' fourth MVP honor. He also won it last year. Only Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain have also won the award at least four times. League commissioner David Stern will present the MVP trophy to James in Miami on Sunday, a day before the Heat begin their second round playoff series against either the Brooklyn Nets or Chicago Bulls. James averaged 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mickelson grabs Quail Hollow lead at halfway mark Friday, May 03, 2013 04:47 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. The big lefthander made everything from inside 10 feet on the soft greens, making him 31-for-31 from those distances during the first 36 holes for a nine-under total of 135. ... Full Story | Top |
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