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Rangers Fight Off Elimination, Force Game 5
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have extended the NHL season by at least one game. They avoided a sweep and forced a Game 5 in the Stanley Cup finals by topping Los Angeles 2-1 behind the superb goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist.
The Rangers were outshot 41-19 in the game, including a lopsided 15-1 mark in the third period...
Tanaka Time Once More: Yanks Win 4-2
SEATTLE (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka struck out 11 and became the second pitcher in the majors with 10 wins, throwing a complete game Wednesday night as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2.
Tanaka (10-1) won his fourth straight start...
Ellsbury, Defensive Gems Lift Yanks in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury lined an RBI single on a 0-2 pitch to score Derek Jeter with the go ahead run in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 14 games — the longest for a Yankees player since Jeter's 19-game streak in 2012 — and gave New York just its fourth win in the last 11 games...
Spurs Ride Hot Shooting to Game 3 Win
MIAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have a two-games-to-one lead in the NBA Finals following an incredible shooting performance in the first half of Tuesday's 111-92 blowout over the Heat in Miami.
The Spurs made 19 of their first 21 shots and fired at a 76-percent clip in the best-shooting half in NBA Finals history...
Rangers on Verge of Elimination
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings took the longest way possible to reach the Stanley Cup finals, becoming the first NHL team to win three straight Game 7s in the same postseason. However, they are just one win away from a four-game sweep of the finals after Jonathan Quick gave his best performance of the series on Monday night...
Shields Sinks Yankees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — James Shields kept making critical pitches to escape trouble, Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas drove in runs and the Kansas City Royals squeaked out a 2-1 win over the Yankees on Sunday.
The Royals have won the last seven games that Shields (7-3) has started, and he's earned the win in four of those...
LeBron Shines With 35 In Game 2
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The air conditioning worked just fine in San Antonio's AT&T Center Sunday night, but it couldn't stop LeBron James from heating up.
The NBA Finals are tied at one game apiece after LeBron James scored 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Miami's 98-96 win over the Spurs. Ja...
Thursday NY Baseball Recap
Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka tamed the highest-scoring team in the majors and the New York Yankees stopped a four-game skid, beating Oakland 2-1 Thursday and ending the Athletics' five-game winning streak.
Facing the A's for the first time, Tanaka (9-1) got an early jolt when John Jaso homered as the second batter in the game...
Heat Gets Turned Up on Miami in Game 1
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Miami's quest for an NBA three-peat began by getting wilted in San Antonio. The Spurs closed the game on a 31-6 run to take the opener of the NBA Finals by beating the Heat 110-95.
An air conditioning malfunction caused temperatures inside AT&T to approach 90 degrees. Th...
Kings Take Game 1 From Rangers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Williams scored 4:36 into overtime after a turnover by Dan Girardi, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup finals opener.
Williams was left alone in the slot after Girardi's pass from his knees went straight to Mike Richards...
Yankees Drop Fourth Straight
NEW YORK (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes homered twice, Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking shot in the seventh inning and the Oakland Athletics overcame a four-run deficit to beat the skidding New York Yankees 7-4 Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory...
Cubs Walk-Off Mets in 2-1 Win
CHICAGO (AP) — Nate Schierholtz hit a two-out game-ending RBI single, after Chris Coghlan homered to tie it in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Curtis Granderson had three hits for the Mets and drove in their run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning...