Posted yesterday at 9:46pm
 Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) -- NBA Playoffs – Eastern Conference Semi-Finals: The Indiana Pacers outpaced the Miami Heat, 94-75. (Pacers lead series, 2-1).
Western Conference Semi-Finals: The San Antonio Spurs cruised past the Los Angeles Clippers, 105-88. (Spurs lead series 2-0).
NHL Playoffs - Western Conference Finals: The Los Angeles Kings crowned the Phoenix Coyotes, 2-1. (Kings lead series 3-0).
MLB: AL: The Cleveland Indians (22-16) outlasted the Seattle Mariners (16-24) in 11 innings, 6-5.
The Oakland Athletics (20-19) topped the Texas Rangers (24-15) in 10 innings, 5-4.
The Minnesota Twins (12-26) tamed the Detroit Tigers (18-20), 4-3.
The Baltimore Orioles (25-14) flew past the Kansas City Royals (15-22), 5-3.
The Toronto Blue Jays (21-18) took care of the New York Yankees (20-18), 4-1.
The Boston Red Sox (18-20) stung the Tampa Bay Rays (24-15), 5-3.
The Chicago White Sox (18-21) downed the Los Angeles Angels (17-22), 6-1.
NL: The New York Mets (21-17) defeated the Cincinnati Reds (19-18), 9-4.
The San Francisco Giants (19-19) bounced the St. Louis Cardinals (22-16), 7-5.
The Arizona Diamondbacks (17-22) corralled the Colorado Rockies (15-22), 9-7.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20) beat the Washington Nationals (23-15), 5-3.
The Atlanta Braves (20-18) reeled in the Miami Marlins (24-15), 7-0.
The Philadelphia Phillies (20-19) topped the Chicago Cubs (15-23), 8-7.
The Houston Astros (17-21) surprised the Milwaukee Brewers (16-22), 4-0.
The Los Angeles Dodgers (25-13) dunked the San Diego Padres (14-25), 8-1.
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Posted yesterday at 5:31pm
 Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images(ARLINGTON, Texas) -- The Oakland Athletics placed third baseman Brandon Inge on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a strained right groin. The move is retroactive to Sunday. To fill Inge’s spot on the roster, the A’s called up infielder Adam Rosales from Triple-A Sacramento.
The 34-year-old Inge signed with the A’s on April 29th, following his release from the Detroit Tigers. In 11 games this season with Oakland, Inge is batting .227 with four home runs and 17 RBIs.
This is the second time this season Inge has landed on the disabled list. He began the season on the shelf with a strained left groin.
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Posted yesterday at 5:27pm
 Robert Rogers/MLB Photos via Getty Images(TORONTO) -- The Toronto Blue Jays have demoted first baseman Adam Lind to Triple-A Las Vegas. The 28-year-old Lind opened the year as Toronto’s cleanup hitter, but he has struggled all season at the plate. He is batting just.186 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 34 games.
Lind had a breakout campaign in 2009, batting .305 with 35 home runs and 114 RBIs, but his production has since tailed off.
To fill Lind’s spot on the roster, the Blue Jays called up catcher Yan Gomes.
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Posted yesterday at 9:41am
 Ezra Shaw/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite a record-breaking season, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees finds himself without a new contract, and Brees isn't too happy about the lack of progress on a new deal.
The team placed the exclusive rights franchise tag on Brees and will have until July 16 to finalize a long-term contract. The team could certainly use some good PR after the fallout of the NFL's bounty investigation that led to suspensions of multiple Saints coaches and players.
"It's been extremely frustrating for me," Brees said in an interview with WWL Radio In New Orleans. "I don't think the negotiations should have been this difficult."
Even though Brees wants to remain with the team long term, he has not ruled out the possibility of holding out of training camp this summer and has already missed several weeks of voluntary offseason training with the team.
Last season, his sixth with the Saints, Brees threw for 5,476 yards and 46 touchdowns.
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Posted yesterday at 9:39am
 Abelimages/Getty Images(TORONTO) -- Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie may be in his first full season with the Major League club, but he's already felt the wrath of the commissioner's office. Lawrie has been suspended for four games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball after an altercation with home plate umpire Bill Miller.
It started in the ninth inning on Tuesday when the Blue Jays were down 4-3 in the ninth inning. Lawrie lost his cool when on a full count, Lawire thought a pitch was ball four, but Miller ruled it a strike. Lawrie disagreed with the call and proceeded to yell and scream at Miller. He eventually threw his batting helmet on the ground towards the direction of Miller, the helmet bounced and hit Miller.
"The only thing I would change maybe is not throwing the helmet or any equipment toward the umpire because you can get an unlucky hop and have the kind of mess that's going on right now," Lawrie said.
Despite the punishment sent down by Major League Baseball, Lawrie originally appealed his suspension, but has decided to drop the appeal and serve his suspension.
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Posted yesterday at 9:38am
 NBA via Chicago Bulls(NEW YORK) -- The Chicago Bulls season ended in disappointment after being just the fifth number one seed to lose in the opening round of the playoffs. Many of their fans blamed power forward Carlos Boozer. Despite how the fans in Chicago feel about him, he's not going anywhere.
Bulls' general manager Gar Forman was on The Mully and Hanley Show on 760 and felt the need to respond to heavy criticism aimed at Boozer by the fans.
"I think Carlos had a very productive year," Forman said. "You look back, he's the only guy on our team that played every game and practiced every day on a team that won more games than anybody in the NBA. He was our second leading scorer and second leading rebounder. We're looking forward to Carlos continuing to make progress."
In his second season with the Bulls, Boozer, 30, averaged 15.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. He is still owed around $45 million by the team over the next three years.
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Posted yesterday at 5:51am
 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) -- The Miami Heat will look to try and steal a game if not take both during their trip to Indianapolis for Game 4 and 5 against the Pacers.
Playing without all-star forward Chris Bosh, who is out with an abdominal strain indefinitely, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade will look to other players to try and fill Bosh's void.
"We're confident and we're looking forward to the challenge," Heat forward Udonis Haslem said. "We can do it. We know we can do it. But it's not going to be easy. So we've got to go in there, we've got to be armored-up and we've got to be ready to go."
LeBron James scored 28 points in the game 2 loss in Miami and also missed two huge free throws in the fourth quarter.
"It's going to be fun," said James. "It's what the playoffs are all about. At the end of the day, you've got to try to win on somebody else's floor. And we look forward to going up there."
Pacers head coach Frank Vogel understands the importance of defending their home court.
"We've got to keep our edge," Vogel said. "We understand that we feel good about who we are as a basketball team and that we can win this series. But that means nothing. We've got to do it in between the lines."
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Posted yesterday at 5:42am
 Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There were no pucks fired at Rangers heads in game 2, but some did find a way into the net for the Devils.
David Clarkson was the game 2 hero for the Devils as he scored a tip-in goal off Adam Henrique's shot 2:31 into the third period that broke a 2-2 tie. The Rangers would have a chance with an empty net, but were unable to put one in against Martin Brodeur late and the Devils found a way to even up the series at one apiece.
"Mr. Clutch? I don't know about that," Clarkson said. "I'm going to skate up and down and finish the checks and just bounce off people. It's just a great feeling to be able to contribute. To get a tip on that felt pretty good."
Martin Brodeur recorded 23 saves for New Jersey in the victory.
"I saw most of the pucks, but the Rangers came out hard," Brodeur said. "They were around me a lot, and there were some bad bounces. It's such a tough place to play sometimes here. There are bad bounces, and the boards are terrible."
Game 3 will be Saturday afternoon at the Prudential Center.
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Posted yesterday at 5:32am
 Boston Celtics/NBA(PHILADELPHIA) -- Kevin Garnett must have made a trip to the fountain of youth.
"Old-man" Garnett was as dominant as could be on Wednesday night during the Celtics 107-91 rout of the 76ers in game 3. Garnett scored 27 points and pulled in 13 rebounds in the victory.
But after the game, Garnett was focused on game 4.
"When you beat a team like this at home, you have to expect them coming out with a lot of energy," Garnett said. "But we'll be ready and we'll have a lot of energy ourselves."
Rajon Rondo recorded 23 points and 14 assists and Paul Pierce rounded out the Big 3 with 24 points.
"We just wanted to come out and establish who we are as a team," Pierce said.
After the game, Sixers head coach Doug Collins said his team saw a different team than in game 2.
"We ran into a Celtics team that had a real sense of purpose about them," coach Doug Collins said. "You could see in moment one, they were looking to push that ball in every situation."
Boston now leads the series 2-1.
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Posted yesterday at 5:25am
 Oklahoma City Thunder/NBA(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- Down seven points with two minutes left, the Thunder found a way to shock the Lakers and come away with the win.
Kevin Durant scored 22 points in the victory for Oklahoma City, but his biggest basket came with 18 seconds left when he nailed an 18-foot baseline runner to give the Thunder a 76-75 lead.
The Lakers did have a chance to take the lead in the last ten seconds, but Metta World Peace was unable to find Kobe Bryant and instead passed to Steve Blake who missed a wide-open three-pointer and the Thunder held on to a 77-75 win on Wednesday night.
"If we would have gotten down on ourselves with two minutes to go, we would have lost by 12 and we would go to L.A. 1-1," said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks.
"Blake was wide open. We didn't have any timeouts left and he got a clean look, a really good look," World Peace said of the Blake shot. "He can knock that down."
Game 3 will be Friday night in Los Angeles.
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