Maldonado homers in 17th, Brewers beat Diamondbacks 7-6 (Yahoo Sports)

Martin Maldonado homered with one out in the bottom of the 17th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak. The catcher hit the first pitch from reliever Vidal Nuno (0-1) over the wall in center field to start a well-earned celebration. Maldonado slid into home as his tired but giddy teammates surrounded the plate.

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Hunter's go-ahead double lifts Twins over Blue Jays 6-5 (Yahoo Sports)

Forgive the Minnesota Twins if they wish May wasn't ending. ''I think maybe we're going to change tomorrow to May 32nd and see what happens,'' manager Paul Molitor said Sunday when asked if his team's current streak is sustainable. Minnesota moved into first place in the AL Central and finished May with a 20-7 record, securing its first 20-win month since going 22-6 in June 1991.

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Hamilton pinch-hit double gives Rangers 4-3 win over Red Sox (Yahoo Sports)

Josh Hamilton had a pinch-hit, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday. Hamilton lined a double into the left-center field gap on a 1-1 splitter off Koji Uehara (2-2). Hanser Alberto led off the ninth reaching on a fielding error by third baseman Pablo Sandoval.

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Martinez honors late Taveras, pitches Cardinals over Dodgers (Yahoo Sports)

Carlos Martinez wiped away tears during a pregame tribute to late teammate Oscar Taveras, then pitched one-hit ball for seven shutout innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Sunday. Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in all three runs for the Cardinals. On the one-year anniversary of Taveras' major league debut, his family was on the field to honor him.

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Johnson makes history with 10th win at Dover (Yahoo Sports)

Jimmie Johnson pulled away on the final restart Sunday to win at Dover International Speedway and become the fifth NASCAR driver with 10 or more Sprint Cup victories at a single track. Busch, who poked his head inside Scott's window for a chat, was unhurt in his second points race since he suffered leg and ankle injuries at Daytona.

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Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre jams thumb sliding into 2nd base (Yahoo Sports)

Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has left the series finale against Boston after jamming his left thumb while sliding into second base. Replays showed Beltre's left hand was sliding across the ground when it got close to the base. The Rangers said only that Beltre was being further evaluated.

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Reds complete sweep of Nationals with 8-2 win (Yahoo Sports)

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Todd Frazier and Brandon Phillips each homered and drove in two runs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with an 8-2 win on Sunday.

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Colon uses arm, bat, becomes NL's top winner, Mets top Miami (Yahoo Sports)

Bartolo Colon became the NL's top winner this season, helping himself with an RBI double and getting a five-out save from closer Jeurys Familia to lead the New York Mets over the Miami Marlins 4-3 Sunday. Ruben Tejada hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh and Familia struck out Giancarlo Stanton in a rare eighth-inning appearance as the Mets avoided a three-game sweep. Filling in at third base for injured captain David Wright, Tejada followed his tying three-run double Saturday with a drive to the wall in left off demoted closer Steve Cishek (1-5), enabling the Mets to finish their homestand 4-2.

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Tigers star Verlander shaky in 1st rehab start (Yahoo Sports)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Detroit Tigers star Justin Verlander struggled in his first rehabilitation start, giving up three runs in 2 2-3 innings for Triple-A Toledo on Sunday.

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McEnroe agrees with Azarenka about bringing replay to tennis (Yahoo Sports)

After a much-debated call in her French Open loss to Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka suggested that perhaps it's time for full-on instant replay to be used in tennis - beyond simply the Hawk-Eye line-calling technology used at other tournaments. ''Sometimes we need to have a review,'' Azarenka said, explaining that chair umpires could use ''a little TV screen'' that would also allow them to monitor audio and video. Not surprisingly, John McEnroe would support that sort of thing.

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Johnny Manziel has run-in with fan at Nelson golf tournament (Yahoo Sports)

Johnny Manziel threw a water bottle at a heckler in an incident that didn't lead to any arrests or charges at the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament. Irving police spokesman James McLellan says the fan had been asking the Cleveland quarterback for an autograph for about two hours Saturday when an exchange escalated in the pool area at the Four Seasons resort where the PGA Tour event is held. The bottle didn't hit the fan.

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Nishikori reaches new milestone at French Open (Yahoo Sports)

Kei Nishikori reached another milestone on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese man in more than 80 years to advance to the quarterfinals at the French Open. The fifth-seeded Nishikori, who has yet to drop a set at this year's tournament, progressed to the last eight at the clay-court Grand Slam for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory of Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia on Sunday. ''To (reach) the quarterfinals, that's the first goal for these two weeks,'' said Nishikori, who disappointed with a first-round exit at the French last year but rebounded by making the U.S. Open final.

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Twins' Nolasco leaves in 2nd inning with ankle injury (Yahoo Sports)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota's Ricky Nolasco left his start in the second inning against Toronto on Sunday with a sore right ankle.

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Kevin Love says he'll be back next season with Cavaliers (Yahoo Sports)

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Injured forward Kevin Love says he'll play for the Cavaliers next season.

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Instant Awesome Video: 4-star recruit Nigel Knott catches a football while backflipping off a wall (ESPN)

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Ivanovic back to quarterfinals at French Open (Yahoo Sports)

Former champion Ana Ivanovic returned to the quarterfinals of the French Open for the first time since her triumph at Roland Garros seven years ago after beating ninth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 on Sunday. Ivanovic will face 19th-seeded Elina Svitolina, who overcame strong resistance from local hope Alize Cornet to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-2, 7-6 (9) win. The seventh-seeded Ivanovic, who won the French Open the year after losing in the final, last made the quarterfinals of a major at the Australian Open in 2014.

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Chalk: David Price and DET (won 9 of Price's 10 starts) -124 at Los Angeles; open here for all May 31 MLB betting lines (ESPN)

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Chalk: Jimmie Johnson (9 wins in 29 starts at Dover) 9-2 favorite for Sunday's NSCS race; Denny Hamlin on pole (ESPN)

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Grandal's homer spurs Dodgers to 5-1 win over Cardinals (Yahoo Sports)

The Los Angeles Dodgers were hitless through five innings, but they had made Michael Wacha work. Yasmani Grandal's three-run homer capped a four-run rally off a pitcher who had been perfect and the Dodgers prevailed for a rain-soaked 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. ''We did take really good at-bats,'' Grandal said.

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Instant Awesome Video: Vanderbilt SS Dansby Swanson, possible No. 1 pick in MLB draft, with a HR and a defensive gem (ESPN)

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Blackhawks roll into Cup finals, beating Ducks 5-3 in Game 7 (Yahoo Sports)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Jonathan Toews scored two goals in the opening minutes, Corey Crawford made 35 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks roared into the Stanley Cup finals with a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Saturday night.

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Breaking: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Anaheim Ducks 5-3 Game 7 West finals; will play Tampa Bay Lightning for Stanley Cup (ESPN)

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AP source: Pelicans hire Alvin Gentry as coach (Yahoo Sports)

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Golden State Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry as head coach, according to a person familiar with the situation. Gentry is expected to remain with Golden State until the Warriors complete the NBA Finals against Cleveland, the person said. Gentry has served as a head coach four times, compiling a career record of 335-370.

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Messi gets 2 to lead Barcelona past Bilbao 3-1 in cup final (Yahoo Sports)

Lionel Messi scored a stunning opener before adding a second goal to lead Barcelona to the Copa del Rey title with a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, giving the Catalan club its second of three possible trophies before it turns to the Champions League final. Messi did it all by himself in the 20th minute when he dribbled past four Bilbao defenders to put Barcelona in charge. The star forward added a second goal after Neymar doubled the lead to build a 3-0 advantage as Barcelona claimed its record 27th cup title - and third in seven years, all at the expense of Bilbao.

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Keuchel fans 11, pitches 4-hitter as Astros blank White Sox (Yahoo Sports)

Dallas Keuchel struck out a career-high 11 and pitched a four-hitter, leading the Houston Astros over the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Saturday. Keuchel (7-1) pitched his second career shutout and first since May 13, 2014. The Astros improved to 31-19, tying the 1998 team that won a franchise-high 102 times for the best 50-game start in team history.

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Breaking: New Orleans Pelicans to hire Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry as head coach, ESPN's Marc Stein reports (ESPN)

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Instant Awesome Video: NBA MVP Stephen Curry makes one-handed half-court shot with his back facing the basket (ESPN)

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Game 7 showdown in West finals welcomed by Ducks, Blackhawks (Yahoo Sports)

Ryan Getzlaf and Jonathan Toews agree that the pain of a Game 7 defeat in the Stanley Cup playoffs doesn't really go away. One year after the Anaheim Ducks and the Chicago Blackhawks both exited the playoffs with a loss in a seventh game, they're facing off in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday night at Honda Center. After two weeks of brilliant, bruising hockey, Toews and Getzlaf don't plan to say much in the dressing rooms before the Blackhawks and Ducks meet for the conference title and a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.

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Warriors' Kerr expects Thompson to play in Game 1 of finals (Yahoo Sports)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he expects All-Star guard Klay Thompson to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper scratched with sore back (Yahoo Sports)

Outfielder Bryce Harper was scratched from Washington's lineup on Saturday because of a sore back. Harper was hit in the middle of the back by a pitch from Cincinnati's Tony Cingrani during the Reds' 5-2 win on Friday night. Harper had words for Cingrani before heading to first base.

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The Latest: Nadal firing at French? Still too early to tell (Yahoo Sports)

The Latest from the French Open: --- 5:47 p.m. So, the big question: Is Rafael Nadal firing on all cylinders in his quest for a 10th French Open title? Andrey Kuznetsov certainly wasn't a reliable gauge of the 14-time Grand Slam champion's form in a clay-court season when his ranking has slipped to seventh - the Spaniard's lowest spot in a decade - and which Nadal himself acknowledges has been ''up and down.'' Kuznetsov, ranked 120th, folded 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in their third-round match Saturday. ''Being in the fourth round is great news for me,'' Nadal said after stretching his Roland Garros winning streak to 38 matches.

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Instant Awesome Video: Lionel Messi scores amazing goal in Copa del Rey final - \"Out of this world .. it's pure genius!\" (ESPN)

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Arkansas State's Livingston charged with punching officer (Yahoo Sports)

An Arkansas State basketball player is charged with punching a police officer in the throat at a medical facility. Police say Anthony Livingston, 22, hit Jonesboro Officer Tyler Wilson on Thursday after Wilson threatened to shoot him with a stun gun because Livingston was being combative and resisting arrest. It wasn't clear why Livingston was at the medical facility.

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Nationals put Stephen Strasburg on DL with stiff neck (Yahoo Sports)

The Washington Nationals have put Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list, a day after he had to leave a start after 16 pitches because of a stiff neck. Strasburg had a rough May, failing to last four innings in four of his five starts. Manager Matt Williams said on Saturday that the team wants to find out why he's having back and neck problems.

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Arsenal beats Aston Villa 4-0 to defend FA Cup title (Yahoo Sports)

Theo Walcott ended a frustrating season by scoring the first goal as Arsenal won a record 12th FA Cup title Saturday with a dominant 4-0 victory over Aston Villa in the final at Wembley Stadium. Walcott, who missed most of 2014 with a knee injury sustained in an FA Cup game, volleyed home a shot in the 40th minute to put defending champion Arsenal ahead. Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead with a fierce 25-yard shot that dipped in via the underside of the crossbar before Per Mertesacker scored with a header in the 62nd.

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Instant Awesome Video: North Carolina A&T's Tarik Cohen does his viral one-handed backflip catch live on SportsCenter (ESPN)

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No. 1 Novak Djokovic races into French Open 4th round (Yahoo Sports)

Novak Djokovic seems in a hurry as he chases his ninth Grand Slam title - and the only one he's never won - racing into the French Open fourth round with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win against 19-year-old Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis. Ranked 84th, Kokkinakis never stood a chance against the top-ranked Serb. Next up for Djokovic is either 15th-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa, or No. 20 Richard Gasquet of France, who played later Saturday.

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Blatter says FIFA corruption probe won't lead to him (Yahoo Sports)

Invigorated by his FIFA election win, Sepp Blatter dismissed any suggestion Saturday that the American investigation into soccer corruption could yet lead to his door. Several senior FIFA officials have been arrested already, but Blatter shrugged of the notion that he could be next. Next question,'' Blatter dismissed curtly, in his first meeting with international media since the dual American and Swiss investigations rocked FIFA's home city Zurich on Wednesday.

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Chalk: Wade Miley and Boston listed at -130 on the road at Texas on Saturday; open here for all May 30 MLB betting lines (ESPN)

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Hamilton's homers help Rangers to 7-4 win over Red Sox (Yahoo Sports)

Josh Hamilton homered in his first two at-bats, his first homers since he belatedly began his major league season this week back with Texas, helping the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Friday night. Hamilton pulled both homers into the seats in right field off knuckleballer Steven Wright (2-2). The homers came in the second and fourth innings, on pitches measured at 74 and 66 mph. Wright uncorked a third-inning wild pitch to score a run.

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Lightning strike: Tampa Bay beats Rangers, will play for Cup (Yahoo Sports)

The Tampa Bay Lightning will play for the Stanley Cup, winning their third straight game at Madison Square Garden 2-0 on Friday night to beat the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference finals in seven games. Ben Bishop, pulled from a Game 6 loss after allowing five goals, outplayed Henrik Lundqvist in handing New York its first loss ever in a Game 7 at the Garden. The Lightning, who won the Cup in 2004 in their only trip to the finals, will play Chicago or Anaheim for the championship.

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Breaking: Tampa Bay Lightning advance to Stanley Cup finals with 2-0 win over New York Rangers in Game 7 of East finals (ESPN)

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Strasburg leaves after 16 pitches, Reds beat Nationals 5-2 (Yahoo Sports)

Washington's Stephen Strasburg left after only 16 pitches, and Zack Cozart had three hits as the Cincinnati Reds rallied against the Nationals' bullpen for a 5-2 victory on Friday night. The Reds took advantage of Strasburg's quick exit to win for only the second time in 12 games. Strasburg gave up a solo homer in the first inning by Joey Votto -his first since April 28 - and walked Brayan Pena on his 16th pitch to open the second inning.

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Bour hits 3-run HR, leads Haren, Marlins over Harvey, Mets (Yahoo Sports)

More and more, Justin Bour is blossoming into the kind of hitter that Dan Jennings and the Miami Marlins hoped he would become. Bour launched a three-run homer to back Dan Haren, and the Marlins extended Matt Harvey's winless streak to five starts by beating the New York Mets 4-3 on Friday night. In December 2013, shortly after taking over as the Marlins' general manager, Jennings plucked Bour from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft for players left off the roster.

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Instant Awesome Video: Indiana pulls off crazy triple play vs. Radford, ending with catcher making diving tag in rundown (ESPN)

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Nationals' Stephen Strasburg leaves after only 16 pitches (Yahoo Sports)

Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals left Friday night's game after throwing only 16 pitches to the Cincinnati Reds. Strasburg has struggled in May, failing to reach the fourth inning in three of his four previous starts. Strasburg shrugged his shoulders after his 16th pitch, and a trainer came out to check on him.

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AP Source: Brady's deflate appeal will be June 23 (Yahoo Sports)

A person familiar with the situation says Tom Brady's appeal of his suspension in the deflated footballs scandal will be on June 23.

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Kang, Marte, Polanco homer in Pirates' 11-5 win vs Padres (Yahoo Sports)

An early home run barrage carried A.J. Burnett and the Pittsburgh Pirates to their seventh straight win, 11-5 against the San Diego Padres on Thursday night. Jung Ho Kang hit a three-run homer and Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco also went deep off Ian Kennedy in support of Burnett (5-1), who won his fifth straight start. Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker and Francisco Cervelli each had three of the Pirates' 15 hits.

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Kluber strikes out 13 in Indians' 5-3 win over Mariners (Yahoo Sports)

Even a couple of home runs couldn't derail the roll Cleveland's Corey Kluber is on, getting closer to the form that earned him the AL Cy Young award a season ago. Kluber struck out 13 in seven innings to win his third straight decision, Jason Kipnis continued his hot May with two hits and two RBIs, and the Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Thursday night. Kluber improved to 3-0 with 50 strikeouts and two walks in his last four starts as Cleveland won for the eighth time in 10 games, inching closer to .500 after struggling the first six weeks of the season.

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Red Sox lefty Rodriguez wins MLB debut, 5-1 at Texas (Yahoo Sports)

Eduardo Rodriguez went to bed and dreamed about his major league debut after the Boston Red Sox arrived in Texas. Rodriguez threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings to become the youngest Red Sox starter to win in his major league debut on the road since 1967, and Boston beat the Rangers 5-1 to spoil Josh Hamilton's first home game back in Texas on Thursday night.

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Eagles' Kelly says McCoy was wrong to question his motives (Yahoo Sports)

Eagles coach Chip Kelly says LeSean McCoy was wrong to suggest he favors white players over black players, adding he never considers race when building his roster. ''We put a lot of time in looking at the characters and factors that go into selection and retention of players, and color's never been one of them.'' Kelly traded McCoy to the Buffalo Bills in March for linebacker Kiko Alonso. The two-time All-Pro and leading rusher in franchise history then questioned Kelly's motives in an interview with ESPN The Magazine this month.

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Nationals' Werth out indefinitely with broken wrist (Yahoo Sports)

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Washington's Jayson Werth is out indefinitely after another test found that he broke his left wrist two weeks ago.

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Magic hire former player Scott Skiles as head coach (Yahoo Sports)

The Orlando Magic have hired former player Scott Skiles as their next head coach. General manager Rob Hennigan announced the hiring Friday. The 51-year-old Skiles becomes the 12th coach in franchise history.

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Atlanta Falcons linebacker faces animal cruelty charge (Yahoo Sports)

Police on Friday charged Atlanta Falcons linebacker Prince Shembo with aggravated animal cruelty after his girlfriend's dog died from blunt force trauma. Denicia Williams called police on April 19 to report that her ex-boyfriend had killed her dog, Gwinnett County police said in a news release Friday. Williams told police she had taken her Yorkie, Dior, to Shembo's apartment on April 15.

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Warriors guard Klay Thompson diagnosed with concussion (Yahoo Sports)

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson has been diagnosed with a concussion and will not practice until he is symptom free. The Warriors announced the diagnosis Friday after Thompson went through neurological tests earlier in the day. The All-Star guard took a knee to the head from Houston's Trevor Ariza in the fourth quarter of Golden State's Western Conference finals clinching win Wednesday night.

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LeBron says stopping Curry futile: 'You can't' (Yahoo Sports)

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- LeBron James says he's given teammates ''the blueprint'' for the NBA Finals and it's up to the Cavaliers to follow it.

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Belichick avoids direct answers on deflated footballs (Yahoo Sports)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Coach Bill Belichick is shedding little light in his first public remarks since the Wells report on the Patriots' use of underinflated footballs.

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Sharper pleads guilty in federal sexual assault case (Yahoo Sports)

Former New Orleans Saints player Darren Sharper pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in connection with allegations he drugged and assaulted women in four states, the latest development in the former Pro-Bowler's fall from grace. A plea deal was announced in March to resolve the charges in all jurisdictions. On March 23, he pleaded guilty to sexual assault in Arizona and no contest in California.

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Lightning-Rangers Preview (Yahoo Sports)

The Lightning have the 'Triplets' line of Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat, a hot captain in Steven Stamkos, an outstanding defenseman in Victor Hedman and goaltender Ben Bishop, who has stepped whenever the season has been on the line. The Presidents' Trophy winning Rangers had the NHL's best regular-season record, a 42-goal scorer in Rick Nash, a shutdown defensive duo of Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi and the experience of having been to the finals just a year ago. The difference maker also belongs to the Rangers: goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

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