Miami is one win from the NBA Finals, leading Boston 3-1 in this East title series, with Game 5 — the possible clincher — Friday night at Walt Disney World.
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Q&A: There’s no Red Sox, but here’s how the virus-altered MLB playoffs will work
There are more teams after a shortened season, and here is a guide for what to expect in the 2020 playoffs.
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Red Sox poised to pay most per win for second straight season
With three games left, Boston has 22 wins in the coronavirus-shortened season, which works out to $3.8 million per win.
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MLB’s shortened season ends with a chaotic sprint to sort out 16-team playoff field
Normally, Game 58 arrives in the first week of June. But in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Game 58 occurs during the schedule’s final weekend.
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Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin partner on NASCAR team for Bubba Wallace
Denny Hamlin is starting his own race car team in partnership with Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan and Bubba Wallace as the driver.
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Jae Crowder, Kelly Olynyk see parallels between Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Celtics’ Brad Stevens
Miami’s Crowder and Olynyk are in the East finals for the second time. The first was in 2017 when they played for Boston under coach Brad Stevens. Both see the similarities between Stevens and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
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Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy standing tall in Stanley Cup Final
For all the hype Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin is receiving fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy is reminding everyone the Tampa Bay Lightning have a strong presence in net, too.
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Celtics and Heat both see ways the can improve in Game 2
On the first off day of this season’s Eastern Conference finals, it might have been difficult to tell which team was holding the 1-0 lead in the series.
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Pac 12 also rethinking football plans
The conference clears a big hurdle toward a possible fall season by getting permission for its California and Oregon schools to practice.
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The Big Ten is back, and college football’s ludicrous soap opera rolls on
Hopefully college leaders, desperately need games so they can collect their television money, are making the right decision to have football the fall.