In the NBA playoffs, Kyle Lowry scored 35 points and DeMar DeRozan had 28 as the Toronto Raptors beat Miami 116-89 in Game 7 to reach the conference finals for the first time in franchise history. The Raptors will take on Cleveland.
In the National Basketball League, the Halifax Hurricanes defeated the Mill Rats 117-89 to take a 2 games to nothing lead. Game three goes this Friday night at Harbour Station with tipoff at 7:00. Gabe Freeman led the Mill Rats with 21 points
In the NHL playoffs, St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott came up big as the Blues got by San Jose 2-1 in the opener of their Western final.
In the Majors, Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays and Texas second baseman Rougned Odor got into a fistfight after a hard slide. Players from both teams rushed the field and Odor landed a punch to Bautista’s face. Texas won the game 7-6……Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer to lead the Red Sox to a 10-9 victory over Houston while Baltimore lost to Detroit 6-5 to remain tied for first in the A-L East and the Yankees got by the Chicago White Sox 7-5. In other play, it was Kansas City 4 Atlanta 2 (13 innings)…..Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 1……Colorado 4 NY Mets 3…..St. Louis 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 2…..Minnesota 5 Cleveland 1….Oakland 7 Tampa Bay 6….Miami 5 Washington 1….Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 4….Milwaukee 3 San Diego 2…..Los Angeles Angels 3 Seattle 0 and San Francisco 2 Arizona 1.
A Premier League soccer game between Manchester United and Bournemouth at the Old Trafford stadium in England has been postponed following the discover of a suspicious package at the stadium. The Premier League released a statement saying after talking with police, it was decided the best route was to postpone the match until the suspicious package was investigated. It turns out the package was a dummy bomb that had been left behind after a security exercise.
