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This Date in Baseball
May 23
1901 — The Cleveland Blues, later known as the...
Recent champs Capitals, St. Louis on brink of elimination
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three years since winning the Stanley Cup, the Washington Capitals find themselves on the brink of their third consecutive first-round playoff...
Jokic, Embiid, Curry announced as NBA MVP finalists
Denver’s Nikola Jokic finished ninth in the MVP voting last season. Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Golden State’s Stephen Curry didn’t get listed on a...
Alcantara tosses 2-hit ball, leads Marlins past Phillies 6-0
PHILADELPHIA — Sandy Alcantara tossed two-hit ball over six innings and Garrett Cooper homered to lead the Miami Marlins to a 6-0 win over...
Martinez’s 2-run homer in 9th lifts Red Sox over Jays 8-7
DUNEDIN, Fla. — J.D. Martinez hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in a three-run ninth inning, and Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Toronto...
‘Head lesbian,’ singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80
NEW YORK — The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a t-shirt that read...
NBA East and West first-round playoff preview capsules
Capsules for the NBA first-round series that begin this weekend:
EASTERN...
Anderson’s birthday homer lifts Rogers, Marlins over Phils
PHILADELPHIA — Brain Anderson homered on his 28th birthday to back Trevor Rogers, who pitched five-hit ball for 7 2/3 innings and led the...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...
AP Sportlight
May 21
1881 — A small group of tennis club members...
