NBA  – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round
Yesterday

  Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 91                                   (MIA Leads  1-0) 

  Boston Celtics 115, Brooklyn Nets 114                            (BOS Leads 1-0) 

  Milwaukee Bucks 93, Chicago Bulls 86                             (MIL  Leads 1-0) 

Phoenix Suns 110, New Orleans Pelicans 99                     (PHX  Leads 1-0) 

Bucks 93, Bulls 86 – Bucks bounce back after blowing  big lead to beat Bulls 93-86

  Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 16 rebounds  and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks recovered after blowing a 16-point  lead to beat the Chicago Bulls 93-86 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff  series Sunday. Jrue Holiday sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:03 left as part of  an 8-0 run that gave the Bucks an 85-78 edge. The Bulls got the margin down to  one but could never regain the lead. Zach LaVine missed a potential tying  3-pointer from nearly 30 feet away with 29.7 seconds left.  Nicola Vucevic had 24 points to lead Chicago.   Game 2 is Wednesday. 

Tonight

  Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers, 7:30 p.m.              (PHI  Leads 1-0) 

  Utah Jazz at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.                           (UTAH Leads 1-0) 

  Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m.      (GSW Leads 1-0) 

MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, PPD Rain

  Tampa Bay Rays 9, Chicago White Sox 3

  Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado Rockies 4

Tigers at Royals – PPD – Tigers-Royals postponed  because of inclement weather

  Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Royals and  Detroit Tigers has been postponed because of inclement weather. The game will  be rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Monday, July 11. The Tigers  won two of the first three games of the series.

Rays 9, White Sox 3 – Arozarena leads Rays past White  Sox 9-3 to stop 4-game slide

  Randy Arozarena doubled twice and finished with three  hits as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Chicago White Sox 9-3 to stop a four-game  slide. Manuel Margot also had three hits for the Rays, including a double.  Kevin Kiermaier and Francisco Mejia each drove in two runs. Wander Franco added  an RBI double as Tampa Bay pulled away with a four-run eighth inning. Margot,  Kiermaier and Yandy Diaz had RBIs in a four-run first when the Rays jumped on  shaky Chicago starter Vince Velasquez without hitting the ball hard.

Cubs 6, Rockies 4 – Suzuki homers to extend hot start,  Cubs beat Rockies 6-4

  Seiya Suzuki hit his fourth home run, extending an  impressive start to his major league career, and the Chicago Cubs defeated the  Colorado Rockies 6-4. Willson Contreras also went deep for the Cubs. Nick  Madrigal had three hits and Nico Hoerner drove in two runs. Suzuki is batting  .400 and has hit safely in eight straight games with an at-bat. The outfielder  from Japan has reached base in all nine games to begin his Cubs career. Rowan  Wick won in relief and David Robertson earned his third save. Ryan McMahon  homered for the Rockies. The Cubs roughed up Colorado starter Austin Gomber for  five runs — four earned — in 4 1/3 innings.

Tonight

  Chicago  White Sox (Keuchel 1-0) at Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

  Tampa  Bay (McClanahan 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-1), 7:40 p.m.

  Tigers  are off 

NHL  – National Hockey League
Last Night

  Florida Panthers 6, Detroit Red Wings 1

Panthers 6, Red Wings 1 – Panthers’ win streak reaches  10 games with 6-1 rout of Wings

  Anton Lundell scored twice and the Florida Panthers  extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 6-1 rout of the Detroit Red  Wings. Anthony Duclair, Sam Reinhart, Maxim Mamin and Gustav Forsling also  scored for the Panthers, who tied a franchise mark with their 22nd road win of  the season. Spencer Knight made 33 saves. Pius Suter scored and Alex  Nedeljkovic had 33 saves for the Red Wings, who have allowed six or more goals  for the 14th time this season.

Tonight

  Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:00 p.m.

NHL – Blackhawk player’s celebrity golden retriever  dies

  Chicago Blackhawks center Dylan Strome’s golden  retriever that became a celebrity in its own right — complete with more than  20,000 Instagram followers — has died. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 2-year-old  Wrigley died on Friday at the the age of two years old after developing sepsis  following surgery. Strome credits Wrigley for helping him and his family get  through the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ups and downs of  his hockey career.

USFL – United States Football League
Sunday
All games in Birmingham, AL

  Houston Gamblers 17, Michigan Panthers 12

NASCAR – Kyle Busch steals Bristol win as Reddick and  Briscoe crash

  Kyle Busch slipped past the spinning cars of Tyler  Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season Sunday night  on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Reddick was chasing the  first Cup win of his career but lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on  Reddick. Briscoe timed his move for the win for the third turn of the final  lap, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside. The move  backfired and both cars spun out of control and Busch, who was running third,  simply skirted through for his first win.

Golf – PGA – Spieth wins in SC

  Jordan Spieth used a marvelous approach shot on the  first playoff hole to beat Patrick Cantlay and win the PGA’s RBC Heritage. Spieth  hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches of the cup. He won his  13th PGA Tour title and second straight on Easter Sunday after taking the  Valero Texas Open a year ago to end a four-year drought. Playing four groups  ahead of Cantlay, Spieth birdied Harbour Town’s par-4 18th lighthouse hole in  regulation, holing a 10-footer for a 5-under 66 and 13-under 271 total.

NCAAMBKB – Emoni Bates leaving Memphis for transfer  portal after 1 year

  Emoni Bates has announced he’s entering the transfer  portal after one season at Memphis. Bates announced his decision Saturday on  his Instagram account. He thanked Memphis coach Penny Hardaway and the rest of  his coaching staff for giving him a chance to be a Tiger. The 6-foot-9 forward  has been called a generational talent and projected as the No. 1 overall pick  when he becomes eligible for the NBA draft after he turns 19 in 2023. He  reclassified to the class of 2021 last August and joined former AAU teammate  Jalen Duren at Memphis.  Bates went to  high school at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti before attending Ypsilanti Prep  his senior year. 

Running – Perfect spring weather greets Boston  Marathon’s April return

  The Boston Marathon is back in the spring, where it  belongs. Six months after the only fall race in the event’s 125-year history,  the world’s most prestigious marathon returns to its traditional Patriots’ Day  slot in the calendar. More than 28,000 runners have signed up for Monday’s  26.2-mile slog. Among them are 11 former champions and what could be the  fastest field ever. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 50s with no  rain, and only the possibility of a slight headwind late in the afternoon for  the stragglers.

USA Football takes a major step in coaching  accreditation

  USA Football has taken another major step in coaching  accreditation on the youth level, having its educational programs certified by  the U.S. Center for Coaching Excellence. The governing body for the sport in  this country joins track and field as the only such organizations with USCCE  accreditation. Since 2013, more than 900,000 USA Football youth coaching certifications  have been completed. That figure includes youth coaches who have completed the  certification more than once during the past 10 years. USA Football, a member  of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, trains and certifies more tackle  and flag football coaches than any organization in the United States.

MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday

  Fort Wayne Tin Caps 4, South Bend Cubs 3

  Lansing Lugnuts 5, West Michigan Whitecaps 3

  Peoria Chiefs 7, Great Lakes Loons 6

Today

  No games today

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Today
Baseball

  Brandywine at New  Buffalo, 4:15 p.m.

  Hartford at  Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  White Pigeon at  Centreville, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Decatur at Comstock,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Marcellus at Mendon,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Paw Paw at Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Harper Creek at  Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Constantine at Colon,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

Softball

  Hartford at  Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  White Pigeon at  Centreville, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Decatur at Comstock,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Marcellus at Mendon,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Constantine at Colon,  4:00 p.m. (DH)

  Parchment at  Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.

Girls Soccer

  Portage Central at  Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.

  St. Joseph at Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.

  Brandywine at Michigan  Lutheran, 5:30 p.m.

  South Haven at Our  Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m.

  Berrien Springs at  Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.

  New Buffalo at Covert,  5:00 p.m.

  Watervliet at  Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m.

  Schoolcraft at Fennville,  6:00 p.m.

  Parchment at  Constantine, 5:00 p.m.

  Hartford at Bangor,  5:30 p.m.

  Comstock at Marcellus,  5:30 p.m.

  Harper Creek at  Allegan, 6:00 p.m.

  Wyoming Lee at Otsego,  6:30 p.m. 

  Saugatuck at Lawton,  6:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo Christian at  Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo Central at  Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.

  Mattawan at Portage  Northern, 6:30 p.m.

Battle Creek Central  at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Golf

  SMAC West at The  Moors, 3:30 p.m.                    (Portage  Nothern host)

  BCS Jamboree at Pineview  Golf Club, 4:00 p.m.      (Howardsville  Christian host)

Girls Tennis

  St. Joseph at Portage  Central, 4:00 p.m.

  Gull Lake at  Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m.

  Our Lady of the Lake at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.

  Holland Black River at  South Haven, 4:00 p.m. 

NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round 
 Yesterday 
 Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 91                                   (MIA Leads 1-0) 
 Boston Celtics 115, Brooklyn Nets 114                            (BOS Leads 1-0) 
 Milwaukee Bucks 93, Chicago Bulls 86                             (MIL Leads 1-0) 
Phoenix Suns 110, New Orleans Pelicans 99                     (PHX Leads 1-0) 
Bucks 93, Bulls 86 – Bucks bounce back after blowing big lead to beat Bulls 93-86 
 Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 16 rebounds and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks recovered after blowing a 16-point lead to beat the Chicago Bulls 93-86 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday. Jrue Holiday sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:03 left as part of an 8-0 run that gave the Bucks an 85-78 edge. The Bulls got the margin down to one but could never regain the lead. Zach LaVine missed a potential tying 3-pointer from nearly 30 feet away with 29.7 seconds left.  Nicola Vucevic had 24 points to lead Chicago.  Game 2 is Wednesday. 
Tonight 
 Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers, 7:30 p.m.              (PHI Leads 1-0) 
 Utah Jazz at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.                           (UTAH Leads 1-0) 
 Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors, 10:00 p.m.      (GSW Leads 1-0) 
MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, PPD Rain 
 Tampa Bay Rays 9, Chicago White Sox 3 
 Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado Rockies 4
Tigers at Royals – PPD – Tigers-Royals postponed because of inclement weather 
 Sunday&rsquo;s game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers has been postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Monday, July 11. The Tigers won two of the first three games of the series.
Rays 9, White Sox 3 – Arozarena leads Rays past White Sox 9-3 to stop 4-game slide 
 Randy Arozarena doubled twice and finished with three hits as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Chicago White Sox 9-3 to stop a four-game slide. Manuel Margot also had three hits for the Rays, including a double. Kevin Kiermaier and Francisco Mejia each drove in two runs. Wander Franco added an RBI double as Tampa Bay pulled away with a four-run eighth inning. Margot, Kiermaier and Yandy Diaz had RBIs in a four-run first when the Rays jumped on shaky Chicago starter Vince Velasquez without hitting the ball hard.
Cubs 6, Rockies 4 – Suzuki homers to extend hot start, Cubs beat Rockies 6-4 
 Seiya Suzuki hit his fourth home run, extending an impressive start to his major league career, and the Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-4. Willson Contreras also went deep for the Cubs. Nick Madrigal had three hits and Nico Hoerner drove in two runs. Suzuki is batting .400 and has hit safely in eight straight games with an at-bat. The outfielder from Japan has reached base in all nine games to begin his Cubs career. Rowan Wick won in relief and David Robertson earned his third save. Ryan McMahon homered for the Rockies. The Cubs roughed up Colorado starter Austin Gomber for five runs — four earned — in 4 1/3 innings.
Tonight 
 Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 1-0) at Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1), 6:10 p.m. 
 Tampa Bay (McClanahan 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-1), 7:40 p.m. 
 Tigers are off 
NHL – National Hockey League 
 Last Night 
 Florida Panthers 6, Detroit Red Wings 1
Panthers 6, Red Wings 1 – Panthers&#8217; win streak reaches 10 games with 6-1 rout of Wings 
 Anton Lundell scored twice and the Florida Panthers extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 6-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings. Anthony Duclair, Sam Reinhart, Maxim Mamin and Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers, who tied a franchise mark with their 22nd road win of the season. Spencer Knight made 33 saves. Pius Suter scored and Alex Nedeljkovic had 33 saves for the Red Wings, who have allowed six or more goals for the 14th time this season.
Tonight 
 Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:00 p.m.
NHL – Blackhawk player&#8217;s celebrity golden retriever dies 
 Chicago Blackhawks center Dylan Strome&rsquo;s golden retriever that became a celebrity in its own right — complete with more than 20,000 Instagram followers — has died. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 2-year-old Wrigley died on Friday at the the age of two years old after developing sepsis following surgery. Strome credits Wrigley for helping him and his family get through the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ups and downs of his hockey career. 
USFL – United States Football League 
 Sunday 
 All games in Birmingham, AL 
 Houston Gamblers 17, Michigan Panthers 12
NASCAR – Kyle Busch steals Bristol win as Reddick and Briscoe crash 
 Kyle Busch slipped past the spinning cars of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season Sunday night on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Reddick was chasing the first Cup win of his career but lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on Reddick. Briscoe timed his move for the win for the third turn of the final lap, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside. The move backfired and both cars spun out of control and Busch, who was running third, simply skirted through for his first win.
Golf – PGA – Spieth wins in SC 
 Jordan Spieth used a marvelous approach shot on the first playoff hole to beat Patrick Cantlay and win the PGA&rsquo;s RBC Heritage. Spieth hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches of the cup. He won his 13th PGA Tour title and second straight on Easter Sunday after taking the Valero Texas Open a year ago to end a four-year drought. Playing four groups ahead of Cantlay, Spieth birdied Harbour Town&rsquo;s par-4 18th lighthouse hole in regulation, holing a 10-footer for a 5-under 66 and 13-under 271 total.
NCAAMBKB – Emoni Bates leaving Memphis for transfer portal after 1 year 
 Emoni Bates has announced he&rsquo;s entering the transfer portal after one season at Memphis. Bates announced his decision Saturday on his Instagram account. He thanked Memphis coach Penny Hardaway and the rest of his coaching staff for giving him a chance to be a Tiger. The 6-foot-9 forward has been called a generational talent and projected as the No. 1 overall pick when he becomes eligible for the NBA draft after he turns 19 in 2023. He reclassified to the class of 2021 last August and joined former AAU teammate Jalen Duren at Memphis.  Bates went to high school at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti before attending Ypsilanti Prep his senior year. 
Running – Perfect spring weather greets Boston Marathon&#8217;s April return 
 The Boston Marathon is back in the spring, where it belongs. Six months after the only fall race in the event&#8217;s 125-year history, the world&#8217;s most prestigious marathon returns to its traditional Patriots&#8217; Day slot in the calendar. More than 28,000 runners have signed up for Monday&rsquo;s 26.2-mile slog. Among them are 11 former champions and what could be the fastest field ever. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 50s with no rain, and only the possibility of a slight headwind late in the afternoon for the stragglers.
USA Football takes a major step in coaching accreditation 
 USA Football has taken another major step in coaching accreditation on the youth level, having its educational programs certified by the U.S. Center for Coaching Excellence. The governing body for the sport in this country joins track and field as the only such organizations with USCCE accreditation. Since 2013, more than 900,000 USA Football youth coaching certifications have been completed. That figure includes youth coaches who have completed the certification more than once during the past 10 years. USA Football, a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, trains and certifies more tackle and flag football coaches than any organization in the United States.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 4, South Bend Cubs 3 
 Lansing Lugnuts 5, West Michigan Whitecaps 3 
 Peoria Chiefs 7, Great Lakes Loons 6
Today 
 No games today
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Today 
 Baseball 
 Brandywine at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. 
 Hartford at Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 White Pigeon at Centreville, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Decatur at Comstock, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Marcellus at Mendon, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Paw Paw at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Harper Creek at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Constantine at Colon, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Softball 
 Hartford at Cassopolis, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 White Pigeon at Centreville, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Decatur at Comstock, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Marcellus at Mendon, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Constantine at Colon, 4:00 p.m. (DH) 
 Parchment at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer 
 Portage Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. 
 St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. 
 Brandywine at Michigan Lutheran, 5:30 p.m. 
 South Haven at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. 
 Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. 
 New Buffalo at Covert, 5:00 p.m. 
 Watervliet at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. 
 Schoolcraft at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. 
 Parchment at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. 
 Hartford at Bangor, 5:30 p.m. 
 Comstock at Marcellus, 5:30 p.m. 
 Harper Creek at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Wyoming Lee at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Christian at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. 
 Mattawan at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. 
Battle Creek Central at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Golf 
 SMAC West at The Moors, 3:30 p.m.                    (Portage Nothern host) 
 BCS Jamboree at Pineview Golf Club, 4:00 p.m.      (Howardsville Christian host)
Girls Tennis 
 St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. 
 Gull Lake at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. 
 Holland Black River at South Haven, 4:00 p.m.

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NBA  – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round   Yesterday   Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 91                                   (MIA Leads  1-0)    Boston Celtics 115, Brooklyn Nets 114                            (BOS Leads...