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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Knicks can't take advantage of Jimmy Butler's injury in Game 1 loss — There was the game lying on the court. Maybe the series. Jimmy Butler, the one player without a fathomable replacement, writhing in pain. Grabbing his foot. — At that moment, Erik Spoelstra was caught …
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat, Butler make another playoff statement, pushing past Knicks 108-101 in series opener — NEW YORK — The opponent changed, the magic continues. — The team that required two chances just to survive the play-in round, entering the NBA playoffs as the No. 8 seed at the bottom …
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Winderman's view: Support from supporting cast when needed by Heat, so it's 1-0 — NEW YORK — Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday's 108-101 NBA playoff victory over the New York Knicks: — No, Gabe Vincent won't necessarily go down as the Tim Hardaway of Heat-Knicks 2.0.
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Knicks collapse in second half, drop Game 1 to Heat 108-101 — Jimmy Butler was on the court, writing in pain. — There was about five minutes remaining in Sunday's Game 1, and it felt, during that brief moment, that Butler's badly twisted ankle shifted the game, perhaps the series, to the Knicks.
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets split doubleheader with Braves after Francisco Alvarez carries team with 2 RBI in nightcap — Pitching help is on the way for the Mets, but it can't come soon enough. — The Mets split a pair of games with the Atlanta Braves on Monday at Citi Field, losing the series 2-1.
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets-Braves postponed for second straight game — The Mets and the Atlanta Braves have yet to play a full nine innings this weekend but they're hoping to get 18 in Monday. — Sunday's game was postponed due to weather once again, marking the second straight postponement after Friday's game was shortened due to rain.
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Rick Stroud / Tampa Bay Times:
2-year-old daughter of Bucs linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowns in family pool — Efforts to revive the child at Barrett's South Tampa home were unsuccessful. — TAMPA — Bucs linebacker Shaquil Barrett's 2-year-old daughter, Arrayah, drowned in the swimming pool at the family's South Tampa home Sunday morning.
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
‘Baseball is a crazy game, man’: Chicago White Sox snap their 10-game skid with a 7-run, 9th-inning rally — Andrew Vaughn knew it was gone once he connected. — Goodbye, baseball. Goodbye, losing streak. Goodbye to the ties to 1948. — The Chicago White Sox snapped a 10-game skid …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
After a 10th straight loss and ‘Sell the team’ chants, the Chicago White Sox might be facing a do-or-die week — One minute Lance Lynn was throwing a no-hitter in the seventh inning against the best team in baseball, trying to end a nine-game Chicago White Sox losing streak.
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The Athletic:
Steph Curry's 50-point masterpiece started well before Game 7, with a speech and a promise to his Warriors — SACRAMENTO — Stephen Curry's epic Game 7 performance — in which his 50 points set a record for a win-or-go-home game — actually began Saturday morning. Well before the Warriors' 120-100 win over the Kings.
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Matt Gelb / The Athletic:
Phillies' Bryce Harper could return Tuesday vs. Dodgers: How he reached this moment — HOUSTON — Bryce Harper has defied every conventional timeline while recovering from Tommy John surgery, and now the process has reached its tipping point. Harper will see a doctor Monday morning in Los Angeles.
Chris Perkins / Sun-Sentinel:
How did Dolphins fare in the draft compared to AFC East foes? Let's take a look — The AFC East got more competitive because of the NFL draft, an event which saw every team in the division acquire talented players that could contribute to a playoff berth and, in one or two cases, perhaps a playoff run.
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Stevon Gamble / Texarkana Gazette:
A&M-Texarkana baseball player hit in chest by stray bullet during game, police say — TEXARKANA, Texas — An 18-year-old baseball player is recovering after being struck by a bullet during a game Saturday afternoon at George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park.
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Peter Sblendorio / New York Daily News:
Yankees call up Jake Bauers after torrid start at Triple-A in effort to boost struggling offense — ARLINGTON — Beset by injuries and inconsistency, the Yankees called up one of their hottest-hitting minor leaguers to potentially provide a boost on offense.
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