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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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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets edged by Braves in Game 1 of doubleheader — Pitching help is on the way for the Mets, but it can't come soon enough. — Calling up Denyi Reyes to make a start was always a gamble. There have always been questions about whether or not his stuff could play at the big league level …
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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 Notebook: Aaron Judge has mild hip strain, will stay off IL for now — ARLINGTON — Aaron Judge is dealing with a mild strain to the top of his hip but feels better three days after suffering the injury, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Saturday. — Judge underwent an MRI on Friday …
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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
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Steve Cohen has considered a costly retractable roof on Citi Field and here's why he should — If there's a choice and I get a vote, I say spend for a retractable for Citi Field over free agents to be Julio Urias, Aaron Nola or Matt Chapman. Or all three. — Or over Shohei Ohtani even.
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