It's Saturday!

It's Saturday. Yippity, Skippity....

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Hockey Playoff Roundup ----

NHL:

Eastern Conference

Last night --

Western Conference Semifinals

No games

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 3 (Pittsburgh leads series 1-0)

Tonight --

Western Conference

Vancouver at Chicago 8:00pm EDT

Eastern Conference

Philadelphia at Boston 12:30pm EDT

WHL:

WHL Championship Finals

Last Night --

Calgary 7, Tri-City 0 (Calgary leads series 1-0)

Tonight --

Tri-City at Calgary 10:00pm EDT

OHL Championship Finals:

Last night --

No games

Tonight --

No games

(Note: Windsor leads series against Barrie 2-0)

QMJHL Championship Finals:

Last night --

Moncton 5, New Brunswick 1 (Moncton leads series 1-0)

Tonight --

No games

USHL Clark Cup Championship Finals:

Last night --

Fargo 2, Green Bay 0 (Fargo leads series 1-0)

Tonight --

Fargo at Green Bay 8:05pm EDT

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The Tampa Bay Rays saw their five-game win streak end last night, with a 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals.

The Rays led 1-0 after two, thanks to an Evan Longoria home run. Kansas City tied it with a run in the seventh, then scored two in the ninth. Tampa Bay got one back in the ninth, but could get no closer.

Jeff Niemann got a no decision, despite allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings. Randy Choate was tagged with the loss.

The Rays, now 17-6, lead the Yankees by 1 1/2 games in the A.L. East. They host Kansas City tonight at 6:10pm EDT and Sunday at 1:40pm EDT. Both games air on 620AM WDAE.

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The Tampa Bay Storm play at the St. Pete Times Forum tonight against the Arizona Rattlers. Game time is 7:30pm EDT on 1250AM WHNZ.

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This weekend:

IZOD Indy Car Racing: Road Runner Indy Car 300 from Kansas City, on ABC at http://www.indycar.com/ at 1:30pm EDT.

Nascar Sprint Car series: Crown Royal presents the Heath Calhoun 400 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Race time is 7:30pm EDT on Fox. In Friday night's Nationwide series race, Brad Keselowski pitted for tires with five laps left, and it made the difference for him in winning the Nationwide race at Richmond.

Rays vs Kansas City, tonight at 6:10pm EDT and Sunday afternoon at 1:40pm EDT.

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Have a good weekend everybody.