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Today is April 2nd, the 93rd day of 2012. There are 273 days left in the year.
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Whitney takes long and winding road to 1,000 points.
Russian-born players dominate draft discussions.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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April is: Fair Housing Month, Financial Literacy Month, Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month, Frog Month, Global Child Nutrition Month, Grange Month, Grilled Cheese Month, Holy Humor Month, Home Improvement Time, Honor Society Awareness Month, Informed Women Month, International Customer Loyalty Month, International Guitar Month, International Twit Award Month, Irritable Bowl Syndrome Month and Jazz Appreciation Month.
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Tampa, FL. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning play their final home game of the season tonight, as they host the Washington Capitals.
Read the preview right here.
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Today is the start of Testicular Cancer Awareness Week. Today is also: International Children's Book Day, National Love Our Children Day, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, Reconciliation Day, Tater Day and World Autism Day.
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U.S. Women Fall to Canada, 1-0,
in Game Prior to 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
OTTAWA, Ont. – The U.S. fell to Canada by a 1-0 score here tonight at the Ottawa Civic Centre in a game prior to the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship. The U.S. squad was made up of 20 of the 27 players vying for a spot on the U.S. Women's National Team, while Canada's team was made up of 20 of the 28 players competing for a spot on the Canadian roster.
"It was a hard-fought battle by both teams," said Katey Stone, head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team. "We had our chances to even things up down the stretch. It's a good place to build from."
The two teams will open the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship on April 7 at 7 p.m. EDT. Both rosters will be announced tomorrow (April 1).
In a scoreless opening frame, the shots were 10-8 in favor of the U.S. Canada's Laura Fortino scored the lone goal of the game at 17:26 of the second period with a wrist shot to the top corner past Molly Schaus (Natick, Mass.).
The U.S. will face Finland on April 3 at 7 p.m. in Lake Placid, N.Y., prior to the IIHF Women's World Championship in Burlington, Vt.
NOTES: Click here for the full preliminary roster ... Michelle Picard (Taunton, Mass.) is the youngest player on the roster at 18 years old ... Of the 27 players on the U.S. preliminary roster, all but Brittany Dougherty (Chesterfield, Mich.) have competed for the U.S. in international competition ... Team USA has won four gold medals and nine silvers in the 13 previous IIHF Women's World Championships. The U.S. has won four of the last five world championships (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011) ... As previously announced, Harvard University's Katey Stone will serve as the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team. Joining Stone as assistant coaches will be Laura Halldorson and Bobby Jay. Stone and Jay were behind the bench for the U.S. at the 2011 Four Nations Cup ... Robb Stauber will serve as the goaltending coach, while Michael Boyle is the strength and conditioning coach ... To follow the team in Lake Placid, check out the U.S. Women's National Program blog by clicking here ... For ticket information for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, click here or call 802.656.4410.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 0 0 0 -- 0
CAN 0 1 0 -- 1
First Period - Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Larocque (slashing), 3:57; USA, Dougherty (holding), 5:48; USA, Brandt (hooking), 8:29; CAN, Apps (tripping), 11:10; USA, Lamoureux (slashing), 17:21.
Second Period - Scoring: 1, CAN, Fortino (Poulin), 17:26. Penalties: CAN, Apps (hooking), 5:13; USA, Schleper (delay of game), 14:51; CAN, Bendus (holding), 18:17.
Third Period - Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Fortino (body-checking), 2:26; CAN, Jenner (body contact), 9:48; CAN, Poulin (body-checking), 15:25.
Shots by Period
1 2 3 Total
USA 10 10 4 24
CAN 8 9 5 22
Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Schaus, 59:17 8-8 9-8 5-5 22-21
CAN, Szabados, 60:00 10-10 10-10 4-4 24-24
Power Play: USA 0-6; CAN 0-4
Penalties: USA 4-8; CAN 6-12
Officials: Referee-Melanie Bordeleau; Linesmen-Kerri Rumble, Meagan Boyle
IIHF Women's World Championship Game Schedule
April 7-14 - Burlington, Vt.
(all times ET)
Date Match-up Time (EDT) Group/Result Arena
March 31 USA vs. Canada 7:30 p.m. Exhibition/L, 0-1 Ottawa, Ont.
April 3 USA vs. Finland 7 p.m. Exhibition Herb Brooks Arena
Apr. 7 Slovakia vs. Sweden 1 p.m. B Cairns
Finland vs. Russia 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Switzerland vs. Germany 5 p.m. B Cairns
USA vs. Canada 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 8 Sweden vs. Germany 1 p.m. B Cairns
Canada vs. Finland 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Switzerland vs. Slovakia 5 p.m. B Cairns
USA vs. Russia 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 10 Sweden vs. Switzerland 1 p.m. B Cairns
Canada vs. Russia 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Germany vs. Slovakia 5 p.m. B Cairns
Finland vs. USA 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 11 A4 - B1 3 p.m. Quarterfinal #1 Gutterson
B3 - B4 5 p.m. Relegation Cairns
A3 - B2 7 p.m. Quarterfinal #2 Gutterson
Apr. 13 B4 - B3 1 p.m. Relegation Cairns
A2 - 3A/2B 3 p.m. Semifinal #1 Gutterson
L (Q1) - L (Q2) 5 p.m. 5th/6th Place Game Cairns
A1 - 4A/1B 7 p.m. Semifinal #2 Gutterson
Apr. 14 B3 - B4 (if necessary) 1 p.m. Relegation Cairns
L (S1) - L (S2) 3 p.m. Bronze-Medal Game Gutterson
W (S1) - W (S2) 7 p.m. Gold-Medal Game Gutterson
U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Wins the Gold Medal at World Championship
Lipsett Records Three Goals and an Assist
HAMAR, Norway - Taylor Lipsett (Richardson, Texas) scored three goals and added an assist to help the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team to a 5-1 victory over Korea in the gold-medal game of the 2012 International Paralympic Committee Sledge Hockey World Championship here tonight at the Olympic Amphitheatre.
"It's a great feeling to be world champions," said Jeff Sauer, head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. "I'm glad for the guys because they worked really hard throughout the whole tournament. It was a great team effort."
Josh Pauls (South Plainfield, N.J.) opened the scoring for Team USA at 2:57 of the first period when he crashed the net and banged home a rebound. The U.S. outshot Korea, 8-2, in the opening frame and held a 1-0 lead at the first intermission.
Lipsett tallied his first goal of the game at 2:54 of the second period when he drove to the net on a sharp angle and beat Korea goaltender Man Gyun Yu. At 5:12, Alexi Salamone (Grand Island, N.Y) found Lipsett streaking down the slot and he banged the puck into the net for his second goal of the game. Salamone tallied a goal of his own at 12:08 with an assist credited to Lipsett to give the U.S. a 4-0 lead heading into the final period.
Korea got on the board at 1:34 of the third period, but Lipsett responded with his third goal of the game 17 seconds later to secure the 5-1 win for Team USA.
Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.) made seven saves in the victory, while Yu and Young Hoon Chung combined to make 17 saves for Korea.
NOTES: Taylor Lipsett was named Team USA's Player of the Game ... Goaltender Steve Cash, defenseman Taylor Chace (Hampton Falls, N.H.) and forward Alexi Salamone made the all-tournament team ... Team USA finished the tournament with a 3-1-1-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record. ... The U.S. has claimed gold in the last two IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships (2009, 2012) and has now medaled in the last four world championships (2012-gold, 2009-gold, 2008-bronze, 2004-silver). The IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship was first staged in 1996 and has been conducted six times (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012) ... Taylor Chace is serving as a captain for the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, while Taylor Lipsett is the alternate captain ... Team USA is the defending champion of the event ... The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team has participated in two previous competitions this season. Team USA captured second place in the World Sled Hockey Challenge in Calgary, Alta., (Nov. 27-Dec. 3) and posted a 1-0-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record against Canada in an exhibition series in Williamsville, N.Y., (Feb. 23-25).
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 1- 3- 1- 5
KOR 0- 0- 1- 1
First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Pauls (unassisted), 2:57. Penalties: KOR, Lee (elbowing), 10:19.
Second Period - Scoring: 2, USA, Lipsett (unassisted), 2:54; 3, USA, Lipsett (Salamone), (pp), 5:12; 4, USA, Salamone (Lipsett), 12:08. Penalties: KOR, Park (interference), 4:32; USA, McCoy (interference), 7:24.
Third Period - Scoring: 5, KOR, Lee (Jung), 1:34; 6, USA, Lipsett (unassisted), 1:51. Penalties: KOR, Park (holding), 5:25.
Shots by Period
1 2 3 Total
USA 8 7 7 22
KOR 2 3 3 8
Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Cash, 41:31 2/2 3/3 3/2 8/7
USA, Lee, 3:29 -- -- 0/0 0/0
KOR, Yu, 27:08 8/7 6/3 -- 14/10
KOR, Chung, 17:52 -- 1/1 7/6 8/7
Power Play: USA 1-3; KOR 0-1
Penalties: USA 1-2; KOR 3-6
Team USA 2012 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship Schedule
Hamar, Norway
Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)
Sun., March 25 Estonia W, 2-1 (SO)
Mon., March 26 Czech Republic L, 1-2 (SO)
Wed., March 28 Japan W, 5-0
Thur., March 29 Canada (Semifinals) W, 2-1
Sun., April 1 Korea (Gold-Medal Game) W, 5-1
U.S. Women's National Team Roster Set
Team USA Will Look for First World Championship on Home Soil in Burlington, Vt.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey today announced the 23 players who make up its U.S. Women's National Team for the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, which runs from April 7-14 in Burlington, Vt. Team USA has won the last three world championships (2008, 2009, 2011).
The U.S. squad was chosen following a selection camp that began March 25 in Lake Placid, N.Y., and included 27 players. The U.S. Women's National Team will continue to train in Lake Placid until departing on Wednesday (April 4) for Burlington.
"We had some extremely difficult decisions to make after a great week of training and competition in Lake Placid," said Reagan Carey, director of women's hockey for USA Hockey. "Each player was challenged to become better and each player rose to the occasion. I look forward to this team having the opportunity to defend our world title on home ice."
"This group is made of experience and youth, but most importantly, some very exciting players to compete for a world championship," said Katey Stone, head coach for Team USA and also the head women's ice hockey coach at Harvard University. "We hope the crowds come out and don the red, white and blue in Burlington."
The American roster is made up of three goaltenders, seven defensemen and 13 forwards. There are a total of 13 Olympians on the squad, including four-time Olympian Jenny Potter (Edina, Minn.) and Julie Chu (Fairfield, Conn.), who has played on three Olympic teams. A total of 15 players are on the roster who helped Team USA win the world title in 2011.
Defenseman Megan Bozek (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and forward Taylor Wasylk (Port Huron, Mich.) are making their U.S. Women's National Team debut at the senior level. An additional four players will be competing in their first IIHF Women's World Championship, including defenseman Michelle Picard (Taunton, Mass.) and forwards Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Jillian Dempsey (Winthrop, Mass.) and Amanda Kessel (Verona, Wis.).
Further, 12 members of Team USA played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey during the 2011-12 season, while seven played in either the Canadian Women's Hockey League or the Western Women's Hockey League and one played in prep school. Of the 12 NCAA players, eight participated in the 2012 NCAA tournament, six advanced to the Women's Frozen Four and three captured the national title as part of the University of Minnesota.
Roster Highlights
13 Olympians
15 World Champions
9 World U18 Champions
15 players from the 2009 Women's World Championship team (gold)
17 players from the 2011 Four Nations Cup (first place)
7 Canadian Women's Hockey Leage/Western Women's Hockey League players
12 NCAA Division I players
1 prep school player
At the last IIHF Women's World Championship, which took place in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland, in 2011, the U.S. defeated Canada, 3-2, in overtime in the gold-medal game to earn its third straight world title. Top-seeded Team USA opens play in Burlington against Canada on April 7.
NOTES: Click here for the full roster ... The preliminary roster was reduced by four players to form the 23-player U.S. Women's National Team ... The U.S. Women's National Team training camp is taking place at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. ... Members of the U.S. Women's National Team range in age from 18-33. Hannah Brandt is the youngest player, while Jenny Potter is the oldest ... All 23 players have skated in at least one international event for Team USA ... Team USA has won four gold medals and nine silvers in the 13 previous IIHF Women's World Championships. The U.S. has won four of the last five world championships (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011) ... As previously announced, Harvard University's Katey Stone will serve as the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team. Joining Stone as assistant coaches are Laura Halldorson and Bobby Jay. Stone and Jay were behind the bench for the U.S. at the 2011 Four Nations Cup ... Robb Stauber is serving as the goaltending coach and scout, while Michael Boyle is the head strength and conditioning coach ... To follow the team in Lake Placid, check out the U.S. Women's National Program blog by clicking here ... For ticket information for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, click here or call 802.656.4410.
IIHF Women's World Championship Game Schedule
April 7-14 - Burlington, Vt.
(all times ET)
Date Match-up Time (EDT) Group/Result Arena
March 31 USA vs. Canada TBD Exhibition/L, 1-0 Ottawa, Ont.
April 3 USA vs. Finland 7 p.m. Exhibition Herb Brooks Arena
Apr. 7 Slovakia vs. Sweden 1 p.m. B Cairns
Finland vs. Russia 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Switzerland vs. Germany 5 p.m. B Cairns
USA vs. Canada 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 8 Sweden vs. Germany 1 p.m. B Cairns
Canada vs. Finland 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Switzerland vs. Slovakia 5 p.m. B Cairns
USA vs. Russia 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 10 Sweden vs. Switzerland 1 p.m. B Cairns
Canada vs. Russia 3 p.m. A Gutterson
Germany vs. Slovakia 5 p.m. B Cairns
Finland vs. USA 7 p.m. A Gutterson
Apr. 11 A4 - B1 3 p.m. Quarterfinal #1 Gutterson
B3 - B4 5 p.m. Relegation Cairns
A3 - B2 7 p.m. Quarterfinal #2 Gutterson
Apr. 13 B4 - B3 1 p.m. Relegation Cairns
A2 - 3A/2B 3 p.m. Semifinal #1 Gutterson
L (Q1) - L (Q2) 5 p.m. 5th/6th Place Game Cairns
A1 - 4A/1B 7 p.m. Semifinal #2 Gutterson
Apr. 14 B3 - B4 (if necessary) 1 p.m. Relegation Cairns
L (S1) - L (S2) 3 p.m. Bronze-Medal Game Gutterson
W (S1) - W (S2) 7 p.m. Gold-Medal Game Gutterson
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Some of America's best sailors and strongmen risked their backs to benefit wounded veterans by pulling a 34,000-pound fighter plane at a Virginia air base. The weekend event at Oceana Naval Air Station raised $3,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. The F/A-18C Hornet moved fairly well once the contestants were able to get it rolling.
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Dunk: Cortez, O'Billovich eager for draft day.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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Facebook makes us feel fat. New research by The Center for Eating Disorders discovered that Facebook users are more self-conscious because they constantly see pictures of themselves. Thirty-two percent said they felt "sad" when comparing Facebook photos of themselves to their friends' photos. The survey also discovered that Facebook is making us feel like we should be "camera ready" at all times. Half of us say we are nervous at social events because photos taken could be posted on Facebook. Forty-three percent avoid photos when we don't feel we "look our best."
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Are you taking a picture of me?
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April Fools was fun at the White House. [You should've seen Joe Biden's face when the President convinced him the planet was out of Pop Tarts.]
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Today in Elvis History
1957 - Elvis Presley performed his first concert outside of the U.S. at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.
1960 - Elvis Presley was named the Best-Selling Male Artist at the first annual National Association of Recording Merchandisers Awards in Las Vegas.
1977 - Elvis Presley's single "Moody Blue" hit #6 in the U.K.
1996 - A revival of the 1970's musical "Elvis" opened in London. Timothy Whitnall played the 1960's Elvis and P.J. Proby played Elvis in the later years.
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A Kuwaiti man reportedly called police to his home in Bahrain after going through a terrifying nightmare. What did he go through? A nightmare. The guy had a nightmare, woke up and called police.
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Today in Beatles History:
1967 - The Beatles finished recording the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
1971 - Ringo Starr released his debut single, "It Don't Come Easy."
1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a news conference in New York to discuss their appeal of the Immigration Department's decision to deport John.
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April is: Month of the Young Child, Math Awareness Month, Month of the Military Child, National African American Women's Fitness Month, National Autism Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Awareness Month, National Card and Letter Writing Month, National Decorating Month, National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month, National Donate Life Month, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month, National Garden Month, National Humor Month and National Kite Month.
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Today in Sports History:
1984 - John Thompson became the first black coach to lead his team to the NCAA college basketball championship.
1984 - In Baltimore, President Reagan threw out the first ball in the season opener between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox.
1985 - The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball to begin in the 1986 season.
1986 - Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 47th and 48th goals of the season. He broke Bobby Orr's NHL record for most goals by a defenseman. Orr had scored 46 goals in 1974-75.
1995 - The costliest strike in professional sports history ended when baseball owners agreed to let players play without a contract.
2003 - Alex Rodriguez (Texas Rangers) became the youngest player to hit 300 homeruns. He beat Jimmie Foxx's record by 79 days.
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"The Big Story" debuted on NBC radio on this date in 1947. It was on the air for eight years.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- In the wake of a controversial late-race caution, Ryan Newman spoiled an afternoon of Hendrick hegemony with an opportunistic victory in the Goody's Fast Relief 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
After Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson dominated the action for 497 laps, an untimely caution flag flew on Lap 497 and sent the race to overtime, after David Reutimann stalled on the frontstretch.
It was a pretty quiet race at Martinsville until caution came out with three laps to go. Then craziness broke out and left numerous drivers wondering just what happened.
Gordon and Johnson stayed out on old tires as the lead-lap cars behind them came to the pits for tires and fuel. On the restart on Lap 504, Clint Bowyer took Johnson and Gordon three-wide into the first corner, and all three cars spun, ruining a potential 200th victory party for Hendrick Motorsports.
After the dust settled, Newman cleared runner-up AJ Allmendinger on the second lap of a green-white-checkered restart and held on to win by .342 seconds. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran third, followed by Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr.
Read the rest here.
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The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics was renamed NASA on this date in 1958.
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LEEDS, Ala. – The lap that Will Power lost in Round 2 of qualifications – the one that drew his ire over the ruling and ended his streak of 20 appearances in the Firestone Fast Six – is but a distant memory for the driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car.
For Power, who started ninth in the third Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, got that lap back and more over the course of 90 laps on the 2.38-mile, 17-turn road course he drove on multiple times in the past two months in developing the Chevrolet engine and new Dallara chassis.
Power, who inherited the point when Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves pulled off for this final service stop on Lap 68, held off Scott Dixon for the remaining laps that included a Lap 74 restart and won for the second year in a row at the picturesque venue.
Read the rest here.
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Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine on this date in 1972.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals 7:00pm EDT
Tuesday --
Nothin' Doin'
Wednesday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens 7:30pm EDT
Thursday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs 7:00pm EDT
Friday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees 3:10pm EDT (Regular season opener)
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 7:10pm EDT
Saturday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Winnipeg Jets 7:00pm EDT (Final game of regular season)
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:05pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees 7:10pm EDT
Sunday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees 1:40pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10pm EDT
Monday --
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies 4:10pm EDT
Tuesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers 1:05pm EDT
Wednesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers 1:05pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies 8:40pm EDT
Thursday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers 1:05pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies 3:10pm EDT
Friday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 2:05pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates 4:35pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series -- O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway 8:30pm EDT
Saturday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 4:05pm EDT
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway 7:00pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates 9:05pm EDT
Sunday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 1:35pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates 4:05pm EDT
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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so tomorrow too. Thanks again!
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