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Lakers beat Warriors in a Game 4 thriller, now 1 win from conference finals

11 months ago By Dan Woike Los Angeles Times

LeBron James slid to the left, his eyes on the rim that’s on the end of the arena opposite from the slice of Lakers championship legacy he helped secure in 2020. It had been a rough night, the Warriors getting layups on the Lakers’ and James’ defensive lapses.

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‘He’s one of us’: Can Willson Contreras’ edgy, fiery show against Cubs ignite Cardinals?

11 months ago By Derrick Goold St. Louis Post-dispatch

May 9—CHICAGO — Although he began the process of moving on from Chicago late last season, Willson Contreras left one of his cars behind in the Windy City, so he could drive himself in luxury Monday to a reunion at Wrigley Field. He knew the route.

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Rangers’ Jon Gray stayed out of his own head vs. Mariners, earned Bruce Bochy’s praise

11 months ago By Evan Grant The Dallas Morning News

SEATTLE – Maybe the best thing that happened to Jon Gray Monday was this: On the other side, Seattle’s Logan Gilbert dabbled with a perfect game. It kept Gray out of his own head.

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One Wildcat tennis player qualifies for state

11 months ago By News Staff

BIXBY -- Freshman Sutton Reynolds qualified for the Class 6A Boys State Tennis Tournament during action in Monday’s Regional. Reynolds earned the spot, competing in No.

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OU baseball: Sooners can’t overcome early deficit, drop series with West Virginia

11 months ago By Tarik Masri The Norman Transcript, Okla.

May 7—A two-and-a-half hour rain delay might have been what Oklahoma needed after falling behind 6-0 in the first three innings of Sunday’s decisive game against No. 14 West Virginia.

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OU softball: Sooners secure Bedlam sweep, cap perfect Big 12 regular season

11 months ago By Tarik Masri The Norman Transcript, Okla.

May 7—There was little doubt what was motivating Oklahoma in Sunday’s Bedlam finale. The Sooners had a chance to punctuate a Big 12 regular series title with the program’s third perfect season in conference play.

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NFL draft picks sometimes disappoint

11 months ago By David Miller Rellimd43@gmail.com

I have a friend I see often at the grocery store, because he works the checkout lines there. We found out early on that we have one fundamental difference-- he roots for the Oakland (now Vegas) Raiders and I am a long time Kansas City Chiefs fan. He likes to rib me about the Chiefs, and I sometimes tease about his preference for the Raiders. As many NFL fans know, the Chiefs and Raiders are mortal enemies. Until recently is was the Raiders who usually had the upper hand.

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Julius Randle disappears, Knicks outworked and now on brink of elimination as Heat takes Game 4

11 months ago By Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

MIAMI — The Knicks sit on the brink of elimination. And they deserve that position.

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Track athletes compete in regional

11 months ago By David Miller

The Ponca City varsity track teams participated in the Class 6A Regional Track Meet Saturday in Broken Arrow. Five members of the boys team qualified in five events for this week’s State Meet at Yukon.

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‘They controlled it’:

11 months ago By Andrew Greif Los Angeles Times

In the moment, it was the most mundane of plays. In hindsight, it signaled the shift of momentum that was called the tipping point of Game 3 in this secondround NBA playoff series.

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