In the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning have pushed the New York Rangers to the brink of playoff elimination after a 2-0 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final with Ben Bishop picking up the shutout. Steven Stamkos scored a goal and set up another.
In the NBA playoffs, Cleveland leads Atlanta 3 games to nothing in the Eastern final after a 114-111 in overtime. LeBron James wound up with 37 points. James shot a 3-pointer with 36.4 seconds left to put the Cavs ahead by one and sank another basket with 12.8 seconds on the clock to clinch the win.
In the Majors, the Yankees lost to Texas 5-2 and have now dropped 10 of their last 11 games…..Mike Napoli homered and drove in 4 runs as the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-1….The Blue Jays salvaged one game of their series with Seattle, winning 8-2 as Edwin Encarnacion homers again.
New York Mets ace Matt Harvey is reportedly suffering from arm fatigue.
In Nascar, Carl Edwards wins for the first time at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca Cola 600 and Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indy 500 for the second time.
