Wings-Pens again?
A rematch of last year’s StanleyCup finals is just two wins away.Playing without Nicklas Lidstromand Pavel Datsyuk because of injuries, the Red Wings still routedthe Blackhawks 6-1 Sunday andtook control of the WesternConference finals.Wins by Pittsburgh Tuesday andDetroit Wednesday would giveSidney Crosby and the Penguinsanother shot at the Red Wings, whobeat them in six games last year.Both teams look like they’re ready.
— Craig Custance
Hossa’s Game 4 magic,
Page 6
AUTO RACING
Spiderman 3
A month after he was acquit-ted on tax evasion charges,Helio Castroneves becamethe ninth driver to win theIndianapolis 500 three times.
Pages 29-30
Rain delayed NASCAR’s longest race for the first time in50 years.
Coca-Cola 600
: Today at noon ET, FOX,
Page 24
TOMSTRATTMAN/AP
MONDAYMAY 25, 2009SEE A DIFFERENT GAMEVOLUME 1 ISSUE 307
Scoreboard
NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference finals
Orlando 99, Cleveland 89
(Orlando leads series 2-1)
NHL Playoffs
Western Conference finals
Detroit 6, Chicago 1
(Detroit leads series 3-1)
Baseball
Interleague
Colorado 3, Detroit 1Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Yankees, 11 inningsCincinnati 4, Cleveland 3, 11 inningsFlorida 5, Tampa Bay 4, 11 inningsAtlanta 10, Toronto 2Washington 8, Baltimore 5Boston 12, N.Y. Mets 5Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Mets 3Texas 5, Houston 0Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2Oakland 6, Arizona 2L.A. Angels 10. L.A. Dodgers 7Seattle 5, San Francisco 4Minnesota 6, Milwaukee 3
National League
San Diego 7, Chicago Cubs 2
MLB>13 NFL>25 NBA>9 NHL>5 NASCAR>24 COLLEGE FOOTBALL>28 COLLEGE BASKETBALL>28 GOLF>32 IRL>29
QUICK LINKS:Yankees at Rangers
Based on Alex Rodriguez’s .189 battingaverage, the Yankees’ 12-4 record since hisdebut would seem a coincidence. MarkTeixeira’s numbers say otherwise. In 25games before A-Rod, Teixeira hit .198 withfive homers. With A-Rod behind him,Teixeira is hitting .377 with eight homers.After an 8-2 homestand that includedfour walkoff wins, the Yankees start asix-game trip today at Texas. Thefirst-place Rangers have won eightstraight at home and are ready for NewYork. “Playing good teams steps ourgame up,” catcher Jarrod Saltalamac-chia said. “This could be good for us.”
Cardinals at Brewers
What a difference a week makes.Last Monday, the Brewers werefinishing a three-game sweep at St.Louis and dealing the Cardinals theirthird straight series loss. Now theCardinals are hot, having won five of six going into a three-game set atMilwaukee today.The return of ace Chris Carpenterand their starting pitching righted theCardinals. St. Louis starters haveallowed four earned runs total in theirpast six games. “Spectacular, probablythe best (stretch) I’ve ever been in,”Tony La Russa said.
Dodgers at Cubs
The Cubs so need an offensive jolt thatAlfonso Soriano could be playing second base when L.A. arrives for a four-gameweekend series. Last week Lou Piniellacalled the possibility of moving Sorianofrom left “a last resort” to get rookie MicahHoffpauir in the lineup. But after scoringfive runs total while being swept at St.Louis and San Diego, Piniella may beready to erupt. Regulars Milton Bradley,Mike Fontenot and Geovany Soto all entertoday’s play hitting under .210.There’s no relief in sight for Chicago—L.A. has the majors’ best record andleads the N.L. in scoring and ERA.
BASEBALL: THE WEEK AHEAD
The heat is on
As summer unofficially kicks off,MLB’s pennant races get serious
Barbecue grillsaren’t all that getfired up onMemorial Day.In baseball, theheat increases inpennant races asthe season tran-sitions to thestart of thesummer grind.A look at threeof this week’shottest series:
Stan McNeal
BASEBALL
NHL PLAYOFFSNBA PLAYOFFS
CHARLESREXARBOGAST/AP
Marian Hossa, right, scored twice.
KATHYWILLENS/APTOMGANNAM/APDENISPOROY/AP
The Yankees are 12-4 since Alex Rodriguez’s return.Chris Carpenter threw five shutout innings Thursday. Cubs C Geovany Soto is hitting .208 with one homer.Dwight Howard,left, and theOrlando Magicovercameanother biggame fromLeBron James.
Magic show mettle
So much for the shot of the seasondemoralizing the Orlando Magic. The Magic played throughanother MVP night from LeBronJames to beat the Cavs 99-89and take a 2-1 lead in the EasternConference finals.James’ 41 points weren’t enoughSunday, and this series is beginningto look like the Cavs’ failed Finalsrun two years ago, when it was allJames all the time. And no one else.
— Matt Hayes
The Magic have arrived
,
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GARYW.GREEN/AP
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MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009
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A quick look at the best sports on TV
— all times Eastern
LACROSSE
Men’s NCAA championshipSyracuse vs. Cornell
1 p.m., ESPN
It’s hard to imagine a better fit for background noise at yourMemorial Day barbecue than the NCAA title game—even the mostcasual of lacrosse fans knows that Syracuse is, historically, very, verygood. Jim Brown (yes, that Jim Brown), Gary Gait and Mikey Powellare three of the biggest names in the history of the sport, and all are’Cuse alum. The Orange is making its 16
th
championship appearanceand looking for its 10
th
title, but Cornell and freshman attackman RobPannell are in their way. Check out Page 32 for more on the matchup.
BASEBALL
Pirates at Cubs
1 p.m., WGN
The Pirates avoided a sweep on the South Side of Chicago with aninth-inning rally on Sunday. Despite the dramatics, the fact remains—Pittsburgh had a dismal offensive series against the White Sox, scoringthree runs in three games and wasting quality starts from Zach Dukeand Ross Ohlendorf. Now, at 20-24, they move across town for a serieswith the team directly ahead of them in the N.L. Central—the 21-20Cubs.
BASKETBALL
Lakers at Nuggets
9 p.m., ESPN
So much for Denver’s homecourt advantage—in Game 3, L.A. gotits offense from Kobe Bryant and its late defense from Trevor Arizona,and that turned out to be more than enough. Tonight, the Lakers willtry to go up 3-1 in the series…right around the time Vince McMahonand the WWE set up shop in the Staples Center for their screw-you toNuggets owner Stan Kroenke for booting them in favor of Game 4.
— Compiled by Sean Gentille
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Daly wears pink for Mickelson;Gisele, Brady expecting a child
John Daly
wore bright pink trousers during Sunday’sfinal round of the BMW PGA Championship in a gestureof support for
Phil Mickelson
’s wife,
Amy
, after she was diag-nosed with breast cancer.“I had a pair, so I figured I’d do that for her today. Ithought it would be a good gesture,” Daly said. “I knowPhil very well and I know Amy. I’ve known them for along time—we’ve played the Tour together. She’s a greatlady. She has always been a sweetheart to everybody.“I’m sure everybody on Tour and everybody in the world isthinking about her. There’s been some (breast cancer) in thefamily and a lot of friends. It’s just a tough thing women haveto go through. But if they caught it in time, it is curable.”
It looks as if Patriots QB
Tom Brady
is having another baby with a supermodel, this time with wife
Gisele Bundchen
,29. Reports of Bundchen’s pregnancy were confirmed overthe weekend by
The
Boston Globe
. Brady and Bundchen weremarried in February. Brady, 31, and supermodel
Bridget Moy-nahan
are the parents of
John Edward Moynahan
, who is 2 ½ .NFL teams are lining up to make deals with state lot-tery boards. The Patriots and Redskins were the first tosign contracts, but the Giants, Jets, Lions, Vikings, Ravensand Titans also are negotiating to put their names on lot-tery games of chance.Owners gave their approval for teams to put their logos onlottery tickets, in exchange for a piece of the action. While theNFL has sanctioned one form of gambling, it continues tofight Delaware’s attempt to legalize wagering on games.
Former major leaguer
Jim Leyritz
says he has sold off mem-orabilia because he’s broke, halted charity work because he’s become a social pariah and scattered case files throughout hishouse, intent on defeating a DUI manslaughter charge.All of this, the one-time New York Yankee says, for awoman’s death he never could have prevented.“There was no possibility of me avoiding that crash with allof my senses,” Leyritz told
The Miami Herald
. “A mother wastaken away from her kids. I can’t change that. But I didn’t doit. The accident did. And that accident wasn’t my fault.”Prosecutors say he’s wrong, though he’ll have a chance toplead his case Sept. 14 when he’s scheduled to face trial inconnection with a fatal December 2007 crash. Police sayLeyritz was drunk when he ran a red light in his SUV andcaused the accident that killed 30-year-old
Fredia Ann Veitch
inFort Lauderdale. Authorities say Veitch also was drunk.
— Compiled by staff with wire reports
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John Daly dug out a pair of pink pants for Sunday’s round in a show of support for Phil Mickelson’s wife Amy, who is battling breast cancer.
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My Profile
Bobby Carpenter
Cowboys linebacker
(What you won’t find on Facebook … even if you are approved as a friend)
Born:
Aug. 1, 1983, in Lancaster, Ohio
Status:
Married
Alma mater:
Ohio State
What’s on TV:
Friends
re-runs,
The Office
,
Planet Earth
,
Grey’s Anatomy
and
Desperate Housewives
with my wife
What’s in my iPod:
Dave Matthews, KennyChesney, The Boss, Journey, Poison, Akon
What I drive:
My fun favorite to drive in thesummer is my ’98 green soft top Wrangler with35” tires and 5” lift.
Favorite flicks:
Gladiator
,
Braveheart
,
Cinderella Man
,
Gran Torino
,
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
What I’m reading:
Blink
, by Malcolm Gladwell
Magazine subscription:
Newsweek
Bookmarks:
Pro Football Talk, MSN, Yahoo
Worst habit:
Biting nails
On my office walls:
An assortment of quotes fromthe OSU “winner’s manual.” These are 2—“Youcan’t get much done if you only work on days youfeel good” — Jerry West. “The Man in the Glass”— Poem.
Love to trade places for a day with …
(President)Obama and the Fed chairman so I can begin tofix this mess that we have gotten this countryinto.
First job:
Valley View Swim Club, lifeguardfrom 15 to 22. It was our club pool we went to ourwhole lives. Mom was a swim coach for 25+years there. All my brothers worked there aswell. Got $5.25 an hour, $8.50 by my last year.
Talent I’d most like to have:
Sing
Favorite meal:
Chop salad, 18 oz. NY strip withsteamed broccoli and a nice glass of wine
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport:
LBJ(LeBron James)
Favorite city to visit:
Green Bay or Napa Valley
Favorite team as a kid:
N.Y. Giants
Favorite values in others:
Passion and loyalty
Favorite physical attribute about myself:
My back; been working on it for years. But my wife willsay my butt.
And least …
Nothing
Dream date:
Shakira
My greatest love:
It’s always been football.
My heroes:
My parents
My bucket list:
1. Skydive, 2. Swim with greatwhites, 3. Fly a plane
My motto:
You get out of life what you put into it.
— Jeff D’Alessio
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