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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday, April 20

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday: - - - NBA LeBron's Cavaliers open post-season play with 113-110 win LeBron James and the other two members of Cleveland's Big Three led the Cavaliers to victory over the visitors from Boston in the opening game of their playoff series. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/HIGHLIGHTS, moved, 450 words) - - - - NHL Canadiens win overtime thriller to take 3-0 series lead Montreal took a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Ottawa Senators when winger Dale Weise scored his second goal of the game at 8:47 of overtime to give the Canadiens a narrow victory on Sunday.(NHL-PLAYOFFS/HIGHLIGHTS, moved, 450 words) - - - - BASEBALL McCarthy in control as Dodgers thrash Rockies Brandon McCarthy pitched six shutout innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-0 rout of the Colorado Rockies. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, 800 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour RBC Heritage (to 19) Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Furyk back in winner's circle after five-year drought Jim Furyk ended a five-year PGA Tour victory drought with a birdie on the second playoff hole to beat fellow American Kevin Kisner for the RBC Heritage title on Sunday in South Carolina. (GOLF-PGA/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 350 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir (to 19) Hamilton defends Bahrain title, wins third race in four MANAMA - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen back on the podium to deny Mercedes another one-two finish under the floodlights. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) - - - - SOCCER Serie A Fiorentina v Verona (1845) - - La Liga Elche v Real Sociedad (1845) Copy on merit - - - - TENNIS ATP: Barcelona Open, Spain (to 26) BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest (to 26) WTA: Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany (to 26) - - - - ATHLETICS Boston Marathon Keflezighi faces talented field of Eithopians and Kenyans BOSTON - Meb Keflezighi, the first American to win the Boston Marathon since 1983, defends his title against a field of talented Ethiopians and Kenyans amid tight security in the 119th running of the world's oldest annual marathon. (USA-BOSTON MARATHONS/, (PIX), expect first copy by 0500 GMT/1 AM ET with updates to follow, by Scott Malone, 500 words) - - - - SNOOKER World Snooker Championship, Crucible, Sheffield, England (to May 4) Copy on merit - - - - (Asia desk editor: John O'Brien)