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The Edmonton Oilers are in Dallas tonight to kick off the N-H-L's Western Conference final. The Oilers advanced to their second conference final in three seasons with a hard-fought seven-game series win over Vancouver in the second round. Edmonton and Dallas have faced off in the playoffs six previous times, with the Stars winning the last five meetings.
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Nick Paul had two goals and an assist as Canada beat Slovakia 6-3 in quarterfinal action at the world hockey championship in Czechia. The defending-champion Canadians will face Switzerland in the semifinals on Saturday in Prague. Canada beat the Swiss 3-2 in a hard-fought preliminary-round game last weekend.
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Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge homered early off Luis Castillo and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 to split their four-game series. Yankees starter Luis Gil retired his first nine batters before giving up an infield single to J-P Crawford in the fourth. In other baseball action tonight, the Toronto Blue Jays are in Detroit to face the Tigers.
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The Boston Celtics look to take a 2-0 lead in the N-B-A's Eastern Conference final when they host the Indiana Pacers tonight. The heavily-favoured Celtics needed overtime to settle a come-from-behind 133-128 win in Game 1 on Tuesday. The combined score was the highest in an East final game since Boston and Detroit totalled 264 in 1987.
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J-B Bickerstaff has been fired as Cleveland’s coach despite leading the Cavaliers through a major rebuild, an injury-ravaged season and into the second round of the N-B-A playoffs. Bickerstaff’s dismissal came one week after the Cavs were eliminated in five games by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Cleveland played the final two games without all-star guard Donovan Mitchell.
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Authorities say the Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the P-G-A Championship is being disciplined for not having his body-worn camera activated. Louisville Detective Bryan Gillis alleges he was dragged to the ground when he approached Scheffler's vehicle outside Valhalla Golf Club. Louisville police say they don't have footage of the initial interaction between Scheffler and Gillis.
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The Canadian Press
