Your Top Plays for Today: AP’s Sports Guide
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—J.B. HOLMES COMPLETES COMEBACK WIN AT WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP
More than two years after going through brain surgery, J.B. Holmes is a winner again on the PGA Tour after rolling in a 3-foot bogey putt on the final hole at Quail Hollow for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory over Jim Furyk in the Wells Fargo Championship.
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—PIERCE BLOCK ON FINAL PLAY LEADS NETS PAST RAPTORS 104-103 IN GAME 7
Paul Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry’s shot from the lane on the final play of the game as the Brooklyn Nets held off the Toronto Raptors 104-103 in Game 7 to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs.
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—ATLETICO LOSES AT LEVANTE, MADRID DRAWS WITH VALENCIA, TITLE RACE TIGHTENS
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both slipped up in the Spanish league to tighten a compelling title race even further.
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—DAYAN VICIEDO’S 3-RUN HOMER IN 9TH LIFTS WHITE SOX OVER INDIANS 4-3
Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off John Axford to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 4-3 to end a four-game losing streak.
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—PENGUINS BLANK RANGERS 3-0, BLACKHAWKS BEAT WILD 4-1 IN NHL PLAYOFFS
Kris Letang broke a scoreless deadlock in the second period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his seventh playoff shutout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers, leveling the second-round series one game each.
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