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MONDAY ON TV MLB BASEBALL 7:10 p.m. FOX OHIO — N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. ESPN — San Francisco at N.Y. Mets NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. TNT — NBA Playoffs, Western Conference, semifinal, Game 4, Golden State at Utah NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference, semifinal, Game 6, Washington at Pittsburgh SOCCER 3 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Middlesbrough at Chelsea MONDAY ON RADIO…

Tampa Bay Times columnist Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports. Related News/Archive Tom Jones’ Two Cents on Baseball 2017 1 Month Ago Jones’ Two Cents: ESPN layoffs, Colts’ draft mockery and more 1 Week Ago Tom Jones’ Two Cents: How the Valspar Championship delivered again 2 Months Ago Saddest goodbye I’ve been doing this weekend-in-review column for the past 10 years….

Buy Photo Stevens Point players jump at the buzzer to celebrate their 85-56 win over Arrowhead to win the 2017 Division 1 basketball championship.(Photo: Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Buy Photo The fans in this state love their sports. They’ve created a Green Bay Packers waiting list for season tickets at Lambeau Field that will last for decades. They jump around so much at Camp Randall Stadium during Wisconsin football…

9:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment TALLADEGA, Ala. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. earning big cheers at Talladega Superspeedway? No surprise. Such was the case Sunday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finding his way near the front at Talladega? No surprise, too, right? Such was not the case Sunday. Earnhardt’s 22nd-place finish is just the way it appears: A distasteful day for a driver who has six career…

8:58 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment TALLADEGA, Ala. — Aric Almirola faces a potentially pivotal points penalty after his fourth-place car at Talladega Superspeedway failed postrace measurements on Sunday. The Richard Petty Motorsports driver could lose 35 points — the amount Brad Keselowski lost for his car failing the laser inspection station in March — as well as see crew chief Drew Blickensderfer suspended for…

A first-time winner in NASCAR is always a great storyline. But when it breaks a long losing streak for the team, too, it’s really something special.  So Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who scored his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in his 158th start, can savor winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. And so can his boss, Jack Roush, who saw a 101-race winless streak come to…

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(From left) Mitch Albom, Bob Ryan, John Saunders and Mike Lupica on the set of “The Sports Reporters” in 2002 in New York.(Photo: Rich Arden/ESPN) ►Watch: Mitch Albom’s final parting shot has poetic touch Today, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, “Welcome to the Sports Reporters … .” Different people have said this over…

There’s blood in the water in Los Angeles, and Masai Ujiri should be circling the Clippers like the shark he is. If Blake Griffin wants out of L.A. — and that’s a solid probability — he’ll look to head to a team with another All-Star in a cosmopolitan city. Toronto fits the bill perfectly. He’d have a Chris Paul-esque point guard who’s not quite as ornery as CP3…

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(From left) Mitch Albom, Bob Ryan, John Saunders and Mike Lupica on the set of “The Sports Reporters” in 2002 in New York.(Photo: Rich Arden/ESPN) Today, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, “Welcome to the Sports Reporters … .” Different people have said this over the decades. A guy named Gary Thorne said…

Players, like England’s Andy Sullivan, were encouraged to interact with fans during the inaugural tournament Golf has gained “six-appeal” and taken a significant step towards finding a marketable short form of the game. The European Tour’s Golf Sixes, staged at the Centurion Club near St Albans, proved popular with players and fans and established itself as the blueprint for the sport’s version of cricket’s Twenty20 format. Introducing the use of…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James previews the upcoming Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. USA TODAY Sports Brad Keselowski (2) leads a pack of drivers en route to winning the 2016 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.(Photo: Marvin Gentry, USA TODAY Sports) Sunday’s GEICO 500 has the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series back at a restrictor-plate track for the second time this season. Some essential information…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The worst-kept secret in Iowa spring practice involved defensive end Matt Nelson’s potential move to defensive tackle. Nelson and defensive line coach Reese Morgan discussed it before practice began. It kept popping up in interview sessions in March and April before defensive coordinator Phil Parker came out and said what everyone was thinking. “He’d be a guy,” Parker said about Nelson possibly sliding from end to tackle. It makes sense…

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(From left) Mitch Albom, Bob Ryan, John Saunders and Mike Lupica on the set of “The Sports Reporters” in 2002 in New York.(Photo: Rich Arden/ESPN) Today, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, “Welcome to the Sports Reporters … .” Different people have said this over the decades. A guy named Gary Thorne said…

Conor McGregor is now a father. McGregor tweeted a photo of his adorable newborn son – Conor Jack McGregor – on Sunday. McGregor wrote that bothe the baby and his partner Dee Devlin are “doing great.” According to the Irish Mirror, McGregor was born Friday night in Dublin, and weighs eight pounds and 14 ounces.

Alvarez vs. Golovkin has been in the cards for more than a year. Last May, after Alvarez comfortably dismantled Amir Khan, he vacated his WBC middleweight title after he was unable to strike a deal to face Golovkin, who was the mandatory challenger. Golovkin is currently the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight champion of the world, and is generally near the very top of pound-for-pound lists.   

He may have suffered a 10th defeat in his 19th Premiership match in charge, but Hearts head coach Ian Cathro insists nothing will shake his confidence. “The fans are not happy, they are angry and upset and frustrated, because the team are not getting results. I am the person who is responsible for that,” he tells Radio Scotland. “I have absolute confidence in myself and in my work to find…