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Josh Bassett squeezed over in the corner under pressure from Jack Roberts in the 78th minute Josh Bassett scored a try two minutes from time as Wasps reached their first Premiership final in nine years with a thrilling victory over Leicester. Kurtley Beale helped Wasps build a 10-point lead but Peter Betham’s try saw Tigers three points down at half-time. Leicester led when Telusa Veainu dived over, and Freddie Burns’…

NBA BOSTON (AP) — An NBA playoff-record, 41-point halftime lead. A franchise record for total points. A 13th consecutive playoff win, tying another league record. And LeBron James says the Cleveland Cavaliers can still do better. Cleveland steamrolled the Boston Celtics 130-86 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Minutes after the NBA announced the three finalists for the MVP award — and James wasn’t among them…

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NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about a possible rematch between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, and revelations about Tom Brady’s concussions.

If you’re not a hockey fan — and we know there are a LOT of you out there — it might be a good time to reconsider. The NHL playoffs are the greatest show in sports at the moment. You certainly won’t miss anything by flipping away from the NBA. While the hoops postseason is blighted by one rout after another, the NHL is putting on a stellar show that…

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By Tim Baffoe– (CBS) On Thursday morning, Roger Ailes died. Those who say you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead are either stupid or revisionists. The creator of Fox News, Ailes was one of the worst Americans to ever smear his scat across the cultural landscape. He was a serial sexual predator and profiteer in bigotry who made the workplace nightmarish for myriad media employees who were women and/or people of…

When 24-year-old Ottawa forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau tipped a shot past New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist with just 62 seconds left in regulation in a playoff game last month, Senators fans at Canadian Tire Center were simply overjoyed that the score was tied. But when Pageau was credited with the goal over the public-address system, several fans made sure to follow hockey tradition and throw their caps and hats on the…

While the largest universities in Cleveland are Cleveland State (16,915 students) and Case Western Reserve (11,340), Boston has several large colleges in the city or immediately outside. They include Boston University (32,158 students), Harvard (29,652), Northeastern (19,940), Boston College (14,354), UMass at Boston (17,030), Tufts (11,137) and MIT (11,331), among others.

Editor’s Note: As part of WFAN’s 30th anniversary celebration, from May 1-12, we asked you to vote on the best local sports figures over the past 30 years. Over the course of two weeks, we are revealing the top-10 vote getters. NEW YORK (WFAN) — The pressure would have been too great for many athletes, but not for Patrick Ewing. When the Knicks drafted the center in 1985, he had to live…

It’s tough to beat actual sports for entertainment. Yet television continues to try and, as is traditional in sports, success is hard-won. Actually, it’s more like Chicago sports than that: Very few succeed, and most might as well write off their entire season after just a few weeks. There will be a list here of the best scripted sports series, or at least the start of some arguments about these…

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 6 a.m.: Fox Sports 2, continuation of coverage of Geelong at Western AUTO RACING 1 p.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Monster Energy Series, All-Star Race, practice, at Concord, N.C. 3 p.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Monster Energy Open, practice, at Concord, N.C. 4:30 p.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, North Carolina Education Lottery 200, qualifying, at Concord, N.C. 6 p.m.:…

Of tributes and tribulations. Here’s an idea: The next time the Yankees retire Derek Jeter’s number, the portrait of him on his plaque should look a little bit like him. If one didn’t know the image of Jeter appeared above his name, one could spend a week guessing who it is and not ring the bell. I thought it looked like the kids’ cartoon character Bob the Builder, one reader…

Okay, hear me out here. I know a lot of gamers aren’t going to be particularly interested in monitoring their Corsi and other “fancy stats” because, well, it’s a video game.  Do we really need the incorporation of advanced analytics for maximum enjoyment of a hockey video game? Probably not. But it’s inarguable that there’s a growing emphasis on analytics within the hockey community these days. Incorporating more evaluation methods beyond just classic…

BI Intelligence See Also This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Digital Media Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The UEFA Champions League and Europa League Finals will be broadcast on YouTube for free, and in VR, for UK residents by BT Sport. This is the second year running that BT Sport has made these games free-to-air on YouTube, and the first that it will show…

Fox Sports 1 host Kristine Leahy, the target of LaVar Ball’s dismissive rant on her show with Colin Cowherd Wednesday, revealed Thursday the combative father wasn’t the only one to threaten her within 24 hours. Leahy said she has received death threats since footage of the heated interaction — in which Ball told her to “stay in your lane” and that “something’s coming to you” — swept through the media world….

CBS Sports will remain the home of the Army-Navy game through 2028. CBS Sports announced a 10-year extension that will ensure CBS remains the home for one of the greatest rivalries in sports, as the annual Army-Navy Game will continue being broadcast on America’s most-watched network. It will continue to be played on the second Saturday in December, a change made in 2009, making it the only FBS football game…

Former President George W. Bush is showing life after the White House can be considerably less stressful and carefree. Bush had some fun at the expense of a Fox Sports reporter while attending a baseball game Wednesday. The former president injected himself into Fox Sports Southwest’s Emily Jones’ report by walking by and apparently saying “hey.” The Bush family has a long history in Major League Baseball, with the 43rd…