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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Anthony Stolarz stopped 35 shots for his third consecutive shut out in Buffalo, and the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched their first Atlantic Division title with a 4-0 win over the Sabres on Tuesday night.
Steven Lorentz scored the go-ahead goal on a one-timer with 5:45 left in the second period. Mitch Marner set a career-high with 100 points by scoring with 4:21 left in regulation, Auston Matthews’ empty-net goal was the 400th in his career and Nicholas Robertson also scored.

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The No. 2 Arkansas Razorbacks (33-5, 12-3 SEC) pummeled the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions (8-27, 6-6 SWAC) in a 13-3 eight-inning win Tuesday evening at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville.
Arkansas’ offense started off excellent in the midweek matchup but cooled off in the later innings, as it finished 18-for-40 at the plate with more home runs (four) than strikeouts (three). Wehiwa and Kuhio Aloy, Logan Maxwell, Cam Kozeal and Reese Robinett (first hits of the season, three doubles) all notched at least two hits in the game.

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The hot gossip following an NBA coach’s firing never fails to deliver.
This year, buzz surfaced in the fallout of Phoenix Suns coach Mike Budenholzer’s dismissal, reportedly involving Suns Big 3 player Bradley Beal.
As expected, the locker room struggled under Budenholzer’s leadership. 
One major gripe centered on Beal, with allegations that Budenholzer told the $50 million-per-year star to play more like Jrue Holiday, a former player under Bud.
READ: Suns Coach Mike Budenholzer Dumped By Phoenix After One Season
Beal reportedly couldn’t stomach the comparison.

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Max Verstappen and Red Bull are going to be happy that they’re back to racing this week in Saudi Arabia after a Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend that Verstappen himself called a “catastrophe.”
According to the Associated Press, that’s how the four-time world champ described the race in which he and teammate Yuki Tsunoda both managed to scrounge up a few points by finishing P6 and P9, respectively, but were virtually non-factors from the moment the lights went out.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too.
Players and staff from the Dodgers, including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and rookie Roki Sasaki, and the Colorado Rockies surrounded Robinson’s statue in Centerfield Plaza hours before game time in Los Angeles on Jackie Robinson Day around the major leagues.
They were joined by Basketball Hall of Fame player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who turns 78 on Wednesday.

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West Virginia’s offense was a shell of its recent self for most of Tuesday night on the road against in-state rival Marshall.
That was until the Mountaineers scored two runs in the seventh to tie the game, before scoring the go-ahead in the ninth, on a straight steal of home by Chase Swain helped lead West Virginia to a 5-4 win from Jack Cook Field in Huntington, W.Va.
The Mountaineers put the go-ahead run on base to start the ninth inning as Swain walked. He would then advance to second on a sac-bunt before advancing to third on a dropped third strike.

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In a recent episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast, Matt Harmon and The Ringers’ Danny Heifetz discussed some potential surprises awaiting all of us during next week’s NFL Draft. Amidst an array of bold predictions, here are some of the highlights.

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A starter in James Shibest’s specialists group is heading to the transfer portal, as long snapper Nick Levy announced that he will be entering the portal with one year of eligibility remaining.
Levy came to West Lafayette prior to last season after a standout career at William & Mary, where he was a Freshman All-American and a Stats Perform Preseason All-American before his sophomore campaign in 2023. Levy started all 12 games at long snapper for the Boilermakers in 2024, earning a 70.

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One black-and-white photo in an array on the wall of Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s office stands out, particularly on this day, not only for the action but also the message superimposed upon it.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,” read the words in white type over an image of Jackie Robinson sliding into home plate.
Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Seventy-eight years later, as MLB celebrated Jackie Robinson Day, Murphy spoke of the meaning of the day.

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