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2023 Kentucky Derby Winner Mage received a major boost to his chances of winning the second leg of the Triple Crown on Friday when it was announced that First Mission was scratched from Saturday’s Preakness Stakes due to a left hind injury.
The removal of the Lexington Stakes winner, who oddsmakers considered the top threat to Mage in the Preakness, trims the field down to seven horses.

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a classic that went to quadruple overtime.
Panthers star and Hart Trophy-nominee Matthew Tkachuk scored with just seconds left in the 4th overtime to give the Cats a 3-2 win to open the series.

MATTHEW TKACHUK WINS IT! #StanleyCup
With time dwindling down in the fourth overtime, Matthew Tkachuk (@TKACHUKycheese_) rips home the winner to give the @FlaPanthers the Game 1 win! pic.twitter.

Brittney Griner will stand for the national anthem this season after spending nearly 10 months locked in a Russian cage.
Griner — an advocate of “speaking out, standing up, sitting in, taking a knee” — had a sudden change of heart, claims her agent in a TIMES op-ed.
The article says Griner views the anthem differently since Joe Biden exchanged a Russian arms dealer, named Viktor Bout, for her return to the United States.
“Hearing the national anthem, it definitely hit different [sic],” says Griner.

When the PGA Championship rolls around each year one PGA teaching professional in the field becomes a fan favorite. And this year, that man is Michael Block.
Block, the head professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in California, took part in a mid-round interview with ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt during Thursday’s round, and his calm and ‘I’m playing with house money’ attitude caught the golf world’s attention. So too did his even par 70 on Thursday.