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Mage is chasing the second leg of the Triple Crown this weekend in Baltimore
Mage, the surprise winner of the 2023 Kentucky Derby, will look to secure the second leg of the Triple Crown this weekend as the horse racing world descends upon Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the Preakness.
Here is everything you need to know to follow the action this week, culminating in the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes.

As the Lakers lost Game 2 to the Nuggets 108–103, LeBron James appeared to finish the game a bit hobbled. The 38 year-old stepped on Anthony Davis’s foot in the fourth quarter, resulting in a twisted ankle for the rest of the contest.
However, James claims he is fine, as he told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin the injury isn’t too serious.
“They’re still there,” he said. “A little ankle isn’t going to stop me.”
Facing the deficit, James told Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes he fully expects to play in Game 3 on Saturday.

The Lakers find themselves down 2–0 to the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals after Thursday night’s Game 2 loss on the road. 
And do you know what everyone was talking about after the game? Austin Reaves’s messy hair. O.K., maybe not everyone was talking about, but it definitely became one of the funniest memes of the NBA playoffs. 
The Lakers guard had a big night, finishing with 22 points, which tied LeBron James for the team high. But it’s what he did after the game by just showing up at a press conference that will be remembered forever. 

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With F1 now off this week, Pierre Gasly can breathe a sigh of relief
As an athlete, if you reach the pinnacle of your sport you must have a love of competition. Formula 1 drivers are no different. When F1 made the decision to cancel this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while drivers supported the move, many outlined how much they love racing when reacting to the news on social media or elsewhere.
However, one driver likely breathed a sigh of relief following the announcement.
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly.

Court Cobain, Backboard Confessional … and more
Normally Austin Reeves doesn’t even look like a basketball player. He commands a room with the swagger of an accountant — which is to say, not all. That all changed on Thursday night when the world couldn’t stop looking at Reeves turning up to his post-game interview looking like an emo rock star from 2004.

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How can anxiety last this long?
By midnight it was still going. Tiring, but peppy announcers quipped that Game 2 between the Panthers and Hurricanes was technically tomorrow as the calendar flipped over. It was an amusing observation that cut through playoff hockey anxiety. By 1 a.m. it stopped being funny. By 2 a.m. every minute felt like an hour. Dead legs and broken bodies shuffling themselves around the ice out of sheer will alone, before Matthew Tkachuk became an angel or mercy, finally putting the puck in the net and ending the torment.

The Nuggets took care of business again at home on Thursday night, beating LeBron James and the Lakers, 108–103, in Game 2 to take a 2–0 series lead as it shifts to Los Angeles for Saturday night’s Game 3. 
Denver’s home crowd was rocking in the last two quarters, as the team stormed back from a halftime deficit and closed out the game in dramatic fashion. 
Peyton Manning was one of those fans taking in the action in Denver, a city he’s called home since he joined the Broncos years ago and won a Super Bowl before calling it quits.

Tom Kim was baptized in the mud pits of Oak Hill.
The Korean golfer saw his day go sideways after falling into a swamp during the first round of the PGA Championship.
Kim’s lowlight came in the sixth hole — cameras caught the young pro emerging out of the mud like Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption.”
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The look might’ve been messy, but Tom Kim’s image and swagger came out clean on the other side.
WATCH:

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LeBron James and the Lakers are heading home down 2-0 to the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals after Thursday night’s 108–103 loss in Denver.
The Lakers led at halftime and had some good chances to possibly even the series but Nikola Jokić & Co. rose to the challenge in front of a very loud home crowd and took care of business down the stretch.
James, who recently said the Lakers don’t flop, sure looked like he flopped on one play in the fourth quarter and he was able to draw a foul on Jokić in the process.

A stadium is a factory of inspiration. Lay some sod, turf or cinder, mark its boundaries with appropriate exactness, and let loose the human will—the need—to test our physical boundaries.
At their best, these secular cathedrals also inspire those who sit in the stands that ring these fields of endeavors. They become our town halls, in which the mere act of being there makes us a part of the community—and from which the community draws identity.
On the afternoon of Sept. 18, 1932, Paterson, N.J., Mayor John V.