Preview: San Jose @ STL

The dial that controls playoff intensity is an unusual one. Just when you think it's turned up all the way, it will get turned up some more.

stltoday.com

Where are the Sharks' Stanley Cup heroes?

Not yet emerged. Not visible. Maybe not on the roster. Try again next year.
That may be a tough set of facts for the Sharks to digest at this point, but their 3-1 series deficit is impossible to deny.

merucrynews.com (San Jose) 

Down Goes Detroit, Down Goes Detroit

The Red Wings lost another one-goal game to the Nashville Predators, and the good news is, they won't lose any more of those. The first-round series, mercifully, is over.

freep.com (Detroit) 

The Predators turned away the ghosts and demons of their past to eliminate the Detroit Red Wings from the NHL playoffs.

tennessean.com 

Penguins Beat Flyers

Drenched and dragging, the Flyers left the ice on Friday night with nothing left in the tank after a furious push to end the Pittsburgh Penguins' season.
This time, though, there were no miraculous comebacks to savor - except for the Penguins as they try to turn this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series in their favor.

philly.com

Perhaps the Penguins are not back into this series.
Not quite.
Not yet.
But they're not far from it, either.

post-gazette.com (Pittsburgh) 

Saints' Suspensions Upheld

As expected, the NFL has rejected the appeals of New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt.

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Robinson to go Pro

Thomas Robinson made it official on Monday morning, announcing his decision to enter the NBA draft in a late-morning press conference at Allen Fieldhouse.

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KU vs. UK

The story goes that seldom-used guard Adolph Rupp asked to hold the ball in one of his Kansas team photos from the early 1920s.

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In the first national championship game between two of the bluest of college basketball blue bloods, Kentucky carries its head a bit higher than Kansas.

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Leaf Arrested Again Monday greatfallstribune.com

Ryan Leaf will stay in jail until Wednesday as his probation supervisors decide whether to release him again on bond or revoke the suspended sentence he was given in Texas in 2010.

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Jayhawks Beat Buckeyes

Ohio State led the game for all but four minutes, 20 seconds, but not when it counted.
Not at the end.

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Kansas’ 64-62 victory over Ohio State in the national semifinals on Saturday could be offered as the most improbable of its NCAA Tournament journey.

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Wildcats Win Battle of Kentucky

With Louisville staying close by outrebounding Kentucky, Coach John Calipari challenged Terrence Jones to get busy on the boards. That Jones delivered helped UK win 69-61 in the Final Four semifinals.

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The University of Kentucky basketball team bounced into the Final Four, rumbling like a team that could score 80, 90, 100 points on anybody that moved into its thunderous path.

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