The Canadian Football League Pre-Season returns to action today when 4 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders going to the Edmonton Elks at 2 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses in the pre-season. The Riders continue and finish the Saskatoon portion of their Main Training Camp today with a walk-through from 10:15 to 11 a.m. at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus. Saskatchewan’s regular-season schedule starts Saturday, June 8th in Edmonton with the home opener on Sunday, June 23rd against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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Western Canadian Baseball League—regular-season opens with 3 games at 7:05 p.m.:
Moose Jaw Miller-Express 5 at Weyburn Beavers 3
Brooks Bombers 0 at Okotoks Dawgs 11
Edmonton Prospects 3 at Fort McMurray Giants 13
(The Saskatoon Berries play their first regular-season game today in Regina against the Red Sox at 7:05 p.m. Saskatoon’s first regular-season home game is slated for Tuesday at Cairns Field against Regina. First pitch is 7 p.m.)
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Canadian Elite Basketball League—2 games
Niagara River Lions 67 at Brampton Honey Badgers 74
Scarborough Shooting Stars 106 at Winnipeg Sea Bears 109
(The Saskatchewan Rattlers return to action today when they host the Montreal Alliance. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rattlers have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in the Western Conference.)
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The Memorial Cup, Canadian Major Junior Hockey Championship tournament, starts today and runs through Sunday, June 2nd, in Saginaw, Michigan. The host Saginaw Spirit, plus three league champions – including the Moose Jaw Warriors from the Western Hockey League – are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format. On yesterday’s schedule…
Moose Jaw Warriors (W-H-L) 4 vs Saginaw Spirit (Host) 5
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Florida Panthers 1 at New York Rangers 2 in OT
(The best-of-seven Eastern Conference final is tied 1-1)
The other series resumes today, as follows…
Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 1-0)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today with semi-finals in Prague, Czechia, as follows…
Sweden vs Czechia—6:20 a.m. at Prague
Canada vs Switzerland—10:20 a.m. at Prague
Today winners advance to tomorrow’s final while the losers today will play in the third place game, also tomorrow.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Detroit Tigers 6
Inter-League—3 night games
National League—6 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Dallas Mavericks 109 at Minnesota Timberwolves 108
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 2-0)
The other series resumes today, as follows…
Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers—6:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 2-0)
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