SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 19
The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Main Training Camp takes a break to travel to Regina in advance of tomorrow’s home C-F-L pre-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. Camp resumes Tuesday at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus. The Green and White’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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The Centennial Cup, Canadian Junior A Hockey Championship tournament, continues and winds up today in Oakville, Ontario with the championship final game, as follows…
Melfort Mustangs (S-J-H-L) vs Collingwood, Ontario, Blues—1 p.m.
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The National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs resume tomorrow, as follows…
Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks—7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 3-3)
The New York Rangers and Florida Panthers have advanced to the Eastern Conference final while the Dallas Stars have qualified for the Western Conference final.
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 26th in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Sixteen nations are taking part, split into two groups of eight for preliminary round-robin play and followed by playoffs. On today’s schedule…
Canada vs Switzerland–12:20 p.m. at Prague
(Canada has 4 wins, 1 extra time win, 0 losses for 14 points…tied for 2nd place in Group A.)
Norway vs Austria–8:20 a.m. in Prague
United States vs Kazakhstan—8:20 a.m. at Ostrava
Slovakia vs Latvia—12:20 p.m. at Ostrava
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays–11:37 a.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—3 day games
National League—1 day game, 5 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks—1:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final tied 3-3)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets—6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 3-3)
The Boston Celtics have advanced to the Eastern Conference final while the Dallas Mavericks have advanced to the Western Conference final.
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