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Lightning Tie Stanley Cup Finals
American Pharoah Wins Belmont Stakes And Triple Crown
American Pharoah be- came the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown.
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With Win; Game 3 In Chicago
The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrated a series-tying vic- tory over the Chicago Black- hawks on Saturday but were tight-lipped about the fitness of Ben Bishop after the starting goaltender was re- placed. Bishop, who made 21 saves in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 Game Two win over the Black- hawks, left the game twice during the third period leav- ing questions about his health.
Bishop first departed with the score 3-3 with 12:43 to play to be replaced by 20- year-old rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
He returned with 11:11 re- maining after Tampa Bay took the lead but was again re- placed with 7:41 left.
Vasilevskiy finished with five stops and was the winning goaltender.
The Lightning offered no explanation, instead focusing on Vasilevskiy’s relief per- formance.
The mystery may be ex- plained by a third-period colli- sion with Chicago’s Antoine
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Vermette. The Blackhawks center was skating by the net in the first few minutes of the third when he made contact with Bishop’s upper body that seemed to inflict discom- fort.
Bishop did play on, how- ever.
The Lightning netminder was been pivotal in Tampa Bay’s playoff run, recording a pair of Game Seven shutouts.
Bishop had held oppo- nents scoreless for a total of 113:28 before Chicago broke loose during the third period of the Lightning’s Game One loss.
With Game Three on Mon- day in Chicago, Tampa Bay has a quick turnaround.
As American
came out of the far turn and squared his shoulders to let his rider Victor Espinoza stare down the long withering stretch of Belmont Park, a sense of inevitability surged through this mammoth old grandstand.
The fans in a capacity crowd strained on the tips of their toes and let out a roar from deep in their souls. It was going to end, finally — this 37- year search for a great race- horse.
No, a battered old sport was looking for an immortal thoroughbred, one worthy to stand alongside Sir Barton and Assault, War Admiral and Whirlaway, Count Fleet and Citation, a horse able to earn the title of a Triple Crown champion.
There had been only 11 of them in history, and America had elected five presidents, fought three wars and lived through at least three eco- nomic downturns since Af- firmed had last completed the feat in 1978. In the interim, 12 other very good racehorses had pulled into the starting gate at this grand old racetrack on Long Island with a chance to become the next great horse, only to fall short at the hands of a great rival, as Sun- day Silence did to Easy Goer in 1989 or as Real Quiet did in 1998 in a heartbreaking photo finish, or to find the mile-and- a-half distance of the Belmont Stakes just too much, as Cali- fornia Chrome did last year.
But as American Pharoah bounded into the stretch amid a deafening roar, the memo- ries of the gritty Affirmed, the speedy Seattle Slew (1977) and that tremendous machine Sec- retariat (1973) were sum- moned from backside to grandstand, and rightfully so.
Tiger Shoots 74 Day After Worst Round In Career At Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio -- One day after the worst score of his ca- reer, Tiger Woods played the final round of the Memorial just like it was any other Sun- day.
He wore his red shirt. He played at the same pace. He tossed blades of grass in the air to judge the wind and crouched to read important putts. The only difference was he played as a single. He even removed a flagstick by himself when his caddie was busy rak- ing a bunker.
"Just because I'm in last place doesn't change how I play golf," he said. "Whether it's the first day or last day, doesn't matter. Play all out."
All out didn't get him much.
Woods followed his 85 with a rough finish -- two dou- ble bogeys over the last four holes -- for a 2-over 74. He fin- ished in last place at Muirfield Village, a course where he has won five times, and posted the highest 72-hole score of his ca- reer at 302.
He conceded that it was humbling to shoot an 85 be- fore thousands of fans, with nowhere to hide. But he didn't sound as though he was about to panic about his future. Woods chalked the score up to working on a new swing, and one of those days where he couldn't make up his mind which swing he had.
"This is a lonely sport," Woods said. "The manager is not going to come in and bring the righty or bring the lefty. You've just got to play through it. And that's one of the hard-
Tiger Woods shoots a final-round 74 at the Memo- rial on Sunday.
est things about the game of golf, and it's also one of the best things about the game of golf. When you're on, no one is going to slow you down. When you're off, no one is going to pick you up, either. It's one of those sports that's tough. Deal with it.
"For us, unfortunately, you have those days and they're five hours long," he said.
Sunday was just under three hours as a single.
It was the finish that did him in. Woods hit one poor chip, and it cost him. After his wedge spun off the front of the green at the par-5 15th, he bladed a pitch about 30 feet above the hole and three- putted for double bogey.
He made the turn in 34 with three birdies, two of them on the par 5s. He hit five straight fairways at one point -- four of them with the driver.
On the 18th, he got too much air under a 3-wood and had to play a big hook around the tree. It found a back bunker, and he had no chance to stay on the green. Woods laughed when he saw the lie he had in the rough.
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Game 3
Golden State at Cleveland Tue. June 9 Quicken Loans Arena
9 p.m. | ABC
Game 5* Cleveland at Golden State Sun. June 14 Oracle Arena
8 p.m. | ABC
Game 4
Golden State at Cleveland Thu. June 11 Quicken Loans Arena
Game 6*
Golden State at Cleveland Tue. June 16 Quicken Loans Arena
9 p.m. | ABC
9 p.m. | ABC
Game 7*
Cleveland at Golden State
Fri. June 19 | Oracle Arena | 9 p.m. | ABC
*If necessary
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