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The Portland Trail Blazers successfully avoided a sweep with a win against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4, but life isn’t getting any easier for the team from the Northwest as it heads back on the road down three games to one.
The Baltimore Ravens finished the 2013 NFL season with an 8-8 record, which left them barely on the outside looking in when it came to the Wild Card contest between the 9-7 San Diego Chargers and 11-5 Kansas City Chiefs.
Any questions fans had about the San Antonio Spurs were answered in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Despite struggling to take down the Dallas Mavericks in seven games, the team came out and showed why it’s the defending conference champions against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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The Yankees are in Anaheim to take on the Angels for game 2 of their 3 game set. Last night, the Angels knocked of the Yanks after a disastrous 8th inning for New York put the Angels ahead for good.
It took seven games, but the San Antonio Spurs made it past the Dallas Mavericks in Round 1 of the 2014 NBA playoffs, and now they have a date with the Portland Trail Blazers – the team who knocked off the Houston Rockets in six games.
The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers have survived Round 1, and now the two will face off in the Western Conference Semifinals. The two franchises have faced off in the postseason three times (San Antonio leads the series 2-1) with the 1999 Western Conference Finals being the most recent.
The 2014 NBA playoffs have been anything but a breeze for the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Now the two will face off in what could very well be the most entertaining series of the entire second round.
The Portland Trail Blazers won three of the first four games in this series, but Game 5 was all about the Houston Rockets. Clutch City defeated Rip City 108-98, in what was the first contest of the series that was decided by double digits.
The Cincinnati Bengals finished the 2013 NFL season 11-5, which was good enough for first place in the AFC North – tied for third in the AFC alongside the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs.
The Pittsburgh Steelers finished 2013 with an 8-8 record, which tied the Baltimore Ravens for second in the AFC North. Unfortunately for the team, it was left on the outside looking in when it came to the postseason.
The Houston Rockets haven’t made it easy on the Portland Trail Blazers, but you wouldn’t know it by the series total through four games. At this point, Portland has a 3-1 series lead, but two of those wins have come in overtime.
The 2014 Triple Crown horse racing season kicks off this Saturday, May 3 with the 140th running of the crowned jewel of the three races; the Kentucky Derby from fabled Churchill Downs in Louisville.
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Inaugurated 1875
Race type Thoroughbred
Website http://www.kentuckyderby.com/
Race information
Distance 1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
Track Dirt, Left-handed
Qualification 3-year-old
Weight Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg)
Filly: 121 lbs. (54.9 kg)
Purse US$2 million+
Approx. 1st: $1,425,000
Bonuses US$ 200
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Odds to win the 2011 Kentucky Derby (by post position)
Early Kentucy Derby Prediction: Samraat 20/1
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The Miami Heat have taken a three-game lead in Round 1 over the Charlotte Bobcats, and they’ll look to close out their opponents Monday night on TNT. The two will face off at 7:00 p.m. ET in what could be the final game of the series.
The Houston Rockets needed a win in Game 3, and they got it on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers. Now it’s time for one team to show it wants it more before heading back to Clutch City for Game 5.
The Miami Heat entered the 2014 NBA playoffs looking more vulnerable than they have in years past, but they’ve managed to capture a 2-game lead on the Charlotte Bobcats entering Game 3.
