Reds 7, Mets 4: Late gift leads to series sweep

Seth Wenig | Associated Press

Brandon Phillips, right, celebrates with Joey Votto after they scored in the Reds’ three-run ninth inning against the Mets.

NEW YORK — The Cincinnati Reds wrapped up a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a gift from the baseball gods yesterday.

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MLB: Tigers outlast Tribe

CLEVELAND — Indians right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez gave up six runs on seven hits in four innings and the Detroit Tigers prevailed 11-7 last night at Progressive Field.

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Around the NFL: Haslam apologizes to NFL owners

Julio Cortez | Associated Press

Eli Manning prepares to pass to Manchester City’s James Milner while the English soccer club visited Giants training camp. Manchester City will play fellow English Premier League club Chelsea in an exhibition at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

Jimmy Haslam, whose purchase of the Cleveland Browns was unanimously approved in October, apologized to fellow NFL owners for the negative attention an ongoing federal investigation targeting his family business, Pilot Flying J, has brought upon the league, USA Today reported.

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Ohio State roundup: Kobelt, Rola advance at NCAA tennis tournament

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Ohio State baseball: Spot in NCAA field is the goal

The scuttlebutt on more than a few websites has Ohio State in line to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, provided it wins two or three games in the Big Ten tournament.

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Blue Jackets: No progress in contract talks with Bobrovsky

It has been about a month since the Blue Jackets’ season ended and two months since contract talks between the club and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky started, but the sides are no closer to reaching a deal.

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NBA: James helps Heat avoid Game 1 upset

Pedro PortAL | El Nuevo Herald

LeBron James drives past the Pacers’ Paul George to hit the winning shot as time expired in overtime, giving the Heat a victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

MIAMI — LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime and the Miami Heat found a way to defeat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals last night.

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Around baseball: Mattingly’s venom rallies Dodgers

David Goldman | Associated Press

Rookie Evan Gattis, center, hit a grand slam to send the Braves to an 8-3 win over the Twins.

Dodgers 9, Brewers 2: Manager Don Mattingly criticized his team and benched All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier yesterday, then watched Los Angeles beat host Milwaukee.

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Baseball: Demoted Chisenhall commits to Clippers

Jonathan Quilter | Dispatch

Third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall is familiar with his Clippers teammates, “so I’m having a little more fun now than I have been.”

Lonnie Chisenhall didn’t need to check life’s mall directory to know where he was earlier this week in Huntington Park. “I’m on the Columbus Clippers now,” Chisenhall said. “I’m worried about our guys and this team.”

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Golf: Woods calls fried-chicken remark by Garcia ‘hurtful’

Tiger Woods said the “fried chicken” comment made by Sergio Garcia was hurtful and inappropriate. Two weeks after they verbally sparred at the Players Championship, Woods said it’s time to move on.

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