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The kind and gentle folk who package professional golf to the masses as the sport of splendidly proper sportsmen would surely have enjoyed a casual stroll around Bellerive's pastoral acreage on Thursday afternoon in St. Louis. Even with storm clouds lurking over the opening round of the Senior PGA Championship, golf's over-50 set of old lions were on their best behavior. They were slicing their way around Bellerive with some surprisingly good golf considering the untidy weather, and they did it in a manner befitting the game's reputation of graceful good sports.

A famous name only goes so far when a player takes the basketball court.

Richard Pitino was hired as Minnesota's basketball coach on April 3. The first order of business in that situation is to start meeting with the players scheduled to return for the next season.

Chiefs free safety Husain Abdullah backpedaled with the receiver, recognized the route, broke on the ball and deflected the pass thrown by rookie Tyler Bray.

MIAMI - LeBron James gave it everything. And still more was required.

CHICAGO -With the temperature just over 50 degrees Friday at U.S. Cellular Field, the Miami Marlins had an industrial-size space heater in their dugout.

MIAMI - It was somewhere between a LeBron drive, a LeBron dunk, a LeBron block, a LeBron rebound, a LeBron winning jump ball - yes, he even won a jump ball against 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert - that a voice said the scary truth for the first time:

CHICAGO - Extra innings aren't a forte of the Miami Marlins,

LeBron James sported a Nike T-shirt some 90 minutes before Friday night's game that was plain white but for three small words stamped big and black in block-letters:

What went right for the Heat

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-The Stanley Cup had visited Utah before, but not when the marching band was making it vibrate.

MIAMI - Call it Groin Gate or whatever you wish.

INDIANAPOLIS - Marco Andretti thinks he's poised to finally end the decades-long "Andretti Curse" at the Indianapolis 500.

Maryland's high-octane offense couldn't quite hit every gear against Syracuse, but the No. 1 Terps had just enough in the tank to win Friday night's NCAA semifinal.

After striking out Justin Morneau to end the game, Anibal Sanchez slammed his fist in his glove then swung his arm in front of him as if to signal "close but not quite."

HOUSTON-Chris Young picked a perfect time Friday night to end the Oakland A's record-tying run of 15 consecutive solo home runs.

LOS ANGELES - Turns out the Dodgers don't always win when Don Mattingly gives an impassioned pregame speech on the right way to play baseball.

For the Mariners, having Joe Saunders on the mound at Safeco Field seemed like a promising slump-busting scenario. After all, the veteran lefty had never lost at the venue in 13 career starts.

For most of the fourth quarter, LeBron James played like a superhero. Then, in the final minute, he handed the game to Indiana with a pair of turnovers.

LOS ANGELES-Matt Greene's return has increased the Kings' physicality and lifted their collective mood, and there's no saying which is more vital to a team that has clawed its way into position to clinch its second straight tense, punishing playoff series on Sunday.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Los Angeles Kings' penalty-killing philosophy doesn't change at home, but the results certainly do.

MIAMI - For three years, the Heat has tried to disprove the belief that it's vulnerable against big, physical front lines with offensively skilled post players.

MIAMI - The Miami Heat's three-point shooters have been acting like a dormant volcano. They are bound to erupt, but when?

MIAMI - For much of the fourth quarter, LeBron James played like a superhero. Then, in the final minute, he handed the game to Indiana with a pair of turnovers.

Rogers Centre might be one of the most difficult sites for a pitcher's introduction to the big leagues. Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman found that out Thursday. There's something about this cavernous dome that makes balls carry - no matter whether the stadium's roof is open or closed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Expanded replays, anyone?

DENVER - This spring, John Elway held court with the NFL draft, Joe Sakic was given the stage with the Avs, and Walt Weiss lifted the Rockies near the top of the NL West.

MILWAUKEE - Marco Estrada pitched seven innings of four-hit baseball and Alex Gonzalez provided all the offense with a two-run, second inning double to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Miller Park.

NEW YORK - Evan Gattis got his first taste of the Big Apple on Friday night, and by now no one should've been surprised that he took a big bite.

HOUSTON - Chris Young picked a perfect time Friday night to end the Oakland Athletics' record run of 15 consecutive solo home runs.