Hurricanes add former FSU basketball standout Matthew Cleveland • Moe Wagner stepped up as Magic’s backup center in best season of his career
 Sentinel Sports Final Monday, May 8, 2023 | | |
| | | | Rays rally to defeat Yankees | Erstwhile FSU hoops star Matthew Cleveland joins Hurricanes | NBA playoffs sizzling | | | | Tampa Bay came back from six runs down to force extra innings before Isaac Paredes delivered the winning hit. | | | | | Matthew Cleveland hit a game-winning shot against the Hurricanes last season, but he is transferring to Miami for the 2023-24 campaign. | | | | | Moe Wagner, who'll become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, averaged multiple career highs in 2022-23. | | | | | The NBA just completed its highest-scoring regular season in 53 years, with its teams scoring a record 282,127 points while a record 20 players made at least 200 3-pointers. And now two low-seeded playoff teams are surging toward the conference finals with dominant defense. The Lakers and the Heat are two of the best defensive teams in a league that has rarely been more offense-oriented, and both veteran-led groups turned in sterling defensive performances to claim 2-1 series leads. Miami hosts the Knicks and Los Angeles hosts the Warriors on Monday night with a chance to seize control. | | | | | Devin Booker had 36 points and 12 assists, Kevin Durant also had 36 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 129-124 to even their Western Conference semifinal playoff series at two games apiece. Backup guard Landry Shamet made four crucial 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to keep the Suns ahead. Denver lost despite a huge game from MVP runner-up Nikola Jokic, who poured in 51 points. The Suns took a 98-92 lead into the fourth quarter after a scoring flurry from Booker, who had 17 points in the third. Phoenix wouldn't trail in the fourth. The series returns to Denver for Game 5 on Tuesday. | | | | | Denny Hamlin bumped Kyle Larson off the lead heading onto the backstretch of the final lap Sunday, giving him a clear path to the finish line at Kansas Speedway and ending his streak of 33 races in the NASCAR Cup Series without a victory. Hamlin went to the front on the record 38th lead change of a chaotic race at Kansas for his fourth victory at the track and the 400th win for Joe Gibbs Racing. William Byron spent more than 50 laps riding around two laps down before rallying onto the lead lap, and even fighting for the lead down the stretch. He finished in third. Bubba Wallace was fourth and Ross Chastain fifth. Chastain got into a brawl on pit road with Noah Gragson after the race and had to be separated. | | | | | Sam Reinhart scored 3:02 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Reinhart dumped the puck off the boards behind the net to set up his game-winner, taking a pass back from Anton Lundell and scoring to give Florida its first 3-0 series lead in 27 years. Anthony Duclair and Carter Verhaeghe scored for Florida. Sam Lafferty and Erik Gustafsson scored for Toronto. | | | | | A championship title has eluded Donald Payne throughout his football career. From his time at Landmark Christian School outside of Atlanta to his college days at Stetson University to a professional career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the 28-year-old Payne has yet to reap the spoils of winning a championship. "I've never won a ring," said […] | | | | | Record-setting sluggers do not grace the diamond every day. But there's a power surge along Gainesville's Hull Road, which separates Condron Family Ballpark and Katie Seashole Softball Stadium. | | | |
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