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🏊‍♀️ Ledecky is on fire: The day after Katie Ledecky released her second best time in the Women's 1,500m Freestyle (15:24.51), Katie Ledecky released her best 400m freestyle in the Nine Years (3:56.46) to beat Lauderdale Pro Swim's Canadian Star Summer McIntosh.

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🎾 Coco Rutes IGA: World No. 4 Coco Gauff took No. 2 Igaświątek (6-1, 6-1) on Clay, reaching the Madrid Open final, where she will face top Aryna Sabalenka.

⛳️ Club Head: Scottie Scheffler shot 10 under 61 in the CJ Cup, taking the lead in his hometown outside Dallas.

🏀 Sports Spirit Award: Celtics guard Jrue Holiday won his second sportsmanship award, becoming the fifth NBA player to win multiple honors.

⚾️ Trout to IL: Mike Trout has bone bruises on his knee. The Angels say this isn't serious, but it's fair to consider that the three-time MVP missed 383 games since 2021.

Judge Aaron for a year

“He’s playing different games.” That's how Yankees captain Aaron Boone described Aaron Judge, who entered May's way of leading the American League with average shooting percentage (.427), home runs (10) and RBI (32).

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Judge Year: It's harder than the April that the judge just had. It's also difficult to have a good year. Here are his statistics over the last 162 games (the length of the season), dating back to April 27, 2024:

How good is that? The only other players in baseball history, in addition to the judge's 162-game action, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams are the three best batsmen in baseball history.

Jake Mintz from Yahoo Sports:

What a judge has achieved, or rather, can be described as passed down from generation to generation. He has elevated himself from the legend of his own era to the historical idol.

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Through all this, the once meticulous judge has remained rooted in his process. Even when he was rocking in the first month of 2024, he never corrected or panicked. He has an unshakable basic belief in his abilities. He knows how good he is, which allows him to keep it simple.

"Like I said, you just have to go there with confidence. Anyway," the judge told reporters after Wednesday's game when asked about the .427 hit this season. “I can’t focus on the results, you have to focus on the process.”

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🏀Brunson lifts the clutch

Jalen Brunson Shows exactly why he won the NBA Player of the Year Award with superb performance in the Knicks' end win in Detroit.

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• Detroit ran New York 20-2 in the fourth quarter, but Brunson saved the day with eight out of 40 in the final 2:23, with a 116-113 victory.

• His ankle broke, won two-thirds of the game, and the remaining five seconds won Mike Breen's rare "double explosion" and sent the Knicks to the second round, with defending champion Celtics waiting.

Detroit, look up: This is just the second playoff series in NBA history, with four straight games determined by three-pointers or less (one-sixth of the Celtics in the 1981 ECF). The piston may have to go home, but for a long time, the future has been bright.

At the same time, heading west... James Harden (28 points), Kawhi Leonard (27) and Norman Powell (24) led the Clippers to beat the Nuggets 111-105, with Game 7 tomorrow night in Denver.

🏒Avalanche Power 7

Four NHL teams Thursday entered a chance to force Game 7. Only Avalanche completed the job, scoring four goals in the third stage of defeating the Starry Sky 7-4.

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• Dallas scored four goals in the second phase as Mikko Rantanen and Roope Hintz became the first teammates in NHL playoff history, four points per point over a period of time.

• But Colorado's fate changed for the third time, when the Star scored AVS lead in his own game and then hit two more goals, which put the game in a strait.

Looking forward: Historically Saturday favored Dallas as star coach Pete Deboer 8-0 in the seven seasons, while the Avalanche lost six straight games. But if this series taught us anything, after watching the two teams hit the trade with six games, 39 goals, that wasn't decided until the final horn sound.

elsewhere… Maple Leaf, Golden Knights and Oilers put things to an end in Game 6.

• Maple Leaf 4, Senator 2: Leaf rose to 5-0 in the playoffs against Ontario's neighbors. Next: Defending champion Black Panthers.

• Golden Knight 3, Wild 2: Minnesota's nightmare continues as the wild has now lost nine consecutive playoff series* dating back to 2015. Next is Vegas: The Oilers.

• Oiler 6, King 4: Speaking of nightmare, LA should try to change against others, because now they have been eliminated by Edmonton for four years in a row.

*The last nine playoff series in the wild: Chicago lost 4-0 to Chicago (2015, second round); 4-2 to Dallas (2016, first round); 4-1 to St. Louis (2017, first round); 4-1 to Winnipeg 4-1 (2018, first round); 3-1 to Vancouver (2020, qualifying); 3-1 to Las Vegas (2021, first round); 3-1 to St. Louis (2022, first round); 20 to Dallas (2023, first round); 20 to Las Vegas (2025, first round).

Photos in the photo: Monument

Bicycle's annual calendar has five so-called monumentconsidered the most prestigious and challenging one-day competition in the sport. Four of the five have been completed. Let's review it.

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🇧🇪liège-bastogne-liège: Dean ("Old Lady") was held on Sunday in the hilly Alden area of ​​Belgium, where defending French champion Tadejpogačar won the 111th 157 Mile race.

🇮🇹 Milan-Salimo: Classic spring ("Spring Classic") is the first monument of the year and the longest monument, covering an area of ​​185 coastal miles in northwestern Italy. Dutch driver Mathieu van der Poel won the 116th edition last month.

🇧🇪 Flanders Tour: this Visit Flanders (Dutch translation) is one of four "cobblestone classics" and its signature is its numerous cobblestone parts. Pogačar captured the 109th edition in April, covering 167 miles in less than six hours.

🇫🇷 Paris - Rubai: North Hell ("Hell of the North") is considered the most brutal monument among the monuments, extending 161 miles in northern France and possessing a considerable portion of its own on the cobbled road. Van der Poel won the 122nd edition last month, his third straight title.

🇮🇹 Giro di Lombardia: Classic Leaf of Death ("Leaf-falling race") is the only monument outside of spring. Pogačar hopes to defend his title in October at the 119th competition in Italy's Beihu District (perceive a theme?).

📺Surveillance List: No. 151 Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs (6:57 PM ET)under the leadership of the current favorite press (7-2), 20 horses will compete in the 151st competition.

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More places to pay attention to:

• 🏀 NBA: Warriors Rockets (2-3) (Friday at 9pm, ESPN);Clippers of Mineral Tools (3-3) (Saturday at 7:30 pm, TNT)… The Rockets' Game 7 is Sunday (if necessary).

• 🏒 NHL: The Jet of the Blues (3-2) (Friday at 8pm, TNT);Avalanche (3-3) in the stars (Sat 8pm, ABC) …Jets-Blues Game 7 is on Sunday (if necessary).

• 🏁 F1: Miami Grand Prix (3:55 PM ET) …South Florida hosted the first of three games in the United States this season.

• ⚾️ MLB: Pirate's Priest (Friday at 6:40 pm, Apple);The bear is in the winemaker (Friday at 8:10 pm, Apple);Red Sox's twins (Saturday at 4:10 pm, FS1);The Brave Dodgers (Sunday at 7pm, ESPN)

• ⚽️ Premier League: Chelsea vs. Liverpool (Sun, 11:30 am, Peacock) …The Blues are still fighting for the Champions League.

• ⛳️ golf: PGA's CJ Cup (Friday, golf/CBS); The black desert of LPGA (Friday, golf);Study in Korea (Free installation, FS1)

• 🎾 tennis: Madrid openly (Friday, tennis) …Saturday women’s final, Sunday men’s final.

add… NASCAR in Texas (Sun 3:30 pm, FS1);Miami's Grand Slam Track (Friday, Peacock);Fever at the University of Iowa and Brazil (Sunday at 4 pm, ESPN); Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas in Las Vegas title battle (Sunday at 11pm, ESPN).

🐎Derby trivia

Journalism may win Saturday, but bettors should be careful: No subsequent favorites have won the Kentucky Derby since 2018.

question: Which horse won in 2018?

hint: He went on to win the Triple Crown.

Answer at the bottom.

⚾️Perfect game!

Home plate referee Nic Nic Lentz History was made in Tampa on Wednesday, calling it the third perfect match in the referee scorecard era (since 2015). The other two are the second matches three weeks ago (Mark Ripperger) and the 2022 World Series (Pat Hoberg).

Trivia answer: Prove legal

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