Portland lefty Shane Drohan throws six strong innings soon after being named Eastern League’s top pitcher for April.
Paul Abramowitz
Bruins’ Brad Marchand has all the qualities of a captain
Commentary: Brad Marchand has grown into an insightful voice in the dressing room who is as good as anyone in articulating the state of the team.
NBA notebook: Heat still waiting to see if Butler can play in Game 3
Jimmy Butler, the NBA playoff scoring leader, missed Game 2 of the series because of a sprained ankle.
MLB roundup: Tigers spoil Verlander’s debut with Mets
Justin Verlander makes his first start of the season, facing one of his former teams, and gives up two first-inning home runs in a 2-0 loss.
Red Sox top Jays for 5th straight win
Enmanuel Valdez, Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida each drive in two runs in Boston’s 8-3 win.
Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark believes he was hurt, not injured
Linus Ullmark, who did not play Game 7, could not answer whether he’d need offseason surgery until he met with the medical staff again.
NHL roundup: Panthers open second round with 4-2 win over Maple Leafs
Matthew Tkachuk has three assists as Florida wins at Toronto.
Basketball legend Larry ‘Gator’ Rivers, longtime Globetrotter, dies at 73
Larry “Gator” Rivers helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.
Cardinals broadcaster, World Series champ Mike Shannon dies
Mike Shannon spent 50 years in the broadcast booth, starting in 1972.
Fashion designer for Russian first ladies dies at 85
An obituary published by the TASS news agency said Vyacheslav Zaitsev died after a long illness but didn’t state when.