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Schedule for Friday, May 1st

NHL playoffs Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. (Game 1) Minnesota at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. (Game 1)

AHL playoffs Worcester at Hershey, 7 p.m. (Hershey leads series 2-1) Providence at Hartford, 7 p.m. (Series tied 2-2) Chicago at Utica, 7 p.m. (Utica leads series 2-1)

OHL Semi-Final Playoffs North Bay at Oshawa, 7:35 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

IIHF World Hockey Championship Canada vs Latvia, 10:15 a.m. Finland vs United States, 10:15 a.m. Sweden vs Czech Republic, 2:15 p.m. Norway vs Russia, 2:15 p.m.

NBA playoffs Atlanta at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 3-2)

MLB American League Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore, at St. Petersburg, FL, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

National League Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Interleague L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

MLS FC Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m. San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.

NLL Toronto at New England, 7 p.m.

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(left to right) SPS Deputy Chief Michael Van Sickle and Acting Chief Mike Federico. June 25, 2026. (Photo by Natalia Vega)

SPS turns off comments

SPS Board Chair Kelly Ash said the decision followed discussions with Acting Chief Mike Federico and aligns with practices at other police services.

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Scoreboard, June 26

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their third in a row Thursday, 6-5 to the visiting Texas Rangers, and the Detroit Tigers suffered a 2-1 loss to Houston.