A Sports-Filled Mother’s Day Weekend
NBA and NHL playoff action are bit less hectic this weekend, but we will find plenty to occupy the hours we devote to absorbing our favorite sports activities. There’s always somewhere to turn and tune.
Let’s open with the NHL. The Washington Capitals, in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 20 years, resume their pursuit of the elusive Stanley Cup – they’ve never won it – on Friday night on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning. NBC Sports Network will show this at 8 p.m. It should be worth the deposit of your heiner in the recliner. Saturday at 7 p.m. on NBC we’ll get a peek at the Vegas Golden Knights-Winnipeg Jets series in the Western Conference.
The NBA playoffs return on Sunday when the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. This a rematch of last year’s series at the same juncture, which the Cavs won in five games. ABC has this at 3:30 p.m.
The PGA Tour gets all the big names back together for The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The third round Saturday and final round on Sunday will be carried by NBC from 2-7 p.m.
The guys who go round and round will do so under the lights on Saturday at Kansas Speedway. You can watch the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup KC Masterpiece 400 on FS1 at 8 p.m.
If your taste is a little more eclectic, take a look at the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament. Saturday brings us No. 1 Yale at home against No. 16 UMass at noon on ESPNU.
Sunday night baseball features the recently-awakened Washington Nationals (8-2 in their last 10) at the Arizona Diamondbacks, who lead the National League West. ESPN, 8 p.m.
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers!
Post By: Larry Weisman, a longtime sportswriter for USA TODAY, blogs for Twistity.com. Follow him on Twitter @MrLarryWeisman
Your Weekly Recipe Roundup
-
Oklahoma and Texas will depart from the college sports conference at the end of the season. The Big 12...
-
Robert Kraft wants to re-sign Brady just long enough that he can retire as a Patriot. Earlier this week,...
-
The skilled third-baseman will be enshrined in Cooperstown. Scott Rolen is one of the most skilled and recognized third-basemen...
-
Brady’s 23rd football season has ended. On Monday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys went head-to-head for...
-
Smith has been fired after one season with the team. Over the weekend, the owners of the Houston Texans...
-
Pelé passed due to complications related to colon cancer. On Thursday night, the sporting world received unfortunate news: Pelé,...
-
His return heralded a victory over the Phoenix Suns. On Sunday, Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas needed to take...
-
Mayfield will be available on waiver to other NFL teams. After an underwhelming performance in his current role as...
-
Mike White led the team to a decisive victory over the Bears over the weekend. On Saturday, the New...
-
The game has been moved out of New York due to an encroaching snowstorm. This weekend, the Buffalo Bills...
-
Negative pushback prompted the team to give the role to someone else. Recently, the Brooklyn Nets have been in...
-
The Bears got Claypool in exchange for a 2023 second-round pick. This week, the Pittsburgh Steelers cut a deal...