SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MAY 21
The Canadian Football League Pre-Season is off until Saturday when 4 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders visiting the Edmonton Elks at 2 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses in the pre-season. The Riders resume Main Training Camp resumes tomorrow morning at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus. Saskatchewan’s regular-season schedule starts Saturday, June 8th in Edmonton with the home opener on Sunday, June 23rd against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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Canadian Elite Basketball League—2024 regular-season opens:
Edmonton Stingers at Calgary Surge—7 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rattlers begin their sixth C-E-B-L season tomorrow when they host the Winnipeg Sea Bears. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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The Saskatoon Berries begin their inaugural Western Canadian Baseball League training camp tonight at Cairns Field with an on-diamond session running from 6 to 8 p.m. A total of 29 players are listed on the roster with the Berries’ first regular-season game coming up on Saturday in Regina against the Red Sox at 7:05 p.m. Saskatoon’s first regular-season home game is slated for Tuesday, May 28th at Cairns Field against Regina. First pitch is 7 p.m.
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The National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs resume tomorrow, as follows…
Florida Panthers at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final)
The other series is set to start Thursday, as follows…
Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Sixteen nations are taking part, split into two groups of eight for preliminary round-robin play and followed by playoffs. On today’s schedule…
Canada vs Czechia–8:20 a.m. in Prague
(Canada has 5 wins, 1 extra time win, 0 losses for 17 points…good for 1st place in Group A.)
United States vs Latvia—8:20 a.m. at Ostrava
Finland vs Switzerland–12:20 p.m. at Prague
Sweden vs Slovakia—12:20 p.m. at Ostrava
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Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs:
Minnesota at Boston—5 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-five final 1-0)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—5 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox–5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—5 night games
National League—5 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics—6 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final)
The other series is set to start tomorrow, as follows…
Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
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