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technology firms who want a foothold in the billion-dollar industry.Casinos,
race tracks, daily fantasy sports companies and others are itching to offer bets
in person and online after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that states could
begin allowing wagers. That’s led companies all over the world to seek ways to
team up.Some casinos need mobile apps or someone to set lines and run sports
books that operate much differently than slot machines and table games. Many
tech firms, daily fantasy sports companies and others need gambling licenses and
experience with significant regulation. Other companies that handle data
security and payment processing are also joining the fray.The industry is
preparing for most of the betting to happen on smartphones, just like in Europe.
That would also be new for most U.S. states, as internet gambling has been
limited to just three states in recent years.NEW YORK (AP) – The NCAA is opening
a door for states with legalized sports gambling to host NCAA championship
events and officials in Nevada are already set to get in the game as soon as
they can.The governing body for college sports announced a ”temporary” lifting
of a ban that prevented events like college basketball’s NCAA Tournament from
being hosted in states that accept wagers on single games. The move comes three
days after the Supreme Court overturned a federal law that barred most states
from allowing gambling on professional and college sporting events.NCAA
President Mark Emmert said the board of governors will consider permanently
revising its policy at future meetings. But the NCAA said it will not change its
rules that prohibit gambling on sports by athletes and all athletic department
employees, including coaches.Emmert also is calling for federal regulations of
sports gambling, joining the NFL, NBA and other leagues.NHLWASHINGTON (AP) – The
Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final despite going the
equivalent of more than a period without a shot on goal.They won despite falling
behind about 4 1/2 minutes into the game.They won despite being called for three
penalties – one right after the other – late in the first period, allowing Alex
Ovechkin and the rest of the Washington Capitals’ prolific power play to get all
that time to operate.And they did it, mainly, thanks to Andrei Vasilevskiy, who
made 36 saves and kept things close until Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaker
with about 8 minutes left, lifting Tampa Bay to a 4-2 victory and evening the
series at two games apiece.NBAMILWAUKEE (AP) – The Milwaukee Bucks officially
announced the hiring of Mike Budenholzer as their new coach.A person familiar
with the search had told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Milwaukee
Bucks had reached an agreement with Budenholzer, the former Atlanta Hawks coach.
The Bucks made the official announcement a day later.”The tremendously
supportive fans in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin are waiting and ready,”
Budenholzer said in a statement released by the team. ”Now it’s up to us to put
all the pieces together, and I can’t wait to get started.”Budenholzer replaces
Joe Prunty, the former assistant who went 21-16 in the regular season after
replacing the fired Jason Kidd in late January. The Bucks lost to Boston in
seven games in the first round of the playoffs.GOLFDALLAS (AP) – Marc Leishman
shot a 10-under 61 on the new links-style Trinity Forest course to take the
first-round lead in the AT&T Byron Nelson.Jordan Spieth was eight shots back
in his hometown event, which returned to Dallas after 35 years at the TPC Four
Seasons in suburban Irving. Defending champion Billy Horschel shot 68.Leishman
opened with an eagle, started the back nine with three straight birdies and
reached 9 under with another eagle at the 14th.The 34-year-old Australian, a
three-time PGA Tour winner, had chances to go lower but settled for a 10-foot
birdie putt at the par-3 17th for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career. He
was a stroke shy of the Nelson record.J.J. Spaun and Texan Jimmy Walker shot
64.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Miguel Angel Jimenez matched the course record with
an 8-under 64 to take the first-round lead in the Regions Tradition, the first
of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major championships.Jimenez birdied the first
four holes and broke the front-nine record at 6-under 30 at Greystone Golf &
Country Club. The Spaniard took the outright lead with a short birdie putt on
No. 13 after a rain delay of 1 hour, 17 minutes.Jimenez tied the course record
set by Kenny Perry in the first round in 2016 and matched by Bernhard Langer in
the final round a year ago. Jimenez also opened with a 64 in the Chubb Classic
before finishing ninth.Gene Sauers, Wes Short Jr., Jerry Kelly and Joe Durant
were second at 66.Two-time defending champion Langer closed with a birdie for a
70.WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) – Annie Park turned a blistering stretch on the back
nine into a mistake-free 6-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead on a
crowded leaderboard at the Kingsmill Championship.Jessica Korda, Azahara
Munoz
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Green played in rain that is expected to also be a factor Friday and Saturday on
the resort’s already-soggy River Course.TENNISROME (AP) – Seven-time champion
Rafael Nadal methodically wore down Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1to reach the
Italian Open’s last eight and gain revenge over the Canadian teenager.Four-time
Rome winner Novak Djokovic reached his first quarterfinal of the year with a
6-1, 7-5 victory over Alberto Ramos-Vinolas. Djokovic next faces Kei Nishikori,
who rolled past Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-2.Nadal is attempting to win the
top spot back this week. He’ll replace Roger Federer if he wins an eighth Rome
title. Nadal, who hasn’t won the Italian Open since 2013, next faces Fabio
Fognini, who beat Peter Gojowczyk 6-4, 6-4.Defending champion Alexander Zverev,
ninth-seeded David Goffin, fourth-seeded Marin Cilic and Pablo Pablo Carreno
Busta also advanced.In the women’s tournament, Simona Halep’s hold on the No. 1
ranking received a boost when American Madison Keys withdrew from their last-16
match due to a rib injury. Halep now needs to progress further than No. 2
Caroline Wozniacki to stay in top spot.Wozniacki beat 15th-seeded Anastasija
Sevastova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 and next faces Anett Kontaveit, who ousted 1999 champion
Venus Williams 6-2, 7-6 (3) for her second win over the American in two weeks.
Former No. 1 Angelique Kerber, seventh-seeded Caroline Garcia, Elina Svitolina,
Jelena Ostapenko and three-time Rome champion Maria Sharapova also advanced.
WASHINGTON (AP) Dmitry Orlov scoring on Sergei Bobrovsky is a popular clip at a
bar in their hometown in southwestern Siberia.”They always show my goal to him,”
Orlov said. ”My friends said that.”Orlov and Bobrovsky are good friends going
back to their time growing up together and have played together on the Russian
national team with Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Artemi Panarin. They’re
split on opposite sides of a first-round series between Ovechkin, Kuznetsov and
Orlov’s Washington Capitals and Bobrovsky and Panarin’s Columbus Blue Jackets.
Game 1 is Thursday night in Washington.”They’re good players, obviously, and we
need to work (against) them,” Orlov said. ”Panarin have good skill so we need to
not give him a lot of space and Bob we need to put more shots, more traffic on
him. If we win, it will be nice.”Perhaps not since the Detroit Red Wings’
Russian Five has a Stanley Cup playoff series had so many prominent players from
Russia
http://www.goldenknightsshoponline.com/authentic-oscar-dansk-jersey , with all eyes on those them as potential X-factors. It starts with Bobrovsky, a
two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender who aims to rebound from starting his
NHL playoff career 3-10 with a 3.63 goals-against average and .887 save
percentage.”He’s going to rise to the occasion,” Blue Jackets captain Nick
Foligno said. ”He has every time he’s been challenged. If I had to pick anybody
in the league to go into the playoffs with it would be him, and I think he’s
pretty confident about the team in front of him.”The team in front of Bobrovsky
is led by Panarin, whose 82 points are 25 more than the second-closest Columbus
player.”The Blue Jackets have added a guy like Panarin, I think he’s a little
bit of that difference make, just like we have some difference makers,”
Washington coach Barry Trotz said. ”They can do some things that they maybe
didn’t have in the past. He’s an exceptional player. We’ve got some exceptional
players. Sometimes in those tight series, those exceptional players can be the
difference.”Ovechkin has made a difference all year, leading the NHL with 49
goals and scoring 19.1 percent of the Capitals’ total over the course of the
82-game regular season. Kuznetsov caught fire late, recording 11 goals and 17
assists in the final 18 games of the regular season.”I would say he is mature,
understands the game,” Ovechkin said of Kuznetsov. ”Everybody knew he would be a
very good, solid player, a talent, and you can see how he plays right now.”Some
things to watch when Columbus and Washington meet in the playoffs for the first
time:GRUBAUER HOURBackup Philipp Grubauer got the nod to start Game 1 for the
Capitals over 2016 Vezina winner and longtime No. 1 goaltender Braden Holtby.
The 26-year-old German started a playoff game in place of Holtby in 2015 because
of an illness, but he earned the starting job this time around by closing out
the season 7-3-0 with a 2.32 goals-against average and .925 save percentage.
Holtby went into a slump in February and March, opening the door for Grubauer to
seize the opportunity. But Trotz only named Grubauer his starter for Game 1 and
said he’ll take the decision game by game.TORTORELLA TIMEBlue Jackets coach John
Tortorella will face the Capitals in a playoff series for the sixth time after
going 3-2 with the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers. Tortorella has
beaten – and lost to – Washington this time of year with less-talented teams
than he has right now, particularly after the addition of winger Thomas Vanek
and defenseman Ian Cole at the trade deadline made Columbus a high-scoring
machine.”I think we’re playing some of our best hockey, both as a group and
certainly the individuals,” Tortorella said. ”I think with them and the
additions at the deadline, I think our group feels really good about
itself.”ACTIVE DWashington’s John Carlson led all NHL defenseman with 68 points
in the regular season and yet still might not be the best on the blue line in
this series. Columbus has Norris Trophy dark horse Seth Jones, who along with
Zack Werenski give the Blue Jackets some serious offense.SPECIAL TEAMSOne area
the Capitals have a huge advantage is on the power play and penalty kill, where
they’re ranked seventh and 15th in the league. The Blue Jackets are 15th on the
power play and 26th on the penalty kill. Since the trade deadline, though,
Columbus has scored on 25 percent of its power plays.—AP Sports Writer Mitch
Stacy in Columbus, Ohio, contributed.—
