Sports Update For Thursday May 8/08

IIHF World Hockey Championship (4)
    Preliminary Round at Halifax and Quebec City
    Switzerland 4  Sweden 2
    Finland 3  Slovakia 2
    Belarus 3  France 1
    Norway 3  Germany 2
  
    American Hockey League Playoffs (3)
    Division Finals (3)
    Syracuse 5  Toronto 4 (OT)
    (Syracuse leads series 3-1)
    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 8  Philadelphia 4
    (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads series 3-1)
    Rockford 3  Chicago 2
    (Series tied 2-2)
  
    National Basketballl Association Playoffs (2)
    Eastern Conference Semifinals (2)
    Orlando 111  Detroit 86
    (Detroit leads series 2-1)
    L.A. Lakers 120  Utah 110
    (L.A. Lakers lead series 2-0)
  
    Major League Baseball (15)
    American League (7)
    Toronto 6  Tampa Bay 2
    Detroit 10  Boston 9
    Cleveland 3  N.Y. Yankees 0
    Oakland 6  Baltimore 5 (10 innings)
    Kansas City 9  L.A. Angels 4
    Minnesota 13   Chicago White Sox 1
    Texas 2  Seattle 0
  
    National League (8)
    Cincinnati 9  Chicago Cubs 0
    N.Y. Mets 12  L.A. Dodgers 1
    Atlanta 5  San Diego 2
    Pittsburgh 3  San Francisco 1
    Florida 6  Milwaukee 2
    Houston 4   Washington 3
    Colorado 4  St. Louis 3
    Philadelphia 5  Arizona 4
  
  
    Today Games
    (All Times Eastern)
  
    NHL Playoffs (1)
    Western Conference Final (1)
    Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
    (first game of series)
  
    IIHF World Hockey Championship (4)
    At Halifax
    Canada vs. Norway, 3:30 p.m.
    U.S. vs. Germany, 7:15 p.m.
    At Quebec
    Denmark vs. Sweden, 3 p.m.
    Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 7 p.m.
  
  
    National Basketball Association Playoffs (2)
    Eastern Conference Semifinals (1)
    Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m.
    (Boston leads series 1-0)
    Western Conference Semifinals (1)
    New Orleans at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
    (New Orleans leads series 2-0)
  
    Major League Baseball (12)
    American League (6)
    Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
    Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.
    Boston at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.
    Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
    Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
    Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
  
    National League (6)
    San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
    San Diego at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
    St. Louis at Colorado, 3:05 p.m.
    Philadelphia at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.
    Milwaukee at Florida, 7:10 p.m.
    Washington at Houston, 8:05 p.m.