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Duncan Keith and the Chicago Blackhawks aren’t done just yet. Keith had three assists and saved a goal in the third period, and the Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 to tie the NHL’s Western Conference final 3-3. Game 7 goes Saturday night.

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The Rimouski Oceanic and Quebec Remparts are going to do it all over again (Thursday.) Philippe Desrosiers made 27 saves and Rimouski beat host Quebec 4-0 in the Memorial Cup to force a tiebreaker Thursday night. The two teams faced each other in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championships, which Rimouski won.

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It took 40 years but the Golden State Warriors are back in the NBA Finals. Steph Curry had 26 points and eight rebounds and Golden State advanced with a 104-90 victory over the Houston Rockets. Harrison Barnes added 24 points as the Warriors shook off a slow start and sweated out a shaky finish in Game 5 to close out the Rockets and set up a matchup with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers starting June 4th.

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Golden State guard Klay Thompson has a concussion after getting kneed in the side of the head by Houston’s Trevor Ariza. Thompson was injured after he faked a shot and Ariza knocked him to the floor with a knee to the head in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s win.

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Josh Donaldson’s heroics were too little, too late this afternoon as the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 in 10 innings. Donaldson tied the game at 3-3 with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth but the Jays faltered in the extra inning. The Jays were coming off a win over Chicago yesterday clinched by Donaldson’s walk-off homer.

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Justin Upton and Matt Kemp hit two-out RBI singles in the seventh inning and Will Middlebrooks had a two-run homer to help the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4. Andrew Cashner allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings and struck out six in the rubber game of the interleague series.