The U.S. men's team played a scoreless draw against Canada on Sunday night, failing to convert a couple of strong chances in its third friendly in eight days.

AP PhotoUnited States' Chris Wondolowski (19) battles for the ball with Canada's Andre Hainault during the second half of the Canadian Soccer Association's Centennial friendly soccer match, Sunday, June 3, 2012, in Toronto.

TORONTO — The U.S. men's team played a scoreless draw against Canada on Sunday night, failing to convert a couple of strong chances in its third friendly in eight days.

Clarence Goodson tried a header off a free kick during stoppage time, but Canadian goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld knocked the ball over the bar. Goodson also missed a close opportunity early on, shooting wide to the left.

The U.S. stretched its unbeaten streak against its northern neighbors to 15 games in its first game in Canada since Roy Wegerle had two goals in a 3-0 victory in World Cup qualifying on Nov. 9, 1997, in Vancouver. It holds a 13-8-10 advantage in the series.

Canada, which was seeking its first win against the U.S. since a 2-0 victory in Vancouver on April 2, 1985, also had a strong chance during stoppage time, but substitute Simeon Jackson failed to connect after collecting a pass from Dwayne De Rosario.

While the U.S. team has been busy lately, the Canadians played together for the first time since a 3-1 loss to Armenia in February.

The Americans beat Scotland 5-1 on May 26, then lost to Brazil 4-1 on Wednesday.

The U.S. controlled most of the early action. Jermaine Jones' shot was blocked in the second minute and Goodson missed about a minute later.

But the Canadians settled in and began to do some attacking of their own. De Rosario shot wide right in the ninth minute.

Hirschfield and U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard were both tested in the first half. Hirschfeld tipped a shot from Edgar Castillo over the bar in the 15th minute, and Howard denied Tosaint Ricketts eight minutes later.

Nik Ledgerwood put the ball into the top left corner of the goal for Canada in the 34th minute but it didn't count after because of a foul.

NOTES: Canada plays its World Cup qualifying second-round opener on Friday at Cuba. ... The teams last met in June 2011 when the U.S. beat Canada 2-0 at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Tiger Woods returns to his former greatness as he wins the Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, Sunday, tying Jack Nicklaus for career PGA Tour wins.

Lisa Marie Miller, Columbus DispatchTiger Woods gives his iconic fist pump after chipping in a shot for birdie on the 16th hole that tied him for the lead of the Memorial golf tournament Sunday.

DUBLIN, Ohio -- Tiger Woods wasn't guaranteed to catch Memorial Tournament leader Spencer Levin. But Memorial founder Jack Nicklaus? At some point, Woods was going to get him.

The fact that Woods did both Sunday, winning the Memorial by two shots and tying Nicklaus for second all-time on the PGA Tour with 73 career victories, nine behind Sam Snead, was a happy coincidence for anyone with a sense of golf history and a patron's badge at Muirfield Village.

"If I would have won it somewhere else, it would have been, 'I tied Jack,' " Woods said. "But to do it here and have him here right next to me right now, that means something to us as players, and it's awfully special for me to be here with him right now."

Joked Nicklaus: "Well, he had to rub it in my face right here, didn't he?"

Woods got to 73 wins at 36 years and five months of age, almost a decade younger than Nicklaus was when he claimed his 73rd win at the 1986 Masters.

"To be able to tie Jack at 73 wins and to do it at such a young age, it feels really special," Woods said.

Woods did it playing like a young man, responding to a first-hole birdie by 23-year-old playing partner Rickie Fowler by beating Fowler by 18 shots in the next 17 holes on his way to a 5-under 67 that tied for the best round of the day. Woods brought it home with three birdies in his last four holes, finishing at 9-under for the week to beat Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini by two strokes. Levin, who had held the third-round lead by one shot over Sabbatini, with Woods four back in fourth, finished tied for fourth after a 75.

"He was hitting some solid golf shots, and it was fun to see him finally out there making some swings like he does when we're at home," said Fowler, who plays practice rounds with Woods on occasion. "He looked very comfortable and hit a lot of good shots, and the times where he's in the moment and in the heat of contention is where he really shines."

On Saturday, paired with 27-year-old Scott Stallings, Woods had looked every bit of his 36 years, wearing a gray sweater, battling the flu and leaving fans hanging on the edge of great moments.

Sunday, in a red shirt and black pants, he was twirling his driver and pulling his tee from the ground as soon as he connected on most holes, knowing he was good. When he rolled in his third birdie at No. 6 from 20 feet, he raised his putter in the air 5 feet before the ball found the cup. The greenside gallery moaned when Woods nearly chipped in from the back fringe on No. 14, feeling the momentum.

By the time Woods flopped his chip from a tough lie 49 feet behind the green on No. 16 and rolled it in for a birdie and a share of the lead, the frenzied crowd got the full Woods arm pump of old, though he said later he didn't realize how he had reacted.

"He hit a perfect shot, and it was a perfect time to do it," Fowler said.

At the trophy ceremony on the 18th green, Woods said: "It was loud, it was raucous, it was a great atmosphere to be a part of, and I think I heard you guys scream at 16."

The Memorial win was the fifth for Woods, who also won in front of Nicklaus in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2009. It is now one of six tournaments he has won at least five times, with the Bridgestone Invitational and Arnold Palmer Invitational atop the list, with seven wins at each.

Maybe he will get to seven at the Memorial as well. In a week of strange weather, when stars such as Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Bubba Watson imploded and Phil Mickelson withdrew after a first-day 79, Woods did just enough to hang around and set himself up for another big finish. Now 21 of his wins have come from behind on a Sunday, with this the fifth of a four-shot rally or more.

"The way he did it, he just played great," Nicklaus said. "Last time he won here, he came here a little bit struggling then and just absolutely blitzed it, and he did it again this week."

Woods had come to Dublin with two 40th-place finishes and a missed cut in his past three tournaments. He left with a big win and a pretty good tie.

Rickie Fowler shoots a terrible round of 84 Sunday at the Memorial golf tournamet in Dublin, Ohio, disappointing his legion of fans, inclulding Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden.

Lisa Marie Miller, Columbus DispatchRickie Fowler was aglow in orange on Sunday, but there was nothing bright about his golf game.

DUBLIN, Ohio -- By the end, Rickie Fowler couldn't hide, not even as he was shooting an 84 that tied for the highest round at the Memorial Tournament this week -- and dropped him from third Saturday into a tie for 52nd when it was over Sunday, losing to playing partner and Memorial champ Tiger Woods by 17 shots.

And neither could his fans.

Fowler's flat-brimmed Puma caps were spotted on more than 15 patrons -- most of them teenagers or younger -- just walking to the first hole at Muirfield Village, and through the day, they were seen in orange, purple, blue, black, white, green, pink, neon yellow and plaid. But those were nothing compared with those fans in the Fowler flock who matched the young PGA Tour star's traditional Sunday orange from head to toe. At least three of them were spotted in Fowler's gallery, including a 6-3, orange-haired, professional football quarterback who recently arrived in Cleveland.

Brandon Weeden, who, like Fowler, played at Oklahoma State, bought his orange shirt, orange pants and white belt at Golf Galaxy on Sunday morning. After following Fowler in normal attire Saturday, he decided to step it up a notch . . . or 20. He looked like Fowler's stunt double.

"I wanted to give him support," Weeden said. "But he had to bring the hat for me. They didn't have any hats."

Turnabout is fair play. Fowler's photo on Twitter shows him in an Oklahoma State football jersey walking behind former Cowboys receiver Justin Blackmon. While Fowler was drawing unwanted attention for a round that included two birdies, five pars, eight bogeys and three double bogeys, Weeden walked the course, drawing his own looks from the gallery. A first-round draft pick who could glow in the dark? Yeah, people saw him.

"It's probably a bad idea to wear this getup, I guess," Weeden said with a smile.

The Fowlerites needed the levity, as their golfing idol finished five shots higher than in any of his previous PGA Tour rounds. Fowler, for his part, said Weeden's sartorial choices didn't jinx him.

"No, no, all on me today," Fowler said. "He can pull it off. He's just a lot bigger than me."

What set up as a battle between old and new, with the 36-year-old Woods and 23-year-old Fowler paired in the next-to-last group of the day, quickly disintegrated. Fowler birdied the first hole to get to within two shots of the lead, while Woods parred as fans were already on the move as he putted out.

Woods as a sideshow? A great round from a popular talent such as Fowler had the ability to create that.

It lasted just one hole. Fowler drove left into the trees to bogey No. 2, three-putted from 6 feet for a double bogey on No. 3 and the slide was on. The Rickie regulars were in shock. Given the situation, Fowler would either rise to, or be overwhelmed by, the occasion, and he went the wrong way.

"Because of who he was paired with, I expected him to play really well, or struggle a little like he's doing," said 27-year-old Steve Hlavak, a Fowler fan who graduated from Willoughby South High School but now lives in Dayton. "It's a little disappointing, but it's a minor setback."

Hlavak was dressed in an orange shirt with a black Puma cap. His wife, Megan, wore an orange cap and a T-shirt that read, "Rickie is my homeboy." She said she felt like crying.

Fowler didn't.

"There's a lot bigger things in life than just playing golf," Fowler said as he signed autographs after his round. "It's another day, and there's gonna be plenty more good Sundays, and there'll always be some bad ones down the road."

Fowler had plenty of good things to say about Woods' play, but on the spectrum of stunning, an 84 by Fowler ranked right up there with a 67 by Woods. Fowler still had his fans. Two 19-year-old women in Puma tops, after watching Woods' ground-shaking chip-in on No. 16, took solace in the fact that Fowler is still cute.

"It's his charisma," Weeden said. "He kind of brings a different dynamic to the game."

Through good and bad, Weeden may be able to learn something from Fowler, who picked up his first PGA Tour victory a month ago, about fan relations.

"The higher you go up, it's always nice to have support behind you," Weeden said. "It comes with winning, and he found that out this year. You get support behind you as a player, it makes it easier to perform."

Not always. Fowler had four straight top-10 finishes entering the week, yet posted a 6 on three of his last five holes.

"You can't always be perfect," Fowler said.

But when you get a self-deprecating quarterback with a goofy sense of humor and a golf star in the making who can smile after an on-course disaster that cost him about $250,000, you might be OK.

Tiger Woods gains acclaim from Jack Nicklaus after his gutsy birdie shot on the 16th hole of the Memorial golf tournament Sunday.

Tony Dejak, Associated PressTiger Woods hits out of the sand on the 10th hole during his final round at the Memorial golf tournment in Dublin, Ohio.

DUBLIN, Ohio -- No. 16 at Muirfield is Jack Nicklaus' idea of a good time -- a diabolical redesign that, for a few minutes Sunday, figured to stand as a fortress against Tiger Woods' inevitable march on golf's record books.

Since the march was on Nicklaus and his 73 PGA Tour wins, the setting and the moment were as rich with meaning as they were possibility and danger.

"I'm glad I didn't have to play my own hole," Nicklaus would say later, admitting the pin placement and wind direction conspired to take the par-3 16th beyond "exciting" (his original intention) to "Whoa, Nellie, hold on for dear life."

From the broadcast booth, Nicklaus watched Woods fly his 8-iron long, his shot settling in the deep rough. The shot Woods faced required him to prove himself great again -- and wrong at the same time.

Earlier in the week, he dismissed the notion that "magic and memories" could work on his behalf in getting around Muirfield and back to where he belongs in the world golf rankings. It's annoyingly all about mechanics with Woods in his third major swing change, the first that came connected to the detonation of his personal life.

Attempting a flop shot that he could leave in the rough or hit long in the water, Woods instead took a full swing and landed the ball softly and perfectly.

It kissed the green, rolled down the hill and into the cup for a birdie and a share of the lead in a tournament he had won four times.

The only thing missing was the ball pausing to show the Nike logo before diving into the hole, as his legendary chip-in at No. 16 did at Augusta in 2005.

On TV, Nicklaus called Sunday's flopper the "greatest shot you'll ever see." He later provided more context for his statement, citing the circumstances -- "Tiger has been struggling." Translation: Woods hasn't been Woods in a loooong time.

Woods called it "one of the hardest ones I've pulled off," mostly because, in his mind, the lie brought the water into play. That wasn't the only reason why it had to rank ahead of his magic at Augusta the last time he won there.

The chip-in at Augusta was all about reading the slope. This one demanded more guts, with Woods admitting he was simply trying to get within 8 to 10 feet for a chance at par.

That one at Augusta gave him a two-shot lead that he would promptly waste with bogeys on Nos. 17 and 18. He would need a playoff to shake Chris DiMarco. The difference was, he turned this one into even more momentum, celebrating with the old Tiger uppercut.

With No. 16 devouring Rory Sabbatini, who bogeyed it playing in the final group, Woods parred No. 17 and birdied No. 18 after a great 9-iron approach that was struck -- like most everything else he took a swing at -- dead center and right where he aimed.

On the 18th green, before Nicklaus handed Woods his fifth Memorial Tournament trophy, Woods told him he mishit just one shot all day -- a double-cross 7-iron on No. 10.

Nicklaus introduced him at the trophy presentation as "this young man who's half my age." Woods has won 73 tournaments at age 36. Nicklaus won his 73rd at 46.

The way Woods won, shooting 67 and birdieing three of the final four holes, convinces him he's more prepared to repeat his good work at the U..S. Open than he was at Augusta in April, despite winning at Bay Hill two weeks earlier.

Asked if he believes he now has enough control that he feels he can compete as well as ever, Woods began nodding halfway through the question and said only, "Uh-huh."

The past few years have changed opinions about Woods and the ultimate record he wants: Nicklaus' 18 victories in majors.

Suddenly, it didn't seem like a lock. Not at all. Suddenly, it looked like a long shot.

Let's call them outside opinions. Wood always thinks his swing changes will make him even better. You could look it up. And Nicklaus? He hasn't changed his thinking, either.

"Why would I?" he asked Sunday. "I think he can do it."

Woods grew up with a Nicklaus poster over his bed. Call it appropriate then, that when he tied one of Nicklaus' greatest records, he did so with Jack looking over his shoulder.

The next win leaves him in second place alone, eight behind Sam Snead.

For one Sunday, anything seemed possible. Magical, even.

Kent State's baseball team defeats Kentucky, 3-2, Sunday to win the Gary, Ind., regional title and advance to super regional of the NCAA tournament in Eugene, Ore.

Joe Raymond, Associated PressThe Kent State baseball team celebrates its win of the NCAA tournament regional title in Gary, Ind., Sunday night.

GARY, Ind. -- With Kent State shut out for six innings and scoreless through seven, the Golden Flashes' Evan Campbell was calm at the plate in the eighth inning, with two runners on and two outs. Nothing but an NCAA regional championship on the line.

"I wasn't thinking," Campbell said. "I was letting things happen."

It happened quickly, as Campbell hit the first pitch he saw from Kentucky's Alex Phillips for a three-run homer that held up in a 3-2 victory against Kentucky, sending KSU to its first ever NCAA super regional next week in Eugene, Ore., against the Oregon Ducks.

"That was the biggest hit in the history of Kent State baseball," said KSU coach Scott Stricklin of the junior outfielder from Beloit, Ohio.

Kent (44-17) got the job done, as every close call went its way -- all made by first-base umpire Ken Durham. But Stricklin also second-guessed a missed scoring opportunity for the Flashes in the seventh inning. Yet with starting pitcher Tyler Skulina and relief pitcher Casey Wilson getting clutch outs against Kentucky's dangerous cleanup hitter, Michael Williams, in key situations, the Flashes prevailed.

None was bigger than Wilson facing Williams to start the ninth -- Kentucky's last at-bat. Wilson jammed him with a 2-2 pitch that was fouled off and caught near the KSU dugout at U.S. Steel Yard.

"That was a big out," Stricklin said. "Wilson just got stronger after that," as the Wildcats went down in order.

Skulina held up for seven innings in a pitchers' duel with Kentucky's Chandler Shepherd. But once Shepherd was lifted with two on and two out in the eighth, Campbell greeted Phillips with a first-pitch home run.

Kentucky disputed the call after Durham ruled that the ball cleared the yellow railing above the 13-foot wall and fence.

"I hit it pretty good," Campbell said. "I was watching it. I saw it bounce off the chairs."

But in reality, it didn't, as TV replays showed that it hit the yellow rail and bounced back onto the field. Kentucky coach Gary Henderson, already miffed that Durham had ruled a first-base pickoff by KSU catcher David Lyon was good -- and that KSU's Derek Toadvine was safe on a potential inning-ending double play -- didn't challenge the home-run ruling.

"My initial thought was he couldn't have missed three plays," Henderson said. "I assumed he got it right. The law of averages were staggering for that [missed call] to happen."

The 3-0 lead held up, but as with every Kent game in the series, not without some drama.

No. 3 seeded Kent entered the contest on a 19-game winning streak and was looking for a regional sweep after defeating Kentucky in Friday's 21-inning opener, 7-6, then No. 1 seed Purdue, 7-3, on Saturday. It marks Kent's first NCAA baseball regional title in 12 tries.

Skulina, all 6-6, 235 pounds of him, cruised through the first four innings, giving up just two hits, and then survived a rocky fourth with runners at second and third by getting Williams to fly out to second base, followed by a sharp groundout to end the inning.

The problem for Kent was that its offense was suddenly silent. Kentucky's Shepherd was working on a no-hitter through five innings. Kent finally struck in the top of the sixth with a Joe Koch single, but Shepherd continued about his business to end the inning.

In the top of the seventh, Kent leadoff hitter Jimmy Rider singled. But catcher David Lyon was allowed to swing away instead of dropping a sacrifice, and he hit into a double play. George Roberts then hit a double into the left-center gap, and Stricklin grimaced in the dugout as a potential run was lost.

"You start to second-guess yourself," he said. "But he hits third for a reason."

No worries, as Skulina cruised through his half of the seventh, leaving the pitching duel statistically a dead heat.

Shepherd, however, didn't make it through his half of the eighth. Kent put runners on first and third with two outs courtesy of a single, a walk and a fielder's choice. Then Campbell launched a three-run home run 335 feet down the right-field line.

Skulina was done after giving up a single and double off the center-field wall to score Kentucky's first run of the game. The Wildcats weren't done, scoring another run off Wilson with another single and two long fly outs, closing within 3-2 going into the ninth inning.

Wilson earned the save.

James had 29 points and Wade scored 20 after another dismal start for the Heat, who host Game 5 on Tuesday.

BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo delivered the trash talk at halftime and the big plays in overtime.

And after one final defensive stand — maybe assisted by a Garden ghost — the Boston Celtics were two wins away from an improbable chance to play for another championship.

AP PhotoBoston Celtics' Rajon Rondo dumps off the ball as he is pressured by Miami Heat's Shane Battier, center left, during overtime of Game 4 in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series, in Boston, Sunday, June 3, 2012. The Celtics won 93-91, tying the series at 2-2. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rondo had 15 points and 15 assists, and scored the final three points of the Celtics' 93-91 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night that evened the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece.

Getting a huge break when LeBron James fouled out for the first time since joined the Heat, the Celtics recovered after blowing an 18-point lead in regulation and moved two games away from a third trip to the NBA finals in five years.

Garnett added 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Celtics, while Paul Pierce scored 23 points before fouling out. Ray Allen finished with 16 points.

"Stops," Rondo said when asked what was the difference in the tight game. "I think we executed offensively, came up with some lucky plays and we got stops at the end."

James had 29 points and Wade scored 20 after another dismal start for the Heat, who host Game 5 on Tuesday.

"Not stressed the series is tied 2-2," James said. "It's great basketball, great competition. We wanted to get one up here and we didn't."

In a game that started as a Celtics blowout and turned into a foul- and tension-filled fourth quarter, followed by the second overtime in this series, the Celtics held on when Wade missed a potential winning 3-pointer on the last possession.

"It was a good look. It was online but didn't want to go in," Wade said. "Got the shot off I wanted and that is all you can ask for."

Celtics coach Doc Rivers had his own unusual reasoning for Wade's oh-so-close shot.

"Red wasn't going to let that go in. Not in the Boston Garden," he said of former coach Red Auerbach.

Mickael Pietrus drew James' sixth foul and grabbed two huge offensive rebounds that extended consecutive possessions for the Celtics, who lost Game 4 in overtime in a second-round series against the Heat last year with a chance to tie the series.

This time, they overcame their second-half stall on the offensive end by limiting the Heat to just one basket in overtime, by Udonis Haslem, who finished with 12 points and 17 rebounds.

"At the end you have a chance to win after 50-plus minutes and losing the MVP. Hey, you'll take that," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

Rondo's layup gave the Celtics a 92-91 lead with 2:34 left, and neither team scored again until he made a free throw with 21 seconds to play. Wade, already finding it tough to locate any room with Chris Bosh out and then having to do it James also on the sideline, saw his potential winning attempt bounce off the rim as time expired.

"I don't ever think I've seen that before," Allen said of James and Pierce fouling out. "But Rondo's on the floor, I'm on the floor, Kevin's on the floor, Wade's on the floor. All that has to happen at that point is the game has to be won. We don't care what it looks like. We had plenty."

In what could have been the final Beantown game for the Celtics' Big Three, Boston scored 61 points in a sensational first half that concluded with some televised trash talk from Rondo. But the Celtics managed only 12 points in the third quarter, and Wade finally got going after managing just eight points on 2-of-11 shooting in the first half.

"Our execution in the first half was flawless," Rivers said. "It was as good as maybe we've had. And then we just got away from it."

With the Celtics down by two, Pierce and Rondo made consecutive layups for an 85-83 edge with 3:08 to go in regulation. But with the Celtics up three, they lost James, who was wide open with plenty of time to set himself for a 3-pointer that evened it at 89 with 37.5 seconds left.

Garnett was called for an offensive foul on the next possession, giving the Heat the ball back with 21 seconds left. But they passed it around too long, leaving them with a long forced attempt from Haslem that was well off before the buzzer.

The videoboard kept encouraging fans to get louder, as if they needed any prompting in what could have been the final time they got to watch the Big Three together.

Fans who left and stayed away for years during the Celtics' lean years started coming back in the 2007-08 season after Garnett and Allen were traded to Boston to form join an All-Star trio with Pierce, the Garden almost always full as the Celtics won a championship, played in two finals and returned the franchise back to its traditional place atop the East.

But the aging group was nearly broken up when the Celtics sputtered through the first half of the shortened season, and it seems doubtful they'll be back together after this season.

The fans grew even louder when the Celtics ran out to a 14-4 lead after consecutive 3-pointers by Pierce and Allen. The Celtics went to Garnett for their next two baskets, pushing it to 18-4, and when Pierce's 3-pointer made it 21-6, it was the third time in four games they had a lead of at least 15 points.

And after leading the Celtics to the highest-scoring half the Heat have surrendered this postseason, Rondo even fired a shot at the visitors, saying in his televised halftime interview what was working for Boston was the Heat "complaining and crying to the referees in transition."

The feisty point guard didn't back down after the game, either.

"What I said was true," Rondo said. "I don't take back what I said. That's what it is."

It was so hard for the Heat early that James didn't even make his first basket — the Celtics accidentally tipped in his miss, and it was credited to him as the closest player. But Miami finally got untracked when Garnett left for a rest, getting a number of easy baskets to get within six before the Celtics regained control and went ahead 34-23 after one.

The Celtics made 16 of their first 25 shots and seemed intent on outhustling the Heat to the ball on the rare times they did miss. And the Heat, who insisted they would be more aggressive, didn't shoot their first free throw until James was fouled while making a basket with 6:53 remaining in the first half.

Boston pushed the lead to 18 when Pierce shook off a foul and tossed in a long, one-legged jumper with 3:12 left in the second quarter, and the Celtics were ahead 61-47 at the break.

The Celtics averaged 89.1 points on 44 percent shooting in an ugly second-round survival against Philadelphia, then managed a measly 79 points in the opener of this series, the old guys looking like their best basketball was well behind them. They seemed to have solved their offensive woes, then managed only 12 points in the third quarter, losing Rondo along the way to his fourth foul.

It was down to 73-68 after three, and the Heat tied it for the first time when James' layup made it 74-all with 8:54 remaining. Norris Cole's layup on the next possession gave Miami the lead for the first time and it stayed tight from there.

NOTES: Bosh missed his ninth straight game with a lower abdominal strain. Spoelstra said his status is still out indefinitely. ... The Heat changed centers again, starting Joel Anthony. ... James said there's no playoff silence or anything else behind his absence from Twitter. James, who has more than 4.6 million followers, hasn't posted on the site since April 27, the day before the playoffs began. "My fans, I'm still with them, but I haven't been on there," he said.

Indians are idle, but there's still baseball, basketball and hockey.

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Today's TV and radio sports listings

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BASEBALL

10:35 a.m. AKRON AEROS at Binghamton, AM/1350

1 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, MLB Network

7 p.m.  Fort Wayne at LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS, AM/1330

7 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, ESPN

COLLEGE BASEBALL REGIONALS

1:30 p.m. Teams to be announced, ESPNU

7 p.m. Teams to be announced, ESPNU

COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES

8 p.m. Finals, game 1, teams TBD, ESPN2

CYCLING

4 p.m. Criterium du Dauphine, stage 1 (tape), NBCSN

NBA PLAYOFFS

9 p.m. West finals, Game 5, Oklahoma City at San Antonio, TNT

NHL PLAYOFFS

8 p.m. Finals, Game 3, New Jersey at Los Angeles, NBCSN

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Montario Hardesty's name hasn't been heard much during the off-season. That's not surprising, due to Hardesty's past injuries and because the Browns acquired running back Trent Richardson in the NFL draft.

But Hardesty, who will wear No. 20 this coming season instead of the No. 31 he has worn for the past two years, says in this video interview with Branson Wright how the attention given to Richardson doesn't motivate him.

Hardesty is motivated by something else.

Everyone - even the Taliban - wants a Triple Crown winner. It last happened 34 years ago, and it once happened with regularity; in the 1970s, there was a Triple Crown winner three times in a six-year span.

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Catcher Carlos Santana, who is on the disabled list with a mild concussion, caught a bullpen session and took batting practice Sunday.

View full sizeChuck Crow/The Plain DealerCarlos Santana is on his way back from the disabled list.

Jimmy Johnson romped again at Dover International Speedway, racing his way into the track's history books on Sunday with his seventh win on the concrete, matching the mark held by Hall of Fame drivers Richard Petty and Bobby Allison.

View full sizeAP Photo/LAT, Lesley Ann MillerJimmie Johnson (48) celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 auto race at Dover International Speedway, Sunday, June 3, 2012, in Dover, Del.

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Chuck Crow/The Plain DealerCleveland Indians Matt LaPorta.

The Cleveland Indians finished 2-4 on the homestand against the two worst teams in the division. The Indians are 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox.

The Tribe will begin a nine-game road on Tuesday starting in Detroit, followed by St. Louis and Cincinnati.

The Tribe return home on June 15 against Pittsburgh. What place will the Tribe be in the division when they return.

In a sports nation obsessed with drafts — real, mock and fantasy — baseball’s annual selection process generates about as much excitement as an intentional walk.

View full sizeAP Photo/Phil SearsMississippi State pitcher Chris Stratton could be on the Indians' first-round radar when they draft 15th overall.

Columbus’ International League contest Sunday in Rochester, N.Y., was suspended due to rain with the score 1-1 in the fifth. The game will resume at 5:05 p.m. today.

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Thomas Ondrey/The Plain DealerLocal product Anthony Gallas, now with the Carolina Mudcats, hit a two-run homer yesterday.

Reid Rizzo just completed his sophomore year at Lake Erie College in Painesville, batting .252 with 41 hits, 18 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. A Cincinnati native, Rizzo was a two-year letterman on the Lake Erie baseball team.

View full sizePD fileReid Rizzo, 20, of Cincinnati, died just days after reporting to his summer baseball league team in western Kentucky.

MADISONVILLE, Ky. — A college baseball player died just days after reporting to his summer league team in western Kentucky.

Madisonville Tradewater Pirates Manager Steve Fowler told The Messenger that a teammate found 20-year-old Reid Rizzo in his bed at his host family’s home Saturday morning.

Rizzo just completed his sophomore year at Lake Erie College in Painesville, batting .252 with 41 hits, 18 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. A Cincinnati native, Rizzo was a two-year letterman on the Lake Erie baseball team.

No foul play is suspected. Autopsy results are pending.

Rizzo was in Madisonville to play for the Pirates in the Ohio Valley League, which plays host collegiate baseball players during summer break.

David Massamore, a co-owner and a member of the board of directors for the Pirates, said Rizzo was a “very polite, quiet young man.”

“He was very soft-spoken, but very excited for the summer,” Massamore said. “He’s a really nice kid. To lose any of them would be tragic. He had such a bright future.”

The players learned of Rizzo’s death in a team meeting held Saturday afternoon.

“It hit them hard,” Massamore said. “They have only been together a week, but it hit them hard. It hit all of us hard.”

The team canceled Saturday night’s game against Hopkinsville. A memorial service is planned before today’s game. The players also plan on wearing their black uniforms to honor Rizzo.

"I was there. In 4th grade. Went with my dad and neighbor friend. Took the train down and met my dad who worked downtown. Did it all the time. Seemed weird in first few innings of the game when people were walking down the aisles with cardboard trays of 24 beers. Slowly unwound from there. I remember streakers for some reason. Took the train home. There were a few bloody lips on the train." - liv4ever

View full sizePaul Tepley, Cleveland PressAn unidentified guard helps Cleveland Indians Tom Hilgendorf after he was hit by a chair during the infamous Beer Night melee June 4, 1974, in Cleveland.

"I was there. In 4th grade. Went with my dad and neighbor friend. Took the train down and met my dad who worked downtown. Did it all the time. Seemed weird in first few innings of the game when people were walking down the aisles with cardboard trays of 24 beers. Slowly unwound from there. I remember streakers for some reason. Took the train home. There were a few bloody lips on the train."

An arbitrator ruled in favor of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the suspensions of Browns linebacker Scott Fujita and three others in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.

Chuck Crow, The Plain DealerAn arbitrator ruled that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has the authority to suspend Browns linebacker Scott Fujita and three others for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns linebacker Scott Fujita's chances of winning the appeal of his three-game suspension for his alleged role in the Saints' bounty system took a hit Monday.

An arbitrator on Monday rule that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has the authority to discipline Fujita and three other players for their part in the Saints' three-year bounty system, according to NFL.com.

Special Master Stephen Burbank, who heard arguments from the NFL and NFLPA on May 30, took five days to determine that Goodell has jurisdiction to punish the players under the collective bargaining agreement reached last August.

The NFLPA told the Associated Press that it will appeal Burbank's ruling. In addition to Fujita, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the 2012 season, Packers defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove for eight games, and Saints DE Will Smith for four games.

Fujita will formally file his appeal once the NFLPA's grievances are resolved. The other, which argues that Goodell can't suspend players for actions that occurred prior to the new collective bargaining agreement, has yet to be ruled upon.

In a statement to NFL.com, league spokesman Greg Aiello said, "System Arbitrator Stephen Burbank upheld the commissioner's authority under the Collective Bargaining Agreement to impose 'conduct detrimental' discipline on players who provided or offered to provide financial incentives to injure opponents. He also upheld the commissioner's authority to impose such discipline against players who obstructed a league investigation.

"The System Arbitrator thus confirmed the commissioner's authority to suspend Mr. Fujita, Mr. Smith and Mr. Vilma. He invited the commissioner to clarify the precise basis for his discipline of Mr. Hargrove who, among other things, was found to have lied to the league's investigators and obstructed their investigation."

"Stipe's genuinely good dude. A real firefighter. If he wasn’t we would have sniffed him out." Those were the words that rang through most of all when I got a chance to meet the friends and co-workers of Stipe Miočić during his fight against Shane del Rosario at the watch party for UFC 146. Miočić is fast rising the ranks of heavyweight fighters in the UFC, but he's also a firefighter locally here in Northeast Ohio.

View full sizeAP Photo/Julie JacobsonLocal fighter Stipe Miocic continues to win.

The Tribe has to decide whether to take the best player or go with need in the MLB Draft.

Associated PressCarlos Santana.

Reporter Jordan Bastian writes on MLB.com about the challenges of the MLB Draft for the Tribe.

Should the Tribe draft based on an organizational need, even when a team's perceived need aligns with the strength of a particular Draft class?

"As soon as you start to draft towards needs," said Brad Grant, the Indians' director of amateur scouting, "I think that's when you can make mistakes. I think it's important to take the best player available. You take the player that you feel has the most ability rather than concentrating on needs."

That said, Cleveland, which has the 15th overall pick in the first round in this year's First-Year Player Draft, is suddenly thin on top starting pitching prospects.

The Tribe plans to take the best player available, regardless of position.

More Cleveland Indians

Tribe drops weekend series to Minnesota (cleveland.com)

Remembering 10-Cent Beer Night (cleveland.com)

MLB Draft: Why isn't it a bigger deal? (cleveland.com)

Carlos Santana on his way back (Cleveland.com).

Can you guess which player the Tribe will draft? (Ohio.com)

Matt LaPorta and the Tribe are lukewarm (The News-Herald).

Scott Diamond making Twins look good (StarTribune.com).

An unimpressive week for the Tribe (WFNY).

Plain Dealer Indians beat writer says the Indians have hit a patch of trouble because of their offense and starting pitching. Watch video

Cleveland, Ohio - Welcome to today's edition of Starting Blocks TV, hosted by Branson Wright.

The once hot Cleveland Indians have cooled off a bit. In fact, the Tribe has lost four of six games against the worst two teams in the division.

The timing is bad for such a stretch, because the Tribe now embarks on a nine-game road trip on Tuesday against Detroit, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Where will the Tribe be in the AL Central standings after the road swing? That's the question in ">today's Starting Blocks poll.

Currently, the Indians are in second place in the division. Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes, today's guest on SBTV, predicts that's where they will remain after the trip.

Hoynes also talks about the MLB Draft, and which position the Tribe should focus on with its picks.