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One of the PGA Tour's most lucrative tournaments and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:

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Eight teams are still alive in the chase for the NBA title. Five of the eight first-round NBA playoff series were won by the higher seeded teams, with sixth-seeded Memphis being the lowest seed still remaining. Here's a look at the match-ups for the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals:

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Kevin Durant had 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets, 103-94, in Houston on Friday night to win a physical Game 6 and take the first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series, four games to two

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Kevin Harvick stole victory from the jaws of defeat at Richmond Saturday night, emerging from the carnage of a green-white-checkered finish to take home his first win of 2013.

Harvick seemed to be running out of time in the Toyota Owners 400, stuck chasing after Juan Pablo Montoya as the laps ticked down inside 10 to go

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In 2011, Justin Upton emerged as an elite hitter in the major leagues. Upton, then 23 years old, already had a 26-home run season under his belt, but 2011 was different. His 141 OPS+ ranked just outside the top 10 in the National League, and his 31 home runs were tied for ninth

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In the '90s baseball classic 'Rookie of the Year,' 12-year old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas) really wants to be a major leaguer. The only problem is he's more of klutz than a diamond king.

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Who doesn't remember West Virginia's Kevin Pittsnogle? Did you know that he's currently working at a car dealership in his hometown of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Or what about Ali Farokhmanesh (pictured), the Northern Iowa guard who never met a shot he didn't like, and helped propel the Panthers to an unlikely upset over Kansas in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Ali is currently...

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In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball Preview, I previewed the American League East and the National League East.

In this segment, I'm going to look at the American League Central.

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Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500.

With two laps left in the race, Johnson led Greg Biffle and Patrick, with Earnhardt in fourth, when the final charge began. Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, was able to dash away while Earnhardt made his m

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The NBA's best gathered Sunday night in Houston for the 62nd All-Star game in league history. Offense dominated for the first three quarters before each squad cracked down on defense in the final frame. In the end, it was Chris Paul who...

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