FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 9
SPORTS
In Brief
Baseball Shakes Up Unit Leading Investigations In the wake of the Alex Rodriguez doping case, which drew accusations of unethical behavior by Major League Baseball’s top investigators, the league has fired some members of its investigative team and moved to restructure the unit. M.L.B. and its commissioner, Bud Selig, faced claims from Rodriguez’s lawyers that its investigators had acted inappropriately. Among the accusations were that baseball’s agents had paid people thousands of dollars for information and that in one case an agent became intimate with a witness. But at the conclusion of the dispute, M.L.B.’s chief arbitrator upheld most of Rodriguez’s record suspension, barring him for the 2014 season and postseason. M.L.B. proceeded to examine how its representatives handled the case and decided it should
make changes, baseball officials said. That led to eliminating the jobs of Daniel T. Mullin, the investigative unit chief; his top deputy, George Hanna; and Ed Dominguez, a top agent. Mullin declined to discuss his departure. Hanna and Dominguez did not immediately return emails seeking comment. The commissioner’s office plans to hire a former prosecutor who will oversee the investigations department. In early 2013, M.L.B. officials dispatched investigators to South Florida to look into accusations that a number of its players, including Rodriguez, had taken banned substances from Biogenesis of America, an anti-aging clinic. M.L.B. lawyers also sued Biogenesis; Anthony Bosch, the clinic’s director; and a number of people connected to the clinic,
using the case to gain leverage over them. Ultimately, Bosch cooperated and helped M.L.B. make its case against Rodriguez and a number of other players. But in August, when Rodriguez and his lawyers began their appeal of his suspension, they began making claims about the conduct of M.L.B. investigators, particularly Mullin, a 23-year veteran of the New York Police Department. A lawyer for a former Biogenesis employee told The Times that her client had become intimate with Mullin during the investigation. Mullin has denied through M.L.B. that he had an inappropriate relationship with the woman. The woman had accepted $100,000 from Rodriguez’s representatives in exchange for supplying evidence in the case. STEVE EDER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Not So Fast: Pacers and Thunder Avoid Elimination ATLANTA — The familiar idiom “one-and-done,” which has taken on new meaning in recent N.B.A. playoffs, cannot be applied to the Indiana Pacers. Not yet, anyPACERS 95 HAWKS 88 way. Another No. 1 Series tied 3-3 seed appeared done after one round when the meek Pacers, despite ringing up the snazziest record in the Eastern Conference, drifted behind Atlanta, 3-2. But Indiana stretched the series to a climactic seventh game with a 95-88 win Thursday. By repeating the feat at home Saturday night, Indiana can avoid the ignominy of wiping out a
half-year of exemplary work and becoming the fourth top seed in eight years to bow out of the postseason from the get-go. (NYT) THUNDER 104, GRIZZLIES 84 Kevin Durant scored 36 points to break out of a slump, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Memphis Grizzlies, 104-84, on Thursday to force a deciding seventh game in the first-round Western Conference series. Russell Westbrook added 25 points for the Thunder, who haven’t been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2010. They took control early with Durant scoring 14 points in the first quarter, led by 15 at halftime and
WEATHER High/low temperatures for the 21 hours ended at 4 p.m. yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) for the 18 hours ended at 1 p.m. yesterday. Expected conditions for today and tomorrow. Weather conditions: C-clouds, F-fog, H-haze, I-ice, PC-partly cloudy, R-rain, S-sun, Sh-showers, Sn-snow, SS-snow showers, T-thunderstorms, Tr-trace, W-windy.
U.S. CITIES Yesterday Albuquerque 63/ 43 0 Atlanta 67/ 53 0 Boise 76/ 46 0 Boston 60/ 42 0.03 Buffalo 52/ 44 Tr Charlotte 78/ 65 0 Chicago 49/ 42 0.07 Cleveland 58/ 47 Tr Dallas-Ft. Worth 74/ 42 0 Denver 61/ 37 0 Detroit 56/ 44 0
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never let the Grizzlies get closer in the second half in the first game in the series that ended in regulation since the opener. Durant also had 10 rebounds and made 14 of 15 free throws. Reggie Jackson had 16 points off the bench for the Thunder. Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City. Marc Gasol had 17 points and Zach Randolph 16 for Memphis. Guard Mike Conley strained his right hamstring, briefly returned and left for good with 8:48 left. Conley went down in the third quarter near midcourt dribbling when Kendrick Perkins reached in for a steal. (AP) 78/ 54 68/ 49 94/ 60 87/ 75 58/ 40 68/ 51 83/ 68 69/ 50 93/ 71 73/ 56 71/ 53 74/ 49 65/ 49 70/ 52
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FOREIGN CITIES Acapulco Athens Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Cairo
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Today 91/ 76 PC 73/ 57 PC 77/ 51 PC 51/ 36 R 70/ 57 PC 87/ 71 S
Tomorrow 90/ 77 PC 73/ 59 PC 76/ 50 PC 58/ 36 PC 68/ 54 PC 97/ 77 S
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Canadiens Top Bruins In Double Overtime P. K. Subban scored his second goal of the game at 4:17 of the second overtime to give the visiting Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The goal came 7 seconds into the Canadiens’ second power play of overtime. Carey Price stopped 48 shots for Montreal. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves for the Bruins. (AP)
N . B . A . S C OR E S WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAME Houston 108, Portland 98 Trail Blazers lead series, 3-2 THURSDAY Indiana 95, Atlanta 88 Series tied 3-3 Oklahoma City 104, Memphis 84 Series tied 3-3
N.H.L. SCORES WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAMES Minnesota 5, Colorado 4, OT Wild wins series, 4-3 Los Angeles 5, San Jose 1 Kings win series 4-3 THURSDAY Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2 OT Canadiens lead series 1-0
N . L . S C O R ES WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAMES Arizona 5, Colorado 4, 10 innings San Francisco 3, San Diego 2 THURSDAY Miami 5, Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 7, Mets 4
A . L . S C O R ES THURSDAY Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1, 1st game L.A. Dodgers 9, Minnesota 4, 1st game Baltimore 5, Pittsburgh 1, 1st game Seattle 4, Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5, 2nd game Toronto 7, Kansas City 3 75/ 51 55/ 50 57/ 45 80/ 74 88/ 79 73/ 64 57/ 50 79/ 50 76/ 55 61/ 43 70/ 46 84/ 76 61/ 48 68/ 45 81/ 69 68/ 48 57/ 48 45/ 32 66/ 54 73/ 63 57/ 43 71/ 50 68/ 45
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