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This Weekend in Sports: Preakness Stakes, UCL Soccer and NBA Playoffs

Another leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Europe’s biggest annual soccer event and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight this weekend’s sports schedule:

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Sports Movie of the Week — ‘Major League’ [VIDEO]

With more than a century of history to its credit, baseball has inspired many movies. Few are as funny as ‘Major League,’ our Sports Movie of the Week.

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MLB Weekly Report: Josh Hamilton Is A Triple Crown Threat [VIDEO]

Two divisional leaders – one in each league – began to pull away from the pack, while several big name hitters had huge weeks. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball:

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NBA Playoffs Report: Western Conference Semifinals Preview

While the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals got underway this weekend, the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals had to wait for two series to each get through a seventh game before the next round of the NBA playoffs were set. Here’s a preview of the Western Conference semifinals:

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Josh Hamilton Belts Four HR’s [VIDEO]

Seattle Mariners fans may remember former centerfielder Mike Cameron's epic night at Chicago's Comiskey Park back in 202 when he hit four dingers in four consecutive at-bats (two in the same inning!)

Last night, it happened again.

Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton hit four home runs in his team’s 10-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Tuesday night. Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish the feat and the first since Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 25, 2003.

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MLB Weekly Report: Albert Pujols Breaks Home Run Drought [VIDEO]

Incredible individual performances marked the past week of play in Major League Baseball, with Albert Pujols finally going deep for the Los Angeles Angels and Bryce Harper continuing to make a name for himself in Washington. Here’s what’s happening this week in MLB.

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2012 Kentucky Derby: I’ll Have Another Wins the 138th Run for the Roses

I’ll Have Another won the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Make Touching Gesture By Signing Paralyzed Rutgers Player Eric LeGrand

Eric LeGrand, the former Rutgers defensive tackle paralyzed while playing for the school in 2010, signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced on Wednesday.

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Sports Movie of the Week — ‘Secretariat’ [VIDEO]

The 2012 edition of the Kentucky Derby, horse racing’s most storied race, is scheduled for Saturday. In addition to being a rite of spring in America, the Kentucky Derby is the first leg of thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown. If a horse can win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, its name is etched forever in history.

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MLB Weekly Report: Bryce Harper Makes His MLB Debut For Washington

The Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians are among the surprising division leaders as Major League Baseball ends its first month of competition. However, it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers who possess the best record in baseball at the end of April. Here’s what’s happening this week in Major League Baseball.

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