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- The Baltimore Brigade (7-4) lost, 49-48, to the Philadelphia Soul (7-4) on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center. Brigade quarterback Randy Hippeard threw five
- The Washington Capitals reaching the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1998 is perhaps most special to the superstar captain and his coach who had never made it out of the second round before.
- Skeedattle Associates' Just Howard won his fourth straight race and earned his first graded stakes victory Saturday by three-quarters of a length over Voodoo
- Nicklas Backstrom's hat trick helps the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning for the second time in five nights.