Thursday, March 22

Manitoba Junior Hockey League Playoffs
Portage 5 Winnipeg Blues 2
(Best of 7 Addison Division final tied 2-2)

South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League Playoffs
Altona 4 Plum Coulee 2
(Maroons lead best of 7 final 2-1)   

Provincial Senior "AAA" Hockey Playdowns
South East Prairie Thunder 6 Manitoba Lightning 3
(Prairie Thunder win best of 7 final 4-0)   

Western Hockey League Playoffs
Brandon 6 Calgary 2
(1st game in best of 7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal)   

National Hockey League
Vancouver 2 Dallas 1
Tampa Bay 3 Edmonton 2 (SO)
Minnesota 3 Calgary 2 (SO)
Pittsburgh 5 Nashville 1
Philadelphia 2 Washington 1 (SO)
Phoenix 3 Colorado 2
San Jose 2 Boston 1
Los Angeles 1 St. Louis 0 (SO)   

Canadian Senior Curling Championships @ Abbotsford
Cathy Cunningham, Newfoundland & Labrador 13 Laurie Deprez, Manitoba 3
Odette Trudel, Quebec 9 Deprez 7
Kelly Robertson, Manitoba 6 Glenn Goss, Newfoundland & Labrador 3
Robertson (4-5)  Deprez (4-6)   

World Women's Curling Championship @ Lethbridge
Diana Gaspari, Italy 6 Heather Nedohin, Canada 5
Eve Muirhead, Scotland 9 Nedohin 3
Nedohin (7-4)
(end of round robin)   

National Basketball Association
Indiana 85 Washington 83
Boston 100 Milwaukee 91
Houston 109 Golden State 83
New Orleans 97 L.A. Clippers 90
Utah 103 Sacramento 102
Portland 97 Memphis 93   

Exhibition Baseball
Toronto 2 Philadelphia 0
Miami 5 Atlanta 5 (10 innings)
Baltimore 11 Minnesota 1
Tampa Bay 8 Pittsburgh 6
St. Louis 9 Washington 0
N.Y. Mets 8 Houston 2
Cleveland 9 San Diego 4
Chicago Cubs 11 Texas (ss) 4
L.A. Angels 7 Kansas City (ss) 4
Chicago White 16  Kansas City (ss) 4
San Diego 11 Colorado 6
N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 4 (tie)
Cincinnati 6 Texas (ss) 2
Colorado 7 San Francisco 0


Friday, March 23
Manitoba Junior Hockey League Playoffs
Winnipeg Blues at Portage, 7:30 p.m. (Broadcast on CFRY/portageoline.com at 7:20)
(Best of 7 Addison Division final tied 2-2)

Hockey Manitoba Playdowns
"AAA" Provincial Bantam Championship
Pembina Valley Hawks vs Winnipeg Warriors @ Maples Arena in Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.
(1st game in best of 3 series)  

Tiger Hills Hockey League Playoffs
Carberry at Killarney, 8 p.m.
(Best of 7 final tied 1-1)

Western Hockey League Playoffs
Brandon at Calgary, 8 p.m.
(Wheat Kings lead best of 7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal 1-0)  

National Hockey League
Winnipeg at Washington, 6 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Toronto at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Florida, 6:30 p.m.   

Canadian Senior Curling Championships @ Abbotsford
Kelly Robertson, Manitoba (4-5) vs Mark Armstrong, New Brunswick, 11 a.m.
Robertson vs Dave McCusker, Nova Scotia, 8:30 p.m.
Laurie Deprez, Manitoba (4-6) vs Colleen Jones, Nova Scotia, 3:30 p.m.   

World Women's Curling Championship @ Lethbridge
Tie-breaker: Heather Nedohin, Canada vs Allison Pottinger, United States, 3 p.m.
1-2 Page Playoff Game: Margaretha Sigfridsson, Sweden vs Mirjam Ott, Switzerland, 8 p.m.   

National Basketball Association
New York at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Cleveland at Orlando, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Dallas at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 9:30 p.m.   

Exhibition Baseball
Boston vs Baltimore @ Sarasota, 12:05 p.m.
Washington vs Houston @ Kissimmee, 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs Philadelphia @ Clearwater, 12:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs Miami @ Jupiter, 12:05 p.m.
Detroit vs Pittsburgh @ Bradenton, 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs N.Y. Yankees (ss) @ Tampa, 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs Atlanta @ Kissimmee, 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs Chicago White Sox (ss) @ Tucson, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs Kansas City @ Surprise, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (ss) vs Milwaukee @ Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs Colorado @ Scottsdale, 3:10 p.m.
Toronto vs Tampa Bay @ Port Charlotte, 6:05 p.m.
Arizona vs Chicago White Sox (ss) @ Glendale, 9:05 p.m.
Texas vs San Francisco @ Scottsdale, 9:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs San Diego @ Peoria, 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (ss) vs Cleveland @ Goodyear, 9:05 p.m.