Warmups

The Griffins must now make like Avalanche and not blow at 3-1 series lead.  Game 6 at Cleveland is Sunday afternoon after the Lumberjacks cut the series to 3-2 with a win Thursday ... The Tigers have found the secret to uncorking their hitting power - have Twins catcher Matthew LeCroy get in the way. For the second straight game, the Tigers rallied after the rookie catcher was called for hitter interference. Their 10-8 win last night puts them within one game of (da dum!) double digit wins ... It's the Heat-Knicks of the Arena Football League, except Michael Trigg would never cling to anyone's leg during a fight. Milwaukee comes to Van Andel tonight after a last second loss to Grand Rapids at home in April ... In the Midwest League, the Tigers affiliate is in first place while the White Sox club is in last. The Whitecaps are enjoying the incongruity, especially after a 7-0 whacking of Clinton (the team, not the legacy-hunting leader).
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The Coin Toss By Nathan Bierma You're going to have to work pretty hard to get me in the break-up-the-Wings bandwagon. I don't see a rickety team on whom the sun has set, a wrinkled woman in a nursing home remembering her prom queen days. I see a juggernaut that put together a stellar regular season and rolled over a solid Kings team before running into a Colorado squad that started believing it was anything but first round fodder just five weeks ago. Yes, Yzerman didn't score, and yes, Osgood allowed some soft ones, but these are not causes for deportation. The Red Wings just met a team that was a little better and had a lot bigger sense of destiny. Just ask St. Louis: Sometimes you just have one of those series. • Throw your own Toss

Today on the Web

• Dan LeBetard of the Miami Herald says despite the friendlier skies,the Heat-Knicks rivalry remains nasty - click here
• Keith Olbermann of FoxSports.com says the new home fields are still a disadvantage  - click here
• Mark Kriedler of the The Sacramento Bee says Chris Webber is calmly leading the Kings into Game 5 with the Lakers - click here
• Christine Brennan of the USA Today says baseball movies too often try too hard for the tear ducts - click here
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