Mets rough up Yankees in Subway Series opener...Bucks advance to first NBA Finals in 47 years...and Granato looking forward to challenge of turning the Sabres around. Greg Larson has more details on today's Sunday Sports Update...
Sunday Sports Update
Top: The hits were coming in the Bronx on Saturday, but mostly from the New York Mets, as they defeated the New York Yankees 8-3 in Saturday's Subway Series opener. The Mets pounded out 14 hits, including three by Brandon Nimmo (left). Meanwhile, the Yankees managed only three hits in the game, with all of them coming in the 6th inning. The two teams will play a day-night doubleheader today to make up for the game that got rained out on Friday. Photos by USA Today
Bottom left: The Milwaukee Bucks will be doing something they haven't done since the days of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- going to the NBA Finals. On Saturday, the Bucks defeated the Atlanta Hawks 118-107 to win the Eastern Conference Finals in six games. It will be Milwaukee's first trip to the NBA Finals since 1974. Photo by USA Today
Bottom right: Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato began his introductory news conference this week with these words: "This is the position I wanted to be in." Granato spoke to members of the media this week after he was named the team's permanent head coach. Granato took over as the Sabres' interim head coach when the team fired Ralph Krueger on March 17th. Under Granato, the Sabres closed this past regular season with a record of 9-16-3.
