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Schedule for Wednesday, August 26

NHL Playoffs Best-of-Seven Eastern Conference Semifinals at Toronto N.Y. Islanders vs. Philadelphia, 3 p.m. (Islanders lead series 1-0)

Tampa Bay vs. Boston, 8 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Best-of-Seven Western Conference Semifinals at Edmonton Colorado vs. Dallas, 10:30 p.m. (Stars lead series 2-0)

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NBA Playoffs Best-of-Seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Orlando vs. Milwaukee, 4 p.m. (Bucks lead series 3-1)

Best-of-Seven Western Conference Quarterfinals Portland vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. (Lakers lead series 3-1) Oklahoma City vs. Houston, 6:30 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

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MLB American League Boston (Brewer 0-1) at Toronto (TBD), 6:37 p.m. (on CKNX) Baltimore (Wojciechowski 1-3) at Tampa Bay (Richards 0-0), 6:40 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 2-3) at Cleveland (Clevinger 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Fiers 3-1) at Texas (Allard 0-2), 8:05 p.m.

National League Philadelphia (Nola 2-2) at Washington (Corbin 2-2), 6:05 p.m. Miami (Hernandez 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Gray 4-1) at Milwaukee (Houser 1-2), 8:10 p.m. Colorado (Gray 1-3) at Arizona (Ray 1-3), 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-1) at San Francisco (Gausman 1-1), 9:45 p.m.

Interleague Pittsburgh (Williams 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 4-2), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-0) at Atlanta (Anderson 0-0), 4:10 p.m., 1st game Chicago Cubs (Lester 2-1) at Detroit (Fulmer 0-0), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-1) at Atlanta (Fried 4-0), 7:40 p.m., 2nd game Kansas City (Junis 0-0) at St. Louis (Hudson 0-2), 8:15 p.m. Seattle (Walker 2-2) at San Diego (Lamet 2-1), 9:10 p.m.

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