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Playoff implications will be a big part of this weekend's America East action when the Bearcats baseball and softball teams take to the diamond.at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

The BU baaseball team looks to move up in the conference srtandings as it faces the Hartford Hawks

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Tioga Downs Racetrack and Casino opens another season of harness racing this Saturday, May 4th with a special post time of 5:00 PM.  For the rest of May live race nights are Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 6:50 PM and Sunday afternoons at 1:30 PM

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UPDATE 2:25 p.m. EST: The suspects' names are Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel Phillipos. From The Boston Globe:
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terorism investigation, prosecutors said.
12:10 p.m. EST: According to Boston.com, the three suspects went to school at UMass-Dartmouth with Dzhokar Tsarnaev and may have helped him in the days immediately following the bombing, which was on April 15. Two of the suspects have been charged with overstaying their student visas.

The Boston Police Department announced that it has taken into custody three new suspects as a result of its ongoing investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Following two losses on home ice last weekend the Binghamton Senators face a do- or- die situation when they travel to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Thursday night.  The B-Sens had the home ice advantage to start the best of five playoff series but that was nullified after the Penguins won the opener in the series 3-2 in overtime Saturday

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Chad Kolarik scored his second goal of the game at 8:18 of overtime to give the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 decision in the opening game of the Calder Cup playoffs last night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

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Starting pitcher Logan Verrett went 8 innings on the mound for the victory today at NYSEG Stadium as the B-Mets rolled by the Akron Aeros 7-2.  Verrett was sharp throughout the game as he struck out 8 batters and gave up just two hits

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The Binghamton Bearcats dropped a 7-6 decision in eleven innings to the Canisius Griffins last evening at the Bearcats Sports Complex.  The Bearcats overall record drops to 20-15 while the Griffs are now 29-10

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The Binghamton Senators honored several standout players and a long-time Binghamton hockey fan before their final regular season home game Saturday evening at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

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The New York Times sports section featured an in-depth profile of Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones.

The SportsSunday piece by Tony Gervino described the Union-End

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The Binghamton Senators closed out the home portion of their regular season against the Hershey Bears with a 4 - 2 win tonight at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.  Binghamton led 2-1 at the end of the first period on goals from Shane Price and Brett Lebda

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