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Scoreboard Roundup - 5/21/13

Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) -- MLB: Baltimore Orioles 3 (24-21) – New York Yankees 2 (28-17) 10 Innings

Detroit Tigers 5 (24-19) – Cleveland Indians 1 (26-18)

Tampa Bay Rays 4 (24-21) – Toronto Blue Jays 3 (18-27)

Cincinnati Reds 4 (28-18) – New York Mets 0 (17-26)

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (27-18) – Chicago Cubs 4 (18-26)

Philadelphia Phillies 7 (22-24) – Miami Marlins 3 (13-33)

Chicago White Sox 3 (21-23) – Boston Red Sox 1 (27-19)

Oakland Athletics 1 (25-22) – Texas Rangers 0 (29-17)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Semi-Finals:
Boston Bruins 2 – New York Rangers 1 (Bruins lead series, 3-0)

Basketball: The Cleveland Cavaliers won Tuesday night's NBA Draft Lottery. The Cavs will have the overall number one pick for the second time in the last three years.

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Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Clippers announced on Tuesday that Vinny Del Negro will not return as head coach, after they were bounced from the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Memphis Grizzlies. His current contract expires at the end of June.

“We would like to thank Vinny for everything he did during his three years with the organization,” Clippers vice president of basketball operations Gary Sacks said. “Vinny helped this team win a Pacific Division title and we greatly appreciate all that he and his staff helped us accomplish. This was a difficult decision, but we feel this is the best decision for our franchise moving forward.”

In three seasons roaming the sidelines for the Clippers, the 46-year-old Del Negro went 128-102, leading them to the playoffs twice. This season, the club won a franchise-record 56 games, clinching their first Pacific Division title.

Del Negro previously coached the Chicago Bulls for two seasons.

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NFL Awards Super Bowl L & LI

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- NFL team owners voted on Tuesday to award the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl L, while Houston was selected to host Super Bowl LI.

The San Francisco Bay Area bid was chosen over a bid from South Florida, which was hampered when the state legislature did not support a financial plan to renovate Sun Life Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. Super Bowl L will take place at Levi's Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, California, which is set to open at the beginning of the 2014 season.

Super Bowl LI will take place at Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans. It will be the second time the stadium has hosted the big game, with the first coming back in 2004.

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey is scheduled to host the next Super Bowl, in 2014.

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Michael Dodge/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two of the biggest teams in sports are teaming up to acquire Major League Soccer's 20th expansion club.

MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on Tuesday that the New York Yankees and Manchester City FC will be the newest owner of the New York City Football Club that is expected to begin play in 2015.

"We proudly welcome two of the most prestigious professional global sports organizations to Major League Soccer,” Garber said in a statement released by the league. “This is a transformational development that will elevate the league to new heights in this country. The New York area is home to more than 19 million people, and we look forward to an intense crosstown rivalry between New York City Football Club and the New York Red Bulls that will captivate this great city."

Yankee Stadium will host a friendly match between Man City and Chelsea FC on Saturday.

"We are pleased to be associated with this major move by MLS to increase its presence in the New York market and to enhance the opportunity for New York soccer fans to enjoy high-level play in their own city," said Hal Steinbrenner, managing general partner of the New York Yankees.

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Anchored Putting Banned

Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The USGA announced on Tuesday that anchoring the club in making a stroke will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Four out of the last six major winners have used this technique, including this year's Masters winner Adam Scott.  The use of a belly putter or long putter will no longer be allowed come 2016.

"Rule 14-1b protects one of the important challenges in the game -- the free swing of the entire club," said Glen Nager, president of the USGA, in prepared remarks. "The traditional stroke involves swinging the club with both the club and gripping hands held away from the body, requiring the player to direct and control the movement of the entire club.

"Anchoring is different: Intentionally securing one end of the club against the body, and creating a point of physical attachment around which the club is swung, is a substantial departure from that traditional free swing," he continued.

The USGA and R&A first proposed the offer back in November.

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