LATEST LINE

LATEST LINE

Baseball

Favorite Odds Underdog

National League

Philadelphia 6-7 ATLANTA

NY Mets 51/2-61/2 FLORIDA

CINCINNATI 51/2-61/2 Pittsburgh

ST. LOUIS 71/2-81/2 Washington

SAN FRAN. 8-9 Colorado

SAN DIEGO 81/2-91/2 Milwaukee

LAD ODGERS Even-6 Chicago Cubs

Houston 6-7 ARIZONA

American League

NY YANKEES 6-7 LA Angels

Oakland Even-6 BALTIMORE

CHISOX 6-7 Tampa Bay

Seattle 6-7 KANSAS CITY

Toronto Even-6 MINNESOTA

Boston 51/2-61/2 TEXAS

Cleveland Even-6 DETROIT

NBA Playoffs

Favorite Points Underdog

Eastern Conference Finals

Detroit leads series 2-0

CLEVELAND 31/2 Detroit

NHL Playoffs

Favorite Goals Underdog

Monday, May 28th.

Stanley Cup Finals

Game One

ANAHEIM Even-1/2 Ottawa

Home team in CAPS

AP SPORTLIGHT

Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA

May 27

1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.

1968 — “Papa Bear” George Halas retires as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

1972 — Mark Donohue wins the Indianapolis 500 over two-time defending champion Al Unser with an average speed of 162.962.

1975 — The Philadelphia Flyers win their second straight Stanley Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6.

1981 — Willie Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race and then three more. Shoemaker gets the milestone on top of War Allied in the first race at Hollywood Park.

1984 — Rick Mears wins the Indianapolis 500 by the largest margin in 17 years with a record-setting 163.612 mph. Mears beats Roberto Guerrero and Al Unser by two laps. Fifteen drivers are eliminated during crashes.

1990 — Arie Luyendyk wins the fastest Indianapolis 500 by overpowering former winner Bobby Rahal over the final 33 laps, for his first Indy car victory in 76 races. His speed of 185.984 mph breaks Rahal’s record of 170.722 in 1986. Luyendyk becomes the first to finish the race in under three hours.

1998 — In one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history, Pete Sampras is ousted at the French Open by 21-year-old Ramon Delgado of Paraguay, ranked 97th in the world.