UNC Wilmington student-athletes had a 3.503 academic average for 19 varsity teams for spring semester. … The championship series in the Stanley Cup playoffs starts tonight with Florida at Edmonton (TNT, 8 p.m.). … New York has fired Tom Thibodeau as coach after the Knicks lost in the Eastern Conference finals to Indiana. … Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast announced his retirement after 11 seasons after missing this past season with a neck injury. … Colorado won its first series of the season with a 3-2 victory at Miami on Tuesday night as Hunter Goodman hit a solo homer in the eighth inning. … Former heavyweight boxing champion Oliver McCall (61-14-1) recorded the first draw of his pro career at age 60 against 47-year-old Carlos Reyes (7-17-3) in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday. … The championship series of the NBA playoffs starts Thursday with Oklahoma City hosting Indiana (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
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