GOLF

Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler was handcuffed and detained by police as he attempted to skirt traffic to enter the Valhalla Golf Club for the second round of the PGA Championship. According to reports, Scheffler was backed up in traffic (due to an unrelated accident) and tried to cut the line and bypass the police presence. The second round was apparently delayed to accommodate Scheffler.

BASKETBALL

The Boston Celtics advanced to their third straight Eastern Conference finals after eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Click here for the rest of the NBA matchups. It will be an exciting weekend of playoff games, with the Conference finals on the line.

SOCCER

Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is investing in sleep monitoring start-up Whoop. Ronaldo shared his advice for a good night’s sleep: do not take phone calls after 10 p.m.

BASKETBALL

The Denver Nuggets grabbed a big win on the road against Minnesota. The series is now tied 2-2.

The Boston Celtics pulled off another win to go up 3-1 against the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers. The biggest highlight for Cleveland fans was giving former Cavs player LeBron James a standing ovation.

NBA MVP runner-up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) led Oklahoma to a vital road win to even the series 2-2 against the Dallas Mavericks.

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are also tied at 2-2 in the series.

FOOTBALL

Two NFL players made a big financial splash.

The Detroit Lions will give quarterback Jared Goff a four-year contract extension worth up to $212 million. He is now the league’s second-highest-paid player.

The Tampa Bay Buccs also spent big cash by making Antoine Winfield Jr. the highest-paid defensive back. He will receive a four-year contract extension worth $84.1 million.

BASEBALL

Shohei Ohtani’s former friend and interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, will plead guilty to bank fraud after stealing almost $17 million from him to pay off illegal gambling debts. Tony Award-winning producer Scott Delman (“Mean Girls,” “The Book of Mormon”) is working with former Sports Illustrated reporter Albert Chen on a scripted TV series about this scandal.

BASKETBALL

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic won the NBA’s MVP award for the third time.

In NBA Playoff news:

The Dallas Mavericks evened their series 1-1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, while the Cleveland Cavaliers demolished the Boston Celtics to even their series as well.

BASKETBALL

NBA Playoff news:

Thanks to Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns combined 54 points, the Minnesota Timberwolves destroyed the defending champion Denver Nuggets in game 2 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

The New York Knicks game 1 win over the Indiana Pacers ended with a controversial flop and an Indiana turnover. Click here for the play.

HORSE RACING

Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby in a photo finish. Next up in the Triple Crown is the Preakness Stakes on May 18th and the Belmont Stakes on June 8th.

FORMULA 1

McLaren’s Lando Norris held off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to win the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix. Norris had run 109 F1 races with eight second-place finishes until his big win on Sunday.

BASKETBALL

Thanks to a game-high 41 points from Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers to advance to the Conference semifinals. They will play the Indiana Pacers, who cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks. The Knicks and Pacers will face off in Game 1 on Monday at 7:30 pm ET.

GOLF

Tiger Woods received a special exemption from the USGA to compete in next month’s U.S. Open. Woods also has lifetime exemptions to play in the Masters and PGA Championships until he’s 60 years old.

BASKETBALL

In NBA playoff news, the Boston Celtics eliminated the Miami Heat (4-1), and the Dallas Mavericks have taken a 3-2 series lead over the LA Clippers.

The Philadelphia 76ers play the New York Knicks in Philadelphia tonight, and to ensure the team has more fans in attendance than the Knicks, the owners bought and distributed 2000 tickets to the fans. The tickets will be given out to first responders, community organizations, and healthcare professionals.

FOOTBALL

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross turned down an offer of $10 billion from Ken Griffin for control of the NFL franchise, the Hard Rock Stadium, and the Formula One Miami Grand Prix.