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MILWAUKEE - Every game, someone different steps up for the Miami Heat. Well, someone different and that guy named LeBron.

PHILADELPHIA - Oliver Lauridsen and Danny Briere scored goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday.

TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies will lean heavily on their veterans to try and replicate last season's run to the Calder Cup final.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Don't count out the captain. Derek Jeter is certain he will return to the New York Yankees this season at the same level that made him one of baseball's most revered players.

DETROIT - Justin Verlander left the game with a blister on his thumb, and suddenly Detroit's one-run lead felt a bit less safe. Sure enough, the Kansas City Royals scored six times in the next three innings.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jeremy Hefner took the mound, determined to cut down that one big stat posted on the scoreboard: 7.07 ERA.

TORONTO - Three women are fussing over Tessa Virtue, one gently brushes her ponytail, another holds up different dangling earrings, another is trying on potential hairpieces. The Olympic gold medallist doesn't mind the pampering.

HOUSTON - When Houston's Marwin Gonzalez broke up Yu Darvish's perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning April 2, the first question many asked was: Who is Marwin Gonzalez? Three weeks later, Gonzalez is showing he's no one-hit wonder.

HAVANA - Put another candle on the very crowded birthday cake of Conrado Marrero, the oldest living former major league player.

DETROIT - Alex Gordon had already struck out three times when he came to the plate with the bases loaded in the 10th inning. "I was just trying to make contact," the Kansas City outfielder said.