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The Day In Sports (May 12)

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The Day In Sports (May 12)

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David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox bear hugs Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve after hitting a double. Here are some of the other images that caught our eye on Thursday, May 12.

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First-round leader Jason Day of Australia watches his tee shot on the 12th hole at the Players Championship. (More golf at the back of this gallery.)

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Russell Westbrook shoots against Manu Ginobili as Oklahoma City eliminated the San Antonio Spurs with a 113-99 victory to set up a Western Conference Final against Golden State.

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Kevin Durant talks with Tim Duncan in what may have been the future Hall of Famer's last game for San Antonio. OKC eliminated the Spurs from the playoffs Thursday by winning the series 4-2.

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Team Russia in the synchronised swimming team free final at the European Swimming Championships.

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Players from the United States and Netherlands in wheelchair basketball tournament at the Invitus Games.

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New Zealand tennis players return the ball during the Invictus Games.

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Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants gets tangled up with Jean Segura of the Arizona Diamondbacks on a slide into second base.

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Denmark's Simon Nielsen concedes a goal to Russia at the IIHF World Championships.

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Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators collides with Nick Spaling of the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of their playoff series.

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Logan Couture (39) is congratulated by Brent Burns (88) and Joonas Donskoi (27) after Couture scored during San Jose's series-clinching 5-0 win over Nashville.

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Jack Laugher of Great Britain competes in the 3m Synchro Final at the European Swimming Championships.

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France's Richard Gasquet returns the ball during the Italian Open.

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Rafael Nadal celebrates match point against Nick Kyrgios at the Italian Open.

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Serena Williams during her match against Christina McHale of the U.S. at the Italian Open.

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A general view of centre court under the lights at the Italian Open.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder dance team is seen against the San Antonio Spurs.

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Peter Wright of Scotland earned his spot in this gallery more so for his hairdo than his dart throwing, which in itself doesn't look that shabby.

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Canada's and Germany's players bunched up in front of goaltender Timo Pielmeier at the IIHF World Championships. Canada won 5-2.

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Jesper Drost of FC Groningen and Joey Pelupessy of Heracles Almelo during the Europa League playoffs.

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Lukas Spalvis of AaB Aalborg and Ludvig Augustinsson of FC Copenhagen compete for the ball during a Danish Alka Superliga match.

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Shirt-grabbing action from the Danish Alka Superliga match.

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Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain takes a photo with a fan during previews to the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix in Montmelo, Spain.

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Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow of Great Britain take a practice dive before their 10m Synchro Final at the European Swimming Championships.

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France's Laurent Meunier gets checked by an official at the IIHF World Championships.

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Jason Day plays his shot from the 17th tee during the first round of The Players Championship.

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Bubba Watson gets a ruling in the bushes on the 10th hole during the first round of The Players Championship.

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Jordan Spieth plays his shot from the 17th tee at the Players Championship.

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Rickie Fowler plays out of the sand on 16 during the first round of the Players Championship.

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Will Wilcox hits from an 18th hole sand trap during The Players Championship.

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Florida State's Victoria East is hit in the head with a pitch by Pitt's Jenna Modic (not pictured). FSU won the ACC Tournament quarterfinal game 8-0.

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The bronze-medal-winning Italian team performs at the European Swimming Championships.

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Joshua Hernandez of El Paso (Texas) Del Valle competes in the shot put at the UIL state track and field championships in Texas.

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Arizona pitcher Zach Greinke fields a ball off the bat of San Francisco pitcher Johnny Cueto during the Diamondbacks' 4-2 loss.

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