The Day In Sports (May 16)
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The Day In Sports (May 16)
Sidney Crosby (center) watches his overtime goal go past Andrei Vasilevskiy of Tampa Bay to give his team a 3-2 victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Here are some of the other images that caught our eye on Monday, May 16.
Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in overtime against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
For the third time in these playoffs, a referee calling an Oklahoma City game had an egregious call that took some luster off the game's outcome. Monday night it was Russell Westbrook being granted a timeout after he had traveled.
Stephen Curry looks to pass against Russell Westbrook during Golden State's 108-102 loss to Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals. Curry scored a mere three points in the fourth quarter while the Warriors were held to 14 as a team in the period.
Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees catches the ball on a bounce while keeping his foot on the bag to force out Brandon Drury of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Damir Dugonjic dives in to begin the 100m breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships.
Adam Peaty of Great Britain competes in a 100m semifinal at the European Swimming Championships.
Britain's Francesca Halsall reacts after winning a semifinal of the 50m Butterfly at the European Swimming Championships.
Cheerleaders entertain the crowd during the Leicester City Barclays Premier League winners bus parade.
Ticker-tape falls onto the Leicester City football team as they stand with the Premier league trophy during a victory celebration.
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu competes in a semifinal of the 200m Backstroke at the European Swimming Championships.
Andrew Bogut of the Warriors got knocked over while defending Steven Adams of Oklahoma City.
Andre Igoudala (left) and Draymond Green get caught in the air while trying to stop Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City.
Tiago Pereira of Portugal competes in the high jump during the Ibero American Athletics Championships test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Mark Melancon of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch in the ninth inning against the Atlanta Braves.
CSKA Moscow supporters perform during a Russian Premier League match against FC Krasnodar.
Florent Manadou of France celebrates his team winning the 4x100m Freestyle Final at the European Swimming Championships.
Ural's goalkeeper Dmitri Arapov makes a play in a Russian Premier League match.
Fyodor Smolov of Krasnodar makes a play on the ball during a Russian Premier League match against CSKA Moscow.
Germany's Korbinian Holzer (left) sends Hungary's Daniel Koger overboard during the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Saint Petersburg.
Action at the Ibero American Athletics Championships test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Hurdlers at the Ibero American Athletics Championships test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
In the AHL Calder cup playoffs, Albany Devils right wing Chris McKelvie gives a snow shower to Toronto Marlies goalie Antoine Bibeau.
Andrei Vasilevskiy gives up a goal to Phil Kessel of the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final.
Fans mob the Tinkoff team bus as Peter Sagan of Slovakia emerges in the overall race leader's jersey prior to the start of stage two of the 2016 Amgen Tour of California from South Pasadena to Santa Clarita.
The peloton rides in the Angeles National Forest during Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California.
Peter Sagan of Slovakia riding for Tinkoff in the leaders yellow jersey rides in the peloton during Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California.
Albany Devils right wing Chris McKelvie takes one on the chin from Toronto Marlies defenseman Stuart Percy in the AHL Calder cup playoffs.
Kazakhstan's Maxim Semyonov falls on the ice during a game against Denmark at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow.
Kazakhstan's Nigel Dawes scores a goal past Denmark's goalie Sebastian Dahm at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors fights for possesion of the ball with Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Michael Bourn of the Arizona Diamondbacks beats a throw to first baseman Mark Texiera.
On this day in 1985, Michael Jordan was named rookie of the year. He's pictured here accepting his hardware at the NBA's award ceremony in San Francisco in June of that year.