The Day In Sports (May 19)

Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved their record to 10-0 in this year's playoffs with their lopsided 108-89 win over Bismack Biyombo and the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Here are some of the other images that caught our eye on Thursday, May 19.

Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors throws a pass that briefly covers the face of Kyrie Irving.

Auston Matthews of the U.S. sends the puck through the legs of Czech Republic's goalie Dominik Furch during a 2-1 overtime victory at the IIHF World Championships. The U.S. will face Canada in the semifinals. (More U.S. hockey at the back of this gallery.)

Jacob Gibb of the U.S. goes face first into the sand during the FIVB Cincinnati Open.

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With their high school graduation taking place in Colorado Springs at the same time as their state track meet in Lakewood, Katie Rainsberger, left, and Kayla Wiitala donned their caps after helping Air Academy win the 4x800-meter relay. That's dedication.

Mark Hall of the U.S. (left) competes against Ahmad Bazrighaleh of Iran in a 163-pound match held in Times Square in New York city.

Mitchell McKee (front) of the U.S. spins away from Peiman Biabani of Iran in a 132-pound match held in Times Square.

Therezinha Guilhermina and her guide, Rafael Lazarini, compete in the 100-meters during the Paralympics Athletics Grand Prix test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Josh Reddick of the Oakland Athletics reacts in pain after he was kicked in the head by a leaping Starlin Castro of the New York Yankees in the seventh inning. The team revealed Friday that Reddick fractured his left thumb on the play and will miss four to six weeks.

Chloe Tutton of Great Britain in action during 200m Breastroke preliminary at the European Swimming Championships in London.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland walks to the 2nd tee during the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in Straffan, Ireland.

Erica Stoll, the fiancee of Rory McIlroy, looks on during the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

San Jose Sharks' Roman Polak skates past Troy Brouwer (36) of the St. Louis Blues to take a shot on goalie Brian Elliott during San Jose's 3-0 shutout.

St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott makes a save next to San Jose Sharks' Tomas Hertl (48) and Joe Pavelski (8) in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

San Jose's Tomas Hertl scores past St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott and defender Jaden Schwartz during a 3-0 victory in Game 3 of their playoff series.

A ball covers the head of Daniel Diaz of Argentina's Boca Juniors after he scored a penalty kick against Nacional of Uruguay during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Buenos Aires.

Fernanda Alves of Brazil competes during the FIVB Cincinnati Open.

Tyrese Rice of Khimki Moscow Region twists up Viktor Khryapa of CSKA Moscow in a semifinal game in Moscow. CSKA won 86-83.

Alex Bentley of the Connecticut Sun drives to the basket against a San Antonio Stars defender.

LeBron James scored 23 points and added 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his 15th career playoff triple-double as Cleveland dominated Toronto.

Jordan Spieth of the U.S. hits his second shot on the ninth hole during round one of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas.

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Elena Vesvina of Russia in action at the Strasbourg International in France.

Lin Dan of China hits a return during a quarterfinal group match in the Thomas Cup badminton tournament in China.

U.S. surfer John John Florence competes in the Rio Pro surfing championship tour at Barra de Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

U.S. surfer John John Florence in the Rio Pro surfing championship tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Annika Beck of Germany during her match on day six of the Nuernberger Versicherungscup in Nuremberg, Germany.

Nozomi Okuhara of Japan hits a return during a quarterfinal singles match at the Uber Cup badminton tournament in China.

Marianne Vos of the Netherlands rides in the peloton during stage one of the Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease race in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu competes in the 200m Medley at the European Swimming Championships.

U.S. goalie Keith Kinkaid was rock-solid in the pipes, turning away 31 of the 32 shots he faced.

After a scoreless 10-minute overtime, Keith Kinkaid stopped all three of the shootout attempts by the Czechs.

Nick Foligno of the U.S. has words for Michal Kempny of the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championships.

Vince Hinostroza of the U.S. slides into Czech Republic's goalie Dominik Furch in their IIHF World Championship quarterfinal match in Moscow.

Czech forward David Pastrnak (left) collides with U.S. forward Tyler Motte during a 2-1 overtime win by the Americans at the IIHF World Championships.

Tomas Zohorna of the Czech Republic scores on U.S. goalie Keith Kinkaid in their quarterfinal.

The U.S. players celebrate their victory over the Czech Republic in a World Championship quarterfinal. The Czechs had dominated in group play, finishing with a 6-1 record and impressive wins over Russia (3-0) and Sweden (4-2).

On May 19, 1973, Secretariat, with Ron Turcotte up, won the Preakness over Sham to take the second leg of what would later become a Triple Crown-winning campaign.

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