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Birthdays – April 19

Actor Elinor Donahue ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," "Father Knows Best") is 86. Keyboardist Alan Price of The Animals is 81. Actor Tim Curry is 77. Singer Mark "Flo" Volman of The Turtles is 76. Actor Tony Plana ("Ugly Betty") is 71. Actor Tom Wood ("The Fugitive," "Ulee's Gold") is 60. Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight is 58. Country singer Bekka Bramlett of Bekka and Billy is 55. Actor Kim Hawthorne ("Greenleaf") is 55. Actor Ashley Judd is 55. Singer Luis Miguel is 53. Actor Jennifer Esposito ("Blue Bloods") is 51. Actor Jennifer Taylor ("Two and a Half Men") is 51. Singer Madeleine Peyroux is 49. Actor James Franco is 45. Actor Kate Hudson is 44. Actor Hayden Christensen ("Star Wars Episodes II and III") is 42. Actor Catalina Sandino Moreno ("Che," "Maria Full of Grace") is 42. Actor Ali Wong ("American Housewife") is 41. Actor Victoria Yeates ("Call the Midwife") is 40. Drummer Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes is 38. Actor Courtland Mead ("Kirk") is 36.

Rangers cruise past Devils in opener

NEWARK, N.J. — Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves, Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals and the New York Rangers stunned the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

Behind scenes, Schwartz-Morini guiding force for Coach Prime

One of Deion Sanders' most trusted business associates and friends is Constance Schwartz-Morini. Working behind the scenes, she is the guiding force in his evolution from "Prime Time" to "Coach Prime." She played a big part in persuading Sanders to coach at the college level. She also helped broker the deal that brought him to Colorado. Schwartz-Morini also works with some of the most recognizable names in the world of sports and entertainment, including "Good Morning America" host and former NFL star Michael Strahan and rapper Wiz Khalifa.

China basketball clubs disqualified for match-fixing

Two clubs have been kicked out of China's basketball league amid suspicions of match-fixing. The ruling came after the Chinese Basketball Association judged the Jiangsu Dragons and Shanghai Sharks engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct during a playoff series last week. They will also be suspended from this year's regular season, fined the equivalent of $5 million, and have their managers and coaching staff barred from the league for up to five years. Fan and media attention was drawn to a last-minute, come-from-behind win by Shanghai following a series of turnovers in the last of their three games to reach the quarterfinals.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Don't let Big Tech hammer local news

In one of the most pleasantly bizarre bipartisan pairings, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has joined forces with hardline conservative Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy supporting the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle increasingly recognize the threat to the survival of local independent journalism posed by social media platforms that are dipping into local publications’ content but keeping the advertising revenues all to themselves.

Birthdays – April 18

Actor Robert Hooks is 86. Actor Hayley Mills is 77. Actor Dorothy Lyman ("Mama's Family") is 76. Actor Cindy Pickett ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") is 76. Keyboardist Walt Richmond of The Tractors is 76. Actor James Woods is 76. Bassist Jim Scholten of Sawyer Brown is 71. Actor Rick Moranis is 70. Actor Eric Roberts is 67. Actor Melody Thomas Scott ("Young and the Restless") is 67. Actor John James ("Dynasty," "The Colbys") is 67. Bassist Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen is 65. Actor Jane Leeves ("Hot in Cleveland," "Fraiser") is 62. Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is 61. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 60. Actor Eric McCormack ("Will and Grace") is 60. Actor Maria Bello is 56. Actor Mary Birdsong ("Reno 911!") is 55. Actor David Hewlett ("Stargate: SG-1") is 55. Actor-rapper Fredro Starr of Onyx ("Moesha") is 52. Actor David Tennant ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") is 52. Guitarist Mark Tremonti of Creed and of Alter Bridge is 49. Singer Trina of Trina and Tamara is 49. Actor Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 47. Actor Bryce Johnson ("Pretty Little Liars") is 46. TV personality Kourtney Kardashian is 44. Actor America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty") is 39. Actor Tom Hughes ("Victoria") is 38. Actor Ellen Woglom ("Marvel's Inhumans") is 36. Actor Vanessa Kirby ("The Crown") is 35. Actor Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development") is 34. Actor Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome") is 33. Actor Chloe Bennet ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Nashville") is 31. Singer Nathan Sykes of The Wanted is 30. Actor Moises Arias ("Hannah Montana") is 29.

Maxey, Embiid, Harris power 76ers to 96-84 win over Nets

Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points, Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris had 20 apiece, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-84 to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Embiid, the two-time NBA scoring champion, was quiet offensively, going 6 of 11 from the floor, but he did just about everything else. The MVP finalist had 19 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks.