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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY WEDNESDAY:
NHL Playoffs: Bruins at Lightning, 8 p.m. (Versus)
MLB: Red Sox at Indians, 12:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
MLS/Open Cup: Revolution at Sporting KC, 8 p.m.

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Dwight Gooden said that during a recent taping of the reality TV show “Celebrity Rehab,” former Mets teammate Lenny Dykstra made a surprise appearance in Gooden’s room and tried to get talk him into leaving the facility.

Explained Gooden: “It was around 10 o’clock and I was getting ready to go to bed. All of the sudden, one of the guys behind the scenes says, ‘Dykstra’s here.’ They tried to get Lenny to sign a waiver, and he didn’t want to do that,” Gooden told the New York Daily News Tuesday. “It was crazy. He was like, ‘Doc, you all right? I don’t like this. I got your bags.’ ”

Gooden, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction since the mid-1980s, stuck around instead of leaving with Dykstra, who has his own share of problems.

♦ A 27-year-old man was in critical condition Tuesday night after falling from a stairwell leading to the center field seats at Colorado’s Coors Field. During the opening game of a doubleheader between the Rockies and Diamondbacks, the man tumbled approximately 20 feet onto concrete. The Rockies refused to discuss the incident but acknowledged an investigation was under way.

♦ Steelers receiver Hines Ward won Season 12 of “Dancing With the Stars” Tuesday, defeating actresses Kirstie Alley and Chelsea Kane in the final round.

♦ On the heels of the UConn basketball team losing a scholarship due to a poor Academic Progress Rate, Jeff Jacobs in the Hartford Courant writes that Jim Calhoun‘s program is embarrassing but fixable.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On May 25, 1984, the Red Sox acquired Bill Buckner from the Cubs for which two players?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think I won here in the playoffs. It’s not my first win at Progressive Field. Those wins [in October] are bigger anyway, aren’t they?” — Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett, after Tuesday night’s 4-2 victory over the Indians, his first regular-season win in Cleveland

STAT OF THE DAY: 3 — Stanley Cup finals appearances in Vancouver history, with the Canucks earning the third berth Tuesday after a double-overtime victory over the Sharks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals

‘NET RESULTS: Former President George W. Bush almost gets hit by a foul ball at a Rangers game.

A youth soccer player comes up with a bicycle kick for a goal.

Here’s more of Charles Barkley feuding with Heat fans in Miami.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Leslie Uggams turns 68 Wednesday.

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