Thursdary Afterschool Special: Chomp

Finally, the Sharks in the finals

After 25 years and many great teams, the San Jose Sharks are at last headed to the Stanley Cup finals. They beat the Blues 5–2 last night at home to win the series in six games. 

Thirty-six-year-olds Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau have been a dynamic duo for the Sharks for a decade, but had never translated their regular season success into a deep Stanley Cup playoffs run — until now. Now, these two future Hall of Famers will face the winner of tonight's Penguins-Lightning game (8 p.m. ET on NBCSN).

Leading the way with two goals was the ever-clutch Joel Ward, who has scored at least a point in every series-clinching game he's ever played:

Nobody comes into our house...

After losing two games in Toronto, the Cavaliers stormed back to beat the Raptors 116–78 and take 3–2 series lead. The game got out of hand early thanks to the Cavs' rebounding advantage — they grabbed 48 boards to Toronto's 27. It was basically over in the first quarter. Kevin Love lead the way on offense, shooting 8–10 for 25 points:

Now the Raptors will face elimination at home. The home team has won every game this series, which is good news for the Cavs, who would have a potential Game 7 in Quicken Loans arena. 

Other notable blowouts

The legendary horse won the first two legs of the triple crown by a combined 5 lengths, but the Belmont was a blowout. Sham, the horse who finished second in the first two legs of the triple crown, tired too early and finished in last place.

The game featured Hall of Fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and John Elway, but John Elway would have a tough road to get his first championship. Montana cruised to his fourth Super Bowl title and third Super Bowl MVP award.

This second-round TKO was accompanied by arguably the most famous call in boxing history. "Down goes Frazier!"

The Bears' 46 defense held the Patriots to a mere 123 total yards from scrimmage and had them in negative offensive yardage at the end of the first half.

At the 100th anniversary of the American major, Woods won in a historic rout at Pebble Beach.

Thirty runs is the record for most by a single team in an American League game. Ramon Vazquez and Jarrod Saltalamacchia each had seven RBI for the Rangers.

This was the score of the gold medal game as the original Dream Team coasted through the 1992 Summer Olympics with an average margin of victory of 44 points.

In the most lopsided NCAA title game ever, Jerry Tarkanian and the Running Rebels defeated Mike Krzyzewski's Duke squad by 30 points.

Spinks had never been knocked to the canvas in his career, but it only took Tyson a minute and a half to separate Spinks from his senses.

The 12-0 Rainbow Warriors were annihilated by Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno and company.

Silva is known as a defensive fighter with unbelievable counters. Griffin wasn't afraid to run right into Silva, but he probably should have been. The Brazilian dropped Griffin twice before knocking him out at 3:23 of the first round.

Referees asked Bears' coach George Halas to run or pass for the PAT on the team's last two touchdowns because too many balls had been kicked into the stands.

A clever scholarship reveal

Duke DE Danny Doyle learned about his scholarship offer in an unusual way.

Jose Bautista does not care for your drink

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