and the tampa bay lightning take a three game lead over the florida panthers after a dominant 5-1 win on home ice. and another tense rivalry, the edmonton oilers go up 2-1 on the calgary flames thanks to evander kane. fans littering the ice with hats for the hat trick. my mavericks went down 0-3. brian: not many people thought they d get there. house money. 100%. brian: right. ainsley: glad you included it. brian: and the golden state warriors do have a tradition of winning a lot. we have the future. ainsley: tomorrow is primary day. another primary day. we made it through last tuesday and the five states that are having primaries tomorrow and there s a lot on the line including in georgia. stacey abrams will be the democrat because she is running unopposed for governor. and then she s running against purdue and kemp. kemp is the current governor. he s been endorsed by president
advantage. that left twhem an epic three game lead. russian tennis players will be banned from participating in wimbledon and belorussian players as well. the kremlin calls this decision unacceptable. this will affect a number of high-ranked players, both men and women. thanks for joining me here on cnn newsroom. breaking news continues on early start with kristin fisher. you are watching cnn.
half court. he made it! welcome back. time now, that half court heave at the buzzer earned miami a 78-75 victory over virginia tech last night. the win lifts the hurricanes to a half game lead over florida state and duke atop the acc standings. to the nba court in indianapolis where the charlotte hornets made 20 three-pointers last night and broke the franchise s single game scoring record and produced the highest point total in the league this season with a 158-126 win over the pacers. and just over a week from the opening ceremony at the winter olympics in beijing, the first member of team usa has tested positive for coronavirus. u.s. bobsledder josh williamson will not travel with his teammates to china today after revealing he returned a positive test result on sunday morning. williamson announced the news in a post on instagram yesterday, writing quote this has not been
all right. thanks so much, appreciate it, derek van dam. the atlanta braves are just one win away from their first world series championship since 1995. slow roller. freeman. to the bag. braves win another! so they came from behind last night to beat the houston astros 3-2 and take a commanding 3-1 game lead in the series. and former president donald trump was among the 40,000-plus fans at the game in atlanta, and he even joined the fans in giving the home team s controversial tomahawk chop. months ago you may remember trump called for a boycott of baseball after the league moved the all-star game out of atlanta over georgia s restrictive voting laws. game five is tonight in atlanta. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i m kim brunhuber. i ll be back in a moment with more news. please do stick with us.