ESPN SportsCenter- May 16, 1997 (Early evening edition)

Get the latest scoop with Kenny Mayne and Bob Ley as they report on a brawl at the end of an NBA playoff game between the New York Knicks and Miami Heat leading to numerous suspensions, Tiger Woods' strong performance at the Byron Nelso classic, Sean Kemp's $5000 fine and Kevin Willis' $10,000 fine during last night's Rockets-Supersonics playoff game, the Chicago Cubs 16-7 win over the San Diego Padres, thoughts and comments ahead of tomorrow's Preakness, Larry Beil's thoughts on Game 1 of the Wings-Avalanche NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs match, tonight's Cover Story featuring the Flyers' Eric Lindros, hockey analyst Darren Pang, Sal Paolantonio from Madison Square Garden, a couple of European clay court tennis tournament highlights, today's golf highlights and leaderboards, Johnny O'Connell's crash during Indy 500 qualifying, and a preview of tonight's opening series game of the NHL's eastern conference finals between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers on this edition of SportsCenter.

[@beavis5067]

Back when SC was worth watching.

[@pannoni1491]

Just like how SC made the local paper and SI less relevant, ESPN.com and other online media really eroded the purpose of SC. But the reporting was another key difference and on a higher degree of quality.

[@nostradumass6248]

sal pal covering the nba is crazy

[@matthewpayton]

How long is sports center minus the ads?