So the NHL finals got underway last night, and the NBA finals begin tonight? It can't be ideal for both sports to share the spotlight like that. I decided to try and figure out whose fault this is, so I looked up the hockey and basketball playoffs from 50 years ago. Turns out the NHL was completely done by the time the NBA finals began back in 1965, but I was surprised to see that both sports crowned champions by April instead of June, emblematic of the expansion of the leagues and their playoffs over the years. A funny thing I saw in my "research" of this question was that ABC took fire for cutting away from the closing minutes of game four of the NBA finals between the Lakers and the Celtics for "previously scheduled programming" (may very well have been to show The Addams Family). Hard to imagine that happening today.

Playoff Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Drink Beer, Neglect Family. Imperial Battle Tactics. Superdrift 3.
Stories:	'Made in China' really doesn’t mean what it used to. Game of Thrones editor killed by lion at safari park. Innocent Wolf Killed After Visitors Break Zoo Rules. Infuriating.
Science:	Researchers Find Textbook-Altering Link Between Brain, Immune System.
Media:	The Colbeard. Thanks nin. Here's How Our Night Sky Would Look If Celestial Bodies Were Closer To Earth. Watch CNN's blooper reel.