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In brief: Slugging Gators belt four homers in win

Florida's Buddy Reed celebrates at the dugout after his two-run home run against Miami. (Associated Press)

College World Series: Harrison Bader led off the game with the first of Florida’s four home runs, Alex Faedo and two relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the Gators knocked Miami out of the College World Series with a 10-2 win Wednesday night at Omaha.

It was the second time in five days the Gators (51-17) dominated Miami, and now they’ll play Virginia on Friday needing to beat the Cavaliers twice to reach next week’s best-of-three finals.

The Hurricanes (50-17) went 1-2 in their first CWS appearance since 2008.

Two nights after Virginia beat Florida 1-0 on a two-hitter, the Gators’ offense was back to its usual prolific self against the Hurricanes. The Gators outscored Miami 25-5 in the two CWS meetings, with Saturday’s 15-3 win the most lopsided postseason loss in Miami history.

Buddy Reed, Richie Martin and Peter Alonso also homered for the Gators.

Warriors return to Oakland

NBA: The Golden State Warriors are back in the Bay Area as NBA champions for the first time in 40 years.

With more than 100 team employees in yellow and blue shirts cheering them outside a private terminal, the Warriors were welcomed back to Oakland on Wednesday with the Larry O’Brien Trophy in hand. The team spent Tuesday night in Cleveland – though they didn’t really sleep – after beating LeBron James and the Cavaliers 105-97 in the Game 6 clincher.

A championship parade is planned Friday in downtown Oakland.

Lee on trade block: Less than 24 hours after winning their first NBA title in 40 years, comes word the Golden State Warriors are making plans to trade their highest-paid player, David Lee.

ESPN reported that Lee and the Warriors have agreed to work together to find a new home for Lee, the former All-Star who has been relegated to mostly a spectator on Golden State’s bench.

Henderson stays with Hornets: Guard Gerald Henderson has exercised his player option for the 2015-16 season and will remain with the Charlotte Hornets.

Bulls hire Boylen: The Chicago Bulls have hired Jim Boylen as new coach Fred Hoiberg’s top assistant. Boylen has 29 years of coaching experience – 17 in the NBA.

Federer advances to quarterfinals

Tennis: Top-seeded Roger Federer moved closer to a record eighth title at the Gerry Weber Open by beating Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals at Halle, Germany.

Wawrinka loses to nemesis: French Open champion Stan Wawrinka’s eight-match winning streak ended at Queen’s Club when Kevin Anderson edged him 7-6 (4), 7-6 (11) at London.

It was the South African’s fourth successive win over Wawrinka.

Schmidt signs 2-year deal

NHL: Defenseman Nate Schmidt has signed a $1.6 million, two-year contract to stay with the Washington Capitals.

Devils add assistants: The New Jersey Devils have named Geoff Ward and Alain Nasreddine as assistant coaches for John Hynes.

Texas says hook ’em with beer

Miscellany: The University of Texas will start selling beer and wine to fans at home football games beginning this fall.

Beer and wine were already sold at other sporting events, but Royal-Memorial Stadium had remained alcohol-free.

Goldberg honored: Dave Goldberg, who covered the NFL for The Associated Press for 25 years, posthumously has been given the Dick McCann Award for his distinguished work.

Goldberg, who spent 41 years at the AP and passed away on Feb. 8 from complications following hip surgery, was the wire service’s lead pro football writer from 1984-2009.

Brazil, Serbia reach U-20 final: Brazil beat Senegal 5-0 at Wellington, New Zealand, to join Serbia in the final of the Under-20 World Cup soccer tournament.

Brazil scored three times in the first 19 minutes to earn its final place opposite Serbia, which beat Mali 2-1 in extra time.

Former Mets owner dies: Nelson Doubleday Jr., the publishing scion who bought the New York Mets and shepherded the team to a 1986 World Series title, has died. He was 81.

Doubleday was the grandson of Frank Nelson Doubleday, who founded the publishing company in 1896 and a descendent of Abner Doubleday, the mythical inventor of baseball.

Doubleday partnered with Fred Wilpon to become a majority owner of the last-place Mets in 1980. He was bought out by Wilpon in 2002.