Archive for May, 2010
Yeah, Artest just did that — final minute epitomizes career
the 3-pointers missed and made in the final seconds, Kobe Bryants contested, game-winning attempt getting a stunning assis one image will be forever burned into my memory. This is the moment I will remember about Lakers 103, Suns 101, in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Thursday night: Steve Nash standing under the basket [...]
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Short Hops: Wells is leading resurgence in Toronto, without Halladay
Short hops, quick pops and backhand stops: • Roy Halladay is long gone, but the Toronto Blue Jays are not forgotten. Though they just slipped back into fourth place in the AL East on Wednesday, V ranks seventh in the American League with a 2.82 ERA and Jose Bautista leads the majors with 15 homers. After [...]
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Enraged Howard returns physical favor to Celtics
I could use this space to call Dwight Howard dirty. Sure I could. With a mixture of spastically flailing arms and technically pinpoint elbows, he laid to waste damn near half the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. He smashed Rajon Rondo to the floor twice. He bent Paul Pierce backward. He knocked Glen Davis out. [...]
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Tough Cup pick: Little separates turnaround finalists
Ed Snider has owned the Philadelphia Flyers since they joined the league in 1967 and has seen just about everything there is to see in the NHL in that time. Chris Pronger (20) scored the winning goal for the Flyers in the regular-season meeting. (AP) And yet he was marveling after the Flyers won the [...]
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Ace won’t be on Phillies’ list when they go starter shopping
The Phillies arent hitting. Their closer this week is Jose Contreras. And in the July trading market, theyll go shopping for a starting pitcher. Dont they always? Well, only for four consecutive years. “Weve set a trend,” general manager Ruben Amaro admitted Wednesday. Amaro wont make any predictions for this July, but others in the [...]
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Bet Tampa Bay Rays – Are The Tampa Bay Rays For Real In 2009?
Tampa Bay was a massive online betting surprise two years ago when they made a stunning run to the World Series, where they were beaten by Philadelphia. The Rays then took a step backwards in 2009, but they look to be back on the right track this season. Here are a few reasons why the [...]
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Frye, bench come through as Phoenix evens Western finals
The Los Angeles Lakers were outnumbered and outplayed in the desert. The Phoenix Suns got a decisive performance from their hustling bench to overcome Kobe Bryants 38-point, 10-assist performance and beat the Lakers 115-106 in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night. A series that looked like a Lakers breeze a week [...]
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Richards proves he’s heart and soul of Flyers
PHILADELPHIA -– Mike Richards admitted that it was on his mind the night before. Coming clean meant the Flyers captain was copping to a violation of what had become a sacrosanct team mantra about not looking beyond the next game in these playoffs. And for Richards to concede he had even considered lifting the Prince [...]
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Power Rankings: Quarter conclusion is clear: Rays great
I get way too caught up in the enchantment and enthusiasm of interleague baseball. I squeal as AL managers scrunch their brows in a futile attempt to unlock the Euclidean minutiae of a double-switch. I hold my breath as pitchers risk their livelihood by jogging down the first-base line after they ground out to second. [...]
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Howard dominates, Nelson gets hot in OT as Magic stay alive
Put away the brooms. Hold off on those “Beat L.A!” chants. The Boston Celtics still have some work to do before they can play for their second NBA title in three years. Dwight Howard had 32 points and 16 rebounds, and Jameer Nelson made back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime to lead the Orlando Magic to a [...]
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