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Pierce helps Celtics rally, take lead over Lakers with Game 4 victory (Sports, 24 articles)
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The Lakers lost a 24-point lead in historic fashion, a stagger turning into a numbing collapse against the Boston Celtics, who took Game 4 of the NBA Finals, 97-91, Thursday at Staples Center. Kobe Bryant led the way with 36 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 87-81 to win game three of the NBA finals. The Lakers went into the game knowing defeat would almost certainly end their hopes of a 15th NBA title, with no team ever having come back from a 3-0 deficit in the play-offs. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kevin Garnett needs to emerge from his scoring slump in the NBA finals if the Boston Celtics are going to win their record 17th title, Coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday. Lakers coach Phil Jackson called the loss a "down game" for the Celtics but said the Eastern Conference champions were primed for a comeback in Thursday's Game Four. Boston rallied from a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-91 on Thursday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in this history-rich series and move within one victory of a 17th championship that seemed impossible a year ago.
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Cabrera's walk-off fuels Tigers' sweep of Sox :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: White Sox (Sports, 12 articles)
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Gross then delivered his third homer of the season on an 0-2 pitch from lefty Matt Thornton (1-1) in the 10th. DETROIT Justin Verlander pitched a four-hitter for his third career complete game and Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. White Sox starter Javier Vazquez (6-5) gave up five runs and 10 hits in six innings, walking three and striking out nine.
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Hicks, Streelman tied for lead; Woods narrowly misses par - (Sports, 25 articles)
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LA JOLLA The 108th U.S. Open rolled out the green carpet Thursday and produced a full-on rock star treatment the Tiger-Phil-Scott trio and of course, no one in that group took the first-round lead at Torrey Pines. SAN DIEGO - Kevin Streelman, who made his first surprise visit to the top of the leader board at Torrey Pines Golf Course five months ago during the Buick Invitational, made his second appearance there on Thursday. Playing his first competitive round since undergoing surgery after April's U.S. Masters, Woods countered two double bogeys with three birdies yet looked unsteady at the 18th tee.
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Luiz Felipe Scolari has CV to match Chelsea players' ambitions (Sports, 12 articles)
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The Brazilian, who will take over as manager at Stamford Bridge next month, will be given an unlimited transfer budget by Roman Abramovich, the club's owner, and has proposed signing Kaka and Deco. Unlike Avram Grant, who took more than six months to earn the grudging respect of his players, Scolari will have their immediate backing, possessing the credentials and charisma to leave even established internationals quaking in their boots. The Portugal coach, who will take over as Chelsea manager next month, has a reputation as a stern disciplinarian, which should not come as much of a surprise because his own philandering days were short and sweet.
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At Minicamp, 2 Giants Are Conspicuous by Their Absence (Sports, 7 articles)
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - As the Giants took the field for the first time in the post- Michael Strahan era, it was the absence of two other stars that threatened the team's harmony and quickly dimmed its championship glow. Tight end Jeremy Shockey, who missed the Super Bowl run with a broken leg and asked for a trade this off-season, came to the minicamp but stayed indoors while other injured players watched workouts from the practice field sideline. Burress reported to the Giants' mandatory minicamp Wednesday but refused to work out because he wasn't happy with the way contract negotiations are progressing between the team and agent Drew Rosenhaus.
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Del Negro, Bulls execs charge into building staff :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Bulls (Sports, 9 articles)
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Del Negro admits facing huge challenge; stresses D ' They have the skinny on Vinny Suns analyst says Del Negro will face scrutiny. Hiring a coach who never has coached? THE TROUBLE WITH VINNY How can an NBA team hire a coach who has never been a coach? My Cousin Vinny, we 'll call him. The Chicago Bulls, once the mightiest brand name in professional sports, needed 52 days to hire a coach who never has been a coach of any kind on any level.
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Modell stands first in league for heart, generosity, spirit - (Sports, 4 articles)
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Maybe this year the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee will invoke a statute of limitation on the Ravens' move from Cleveland to Baltimore after the 1995 season and vote former majority owner Art Modell in as a member. This should have been done a few years ago, but apparently there are still hard feelings from several voters on the panel. He helped negotiate with ABC the first Monday night football contract, and put together the first TV network deals that eventually transformed the NFL into the top sports league in the world today
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Austria gets late penalty to earn draw against Poland at Euro 2008 (Sports, 6 articles)
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Deflated Poland coach Leo Beenhakker thinks his team have no chance of qualification after conceding a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Austria. The Dutchman also accused English referee Howard Webb of trying to steal the limelight by awarding the stoppage- time penalty which Ivica Vastic scored. Beenhakker, who has coached Ajax and Real Madrid, also claimed the draw hurt more than the defeat by Germany in their Group B opener.
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Red Wings Give Coach Babcock Three-Year Extension (Sports, 4 articles)
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Pictures of Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay and all the Red Wings greats of the past adorn the walls along with a row of Stanley Cups depicting the franchise's 10 championship seasons. Lidstrom will one day join that elite group, but for now he is a proud member of a gang of five that own three Stanley Cup rings with the Red Wings and are one win away from another. Back in Detroit after a stirring 2-1 victory in Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the Red Wings gathered for what well could be their last off day before a championship parade.
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Wagner blows 3rd straight save as D'backs top Mets (Sports, 10 articles)
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The Mets recent losses have come in a sickening loop, one in which the outcome is sensed before the rest of the grisly plot unfolds. Alou returned from the disabled list last night but left after six innings when Willie Randolph said his previously-injured calf "got a little stiff" during the game's 61-minute rain delay. After Wagner flushed Mike Pelfrey's gem, Beltran smacked a two-run, walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Mets a 5-3 victory over the Diamondbacks, snapping a five-game skid.
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Robles sets hurdles record at Ostrava (Sports, 5 articles)
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Robles, 21, set his record at a meet in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, shaving by one-hundredth of a second the record time of Liu Xiang of China, the 2004 Olympic champion and the favorite in Beijing this August. Liu, who set his record in 2006 and has become highly visible in China as a star athlete and corporate pitchman, did not participate in Thursday's race. Bolt was using the 100 for "speed work" and to avoid having to run the more grueling 400, when, suddenly, he ran the world's second-fastest time a few weeks ago at 9.76.
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John Rauch, 80; Coached Raiders in 2nd Super Bowl (Sports, 4 articles)
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John Rauch, who coached the Oakland Raiders in the second Super Bowl and was later O. J. Simpson s first coach in professional football, with the Buffalo Bills, died Tuesday at his home in Oldsmar, Fla., near Tampa. A celebrated college quarterback at the University of Georgia, Rauch was also a devotee of the passing game as a coach. In his three years in Oakland, his regular-season record was 33-8-1, the best winning percentage of any coach of the franchise.
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Joba Improves in Second Start as Yankees Slip Past Royals (Sports, 8 articles)
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June 9, 2008 WELL before pitch counts rather than pitch locations determined how far a starter could go in a game, Dwight Gooden failed to get beyond the fifth inning in any of his first three major league outings. Chamberlain lasted 2 1-3 innings and Roy Halladay held the New York Yankees in check despite some control problems of his own, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night. FIRST DOWN & LONG JOBA SUFFERS SLOW START IN NEW GIG June 4, 2008 - HARLAN Chamberlain arrived at Yankee Stadium at 4:45 yesterday afternoon with family members and went directly to Monument Park.
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Twenty20 cricket prize will knock the game out of shape (Sports, 6 articles)
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A Texan-born real-estate billionaire, Sir Allen Stanford, flew in by helicopter to be greeted by some of cricket's biggest names - Sir Ian Botham, Sir Viv Richards, Sir Garry Sobers, Sir Uncle Tom Cobley and all. Blind cricket has been played around the world for decades but recently a modified form of the game was introduced to cricket-mad Bangladesh. England head coach Peter Moores is hoping Friday's Twenty20 international against New Zealand gets his players into form for the one-day series.
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Ravens' Ogden doesn't 'toe' line about retirement (Sports, 5 articles)
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Former players like offensive tackle Orlando Brown and guard Harry Swayne and former team president David Modell made their way to the team's training complex in Owings... Kudos for Johnson. April 20, 1996: Instead of addressing the need for a running back, the Ravens draft Ogden over troubled Lawrence Phillips. Ogden wears a black-and-white Ravens cap because the team didn't have official colors nor a logo.
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Seniors' drive will lead Blue Jays to another crown - (Sports, 5 articles)
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Pietramala had to say goodbye to midfielders Paul Rabil, Stephen Peyser, Matt Bocklet and George Castle; attackmen Kevin Huntley and Michael Doneger and defenseman Eric Zerrlaut " You don't fill the shoes of a Paul Rabil, just like you didn't fill the shoes of a Kyle Harrison. Duke entered the game averaging slightly more than 15 goals a game, but the Blue Devils never found a rhythm against the Blue Jays.
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Benson ranks as Bears biggest bust :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Bears (Sports, 4 articles)
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The rest of the NFL confirmed Thursday what the Bears finally acknowledged Monday: Cedric Benson, their highest draft pick in 28 years, also ranks as the biggest bust in team history. As recently as the Bears¹ minicamp at the end of May, the team was encouraged by Benson¹s progress in rehab. The Bears have been looking for some positive news since cutting Cedric Benson after his second alcohol-related arrest in five weeks, and they finally got some Wednesday.
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Williams now has wisdom to complement his speed - (Sports, 4 articles)
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WITH THE U.S. Olympic trials about two months away, sprinter Bernard Williams is no longer running from his past or struggling with his future. " I 'm 26 years old now said Williams after an early morning workout at the University of Florida in Gainesville. It was just the exuberance of a 22-year-old who had overcome deplorable living conditions in Baltimore, then had the biggest moment of his life on the world's largest stage.
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