May 18, 2013

NBA Playoff Roundup: Heat slides by Bulls 104-94 / Spurs beat Warriors 102-92

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — CHICAGO – So much for South Beach style. The Miami Heat showed again they can get down and dirty. LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Heat followed up the most lopsided playoff win in [...]

NHL Playoff Roundup: Sharks sweep Canucks

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal 13:18 into overtime and the San Jose Sharks completed their first playoff sweep in franchise history, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 Tuesday night. Joe Pavelski scored his second power-play goal of the game to tie it with 4:27 left in regulation. [...]

NHL Playoff Roundup: Pavelski, Couture each score 2 to KO Schneider and give Sharks 5-2 win for 3-0 series lead

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. – Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau took 9 seconds to turn a tight game into a laugher and move the San Jose Sharks to the brink of their first playoff sweep in franchise history. Couture and Marleau scored in rapid succession in the opening minutes of the third [...]

NBA Playoffs Roundup: Joakim Noah helps Bulls beat Nets 99-93 in Game 7 for spot against Miami

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW YORK, N.Y. – Joakim Noah climbed over the baseline seats, his foot that hurt so much two weeks ago that he feared he couldn’t play looking pain-free as he embraced his mother. The first Game 7 in Brooklyn belonged not to the Nets, but to the guy who played here [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Tigers slams Twins 6-1 / Interleague: Indians 14, Phillies 2

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. Verlander (3-2) allowed a run and five hits. He struck out eight and walked two. Vance Worley [...]

NBA Playoff Roundup: Spurs hammer Lakers 120-89 to grab 3-0 series lead

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Tim Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of first-round playoff elimination with a 120-89 victory in Game 3 on Friday night, the worst home playoff loss in franchise history. Tony Parker had 20 [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Valbuena homers in the ninth as Cubs edge Marlins 4-3

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI – Luis Valbuena hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the ninth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night. The Marlins fell to 5-17, matching the worst start in franchise history through 22 games according to STATS. Miami had the [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Rangers shutout Mariners 7-0

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – Yu Darvish struck out 10 while allowing only three hits over seven innings for Texas, and the Rangers had their biggest inning of the season in a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. In his first start in a week, and 33rd in the major [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Rays hit 3 HRs but 5-4 loss to Orioles add to skid / Interleague: Yankees 4, D’backs 2

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters homered, Nate McLouth scored twice, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the struggling Tampa Bay Rays despite allowing three home runs. The Orioles let a four-run cushion dwindle to 5-4 in the eighth, but held on for their fifth straight home win over the Rays, dating to last [...]

NHL Roundup: Kessel lifts Maple Leafs to 4-3 win over Rangers

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — TORONTO — Phil Kessel scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night to open an important home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference rivals. Toronto (22-13-4) remained fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, moving four points ahead of idle Ottawa [...]