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76ers fight back to tie series with Celtics
By Gene Cherry in Raleigh North Carolina | Reuters – (Reuters) – The Philadelphia 76ers roared back from an early 14-point deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics 92-83 and tie their Eastern Conference semi-final series at 2-2 on Friday. Andre Iguodala scored five consecutive points to break a 83-83 tie and Jodie Meeks finished off the visiting Celtics with four free throws in succession as Boston failed to score in the final 98 seconds
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Why Baseball Managers Don't Make The (Relative) Big Bucks
Forbes released its list of the top-10 highest paid coaches in American sports on Tuesday. Bill Belichick tops the list; he makes $7.5 million per year
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Phillies over .500 for 1st time since Opening Day
By DAN GELSTON | Associated Press – PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies are mighty proud of their run of five straight NL East championships. So don’t expect a new slogan on the cover of the game program: “The Phillies : Best Last-Place Team in Baseball!” Slowly, the Phillies are finding their winning ways in the most competitive division in baseball. Roy Halladay pitched the Phillies past the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win.
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Fenway Park's 100th anniversary inspires 'Color of Baseball in Boston' exhibit
The West Newton Colored Giants in 1936. (Photo courtesy of Historic Newton) By Zuri Berry, Boston.com Staff How interested are you in the best baseball player “you have never heard of”? That’s one of the tie-ins for the Museum of African American History in Boston’s new exhibit, “The Color of Baseball in Boston.” Riding the fanfare of Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary, the museum has put together a collection of rare photographs and articles of clothing of black baseball players in Massachusetts from the 19th and early 20th century
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GM Bob Myers ready to mold Warriors into winners (Yahoo! Sports)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Bob Myers slides into a booth at a swanky restaurant on the second floor of the downtown Oakland Marriott, skims over the menu and smiles about his coming order. ”I’m going to surprise you,” he says
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Celtics have new life in those old legs vs. 76ers (Yahoo! Sports)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Kevin Garnett turns 36 on Saturday, a youthful age for any man, except for the rare ones with nearly 55,000 punishing minutes absorbed on an NBA floor. Garnett knows all the ageist labels attached to the Boston Celtics . How they’re called The Over The Hill Gang, and the wisecracks about flashing AARP cards before they check into a game, and how each crucial postseason game raises questions about The Big Three’s last hurrah
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Frozen Grounds: NHL trophies and awards
By Cassie McClellan – Staff Writer Finalists for the NHL regular season awards have been announced. Here are descriptions of some of the awards
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Devils rally past Rangers, 3-2, tie series, 1-1
By IRA PODELL | Associated Press – NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers don’t like being all even after two games, but they sure are used to it. For the third straight series, the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded team has failed to build on an opening-game win, and now they have yielded home-ice advantage yet again
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Celtics top 76ers 107-91 in Game 3 for 2-1 lead (Yahoo! Sports)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Kevin Garnett yapped his way down the court after big baskets and clearly enjoyed taking it to the 76ers .
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Celtics top 76ers 107-91 in Game 3 for 2-1 lead
By DAN GELSTON | Associated Press – PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Garnett yapped his way down the court after big baskets and clearly enjoyed taking it to the 76ers . Rajon Rondo pushed the ball and relentlessly attacked the lane. Paul Pierce gutted out a knee injury and grinded his way to the free throw line
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