Manu Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win (The Associated Press)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. Go to Source

NBA-Heat need rare win streak to keep NBA title hopes alive (Reuters)

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO, June 15 (Reuters) – Stringing together a two-game win streak sounds routine for the reigning champion Miami Heat, but they have failed to do it for more than three weeks and must do so in the NBA Finals or risk losing their crown. A victory in Sunday’s Game Five of [...]

Heat need rare win streak to keep NBA title hopes alive (Reuters)

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Stringing together a two-game win streak sounds routine for the reigning champion Miami Heat, but they have failed to do it for more than three weeks and must do so in the NBA Finals or risk losing their crown. A victory in Sunday’s Game Five of the best-of-seven [...]

Was Wilt Chamberlain almost once traded to the Chicago Bulls, for Chicago Blackhawk Bobby Hull? (Ball Don’t Lie)

The Chicago Blackhawks are gearing up for Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, attempting to win its second championship in four years after taking a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. That 2010 NHL title was the team’s first in 39 years, and though the team maintained a [...]

Pitch, Hit & Run finalists compete at Minute Maid

Baseball’s future was on display Saturday morning at Minute Maid Park, as 22 boys and girls between the ages of 7-14 participated in the Astros’ championship of Major League Baseball’s Pinch, Hit & Run competition. Go to Source

Kids have fun at Pitch, Hit and Run competition

From every corner of Braves Country — six different states in all — 23 boys and girls ages 7-14 came to Turner Field on Saturday morning to show off their baseball fundamentals in the same facilities as their big league idols in the Pitch, Hit and Run Atlanta championship sponsored by Scotts. Go to Source

Kids display talents at Pitch, Hit & Run competition

Aided by his arm accuracy, Jimmy Hickey was the top boy finisher in his age group Saturday at Progressive Fieldduring the Cleveland team championship level of Pitch, Hit & Run, a North American skills competition presented by Scotts. Go to Source

NBA-Heat coach unfazed by intensity of title defense (Reuters)

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO, June 14 (Reuters) – Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat breezed through the regular season mostly untouched but the coach of the defending NBA champions is not fazed his team has been unable to dominate the playoffs the same way. The Heat, who had a 27-game win streak in the regular season, [...]

Heat coach unfazed by intensity of title defense (Reuters)

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat breezed through the regular season mostly untouched but the coach of the defending NBA champions is not fazed his team has been unable to dominate the playoffs the same way. The Heat, who had a 27-game win streak in the regular season, were pushed [...]

NBA-Heat coach unfazed by intensity of title defense (Reuters)

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO, June 14 (Reuters) – Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat breezed through the regular season mostly untouched but the coach of the defending NBA champions is not fazed his team has been unable to dominate the playoffs the same way. The Heat, who had a 27-game win streak in the regular season, [...]

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• Spurs, Heat defined by stability at the top (The Associated Press)
• Dwyane Wade’s scoring impact is historically crucial to this year’s Miami Heat team (Ball Don’t Lie)
• Down 3-2 in the NBA Finals, Heat glad to go home (Yahoo! Sports)
• Heat perplexed at inability to catch fire in Finals (Reuters)
• Danny Green sets NBA Finals record for most three-pointers in a series (Video) (Ball Don’t Lie)
• Heat-Spurs NBA Finals Game 5: 7 big questions (Ball Don’t Lie)
• Dwyane Wade’s scoring impact is historically crucial to this year’s Miami Heat team (Ball Don’t Lie)
• Down 3-2 in the NBA Finals, Heat glad to go home (Yahoo! Sports)
• Green’s 3-point prowess propels Spurs (The SportsXchange)
• Nerlens Noel meets with Wizards and talks draft, hair style (NBC Sports)