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What you missed while hitting Bullock's knuckles repeatedly with your face ... • NBA Finals: Shaq gets schooled, ducks press, gets fined, Mavs go up 2-0 on Heat. • Franch Open: Nadal wins it all ... come on, he was player Federer. Nadal owns Federer. • MLB: Cubs beat Reds 9-3, ushering in baseball's...

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• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina 1, Edmonton 2. Well, when you can't figure anything else out, just plow into the goalie and hope for the best. Seems like it's a series now....

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• MLB: Phillies 8, Nationals 9. Twelve innings and thirteen pitchers used in this one. The 10,000th fan in the building today gets to throw the 9th inning for the Nationals....

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What you missed while reading up on this sport called "soccer" that they speak of ... • NBA Finals: Terry's 32 help solid-hoofed herbivorous mammals beat the Heat in Game 1. • French Open: Say it with us; Justine Henin-Hardenne. No, once again you've mispronounced it. Anyway, she's in the finals aft...

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What you missed while trying to figure out if your child is the antichrist ... • NHL Playoffs: Someone had better inform Edmonton that this is only a best-of-seven series. 'Canes go up 2-0 behind Ward. • MLB: Carl Everett, of all people, homers in 11th to lead Mariners over Twins 11-10. • Tennis: Ra...

Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
We have made no secret of our obsession with Mike Tyson's Punch Out, and, specifically, our lifetime 1-2,419 record against the Tyson of the title. No excuses: We just weren't good enough....

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What you missed while grooming your ocelot ... • MLB: Alex Cintron's three-run homer leads White Sox over Tig ... wait ... Chicago won a game? Seriously? • Tennis: Venus eclipsed by 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in hot, girl-on-girl action at the French Open. • Golf: Vaidisova? She's positively ancie...

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What you missed while teaching your tortoise to use the computer ... • NHL Playoffs: Prehistoric Fossil Fuels lose game, Roloson, possibly series to 'Canes. • MLB: Bonds' 716th homer will have an asterisk; not because of steroids, but because it came against the Marlins. • No soup for you! Wie fails...

The Philles Will Crush Your Children
Here's something we missed from yesterday, via Philadelphia Will Do: It's Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal attacking a little girl in the stands. Well, kind of. Poor kid: Guy didn't even apologize. Moral of the story: The seats at Dodger Stadium, they're way too close to the field, man....

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What you missed while bribing the punk kids with a bike ... • French Open: An American in Paris. James Blake ousted, leaving Venus Williams as the last U.S. participant. • MLB: Feliz Navidad. Pedro Feliz wins it in 12th for Giants over Mets. • Motor Sports: The Pros From Dover. Kenseth rallies over ...

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• NBA Playoffs: Mavericks 102, Suns 93. If Avery Johnson's performance as coach of the Mavs proves anything, it's that no matter how goofy your voice might be... you can still succeed in life. Inspirational. • Tennis: Dinara Safina defeats Maria Sharapova. 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. And thus, I am very angry wi...

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• NBA Playoffs: Heat 95, Pistons 78. It must've been a pretty strange evening in Stan Van Gundy's house. • MLB: Yankees 6, Orioles 5. If he keeps up with this clutch hitting, fans are really going to start liking this Derek Jeter guy. • MLB: Reds 14, Astros 3. Houston starter Wandy Rodriguez watched...

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What you missed while rescuing Pete Coors, again, from the mountains ... • The Big Five-O: Mavs' Nowitzki helps put Suns on the brink. • A Mighty Wind: Hurricanes oust Sabres, gain NHL finals. • MLB: Indians' Belliard helps send White Sox packing, 12-8....

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What you missed while authorities dug for Jimmy Hoffa under your garden shed ... • NBA Playoffs: The moment the Heat lost the Conference Finals to the Pistons. Here's another angle. And another. Sit down! • MLB: Pujols gets 65th RBI to lead Cards over Astros 4-3, as ghost of Hack Wilson begins to ge...

Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
It's the end of the game, and you never know what's gonna happen if you just release a buzzer-beater heave from all the way across the court. What could possibly go wrong?...

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What you missed while watching Jesus rise again ... • NBA Playoffs: May we all just pause a moment to quietly admire the concept of 10-for-13 shooting? Ah, thanks, Leandro Barbosa. Suns even series with Mavs 2-2. • MLB: Giambi's homer in the 11th leads Yankees to 11-6 win over Tigers, as we get thro...

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What you missed while at the library ... • NBA Playoffs: Heat go up 3-1 on Pistons, and we still don't know if they're a verb or a noun. • MLB: Wood gets first win in 10 months as Cubs top Reds 7-3. Repeat: The Curse of the Woodman is over. • Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins French opener, eclipsing Guille...

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• NBA Playoffs: Pistons 83, Heat 98. Dwyane Wade had 35, Shaq had 27, and the Pistons had better start thinking about being concerned. Tom Brady seemed to be enjoying himself in his pretty white suit, though....

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• MLB: Mets 1, Marlins 5. Rookie Josh Johnson got the better of Pedro Martinez. And speaking of Pedro and johnson, check out the note here about a nude Pedro offering his boxing gloves to a couple of reporters yesterday....

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What you missed while hanging upside down above a trampoline ... • NBA Playoffs: The Pistons we know and love are back, blowing sweet kisses to Shaq and the Heat ... • NHL Playoffs: The Ducks are not done! They need a couple more hours in the oven before the Oilers are ready to dig in. • MLB: Becket...