(05-20) 10:14 PDT BALTIMORE (AP) – I’ll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move. Yes, I’ll Have Another came out of his thrilling Preakness victory over Bodemeister in “super shape,” trainer Doug O’Neill [...]
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1. Durant Delivers Every Way In Game 4 – ESPN
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant is the most valuable player in these playoffs. Ordinarily it would be foolish to make sweeping generalizations based on one day in one building … but with half the remaining NBA participants in action inside Staples Center on Saturday, I’m confident in these proclamations: The San Antonio Spurs are the [...]
READ MORE »Lakers blaming one another after Game 4 loss to Thunder – Los Angeles Times
The press began to scatter soon after the Lakers‘ 103-100 Game 4 loss to Oklahoma City, leaving Pau Gasol all alone as he stood by his locker. Alone with his regret over committing a costly turnover that contributed to the Lakers squandering a fourth-quarter lead for the second time in three games. Alone with his [...]
READ MORE »Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another feeling ‘super;’ headed to NY for … – Washington Post
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READ MORE »Thunder silence Lakers to take 3-1 series lead – Orlando Sentinel
Forward Durant finished with 31 points and 13 rebounds while guard Russell Westbrook weighed in with 37 points as Oklahoma City stunned a sellout crowd at Staples Center that had sensed a home win. “I wanted to run the shot clock down and get the last shot,” Durant told reporters of his dagger blow of [...]
READ MORE »I’ll Have Another Preakness Kentucky Derby Tell us: Are we looking at a Triple … – USA TODAY
Are we looking at horse racing history? That question will be asked many times over many days in the next three weeks. Will I‘ll Have Another join the ranks of Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Citation and Whirlaway? PREAKNESS: I’ll Have Another one race from sweep TRIPLE CROWN: Dreams often dashed at Belmont PREAKNESS: [...]
READ MORE »Kobe and Pau: It must be the end of their era – OCRegister
LOS ANGELES – What most people fail to understand about Kobe Bryant is that when he fails, he immediately starts thinking about the quickest way he can succeed again. That’s his addiction. And based on what Bryant said after the Lakers‘ Game 4 collapse, Pau Gasol’s his curse. “Pau’s got to be [...]
READ MORE »Chelsea’s players and fans celebrate their Champions League victory – Telegraph.co.uk
Didier Drogba was Chelsea’s hero, scoring the equalising goal in the dying minutes of normal time and netting the spot-kick to win the shootout 4-3. “Today I am smiling. In Moscow it was very difficult, very painful for the players, for the club, for the fans. And today we managed to change it. And again [...]
READ MORE »Nation & world: Chelsea wins UEFA Champions League final – Detroit Free Press
Didier Drogba scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League final after a 1-1 draw on Saturday. The unlikely storyline of an English team beating a German team on penalties in a high-profile match provided a fitting end to a dramatic night, as Chelsea became [...]
READ MORE »Chelsea wins Champions League – Boston.com
“The way we turned things around against Napoli, Barcelona, I think we deserve this trophy,’’ Drogba said. “The last kick of the season and what a way to do it now.’’ Source Article from http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2012/05/20/chelsea_wins_champions_league/
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