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Miami & Wade Welcome LeBron and Bosh
Now the Heat have their big three – Two Superstars and one all-star – LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining Dwyane Wade. The welcome arranged at the American Airlines Arena looked more like a boxing night arranged by Don King or some WWE Pay-Per-View by Vince McMahon.
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Blast From the Past – When Fernando Torres Actually Scored
Fernando Torres has been horrible this World Cup, not being able to find the net in five matches (four starts) for Spain so far. I’m not sure he’ll open today, he certainly doesn’t deserve to, but still, this is the man who delivered in the 2008 Euro final against Germany, Spain’s first and only title in over 40 years.
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Soccer is Painful, Even When You Win
Carlos Tevez sending a ball straight into Per Mertesacker’s face.
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Mikael Pietrus With Powerful Windmill Dunk
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Justice Done? Depends Who’s Looking. Barca Qualify With Away Goal
Two Amazing goals… One huge controversy… The Final Everyone, or almost everyone who’s not a Chelsea fan wanted… Are the heads of European Football happy with the outcome of this one? I’m not so sure…
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Bulls Lose, Highlight of The Night goes to Derrick Roses’ Huge Block on Scalabrine
Derrick Rose adds another piece to his Rookie season with a tremendous block against Brain Scalabrine of the Boston Celtics, who beat the Chicago Bulls and claimed their amazing first round series in 7 games.
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Manchester United move Closer to Title, Beat Boro 2-0
Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at Boro and take a 6 point lead at top of the Premiership with 4 games left to play. While they inch closer to yet another title, Ji Sung Park’s and Ryan Giggs’ goals have made survival for Boro nearly impossible in their remaining 3 games.
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Dikembe Mutombo Retires
After going down in the Rockets Blazers game two nights ago and discovering the severity of his knee injury, Dikembe Mutombo announced his retirement from the NBA and the game of basketball, who said goodbye to one of the nicest and most generous players to play in National Basketball Association.
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Best Players on Tour Without a Grand Slam
Besides Novak Djokovic winning the Australian Open in 2008, it seems the Slams in the past few years have belonged almost completely to Roger Federer and, more and more, Rafael Nadal—but not much besides those two. Federer’s decline seems much more obvious this year, while Nadal, although winning three out of the last four grand slams, seems beatable off the clay, if he’s played correctly. Things seem a bit more open, and more players can join the chase for the big titles, even those who haven’t won one in their career. Here’s my list of the best six players today without a Slam title and their future chances of winning one.
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2009 NBA Playoffs: Who Has the Most to Prove?
As with each post season, some players have more to lose than others. Here are these years men with the target cross on their back.