Category: Sports

Three overtimes, three disqualifications, one 40-point game and one 20-point, 20-rebound game. Excessive numbers but that’s what it took to decide an epic Game four between the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder on May 9. The Thunder erased an 18-point first half deficit to upend Memphis 133-123 and even the best-of-seven series 2-2 in […]

The Miami Heat are just one win away from their goal of reaching the NBA Eastern Conference Finals after surviving the Boston Celtics, 98-90, on May 9 in Game 4 of the second round best-of-seven series. It took an extra overtime period for the Heat to escape the TD Garden in Boston with a 3-1 […]

Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his WBO Welterweight title on May 7 in a unanimous decision over former welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The most anticipated fight of the year lasted the full 12 rounds, but Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) spent nearly every one of them chasing Mosley, who only seemed interested in making it to the […]

Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo didn’t let a badly dislocated left elbow stop him from returning to the court in the third quarter and helping Boston hold off the Miami Heat, 97-81, in game 3 of their second-round series. Rondo got tangled up with Heat guard Dwyane Wade and both fell to the floor, but […]

Poised to deliver the knockout blow to the reeling Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks didn’t hold back, delivering a 122-86 haymaker in game four to sweep Los Angeles out of the postseason in front of a booming crowd at American Airlines Center in Dallas on May 8. It was a record-setting day for the […]

The Atlanta Hawks has once again tied the series with the No. 1 seed Chicago Bulls following a dominant home stand Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Playoff second round. The score was locked at 80 with five minutes left in the game, but the Hawks then went on a 20-8 run to seal the […]

The Dallas Mavericks have the Los Angeles Lakers right where they want them, a place that no one expected the defending champs to be: facing a sweep. All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki pumped in a game-high 32 points and the Mavericks put the Lakers one game away from an early summer vacation with a 98-92 victory […]

Derrick Rose continued to prove why he was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, leading the Chicago Bulls to a 2-1 series lead over the Atlanta Hawks with a 99-82 victory in game three on May 6. Rose, a point guard who has the green light to shoot, scored a career-playoff-high 44 points with seven […]

With the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in a 3-0 hole, maybe it’s time to start considering the next heir apparent to the Western Conference’s throne. Why not the Memphis Grizzlies? With each passing playoff game the Grizzlies continue to surprise. For their latest trick, Memphis overcame a 16-point deficit to upend the Oklahoma City […]

Former undisputed world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins stirred up racial controversy last November when he told reporters he doesn’t believe current top rated boxer Manny Pacquiao can beat African-American fighters. Hopkins’ made his claim immediately following Pacquiao’s win over Antonio Margarito in a “plan-b” fight that was arranged after failing to agree to a fight […]