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Does the NBA Need the Miami Heat to Win? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:28 +0000

The San Antonio Spurs were mere minutes from an NBA title, but some big mistakes—and clutch shooting from Miami—forced a Game 7. Is that the way the NBA wants it? Ever since Michael Jordan retired, the NBA has been trying to recover in the popularity contest. Enter 2003, and LeBron James. He’s the new face [...]

Charming Fifth-Grade Dodgers Fan Gives Awesome Anti-Giants Graduation Speech

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:21 +0000

You don’t need a degree to know you should stand by your team. In this video, a fifth-grade Los Angeles Dodgers fan speaking at his graduation opens up about the pain he felt when the San Francisco Giants won the World Series. Apparently, Casey is the lone Dodgers fan in the school and watching his [...]

Central Maine Sports Headlines: Sox Sweep Rays; Heat Force Game 7

Townsquare Media — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:25:03 +0000

Boston Bruins: Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals is Wednesday in Boston with the Bruins leading the Chicago Blackhawks in the best of 7 series, 2-1. -Game 5 Sat. 22 @ Chicago -Game 6 Mon. 24 @ Boston -Game 7 Wed. 26 @ Chicago NHL: Portland Pirates: UMaine Hockey: Boston Red Sox: swept a [...]

Over Thirteen Years in the Making: Fans Reflect on the Increasingly Layered Feud Between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays

Ben Berkon — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:42:57 +0000

On Monday, June 10, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays game turned into a bench-clearing brawl after Red Sox starter John Lackey intentionally threw at Rays outfielder Matt Joyce. It wasn’t a particularly exciting baseball fight: there weren’t any suplexes, no was one carted off the field in a neck brace, and heck, [...]

Who Is the Best Goalie in the Stanley Cup Finals? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:40:08 +0000

So far the Stanley Cup Finals have lived up to playoff hockey’s reputation for thrilling action, and the two men between the posts are leading the way with some fantastic work. Which goalie has played the best? Both Boston’s Tuukka Rask and Chicago’s Corey Crawford have taken their teams into overtime and come out victorious. [...]

Watch 91-Year-Old Weightlifter Make History With Record-Setting Bench Press

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:39:10 +0000

If this doesn’t motivate you to get to the gym, nothing will. Ninety-one-year-old Sy Perlis, of Surprise, Arizona, recently set a world record in the 90-and-over category by lifting 187.5 pounds at the National Push-Pull Bench Press and Dead Lift Championships The World War Two veteran is relatively late to the lifting game, having first [...]

Is It Fair for the NFL to Ban Purses at Games? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:54:07 +0000

The NFL’s new purse policy has many female fans angry. Is it fair to ban handbags from stadiums? News broke over the weekend that the NFL had enacted a new policy for the start of the 2013 season. From now on, standard-size purses will not be allowed inside stadiums. As you can imagine, this isn’t [...]

Alfond Youth Center Wraps Up TBall

Sharon Buck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:54:07 +0000

It was a great turnout at Little Fenway in Oakland on Thursday when the four T-Ball teams gathered to play their last game of the summer.

And next year, Anderson moves up to the Cal Ripken Little League!

Sprint Cup Recap — Quicken Loans 400

Tommy Joe Martins — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:14:18 +0000

In a role reversal from last week’s race in Pocono, Greg Biffle held off a late charge from Jimmie Johnson to take home the victory Sunday at the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. But, he got a little help. Johnson started 10th on the race’s final restart, and had been reeling Biffle in [...]

2013 U.S. Open Recap — Justin Rose Wins the U.S. Open

Joe Student — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:59:02 +0000

Justin Rose shot a final round 70 on Sunday to win the 2013 U.S. Open golf championship at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. and capture his first major title.Rose recorded a par on the 18th hole to wrap up the title on the challenging suburban Philadelphia course. Rose’s tournament score of 281 was two [...]