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Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
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Lakers can only look to future after defeat
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BOSTON: After one of the most lopsided losses in National Basketball
Association history, the Los Angeles Lakers could only look to the
future and hope to take some lessons from a historic rout.
The Boston Celtics humiliated the Lakers 131-92
here Tuesday to win the NBA Finals four games to two, inflicting the
worst defeat of any title-clinching game in NBA history and the
second-worst blowout in any finals game.
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MVP Pierce takes his place
among Celtics legends
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BOSTON: It took 10 years of persistence but Paul Pierce has finally
done what it takes to deserve being mentioned among the greatest
players in the history of the Boston Celtics—win an NBA title.
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Federer faces Wimbledon dogfight with Nadal
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LONDON: Roger Federer’s traditional Wimbledon waltz is set to be
transformed into an All England Club dogfight as Rafael Nadal plots
to shatter the world No.1’s dream of a record sixth successive
title.
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‘Glam Slam’ Wimbledon
displays million dollar babes
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LONDON: With their supermodel looks and superpowered tennis, Ana
Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova are braced for a multimillion-dollar
battle of the babes at Wimbledon.
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RP paddlers bag two medals in China
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THE rookie-laden RP women’s team won one gold
and one bronze medal in the 5th China Nanning International Dragon
Boat Invitational held recently in South Lake Park in Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region.
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Oriental Mindoro keeps title bid alive
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TANDAG CITY, Oriental Mindoro: flexed its muscle Tuesday to stay in
the hunt as overnight solo leader Bacolod City-Negros faltered in
the 1st Vicente Pimentel, Sr. Memorial Inter-Provinces Chess Team
Championship at the Polytechnic State College Gymnasium.
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Air21 gains Quarterfinal
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IMPORT Steven Thomas played true to form as Air 21 downed Welcoat
91-87 Wednesday to gain a quarterfinal slot in the 2008 Smart-PBA
Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
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