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Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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Lakers win, take 3-2
lead
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LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers held off the Utah Jazz 111-104
on Wednesday to move within one victory of advancing in the National
Basketball (NBA) Association playoffs.
Pau Gasol made two key baskets
down the stretch for the Lakers, who took a three-games-to-two lead
in the best-of-7 Western Conference second-round series.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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No
place like home as Celtics down Cavaliers
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BOSTON: The Boston Celtics rallied for a 96-89
victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday to move within one
game of advancing in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
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All-Asian
Thomas Cup semis too close to call
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JAKARTA: Coaches admit the semifinals of the Thomas
Cup team championships are too close to call but whoever wins will
be from Asia, once again underlining regional dominance on the
badminton court.
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Pacquiao
targets early knockout win
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ONLY eight fighters so far have won four world boxing
championships in four separate weight categories and Filipino ring
hero Manny Pacquiao hopes to join that elite list...
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Burger
King stuns Hapee Toothpaste
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BURGER KING kept its poise under pressure and hacked
out a 70-69 win over Hapee Toothpaste to stay alive in the
Philippine Basketball League Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup semifinals
series on Thursday.
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Ateneo
battles USJ-R, Lyceum vs. La Salle-Bacolod
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ATENEO de Manila and Lyceum try to slam the semis
door shut on guest teams University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R)
and University of St. La Salle-Bacolod (USLS) as they shoot for the
pair of wins...
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BOXER SHORTS
By Ed C. Tolentino
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Heavy
lightweights
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MANNY Pacquiao will not be officially a lightweight
(135 pounds) until June 28 when he takes on defending World Boxing
Council (WBC) champion David Diaz, but this early it is safe to say
that PacMan has set the division on fire.
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