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| OKC Thunder Down SA Spurs to Even-Up NBA Western Conference Finals Series at 2-2 |
[Jun. 3rd, 2012|08:59 pm] |
Durant, perfect Ibaka light up Spurs as Thunder tie Western finals at 2-2
CBSSports.com wire reports
June 2, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -- When Lil Wayne turned down Kevin Durant's invitation to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, he missed quite a show by the three-time scoring champion.
Durant scored 18 of his 36 points in a scintillating final 7 minutes, Serge Ibaka added a career-high 26 points and the Thunder evened the series at two games apiece by beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-103 Saturday night. ( Read more... )
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Spurs have a new streak now, and it's the wrong kind
By Royce Young | NBA Blogger
The Spurs have lost a grip on the series. (Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Spurs started a new streak Saturday.
The wrong kind though. After winning 20 straight and going nearly 50 days without a loss the Spurs have now dropped consecutive games, letting the Thunder not only back into the series, but almost losing control of it.
Yeah, they still have homecourt advantage in a best-of-three. Yeah, they're veterans with championship experience and lots of leadership. Yeah, they have one of the top coaching minds ever. There's good reason to think they'll be fine. But if momentum were tangible, the Thunder would be holding it with both hands right now.
The series has flipped. It's 2-2 with the proceedings heading south to San Antonio, and the Thunder carrying a renewed sense of confidence. ( Read more... )
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Durant, Thunder dominate Spurs, remain unbeaten at home during postseason
CBSSports.com wire reports
May 31, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The streak is over. The series may only be beginning.
Kevin Durant scored 22 points, Thabo Sefolosha set playoff career-bests with 19 points and six steals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped San Antonio's 20-game winning streak by beating the Spurs 102-82 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night. ( Read more... ) |
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| OKC Thunder!!! Decisively Defeat Spurs in Game 3 of NBA Western Conference Finals |
[Jun. 1st, 2012|09:56 pm] |
Durant, Thunder dominate Spurs, remain unbeaten at home during postseason
CBSSports.com wire reports
May 31, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The streak is over. The series may only be beginning.
Kevin Durant scored 22 points, Thabo Sefolosha set playoff career-bests with 19 points and six steals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped San Antonio's 20-game winning streak by beating the Spurs 102-82 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night. ( Read more... ) |
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| Palau Court Counsel Megan Knize Appears on Thrillable Hours Law Blog (BLAWG) |
[May. 29th, 2012|01:55 am] |
Thrillable Hours: Megan Knize, Clerk at the Supreme Court of Palau
Posted on May 18th, 2012 • 7 Comments
Categories THRILLABLE HOURS
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This next instalment of the lawyer interviews is with a woman named Megan, who is currently clerking in the Equatorial Pacific, in a tiny country called Palau. She originally wrote me after seeing the New York Times feature on the site (yay!) and asked some advice about Thailand and Cambodia; as soon as I heard what she was up to, I asked her to participate in the Q&A.
Of the reader emails from lawyers, half are from people saying they wanted to quit to travel, and the other half from people who want to be lawyers or are in law school, but wish there was a travel component to their career prospects. ( Read more... ) |
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| Celtics Win Game 7 Against Sixers to Meet Heat |
[May. 27th, 2012|05:21 pm] |
Clutch Rondo's triple-double helps Celtics outlast Sixers in Game 7
CBSSports.com wire reports
May 26, 2012
BOSTON -- To Doug Collins, Boston's Big Three is already a memory. "I don't look at them as the Big Three. I look at them as the Championship Four," the Philadelphia coach said. "Because if you're going to leave Rondo out, you're making a huge mistake."
Rajon Rondo helped his aging teammates keep their season going Saturday night, finishing with 18 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in Game 7 against the 76ers to lead Boston to an 85-75 victory and into an Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Miami Heat. ( Read more... )
It was the 25th anniversary of Larry Bird's steal, and pass to Dennis Johnson, on Isiah Thomas' inbounds pass to beat Detroit in the 1987 playoffs.
I remember this play like no other. Like it was yesterday. I've never seen the flow of a game change so dramatically. Kudos Bird.
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| BBC Article on Viennese Grumbling . . . . |
[May. 25th, 2012|02:30 pm] |
Vienna: The city that loves to grumble
By Bethany Bell
BBC, Vienna, Austria
For a number of years Vienna has scored top marks in international surveys for safety, cleanliness and public services, but while many Viennese are fiercely proud of their city, there is also an unexpectedly strong tradition of discontent and complaint. ( Read more... ) |
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| NPR Story on Bankrupt CNMI Pension in Saipan |
[May. 25th, 2012|01:59 pm] |
Bankrupt In Paradise
The Northern Mariana Islands are about 4,000 miles west of Hawaii. They look like the kind of tropical islands you see in the movies with bright blue water and white sand beaches.
The people who live on the islands are American. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a U.S. territory. And just like a lot of U.S. states, the commonwealth has a pension plan for its government employees. ( Read more... ) |
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| Alcohol Recovery & Much More by Joe Walsh . . . . |
[May. 23rd, 2012|11:16 pm] |
Q&A: Joe Walsh on His New LP, Eagles and James Gang Plans
'We're going to go out and ride again,' says guitarist
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By ANDY GREENE
May 22, 2012 11:55 AM ET
Joe Walsh attends The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast in Los Angeles.
Rick Diamond/WireImage
The last time that Joe Walsh released a solo album, George H.W. Bush was president and Kriss Kross had the Number One album in the country. Since then, the guitarist quit drinking and reformed the Eagles, touring the world many times over and even recording a new LP with them in 2006. Although the group is hashing plans for a 40th anniversary tour, they've been taking it slow this past year, giving Walsh time to go back into the studio and cut his new disc Analog Man (out June 5th) with producer Jeff Lynne. Walsh spoke to Rolling Stone about the new LP, getting sober and what's in store for the Eagles and the James Gang. ( Read more... ) |
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| OKC Thunder Eliminates LA Lakers in 4-1 Series to Advance to NBA Western Finals |
[May. 22nd, 2012|08:23 am] |
Westbrook, Durant lead Thunder past Lakers, return to Western finals
CBSSports.com wire reports
May 22, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the Oklahoma City Thunder just starting to come to life, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant didn't need to take a break. They will have enough time to rest as they get ready for a second successive trip to the Western Conference finals.
Westbrook scored 28 points, Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the two All-Stars skipped their usual rest periods to power the Thunder ahead in the second half for a 106-90 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the West semifinals on Monday night. ( Read more... ) |
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| OKC Thunder Beat LA Lakers in Game 4 of NBA Western Semi-finals |
[May. 20th, 2012|02:45 pm] |
Durant's 3-pointer seals comeback as Thunder beat Lakers, take 3-1 lead
CBSSports.com wire reports
May 20, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Russell Westbrook scored 10 of his 37 points during a stirring fourth-quarter comeback, Kevin Durant added 31 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder seized control of the second-round series with a 103-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 on Saturday night.
Serge Ibaka scored 14 points for the second-seeded Thunder, who took a 3-1 series lead and moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals. ( Read more... ) |
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| Slovakia Defeats Czech Republic 3-1 to Advance to World Hockey Championship Final Against Russia |
[May. 20th, 2012|01:03 pm] |
Underdog Slovaks playing for Pavol Dimitra
BY CHRIS JOHNSTON, CANADIAN PRESS MAY 19, 2012
Slovakia team players celebrate their 3-1 victory over Czech Republic during their IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships semifinal match at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, Saturday, May 19, 2012.
HELSINKI, Finland — Belief is a powerful thing.
How else to explain Slovakia’s unlikely march to the gold-medal game at the IIHF World Hockey Championship? This is a country that had missed out on the quarter-finals for four straight years at the tournament and hadn’t won a medal here in almost a decade. There’s only one difference this time around: They’re playing for Pavol Demitra, the long-time national team captain who was killed in the Lokomotiv air crash in September. ( Read more... )
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Miro-cle Slovaks win, 3-1
Satan simply sensational scoring shorty to send Slovaks to gold
19-05-12
Slovak forward Miroslav Satan scores the game winning goal on Czech goalie Jakub Kovar to advance to the gold medal game.
HELSINKI – Miroslav Satan's second goal of the game, a beautiful short-handed marker early in the third, broke a 1-1 tie and led Slovakia to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to give his team a place in the gold-medal game tomorrow. ( Read more... ) |
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