LEBRON JAMES AND HIS LITTLE SECRET

About two hours before Sunday's Game 6 of the NBA Finals, a photo (pictured above) began to circulate of LeBron James(notes) in the Miami Heat locker room getting himself set to take on the Mavericks before Thursday night's Game 5. James has been at the center of virtually every major NBA news story of the past week, but the uproar over this photo didn't revolve around his pre-game habits. Instead, everyone thought it'd been revealed that LeBron has a sixth toe on his right foot.

DALLAS MAVERICKS WON OVER MIAMI HEAT: MAVERICKS THE NEW CHAMP

DALLAS -- Everyone has been shooting off the wrong legacy, you might say, in this 2011 NBA Finals.

So much attention has been heaped on Miami Heat forward LeBron James since his team took the Eastern Conference finals two weeks ago: Will James finally get his ring? Will "The Decision" that led to all the derision pay off so swiftly? Is he up to the moment? What was with Game 4 the other night or, for that matter, fourth quarters in general? And always, how will Cleveland feel about all this?



Meanwhile, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, with little of James' LeDrama and apparently none of his Madison Avenue marketing sizzle, plugs along in a half-speed, George Gervin-way toward a breakthrough in his own legacy.

DIRK NOWITZKI SPEAKS ABOUT CONTROVERSIES

MIAMI – Long in beard, short on sleep, this is where the NBA Finals had delivered Dirk Nowitzki(notes): Eve of Game 6, one victory from his first championship, slumped into a chair, all elbows and angles jutting out, and, yes, he’d seen the cough-session video of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James making fun of him.

“I just thought it was a little childish, a little ignorant,” Nowitzki said. “I’ve been in this league for 13 years. I’ve never faked an injury or illness before.”

Nowitzki wasn’t simmering with anger. He sounded more put-off than anything, the dorm monitor who’d woken up to find two frat boys wheeling in a keg at 9 in the morning. Just another annoyance in a job filled with them.

Nowitzki will dismiss this slight just like he’s dismissed all others that came before it. He’s heard far worse in his career, and this is the advantage he carries into Sunday’s Game 6, the same advantage he has carried all series. No one in these Finals has endured more failure to get to this point, no one has weathered as much criticism and no one can match his hunger.

“Now or Never,” James tweeted before Game 5. He meant to inspire himself, but the ultimatum applies better to these Dallas Mavericks than it does James and his Miami Heat. Wade already has one championship. James will have several more years to get his. For Nowitzki, for Jason Kidd(notes), for many of these Mavericks, this could well be their final run at NBA glory.

“We’re one win away from my dream, what I’ve worked on for half my life,” Nowitzki said. “This is really all I’m worried about.”

This, too, is why so many people from every corner of the NBA are pulling for him now. Nowitzki has chased this championship the hard way, staying with the same team for all 13 seasons, suffering through the Finals collapse in ’06 and all those early exits that followed. He hasn’t delivered a title yet, but he’s won a level of respect from many of his rivals. At All-Star Weekend, Nowitzki and Tim Duncan(notes) looked like longtime friends sitting together, two members of the old guard watching the league transition to its next generation.

Nowitzki was representing the Mavericks alone in the All-Star Game, and that, too, was fitting. SinceSteve Nash(notes) left Dallas, Nowitzki hasn’t played next to a true star still in the prime of his career. That didn’t matter, of course. Whenever the Mavericks lost, when they bowed out in the first round against the Golden State Warriors, when they did the same against the New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs, it was all on him. He was too soft. He couldn’t lead. He couldn’t withstand the pressure of the postseason.

“I got hammered the last 13 years, basically,” Nowitzki said. “So hopefully this year I can make the hammering go away for one year.”

Until recently, James had inspired much of his own criticism through only sheer arrogance. Nowitzki has listened to someone question his manhood nearly every season, including this one. After the Los Angeles Lakers routed the Mavericks in April, Chris Webber said Nowitzki should have been “fined” for not retaliating against the defending champions. Mark Cuban went on radio to blast Webber, and this only added to the perception of Nowitzki as the soft star. If Dirk was really so tough, then why did he need his owner to defend him? Why did he need to be coddled?

The same happened when Wade ripped Nowitzki’s leadership months after the ’06 Finals. Cuban fired back in his blog, and the Mavericks were once again cast as the whiny losers.

Nowitzki is seeking the first championship of his NBA career. "We're one win away from my dream, what I've worked on for half my life," he said.

Cuban has kept his mouth shut through most of these playoffs, and the change has benefited Nowitzki as much as anyone. No longer is his greatness obscured by Cuban’s noise. Those same Lakers that Webber said Nowitzki couldn’t stand tough against? Nowitzki swept them in the second round.

He has continued to show his resilience throughout this postseason, and there’s a lesson for LeBron in that. You weather the failure and criticism and move to the next game, next season, next challenge. You don’t go to Larry King looking for sympathy. You change the narrative yourself. Work harder, play harder. Win.

“I just think sometimes when you don’t win, criticism comes with it,” Nowitzki said. “That’s just a part of the game if you’re the star or the face of the franchise. If you win, it’s great for you, and everybody looks at you. And if you lose, you’re going to get hammered.”

He likely will get hit again if he doesn’t finish these Finals, if he doesn’t deliver his first championship. Won’t it be just one more collapse in a career of collapses? Won’t it forever scar his legacy?

Nowitzki hasn’t spent much time worrying about his place in history. He stopped counting the insults and slights years ago. Wade and James can mock him, tease him, whatever. He’s still chasing his dream, still carrying the same edge he carried into these Finals. Thirteen years is a long time in this league, and Dirk Nowitzki is far more tired of failing than they’ll ever be.

DALLAS LEADS 3-2 VERSUS MIAMI: ONE MORE WIN AND WILL CROWN AS CHAMPION

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki thrust both arms in the air, a sea of blue screaming around him and the Dallas Mavericks finally ahead in these ultra-close NBA finals.

Now it really is "now or never" for LeBron James and the Miami Heat.

Nowitzki scored 29 points, driving for the go-ahead dunk with 2:45 remaining, and the Mavericks beat the Heat 112-103 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals.

Five years after going up 2-0 on the Heat, the Mavs finally got that elusive third victory, and can wrap up their first championship in Game 6 at Miami on Sunday night.

"We're a very resilient team, you know that," guard Jason Terry said. "We've been in tough battles all playoffs long. It's not going to stop. It's going to get even harder. But we're ready. We're determined, and this is our time."

James, who called this game "now or never," responded from his worst playoff performance with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and Dwyane Wade battled through a sore left hip after a first-quarter collision to finish with 23 points.

Vancouver Canucks Flasher Lost Her Job! (Video)

The Vancouver Canucks flasher showed off her breasts during the Vancouver Canucks-San Jose Sharks NHL Playoff Game on May 18, 2011. Here is the Vancouver Canucks Flasher Photo:

The Green Men have officially been one-upped, if that's a word. The two men in green body suits have been fixtures at Vancouver Canucks games, mocking opponents as they sit in the penalty box.



But the two green men have been topped by another pair. A female Vancouver Canucks flasher fan flashed her breasts during Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference Final on May 18, 2011.



The Vancouver Canucks flasher decided to show her wares while Sharks forward Ben Eager sat in the penalty box. The female Canucks fan lifted up her Henrik Sedin jersey and showed off her breasts.




CBC cameras captured the Vancouver Canucks flasher in all her glory, making it the most NSFW moment to air on the network since Joey Jeremiah lost his virginity on Degrassi High.



We're not sure if this Vancouver Canucks flasher fan really gets the point. After all, the goal of fans like the Green Men is to torment opposing players.

If anything, taking off your shirt and exposing your breasts is rewarding your opponents.



For those who care, the Canucks went on to beat the Sharks 7-3 to take a 2-0 lead in the NHL Western Conference Finals.

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Canucks Flasher Caught On TV

VANCOUVER -- An extremely enthusiastic Vancouver Canucks fan was caught on live television pressing her bare breasts up against the penalty box during the team's victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Vancouver Sun reported Thursday.
The woman's uncensored show of support seemed to be directed towards Sharks forward Ben Eager, who was sat in the penalty box during the third-period of Vancouver's 7-3 win on Wednesday night.
Eager didn't visibly react when the woman lifted her Canucks jersey and bared herflesh. However, the six-second display was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and shown across the country.
CBC head of media relations Jeff Keay explained that the footage was picked up by an in-house camera that CBC didnot control.
read more at http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpps/sports/canucks-flasher-caught-on-tv-dpgonc-km-20110519_13285120

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4. Leverage: Forex Brokers allow traders to trade the market using leverage. Leverage is the ability to trade more money on the market than what is actually in the trader's account. If you were to trade at 50:1 leverage, you could trade $50 on the market for every $1 that was in your account. This means you could control a trade of $50,000 using only $1000 of capital.

5. Profit Potential from Rising and Falling Prices: The forex market has no restrictions for directional trading. This means, if you think a currency pair is going to increase in value; you can buy it, or go long. Similarly, if you think it could decrease in value you can sell it, or go short.

MANNY PACQUIAO LONG AND HARD PUNCH TO SHANE MOSLEY

LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao toiled long and hard for his Showtime return only to find a veteran Shane Mosley on the run for most of the fight, retaining the WBO welterweight belt with a unanimous decision marked by an emphatic third round knockdown here yesterday.



Pacquiao said after the fight he was cautious in the first two rounds until he caught Mosley with a left hook that sent the aging challenger to the floor with more than a minute remaining in the third of their 12-round fight at the MGM Grand. Many thought the fight was over right there and then.



A dazed Mosley tried to get up from the knockdown, as if he didn’t know where he was. But he made it up despite shaky legs, survived the round, and avoided taking his first and only knockout loss in a long and cherished career.



Many thought Pacquiao didn’t actually go for the kill when Mosley looked ready to go. Even in the succeeding rounds, the Filipino icon, who once had the penchant for knockout wins, looked like he was carrying the fight and extending the show for his fans.



Pacquiao said no, he didn’t try to carry the fight.



“If you noticed, after the fourth round, I walked back to my corner and asked my assistant to press my leg because it was tight. I had cramps on my left leg,” said the fighting congressman and the only boxer in history with eight world titles in eight weight classes.



Hours before the fight, Pacquiao figured in a vehicular accident in the vicinity of Mandalay Bay, when the SUV he was riding was struck by one of his security vehicles. Reports said Pacquiao was shaken but unhurt after the minor incident.



“When I knocked him down, I already knew I was stronger than him. I thought I could finish him off. I wanted to fight toe to toe with him. But he ran and ran. He said in training he wanted to fight me toe to toe. That’s why I was surprised,” said Pacquiao.



From the third round, it was clear that Mosley would no longer engage. He opted to run around, keep his distance from Pacquiao, and wait for an opening, probably one tiny mistake from the swinging Filipino champion.



But it didn’t come.



By the sixth round, some of the fans started booing. One male fan from the upper stands could be heard shouting, “Fight! Fight!” because Mosley, who said he came to fight, started running around the ring, not taking any chances, and just fighting to survive.



In the 10th round, Pacquiao hit the canvas on a Mosley push but the referee, Kenny Bayless, ruled it a knockdown. Pacquiao got up so quick and was terribly surprised when it was ruled a knockdown, with a minute left in the round.



It happened so fast that it looked like a knockdown, but several slow motion replays clearly showed that there was no punch landed, but a push that sent the Filipino icon down. One judge scored that round 10-10, another in favor of Pacquiao, and the third for Mosley.



“I was surprised and I got angry,” said Pacquiao, who chased Mosley for the remainder of the round, and for the first time since the third round, he was on the attack. He added that his leg only started feeling a little better by the ninth.



Pacquiao said he never felt that those boos were directed at him.



“I think the people were booing because they wanted to see a good fight and a good exchange. But Mosley didn’t want to fight toe to toe. He was always running. What can I do? I did my best,” said Pacquiao who stretched his winning streak to 14.



Mosley came to the post-fight press conference ahead of Pacquiao. He limped his way inside the packed media center, in gray pants and long-sleeves, with dark shades on. He showed some swelling in his face, and the 12 rounds with Pacquiao made him look 12 years older.



He said he couldn’t fight the fight he wanted because he had blisters in the sixth round, and during the post-fight presscon he admitted that it was a slip by Pacquiao in the 10th round, and so he managed “to win some points.”



The referee approached Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, after the fight.



“Kenny came up to me said sorry for the call and that he missed it and he apologized,” said Roach, who wasn’t too happy with the way the fight ended. During training camp, he said it wasn’t going to be an easy fight but maintained that Pacquiao could knock Mosley out.



When the final bell sounded, Pacquiao’s face was not a face of happiness. He shook his head a few times, and when Mosley came up to him to congratulate him, he seemed to have turned his back on the challenger who didn’t turn out as good as advertised.



Pacquiao’s assistant trainer, Buboy Fernandez, grabbed the champion by his waist and lifted him in celebration. But he was in no mood for a victory ride. He wasn’t happy with the victory because later on he said he also wanted to score a knockout.



Pacquiao hasn’t pulled off a stoppage for more than a year, since he stopped Miguel Cotto in the 12th and final round at the MGM in 2009. Last year he won twice, both unanimous decisions against Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito.



People are starting to ask themselves. “Is age finally catching up with Pacquiao that he could no longer score knockouts?” or “Is he really too small for the welterweight class, that he can overwhelm his bigger opponents, but not finish them off?”



“I was expecting Shane to fight so we can test each other’s power. But what can I do. He kept on running. It’s not my fault,” he said. Before he got off the ring, he faced the press box, again shaking his head, smirking and did a circling motion with his pointing finger.



“He kept on running around,” was what he meant. “But I’m happy because I won the fight. Like what I said before, my concern is the satisfaction of the people who came to watch. I really don’t care if I hurt my face or suffer bruises as long as the people are happy.”



In the end, yes, the Pacquiao fans, part of the 16,412 that packed the Grand Garden Arena, were happy. To say the least, most of them were happy. But to some, the night would have been sweeter, so much sweeter, if he did knock Mosley out.



“Cramps or no cramps, he should have knocked him out,” said one, who didn’t look happy.



Yes, Shane Mosley made Manny Pacquiao look bad at the MGM last night.

MANNY PACQUIAO PREVENTED KO OF SHANE MOSLEY DUE TO CRAMPS

LAS VEGAS—Philippine boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who hasn't lost a fight in six years, said the only thing preventing him from knocking out Shane Mosley was a cramp in his legs.

Pacquiao successfully defended his World Boxing Organization welterweight title for a second time, winning by a unanimous decision after 12 rounds in front of a sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Saturday.

Pacman floored Mosley in round three – the challenger's first knockdown in nine years – but quickly felt a twinge in his left leg.

"After the first knockdown I felt I had him and I got him and that I could finish him," Pacquiao said. "But the next round I have a problem with my left foot, it is tight.

"I told my coach to press my legs because they are too tight."

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said his fighter had problems with cramping before but usually in training sessions and not in the middle of bouts.

They have tried different remedies including stretching and other exercises but nothing worked against Mosley.

Despite the pain 32-year-old Pacquiao put on an impressive performance Saturday, dominating from start to finish.

The only blot on an otherwise convincing display was a knockdown awarded to Mosely in the 10th round, a decision the referee later apologized to Pacquiao for.

Mosley claimed he would expose Pacquiao's weaknesses but there was no turning back the clock for the 39-year-old former world champion, who looked every bit his age Saturday.

Mosley's main goal appeared simply to survive the onslaught launched by the Philippine icon and to keep his record of never being knocked out intact.

The challenger maintained that record but was booed loudly for his negative tactics, especially in the eighth and ninth rounds.

Even Pacquiao gave him the cold shoulder in the ring after the final bell and then questioned Mosley's game plan at the post-fight news conference.

"I was expecting him to fight with me for at least five of the 12 rounds so we can test each other's power," Pacquiao said. "I did my best to try and give a good fight. What can I do? It is not my fault."

PACQUIAO KEEPS WBO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Manny Pacquiao caught Shane Mosley early, then chased him the rest of the night. Not much more he could do against an aging fighter who seemed only to want to survive.

Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision Saturday night, retaining his version of the welterweight title in a fight that was roundly booed over the late rounds because Mosley refused to trade punches.

Pacquiao won every round on two ringside scorecards in extending the remarkable run that has made him the most exciting fighter in the sport.

He also won the ungrudging respect of a veteran fighter who has been in with some of the best in the world.

"I fought the best fighter in the world," Mosley said. "He has exceptional power, power that I've never been hit like this before."

Pacquiao knocked down Mosley with a left hook in the third round, a punch that sapped Mosley's willingness to engage. Pacquiao ran after Mosley the rest of the fight, but the former champion who has never been stopped in 18 years in the ring managed to stay away enough to finish the 12th round upright.

Pacquiao won 120-108 on one scorecard, 120-107 on a second and 119-108 on the third. The Associated Press had him winning 118-110.

For Mosley, the fight was strikingly similar to his bout a year ago against Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- except this time Mosley didn't even land a big punch like he did early on against Mayweather. Mosley's biggest moment on this night came when referee Kenny Bayless mistakenly ruled that Mosley knocked Pacquiao down in the 10th round when he didn't even hit him with a punch.

The knockdown that wasn't spurred Pacquiao on as he went after Mosley the rest of the round and again in the 11th. By then the crowd was cheering "Knock him out! Knock him out!" but Pacquiao - bothered by a cramp in his left leg since the fourth round - didn't have enough to finish him off.

"It wasn't my best performance," Pacquiao said. "I did my best. I did not expect this result."

The closest Mosley got to Pacquiao all night came at the beginning of the 12th round when he hugged Pacquiao before the two went about finishing their business. That took some of the fire out of Pacquiao, who didn't really go after the knockout in the final round.

Promoter Bob Arum defended putting Mosley in the ring against Pacquiao despite signs in Mosley's last two fights that his reflexes were slipping.

"Nobody can really perform against him," Arum said. "Some of these guys are pretty good fighters, but nobody in their whole experience has ever faced somebody like Pacman. Everybody is going to look the same way."

Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) was a 7-1 favorite and also the favorite of the crowd that gathered expecting to see another one of his thrilling performances. That he couldn't deliver was the only bad part of the night for a fighter who doubles as a congressman in his native Philippines.

It wasn't the distractions of trying to do two jobs well, Pacquiao said, but leg problems that first cropped up in his fight last November against Antonio Margarito.

"I thought Shane did a great job, he had some speed," Pacquiao said. "I couldn't move because my left leg got tight. It's a problem I've been having lately. I'm going to work on my legs in future training camps."

Mosley (46-7-1-1) said he thought he did a good job despite losing round after round, and wouldn't blame his bad performance on the fact he is 39 and has been fighting ever since he was a child.

Mosley was tentative from the opening bell, moving backward and unwilling to engage Pacquiao. With good reason, because a left hook by Pacquiao found its mark with a minute left in the third round and put Mosley on the canvas for only the third time in his 18-year pro career.

Mosley was up at the count of five, and managed to survive the final minute of the round despite Pacquiao's best efforts to take him out. Pacquiao didn't come close to stopping him after that, but landed enough punches to the head that Mosley's right eye was nearly swollen shut in the late rounds and the left side of his face was puffy, too.

Pacquiao pressed the fight most of the night, but he, too, didn't take many chances, which trainer Freddie Roach said was because of the muscle cramp that his corner tried to massage between rounds.

"He had no leverage to move after that," Roach said. "It was a very gutty performance in my mind."

Perhaps, but the sellout crowd of 16,412 came to see more, and booed repeatedly in the late rounds. The boos were directed at Mosley, not Pacquiao, but it was clear early on this would not be a classic fight.

Mosley came into the ring with the song "Mama Says Knock You Out," but what would have been more appropriate if he had found a song called "Mama Says Don't Knock Me Out."

Mosley fought as if trying to protect his legacy of having never been stopped and, if that was his strategy, it succeeded. But it made for a lackluster fight and did nothing to burnish the legacy that the Filipino champion has built with 14 straight wins over the last six years - including some over some of the biggest names in the game.

Pacquiao, who wore yellow gloves as a symbol of solidarity in the fight against poverty in his country, made a minimum of $20 million for the fight. Mosley, who has now won only two of his last six fights, was guaranteed $5 million

LOVE IS MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kevin Love has the NBA's Most Improved Player award. Now the challenge is to help his Minnesota Timberwolves become next season's most improved team.

There's nowhere to go but up for the Wolves, whose 17-65 record was the worst in the league. That didn't keep Love from making the All-Star team and adding to his trophy collection with the MIP award on Thursday.

"Kevin deserves an enormous amount of credit, not only for what he accomplished on the court but for the kind of dedication and the fortitude he exhibited a year ago today all the way through last summer," said David Kahn, the team's basketball boss.

Love was a runaway winner, getting 66 of a possible 116 first-place votes and 400 points from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the NBA. LaMarcus Aldridge of the Portland Trail Blazers was second with 157 points.

Love averaged 20.2 points and led the league with 15.2 rebounds per game this season, posting a double-double in 53 consecutive games for the longest such streak since Elvin Hayes in 1973-74. Mostly a sixth man the season before, Love established career highs in almost every statistical category.

Kahn recalled his exit interview with Love after last season, when Love clutched a pile of papers that mapped out a daily plan for his workouts in a busy summer that included a prominent role in the U.S. national team's gold medal-winning run at the world championships.

The 22-year-old Love said he'll put himself through the same exhausting routine this offseason.

"I plan on having basically the exact same schedule, because in my eyes I still believe that not only myself, but a lot of guys on our team and our team in general, can make leaps and bounds from where we were the last couple years," Love said. "I think we're just looking forward to getting older, becoming a better team."

Love acknowledged some initial reluctance to embrace the award, since the definition of improvement means the previous season's performance was not up to a player's potential. But he said he's happy to have it now.

"Hopefully there will be more years when I continue to improve," Love said.

As for whether that improvement will take place with the Timberwolves over the long term, Love reiterated his comfort with the area and the organization but stopped short of asking where he should sign. The league's unsettled labor situation has put a contract extension on hold.

Kahn said he "fully" anticipates Love being with the Wolves "for a number of years to come."

"I do think he wants to be here," Kahn said. "I think we both feel the same way: We want to start winning, and we're very impatient about that."

Long before Love's contract is addressed, the Timberwolves must figure out who their head coach will be. Kurt Rambis did not attend the news conference, though that's not unusual for a postseason individual award presentation, and Kahn has said only that there is no timetable "for us to do something right now."

Kahn said he hasn't spoken to Rambis since his exit interview last week.

Love received a Kia Sorrento sports utility vehicle from the award's sponsor. He donated the car to the Dylan Witschen Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing scholarships and funding organizations like the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., that seek a cure for cancer.

Witschen, an athlete at Anoka High School in a suburb north of Minneapolis, died last summer of brain cancer at age 16 two years after he was diagnosed. He and Love forged a friendship after meeting at St. Jude through Love's charitable work there through the NBA. Witschen's family attended the news conference.

While praising Minnesota's fans for their support - "MVP" chants were heard at times this season at Target Center - Love also singled Witschen out as "somebody to play for" since they met.

"It's just little things like that make your life and make the game worth it," Love said.

Knicks' Jared Jeffries says he should have shot when Carmelo Anthony passed to him on final play

Everyone at TD Garden knew the ball was going to go to Carmelo Anthony, with the Knicks down one and just seconds on the clock.

Jared Jeffries knew it, too.

But the ball and the game ended up in his hands, and in the biggest
spot of his Knick career, he didn't get it done. And he knew it, too.

"Looking at the tape, I should have shot it," Jeffries said,
recalling the final seconds when he tried to pass, and had the ball
taken away by Kevin Garnett.

"I felt like KG was coming down," Jeffries said. "I tried to dump
the ball off to Bill (Walker), and KG had his hand down. So when I
tried to pass the ball to Bill cutting to the rim, he got a hand on it."

Then again, the ball should never have been in Jeffries' hands in
the first place. As Jeffries explained, the play had been designed to
go to Anthony, but the Celtics took that away.

"It was supposed to go to Carmelo," Jeffries said. "But Toney (Douglas) popped out and Rondo set on top of him."

But Anthony was doubled, Walker said, and that forced the Knicks to
adjust. The adjustment played perfectly into the hands of the Celtics,
with Jeffries, perhaps the least adept offensive threat on the floor,
winding up with the ball.

"They doubled Melo," Walker said. "He threw it to the open man,
trusting his teammates. And they just made a better defensive play."



Via http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2011/04/20/2011-04-20_i_shouldve_shot.html

And they're off: Boston Marathon leaves Hopkinton

Kara Goucher, of the United States, speaks with reporters during a news
conference for the 115th Boston Marathon, Friday, April 15, 2011, in
Boston. The Boston Marathon is scheduled to run on Monday, April 18.
Photo: Bizuayehu Tesfaye / AP 

BOSTON (AP) — The 115th Boston Marathon has begun.

The
wheelchair field was first across the starting line in Hopkinton on
Monday morning, followed by the elite women. Then the clock started on
the elite men and the sold-out field of 26,964 other runners traversing
the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston's Back Bay.

It
was the largest field for the race except for the 100th anniversary
race in 1996. The unprecedented interest filled out the available spots
in just eight hours, breaking the previous record of 65 days and
forcing race organizers to change the process for next year's race.

The Boston Athletic Association also changed the start so that the field goes off in three waves of about 9,000 runners apiece.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/And-they-re-off-Boston-Marathon-leaves-Hopkinton-1341016.php#ixzz1JtGTRF2K

TOP 5 MOST GORGEOUS MEN IN THE WORLD

1: Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, of the selection of Portugal, gets out of debt as end. At present plays in Real Madrid, of Spain. There is considered one of the best football players of the world and one of the sportsmen more popular. His charm has not happened unnoticed for the signatures of fashion. It has been a model of Nike and of designers as Giorgio Armani.

2: Fabio Cannavaro - Italia

In the been afraid Italian team there are three players who have been qualified between the most nice of the world: the Neapolitan Fabio Cannavaro, who gets out of debt in the position of defense in the Juventus and who, nothing shy, has been photographed several times shaping interior clothes for gentleman.

3: Francesco Totti

The Roman Francesco Totti, who plays as forward in Rome, which fair-haired hair and green eyes are the sleep of his thousands of admirers.

 attracts attention of the feminine public by the force of his features and his beard of three days that make it irresistible.

4: David Villa - Spain

In the Spanish team also there are very well similar players, two of them are the Asturian David Villa, who gets out of debt as forward and at present plays in the Valencia. They it nickname El Guaje. To them, his rapidity and mobility impresses them; they, love them his Mediterranean look: clear dark skin, black eyes and dark hair.

5: Iker Casillas Spain

Another bonbon is Iker Casillas of Madrid, goalkeeper of Real Madrid. Shy and nice, about whom his biggest attraction is said is the smile.

IRINA SHAYK AND CRISTIANO RONALDO NEW PHOTOS

He's the multi-millionaire footballer who has so much money, he hired an entire beach for his New Year holiday - but Cristiano Ronaldo and girlfriend Irina Shayk proved they're just like us when it comes to embarrassing holiday snaps.

There was more than a whiff of Cheddar about their poses outside their villa at an exclusive resort in the Maldives in these pictures which have just emerged.

Irina, 25, was showing off her enviable bikini body in a brightly-coloured neon pink and blue and white polka two-piece - and her boyfriend, also 25, was no slouch when it came to flashing his famous abs either.

Picture not so perfect: Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk were nevertheless all smiles as they pose for pictures while on vacation in the Maldives last month.

But whether the sun had gone to their heads or whether there had been a little too much light refreshment on the sunloungers, the stagey shots weren't a patch on their usual glossy poses.



And as the pictures have only just been released, perhaps the photos got lost as the local high street photo developers just like with normal people too...



Cristiano of course is more used to posing oiled up in Armani pants, and Russian supermodel Irina has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated for their prestigious swimwear issue.

Watch the birdie: The happy couple swap their normal model poses for something more pedestrian for resort workers outside their exclusive villa

It's rumoured that the Portuguese football star hired the entire beachfront to avoid prying eyes and enjoy utter privacy, but he was more than happy to pose with his model girlfriend for resort staff.



He was taking a break from playing for Real Madrid and according to a blog by one of the resort workers, was staying on the island of Rania on the Faafu atoll.

There was no sign however of Cristiano's little boy, who was allegedly born to a 20-year British student last year after a fling with the star after meeting in a London club.

Normal service: Irina in her usual model mode with boyfriend Cristiano posing in his pants for Armani

The Portuguese star shocked the world when he announced out of the blue last July that he had become a father.

The winger said from the start that the child, called Cristiano Ronaldo Junior, would be under his 'exclusive guardianship'.

But he is having lots of childcare help from his family, including his mother Dolores and his sisters and brother, who he's exceptionally close to.



It's claimed the birth mother accepted £10 million from Ronaldo to give up her rights as a parent.

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NBA: GASOL EJECTED JUMBOTRON

Video: Marc Gasol ejected for pointing at the Jumbotron

By Kelly Dwyer

In the second quarter of Tuesday night's Grizzlies win over the San Antonio Spurs, Memphis center Marc Gasol(notes) received his second technical foul of the game, after taking in the first during the initial quarter while arguing a call. His ejection was not only the first of his NBA career, but it's also the first time we've seen a player get a T for pointing to the instant replay on the scoreboard above.

Since the advent of Jumbotron technology, NBA players and coaches have made a show of either watching or pointing to the replay featured above, following a tough call that didn't go their way. Refs clearly don't like the practice, but more often than not (as the groaning crowd will no doubt let the referees know, following the replay), the referees are aware that they blew a close one, and they'll let the player or coach vent, point or stare at the flickering images above.

This is a first, to these eyes at least, and I've been watching players and coaches keep their eyes peeled on these replays for ages. It should be reminded that Marc didn't get two technicals for pointing to the scoreboard, but that doesn't make the whistle any less unprecedented.

And it was a clean block, by the way.

Packers win NFL Super Bowl

The Green Bay Packers' won their first Super Bowl title in 14 years at the hands of Aaron Rodgers, who completed 24-of-39 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns to lead a 31-25 victory over Pittsburgh.

Packers win NFL Super Bowl

Quarterback Rodgers, playing in his maiden Super Bowl, helped secure the victory with an eight-yard touchdown pass to receiver Greg Jennings with just under 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

"It is a dream come true," Rodgers said. "It is what I dreamed about as a little kid watching Joe Montana and Steve Young and we just won the Super Bowl."

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The eventual winning drive started with a Steelers' fumble on the first play of the final quarter as Green Bay was able to convert three Pittsburgh turnovers into touchdowns at Cowboys Stadium.

"It feels awesome," said Green Bay's Mike McCarthy, who won his first Super Bowl in his fifth season as head coach. "It is great to bring the Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay."

Rodgers, who was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl 45, connected with Jennings in the end zone to make it 28-17.

Scene: Anthem flub, seat flap mar Super Bowl scene

Not only did Rodgers win the MVP in his first try but he earned 83,000 dollars in bonus money that goes to each member of the winning team.

Jennings finished with four catches for 64 yards and two touchdowns while teammate Jordy Nelson had a game-high 140 yards receiving for the Packers who captured their fourth Super Bowl title and first since Super Bowl 32 when they beat the New England Patriots 35-21.

Liverpool spoil Torres Chelsea debut with 1-0 win

Kenny Dalglish refused to revel in revenge over Fernando Torres as Liverpool spoiled the Chelsea striker's debut with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool spoil Torres Chelsea debut with 1-0 win

Torres ignored Dalglish's pleas to remain at Anfield as he handed in a transfer request in a successful attempt to force through a British record 50 million pound transfer last week.

The Spaniard believes Liverpool are a club in transition and he jumped at the chance to join Chelsea because he sees the Blues as serious contenders for silverware.

As a Anfield legend who has won every major trophy during his time as a player and manager on Merseyside, Dalglish was inevitably frustrated to see Torres lose faith with Liverpool.

The Reds boss could easily have gloried in the way his tactical gameplan frustrated Torres, leading to the striker's 66th-minute substition following a lacklustre display on Sunday.

But instead Dalglish insisted his team were just focused on continuing their recent resurgence rather than stopping Torres.

"The players approached it professionally. I don't think it was any incentive, whatever someone else wants to do with their life is entirely their choice," Dalglish said.

"I came here to get three points, whether Carlo Ancelotti was playing up front or anyone else doesn't matter.

"He (Torres) had one shot on target when Jamie Carragher did a fantastic block tackle but I'm not here to talk any somebody else's players.