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      Wade’s 46 points keeps Miami alive

      April 25, 2010 /

      Check out this series of plays over a six-minute stretch of the Heat’s 101-92 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4:

      00:14.5 [MIA 71-75] Wade 3pt Shot: Made (27 PTS)
      START OF 4TH QUARTER
      11:45 [MIA 73-77] Wade Jump Shot: Made (29 PTS)
      11:09 [MIA 76-77] Wade 3pt Shot: Made (32 PTS)
      10:36 [MIA 79-78] Wade 3pt Shot: Made (35 PTS)
      10:36 [MIA 79-78] Wade 3pt Shot: Made (35 PTS)
      08:17 [MIA 86-80] Wade Free Throw 1 of 3 (39 PTS)
      08:17 [MIA 87-80] Wade Free Throw 2 of 3 (40 PTS)
      08:17 [MIA 88-80] Wade Free Throw 3 of 3 (41 PTS)
      06:12 [MIA 93-82] Wade 3pt Shot: Made (44 PTS)

      He did miss one shot during that stretch (tsk, tsk), so in that 6:03 span, he scored 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting (5-of-5 from 3PT) and almost single-handedly took the Heat from a seven-point deficit to an 11-point lead. Mike Breen called it one of the greatest playoff performances he’s ever seen.

      Wade’s run of five-straight threes is especially impressive considering he is just a 29% career shooter from behind the arc.

      If that wasn’t enough, a few minutes before Wade’s 20-point run, he posterized Kevin Garnett:

      Even with the win, the Heat trail in the series, 3-1, and head back to Boston for Game 5 on Tuesday.


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      External Sports, Fantasy Basketball, NBA

      Cubs fan enters Miller Park, loses

      April 25, 2010 /

      And now, ladies (yeah, right) and germs, your slow news day in the buff: Earlier today a Cubs fan fell 14 feet over the outfield railing during batting practice at Miller Park.

      From ChicagoBreakingSports.com:

      The man wearing Cubs gear and believed to be in his 20s was trying to catch a ball in the left field corner when he fell over a railing into an area behind the left field wall. The Cubs’ trainers rushed out to try and provide help, and batting practice was halted.

      There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury, though the fan was said to be conscious when the paramedics arrived. Brewers head athletic trainer Roger Caplinger said the man was cut and bleeding from the face.

      Hope the guy is OK. Per usual, Lou Piniella has placed the fan on the 15-day DL. Micah Hoffpauir has been called up from Triple-A Iowa to take his place.

      External Sports, MLB

      Has Kevin Durant figured out Ron Artest?

      April 25, 2010 /

      Through the first eleven quarters of this Lakers/Thunder series, Ron Artest held Kevin Durant to 23-of-67 shooting (34%). Over the past five quarters — the 4th quarter of Game 3 and all of Game 4 — Durant has shot 10-of-19 (53%) from the field.

      But it wasn’t Durant that was the difference in OKC’s 110-89 blowout win over the Lakers in Game 4. There were four other Thunder players in double digits: Russell Westbrook (18), Jeff Green (15), James Harden (15) and Eric Maynor (13). Harden has played especially well in Game 3 and Game 4, scoring 33 points in the two games after going 0-for-5 for nary a point in Game 1 and Game 2.

      But can this young team take this fine play on the road and steal a game in L.A.? Only six teams in the league had more road wins than the Thunder, so the answer is yes they can. The real question is whether or not they will.

      As for Artest, while he played pretty good defense for the first 11 quarters, he has been an absolute disaster on the other end of the court. He is averaging 7-3-2 and is shooting 30% from the field and just 13% from long range. This wouldn’t be so bad if he were taking just a few shots per game, but he has averaged 10 attempts from the field and almost six threes per game in the series. Even with a decent season percentage (35%), he has no business taking that many threes when he’s in this kind of a rut.

      Most pundits thought that OKC wasn’t ready to push the Lakers to six or seven games, but since that question has already been answered, now it’s time to find out if they’re ready to pull the upset. They are younger, faster and more athletic than the Lakers, but L.A. has the experience. Which will win out?

      Game 5 in L.A. is on Tuesday.


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      Aldo dominates Faber in enemy territory at WEC 48

      April 25, 2010 /

      A crowd of over 14,000 fans rocked Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif. Saturday night to cheer on their hometown hero, Urijah Faber, as he headed to the cage to take on the World Extreme Cagefighting Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo.

      All week the buzz has surrounded the city of Sacramento for this fight between Aldo and Faber, the headline bout of WEC 48, which was presented by AMP Energy. The event was the WEC’s first run at putting on a pay-per-view show and Aldo vs. Faber was the biggest fight the promotion could put on.

      But just as much as the fans rocked Arco Arena as Faber headed to the cage with “California Love” blasting in the background, was as quiet as the arena got as Aldo picked apart their king in a decisive five-round unanimous decision victory.

      “There is no doubt that (Aldo) is one of the best in the world, period,” WEC and UFC President, Dana White, said of the champion after the fight. “That is of all fighters, not just in his weight division. He’s definitely on the pound-for-pound (best fighters) list.”

      Aldo came in as the favorite, but the local crowd truly believed in Faber. After all, he has been the city’s rallying cry seeing as their NBA franchise has struggled in recent years. The town even made April 22 “Urijah Faber Day,” earlier in the week. But, early in the first round of Saturday’s fight, it became clear that Faber was out-matched by the younger and faster Aldo.

      From the start, Faber struggled to develop his timing in his strikes while Aldo unleashed leg kicks to Faber’s lead left leg. Late in the opening round Faber started to show signs of ware in the leg, and it only got worse as time passed.

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      External Sports, Mixed Martial Arts, UFC

      How a baseball scout survived Cuban prison

      April 24, 2010 /

      The Wall Street Journal — yes, the “financial” paper — has a very interesting article up by Christopher Rhoades detailing the emotional journey of Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, an American who spent 13 years in a Cuban prison for helping players like Liván Hernández escape the communist country to play Major League Baseball.

      But Mr. Hernández Nodar, whose family fled Cuba when he was two, was after even bigger game: Cuba’s winningest pitcher, Liván’s older half-brother, Orlando “El Duque” Hernández.

      Cuba’s world-class players are barred from the U.S. by Cuba’s supreme leader Fidel Castro, who treasures them as symbols of Communist superiority. That Aug. 12, Mr. Hernández Nodar was arrested while attending a game in central Cuba. A Havana court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, calling him a “parasite benefitting from the huge efforts of our working people.”

      It’s a fascinating read, given that Hernández Nodar survived in a hostile environment where he was viewed as a traitor. We tend to forget the consequences of the Cuban defection process, and the article points out how quickly it can turn a life sour. Nevertheless, the story of Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar has a happy ending: He has successfully opened up a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic.

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