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  • World of wheels

    Norris Park is home to many things. Its cozy surroundings and plentiful options within walking distance make it a frequented destination.

    Within a year’s time, Norris Park provides visitors with outdoor movies, an ice-skating adventure, some home-grown produce, and music and musings during annual Red Fern festivities.

    June 17, 2013

  • Will Game 3 bring more OT in Stanley Cup finals?

    The Boston Bruins played one of their worst periods of the year to start Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals.
    Maybe they sensed that there would still be a lot more hockey before the night was over.

    June 17, 2013

  • WNBA: Taurasi leads Mercury past Shock in OT

    After struggling from the field in the first half, Diana Taurasi took over for the Phoenix Mercury.
    She scored 21 of her team-high 29 points in the second half and overtime to lead the Mercury to a 108-103 victory over the Tulsa Shock on Sunday.

    June 17, 2013

  • Spurs' Green sets NBA Finals record for 3-pointers

    Danny Green once wasn't good enough to be on the same team as LeBron James.
    Now he's an NBA Finals record-holder, and a big reason why the MVP's chances of a second consecutive championship are in serious trouble.

    June 17, 2013

  • Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win

    Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share.

    June 17, 2013

  • Back home, Heat trying to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

    The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.
    Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together - LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.

    June 17, 2013

  • NBA FINALS: Duncan closing in on 5th title

    It's all right in front of Tim Duncan now, and the big fella can feel it.
    You can tell when he broke out that little spin move in the paint in Game 5 on Sunday night, a nimble little display of footwork that has mostly been in moth balls for the past four or five seasons.

    June 17, 2013

  • Mattingly looking forward to return to Bronx

    Don Mattingly is eagerly looking forward to his first visit in uniform to the Bronx since 2007.
    The former Yankees star and current Dodgers manager will be back Tuesday night when Los Angeles opens a two-game interleague series at New York.

    June 17, 2013

  • NL CAPSULES: Mets rally past Cubs, 4-3

    Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a three-run homer that capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Mets salvaged what had been shaping up as another sorry afternoon, startling the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday.

    June 17, 2013

  • COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: NC State roughs up Tar Heels, 8-1

    North Carolina State and North Carolina were playing each other in baseball for the 285th time, but never on a stage like this.
    Carlos Rodon pitched like the star he is, throwing eight shutout innings and holding the Tar Heels to five hits in an 8-1 College World Series victory Sunday.

    June 17, 2013

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