Chris Bosh made a go-ahead jumper from the baseline with 39.6 seconds remaining while Dirk Nowitzki missed a tough jumper as time expired as the Miami Heat took a two-games-to-one lead in the NBA Finals on Sunday night with their 88-86 road win in game three over the Dallas Mavericks. Dwyane Wade (shown here) scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Heat.
Alex Burrows scored twice on Saturday night, his first, a power-play goal in the first period, and his second, being the game-winning tally 11 seconds into overtime (pictured here) as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 3-2 in game two of the Stanley Cup Final to take a two-games-to-none lead.
Quarterback Aaron Garcia threw for five touchdown passes while running back Kirby Griffin ran for four more as the Jacksonville Sharks (10-1) racked up their tenth straight Arena Football League win Friday night, 62-55 on the road over the New Orleans VooDoo (2-10), who still have yet to win a game at home this season.
James Arness, the actor best remebered for his portrayal of Matt Dillon, United States Marshall from Dodge City, Kansas during the 20-year run of the Gunsmoketelevision series, passed away on Friday in his sleep at his Brentwood, California home at age 88.
Dirk Nowitzke, sore finger on his non-shooting hand and all (pictured here), scored the last nine points (out of his 24 to go with his 11 rebounds) for the Dallas Mavericks, including the game-winner with 3.6 seconds remaining on Thursday night as the visitors erased a 15-points fourth-quarter deficit and defeated the Miami Heat 95-93 to square the NBA Finals at one game apiece.
Raffi Torres scored the only goal of the match with 18.5 seconds remaining in the third period on Wednesday night (shown here) , while Roberto Luongo stopped all 36 shots as the Vancouver Canucks took the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final 1-0 at home. Boston goalie Tim Thomas stopped 33 of 34 shots in the defeat.
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