TV ratings down from last finals Game 6 (AP)

Television ratings for Game 6 of the NBA finals were down from the last one between the Lakers and Celtics, which was also a blowout but crowned a champion. Los Angeles' 89-67 win Tuesday on ABC drew a 12.3 overnight rating, down 4 percent from the 12.8 for Boston's lopsided clinching victory in 2008.

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County to be called 'Miami-Wade' in July (AP)

Dwyane Wade is getting his own county. By unanimous vote, Miami-Dade County commissioners declared Tuesday that the area would be known as "Miami-Wade County" from July 1-7, a week that coincides with the start of NBA free agency. The resolution was written "in recognition of all that Dwyane Wade has done for the visibility, stature and national image" of the county.

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Spurs PG Parker taking summer off (AP)

NBA guard Tony Parker says taking this summer off from France team duties will help when he returns to the San Antonio Spurs in September. Parker will skip the world basketbakk championship this August in Turkey. The three-time NBA champion said playing so often "felt like it was catching up with me." "(This season) was the first time I've had a lot of little injuries," he...

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Bynum limited by troublesome knee in win (AP)

Andrew Bynum finally had to call it quits in the second half against Boston, telling Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson that he couldn't go anymore. "He just said, 'You've got to take me out. I can't run,"' Jackson said. "It was obvious at that point that he couldn't.

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Lakers' bench bounces back, keys victory (AP)

This time, Kobe Bryant got plenty of help from his teammates. He and his fellow starters built a double-digit lead in the first quarter and the reserves expanded it from there in an 89-67 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, tying the NBA finals at three games apiece. The decisive Game 7 is Thursday night at Staples Center.

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Perkins' knee sprain hinders Celtics (AP)

Kendrick Perkins went out and the Boston Celtics' toughness went right along with him. Perkins injured his right knee midway through the first quarter of Game 6 of the NBA finals on Tuesday night, and the Los Angeles Lakers capitalized by controlling the paint and the backboards after he left. Los Angeles won 89-67 to force a Game 7 on Thursday night, and the Celtics will spend all the time...

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Kerr says he won't return as Suns GM (AP)

Steve Kerr won't return as general manager of the Phoenix Suns, despite building a team that made a surprising run to the NBA's Western Conference finals. Kerr said at a news conference Tuesday that the decision was a personal one. He insisted that reports of a contract disagreement with owner Robert Sarver were untrue.

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Izzo rejects Cavs, staying at Mich. St. (AP)

Michigan State kept its man: Tom Izzo. The Cleveland Cavaliers were left with Plan B. Izzo turned down a chance to perhaps double his salary and possibly coach LeBron James in the NBA, choosing to stick with the Spartans to chase NCAA championships. "The grass is pretty green here," Izzo said Tuesday night at a news conference.

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Lakers rout Celtics 89-67, force Game 7 (AP)

The trophy, the champagne, the hats, the T-shirts. Even Bill Russell and Kevin McHale. Everything was in place at Staples Center for the Boston Celtics to wrap up their 18th NBA championship. And then the Lakers shoved everything back in its boxes and sent all the Celtics in sight back to their hotels for two more days.

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Awtrey: Six who could pull a 'Glover' at Pebble Beach (PGATOUR.com)

One of the great things about the U.S. Open is the ability to produce unexpected champions. Sure, Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen and Jim Furyk and Ernie Els have won...

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Police arrest suspect in Chi Chi Rodriguez robbery (AP)

A man suspected of leading masked assailants who robbed golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez inside his home was arrested on Wednesday. Rey Francisco Rivera Marrero, 51, was arrested in the San Juan suburb of Bayamon, police spokeswoman Leticia Jover said. The five robbers broke into Rodriguez's apartment at Legado Golf Resort in the south-coast town of Guayama before dawn on May 19.

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The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach: Emerald, Sapphire, and Gold (PGATOUR.com)

Years ago, when the USGA announced that each 10 years they would celebrate the U.S. Open with a party of special magnificence, a decennial return to Pebble Beach,...

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2017 U.S. Open to Wisconsin; '18 Amateur, '19 Open to Pebble (PGATOUR.com)

FAR HILLS, NJ -- The United States Golf Association has named Erin Hills, a daily-fee public golf course about 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee in the town of...

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US Open will return to Pebble in 2019 (AP)

The U.S. Open will return to Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2019 for a sixth time as part of the course's 100th anniversary celebration. Pebble Beach is hosting its fifth U.S. Open starting Thursday. The USGA also announced Wednesday that the 2017 Open is headed for Erin Hills in Wisconsin. Thomas J. O'Toole Jr., chairman of the USGA's championship committee, says the decision about bringing...

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Golf-U.S. Open to return to Pebble Beach in 2019 (Reuters)

The U.S. Golf
Association intends to bring the U.S. Open back to Pebble Beach
in 2019 to mark the club's 100th anniversary, the United States
Golf Association (USGA) said on Wednesday.

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Golf-Pebble novice McIlroy sees an Open advantage in ignorance (Reuters)

Rory McIlroy
believes a level of ignorance could be bliss at this week's U.S.
Open, even though course knowledge is generally accepted as a
major advantage going into a tournament.

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First-round tee times for Fort Smith Classic (PGATOUR.com)

First-round tee times for Fort Smith Classic

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Minor roadblock in Tyson’s Hall induction (Yahoo! Sports)

Mike Tyson is delaying his eventual Hall of Fame induction by considering a fight with Evander Holyfield.

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Mailbag: All roads lead to superfight (Yahoo! Sports)

Boxing fans won't rest until the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. megafight is made.

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Ex-heavyweight champion McCall loses decision (AP)

Timur Ibragimov of Uzbekistan won a convincing unanimous decision over former WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall on Tuesday. Ibragimov was the busier and more accurate fighter throughout the 12-round fight, winning 117-111 on two judges' scorecards and 119-109 on the third. The bout was McCall's first since his arrest on drug possession charges Feb.

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