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Stephen Curry's brother knows Matthew Dellavedova's pain
Warriors withstand James, take 3-2 lead over Cavs in finals (Yahoo Sports)
Stephen Curry came off a screen, dribbled behind his back and crossed over Matthew Dellavedova. Curry made seven 3-pointers and scored 37 points, and the Warriors withstood another brilliant performance from LeBron James to outlast the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-91 on Sunday night for a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. ”It was a fun moment, but it will only mean something – and I’ll probably have a better answer for
Inbee Park wins third straight Women's PGA Championship (Yahoo Sports)
Inbee Park won her third consecutive Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday – and accomplished a whole lot more. Park also regained the No. 1 ranking in the word, surpassed idol Se Ri Pak for the most majors by a South Korean player with six, tied the LPGA Tour record for the lowest score in a major in relation to par at 19 under and, in her own mind, cemented a
Gray lowers ERA to best in majors, pitches A's past Angels (Yahoo Sports)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Sonny Gray lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.60 with 7 2-3 impressive innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 Sunday.
Kurt Busch wins rain-shortened NASCAR race in Michigan (Yahoo Sports)
Kurt Busch won his second NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season, a rain-shortened event at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday that was called 62 laps short of its scheduled distance. The fourth weather-related red flag of the day came after lap 138 of a scheduled 200. Busch was leading at the time, and he was declared the winner after heavy rain soaked the track.
Scherzer throws 1-hitter and fans 16, Nationals beat Brewers (Yahoo Sports)
The way Max Scherzer was pitching, the Milwaukee Brewers were going to need a bit of luck to even manage getting anyone on base. Scherzer struck out a Nationals-record 16 and threw a one-hitter, losing his perfect-game bid on Carlos Gomez’s broken-bat, bloop single in the seventh inning as Washington beat the Brewers 4-0 Sunday. ”I was able to execute every pitch for the most part where I wanted to,”
Curry too hot for LeBron as MVP shotmaker sizzles in NBA Finals
Stephen Curry finally displayed the shotmaking skills that made him this season’s NBA Most Valuable Player and as a result the Golden State Warriors are on the brink of ending a 40-year title drought. Curry produced his finest performance of his first NBA Finals on Sunday, scoring 37 points to power the Warriors over the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-91 as Golden State seized a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.
Vive La France! Renault Unveils (Another) Alpine Concept
– – The French are nothing if not proud, even if often for no particularly good reason beyond being French and proud. But the Le Mans 24 Hours provides a chance for some tricolor waving on a scale that the country’s beleaguered auto industry rarely gets the excuse for. Which is why, we presume, Renault used the event to show off the latest in a long line of Alpine
Libya says 'uncatchable' veteran militant killed in U.S. strike
By Ahmed Elumami and Peter Cooney TRIPOLI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across North Africa has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya, Libya’s government said on Sunday. The recognized government said the strike had killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian militant who became a major figure in insurgencies across North Africa and