(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors survived a stirring James Harden-inspired fightback to take command of the Western Conference Final with a 99-98 Game Two victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday. This season’s MVP runner-up scored 10 of his team’s final 12 points and added 10 rebounds and nine assists but again had to accept second billing to Golden State’s Stephen Curry. Curry finished with 33 points and teamed
NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors edged the Houston Rockets 99-98 to double their lead in the Western Conference finals. Curry again came out on top in a duel with James Harden, stifling the Rockets star in the moments before the final buzzer to preserve the win. Golden State had to battle to the bitter end.
Masters champion Jordan Spieth drained a 19-foot birdie at the final hole to join a four-way tie for the lead at the $6.5 million Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Playing in front of delighted fans near his hometown of Dallas, Spieth was unfazed by the three-hour delay that pushed back the start of play, recording six birdies without a bogey to tie Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa and fellow Americans Kevin Na
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-The Pittsburgh Business Times has exclusive photos of an Uber test vehicle that’s roaming the Pittsburgh streets, gathering data as part of the ride-sharing startup’s efforts into autonomous vehicles. – While the car itself, a Ford Fusion with “Uber Advanced Technologies Center” written on the side and a roof loaded with test equipment, is not autonomous, it’s gathering data that Uber hopes to use in future forays into self-driving cars.
-Okay, we’ve been banging on about the strangeness of the BMW X6—a fastbacked, hatch-havin’ four-door “coupe” version of the X5 “Sports Activity Vehicle”—since it arrived as a 2008 model. Seven years of Backfires comments comparing it to everything from the Pontiac Aztek to the 1980s AMC Eagle Spirit suggest readers agree with us that it’s one odd automotive platypus. READ MORE ›› –
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-This is a test. Five automobiles—what we believe to be the cream of the American crop in terms of handling prowess—will engage in pitched battle. Twenty tires will be shredded for the greater good. Fenders will rub together on a racetrack, sphincters will pucker, felt-tipped pens will scratch heartfelt comments into logbooks. Names will be named. READ MORE ›› –