The St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers are quite familiar with each other because of the last two postseasons, and they could be on course for another October showdown. Michael Wacha is certainly ready. ”That’s a long time away, but both teams are playing good baseball and you never know what will happen,” Wacha said Thursday night after pitching the Cardinals past the Dodgers 7-1 in the opener of
After an eight-day break, the NBA’s top teams and biggest stars put on quite a show. Stephen Curry had 26 points and eight assists, and the Golden State Warriors held off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for a thrilling 108-100 overtime victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. ”It was just a classic five minutes that we needed to get that win,” Curry said of
Andre Iguodala sparked a showcase performance by Golden State’s reserves, frustrating LeBron James as the Warriors beat Cleveland 108-100 in overtime in the opener of the NBA Finals. Iguodala, an 11-year NBA veteran, has been a starter for his entire career until this season with the Warriors, but his bench role paid dividends as he scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Kyrie Irving will undergo an MRI exam Friday after suffering a worrisome left knee injury in a 108-100 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors. How quickly he can heal might well determine what chance the Cavaliers have of bouncing back to defeat the Warriors in the best-of-seven NBA Finals starting with game two on Sunday. Irving scored 23 points and contributed seven rebounds, six assists,
(Reuters) – LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers promised to “make some adjustments” after several missed opportunities cost them Game One of the NBA Finals to the host Golden State Warriors on Thursday, losing 108-100 in overtime. James scored a team-high 44 points, his most ever in a Finals game, but felt he had not communicated efficiently enough with his team mates as he shot only 18 of 38 from
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Museum of Modern Art has obtained a complete set of August Sander’s photographic series “People of the Twentieth Century.”
Golden State outlasted Cleveland 108-100 in over-time to win the opening game of the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers suffering another major setback with an injury to Kyrie Irving. NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry scored 26 points and passed out eight assists while Klay Thompson added 21 points for the Warriors, who trailed most of the night but rallied late and dominated over-time after finishing deadlocked at 98-98 after regulation.
(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors, led by the league’s Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, drew first blood in the best-of-seven NBA Finals with a thrilling 108-100 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game One on Thursday. Curry put the Warriors ahead at 102-98 in extra time with two pairs of free throws before Harrison Barnes made it 105-98 with a three-pointer at a raucous Oracle Arena in Oakland,
The debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in a hospital in southern Iraq, officials said. He was 79.