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...Johnson sequestering the Mavericks in Fort Lauderdale after blowing a 2-0 lead in Miami - no South Beach for you, Dirk Nowitzki. And Cuban conducting sweaty interviews from his treadmill while badmouthing the refs - some deserved - which earned him a $250,000 fine. For good measure, Nowitzki kicked a ball into the stands after Miami's controversial 101-100 overtime win in Game 5. The Mavs spent so much energy off the court, they could have used that extra ammo for the games...
...talk and game shows allow, if not require, more edge. We've gone from Bill Cullen's genial cheerleading to Gordon Ramsay's four-letter culinary arias on Hell's Kitchen and Jeff Probst's tribal-council interrogations on Survivor. Once Rosie O'Donnell was a Broadway-belting ball of sunshine; now she's a pugilistic, out-lesbian activist--which probably made her a perfect choice to join the morning free-for-all on The View...
...runs hit by George Herman Ruth in 1927 (seven years before Maris was born). Nothing in recent baseball history has aroused such sustained excitement?or provoked such profound and varied emotion ... ... A FEW SENTIMENTALISTS SAW EVERY MARIS HOMER AS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON RUTH. They argued that today's ball is livelier, today's fences shorter, today's pitching easier to hit. Groused Oldtimer Rogers Hornsby: 'Maris has no right to break Ruth's record.'" Read more at timearchive.com...
...JUST LION AROUND The self-declared King of Parties and beasts, mascot Goleo VI--why a lion? we don't know--wants you to have a ball...
...team started far more aggressively than it had in the droopy performance against the Czechs. They fouled early and often, and when they got the ball they attacked, particulary down the right side. That was thanks to Clint Dempsey - inserted into the lineup for a lethargic DaMarcus Beasley - who couldn't wait to take on the Italian defense. The man looked absolutely cool, neatly combining with Bobby Convey in the 20th minute, the latter skying the cross...