MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from an NBA championship. James had 26 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds before dealing with leg cramps late, Dwyane (dwayn) Wade and Mario Chalmers each scored 25 as the Heat rallied from 17 points down to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-98 to take a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.
NEW YORK (AP)- The Atlanta Braves thwarted the New York Yankees' attempt to match their longest winning streak in nearly a half-century. Tim Hudson labored through five innings but got the victory in the Braves' 4-3 win over New York, ending the Yankees' 10-game win streak.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies' nightmare season continues. Not only are the Phils in last place in the National League East, their rookie infielder Freddy Galvis has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for using a banned substance.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Dottie Sandusky has stood by her husband, posting his bail, accompanying him to court proceedings and yesterday taking the witness stand in her husband's sexual abuse trial. Jerry Sandusky's wife testified that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she said he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.
BALTIMORE (AP) - Secretariat may be the only thoroughbred in history to set a track record 39 years after he crossed the finish line. Secretariat's winning time in the 1973 Preakness has been changed to reflect that the Triple Crown-winning colt's time was actually faster than the stakes record, giving the great horse stakes records in all three Triple Crown races - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes - that still stand.
