Bulls top Celtics in 3 OTs, force Game 7 (AP)

April 30, 2009 by Syndication  
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Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo (9) reacts after an altercation with Chicago Bulls' Kirk Hinrich during the first half of Game 6 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Boston's Brian Scalabrine is at right rear.

One more overtime thriller has the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics headed for a Game 7. Seems only fitting for this series. Derrick Rose scored 28 points and blocked Rajon Rondo's potential game-winner, John Salmons scored 35, and the Bulls beat the defending champions 128-127 in triple overtime Thursday night to even the first-round series.


Bulls beat Celtics in 3 OTs, force Game 7 (AP)

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Chicago Bulls' John Salmons (15) shoots against Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce during the first half of Game 6 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago, Thursday, April 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - One more thriller, and now, the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics will play a decisive seventh game.


Garza perfect into 7th, Rays rip Red Sox (AP)

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Tampa Bay Rays' Michel Hernandez, right, celebrates with teammate B.J. Upton after hitting a fourth-inning home run off Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett during a baseball game Thursday, April 30, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

From the very start, the Tampa Bay Rays sensed it was going to be Matt Garza's night. "It may sound strange, but I really do look forward to his first pitch of the game," manager Joe Maddon said Thursday night, after the American League Championship Series MVP took a perfect game into the seventh inning of a 13-0 victory over Boston.


Magic eliminate 76ers without Howard (AP)

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Orlando Magic guard J.J. Redick, left, strips the ball from the hands of Philadelphia 76ers guard Andre Miller in the second half of a first-round NBA playoff basketball game Thursday, April 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. The Magic won 114-89, advancing to the second round of playoffs.

Dwight Howard can trade the keyboard for hitting the boards. Orlando's big man will get to play again in the next round of the NBA playoffs. On a night the suspended Howard recorded a double-double in blog and Twitter posts from his hotel room, the Magic advanced to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 114-89 in Game 6 on Thursday.


Chrysler files for bankruptcy; inks Fiat deal (Reuters)

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A Chrysler logo is seen atop a New York City car dealership April 27, 2009. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Chrysler LLC filed for bankruptcy on Thursday and announced an industry-changing deal with Fiat, after being pummeled by sliding auto sales and unable to reach agreement on restructuring its debt.


U.S. says terrorist violence soared in Pakistan (Reuters)

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers carry the coffin of one of the paramilitary soldiers who was killed by Taliban militants, during a funeral in Peshawar July 13, 2008. REUTERS/Ali ImamReuters - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in Pakistan last year rose by more than 70 percent, despite an overall drop in such violence worldwide.


Paterno feeling great, back on field (AP)

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Joe Paterno felt like he was in charge again this spring. With his surgically replaced hip, Penn State's 82-year-old coach was back on the field coaching his team the way he likes. He's more mobile, more energetic and more patient these days, free of the pain that had dogged him for two years. The Nittany Lions are truly his team again.

Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig (AP)

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A farmer wash pigs at a pig farm in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, April 30, 2009.  Indonesia, which was hit hardest by bird flu, said it was banning all pork imports to prevent swine fever infections.  (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of "swine flu," the experts who track the genetic heritage of the virus say this: If it is genetically mostly porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them.


A-Rod mum on latest steroid allegations (AP)

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A new, unflattering biography of Alex Rodriguez reportedly says he may have used steroids as early as high school and even after he joined the New York Yankees. Rodriguez admitted in February to using steroids while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, but insisted he stopped before he was traded to the Yankees in February 2004.

Book reportedly says A-Rod may have juiced in H.S. (AP)

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez connects for a home run during an extended spring training baseball game, Thursday April 30, 2009, at the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. Rodriguez is rehabilitating after hip surgery. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - A new, unflattering biography of Alex Rodriguez reportedly says he may have used steroids as early as high school and even after he joined the New York Yankees.


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