Red Sox shocker

Beckham scores wonder goal against Barcelona

Lakers get their Phil his record 10th title

Lakers get their Phil his record 10th title



By JOE HENDERSON
June 15, 2009

ORLANDO - The National Basketball Association is a players league, so they say. It is the league of men who need no last name – Kobe, LeBron and so on. Coaching is more of a negotiation at this level, an attempt to reach peace with the players while keeping things moving toward a common goal.



25 Arrested as Lakers Victory Celebrations Turn Violent

June 15, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Celebration turned to near riots in Los Angeles after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA finals Sunday.



Sports & Money: Embarq hopes for a little (Orlando) magic



If you can't be with number one, go with number two. Embarq has signed a three-year contract with the NBA runner-up Orlando Magic to provide communications services. The value of the deal was not disclosed. the Magic fell to the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night, losing the championship series 4 games to 1.



Bryant, Lakers reign again

By TOM WITHERS

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Kobe Bryant has the NBA title he needed most -- the one without Shaq. Bryant's seven-year chase of a coveted championship is over. He's got his fourth, and Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson his record 10th, a ring for each finger. One year after failing in the finals, Bryant and the Lakers have redemption, and all the rewards that go with it.



Police: 5 officers hurt in postgame Laker melees

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say five officers were hit by debris and had minor injuries in downtown celebrations that followed the Lakers' championship victory over the Orlando Magic.



Video: LA Lakers players celebrate winning the NBA Championship

Crosby: Snub Lidstrom? No way 'My intentions were to shake hands'

Crosby: Snub Lidstrom? No way 'My intentions were to shake hands'

By Dave Molinari
June 14, 2009

He did not, Sidney Crosby said, try to snub Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom in the handshake line that followed the Penguins' 2-1 Stanley Cup-clinching victory at Joe Louis Arena Friday night.



Wings just didn't seem goal-oriented

By Kevin Paul Dupont
June 14, 2009



Ex-Bruin Bill Guerin was one Penguin who was flying high Friday night, the Stanley Cup firmly in his team's grasp. (Makr Humphrey/Associated Press)



Penguins’ Stanley Cup Validates Aggressive Changes

By JEFF Z. KLEIN and STU HACKEL
June 13, 2009

David Maxwell/European Pressphoto Agency

The Pittsburgh Penguins after they won the Stanley Cup by beating the Red Wings, 2-1, in Game 7 in Detroit on Friday night.



Penguins lead youth movement

By Corey Masisak
June 14, 2009

DETROIT | Call it a youth movement no more. The Pittsburgh Penguins are atop the hockey world, and it is up to the other young teams around the NHL to grow up in a hurry and catch them.



The Buzz: Penguins say ‘snub’ overblown

Jun. 13, 2009

Penguins officials have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Sidney Crosby, the team’s captain, didn’t snub his Red Wings counterpart, Nicklas Lidstrom, in the handshake line after Friday’s Stanley Cup final.



Loss, Crosby's snub leave Wings with bitter taste

By LARRY LAGE – 6 hours ago

DETROIT (AP) — The Red Wings can accept that Pittsburgh is the Stanley Cup champion. Getting snubbed by Sidney Crosby is another matter. After watching Pittsburgh hoist the Cup on Detroit's ice, the Red Wings lined up to shake hands with the Penguins as is custom in the NHL playoffs.



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