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Lakers advance to Western Conference final with 108-105 win over Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference final for the f...

Baseball roundup: Friday's action on the diamonds

Fresh off a career-best performance, Jayson Werth insisted it was just one of those games Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Philadelphia Phillies record with eight RBIs in a 10-3 ...

Steady rain washes out second round of LPGA's Sybase Classic

CLIFTON, N.J. - Despite being under par for the round and having a share of the lead, Rachel Hetherington wasn't overly disappointed Friday when the LPGA Tour took the rare step of washing out play in...

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Here are the sports results from Friday: Hockey Canada 5 Sweden 4 Russia 4 Finland 0 Hockey Kitchener 6 Gatineau 5 (OT) NBA Cleveland 74 Boston 69 L.A. Lakers 108 Utah 105 ...

LeBron James scores 32 as Cavaliers beat Celtics to force Game 7

CLEVELAND - The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. They handled the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James may not be as easy. James scored 32 points - 19 in the second half - and the Cavaliers...

Byrd stopped in 9th round in first career fight as light heavyweight

LAS VEGAS - Shaun George stunned Chris Byrd in the former IBF and WBO heavyweight champion's first pro fight as a light heavyweight, stopping him in the ninth round Friday night at Cox Pavilion. Fi...

Host Kitchener opens Memorial Cup with 6-5 overtime win over Gatineau

KITCHENER, Ont. - Justin Azevedo snuffed out Gatineau's comeback bid with an overtime goal, which gave the host Kitchener Rangers a 6-5 win to open the 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup on Friday. Azeve...

Jayson Werth hits three homers in Phillies' 10-3 win over Toronto

PHILADELPHIA - Jayson Werth could not remember ever being this productive in a game - that's including Little League. Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Philadelphia Phillies recor...

Jonathan Byrd makes most of easy conditions, shoots second straight 66

DULUTH, Ga. - Jonathan Byrd took advantage of soft fairways and receptive greens at TPC Sugarloaf on Friday, shooting his second straight 6-under 66 to take a three-stroke lead in the AT&T Classic. ...

Awesome offensive display propels Canada to 5-4 win over Sweden in semifinal

QUEBEC - Team Canada is on the verge of something very special. The Russians are now the only team that stands in the way of Canada becoming the first country to win the IIHF World Hockey Champions...