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Sports
05/09/2008 12:00 AM Scott Mullen missed his daughter’s coming-out-performance last year against Esko when she hit a grand slam off one of the area’s best pitchers and earned a save by striking out the Northland’s premier hitter with the bases loaded.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM When Ben Haugen coached baseball at rival Hinckley-Finlayson, he couldn’t wait for Esko’s Lewis family to run out of brothers.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM Jessica Kero was among a handful of Lincoln Park Middle School students asking for an autograph Thursday afternoon in the school auditorium.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM St. Scholastica baseball players saw the words “three to get” scribbled on a message board in the team locker room when they arrived at Wade Stadium on Thursday morning.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM Grand Rapids scored the first earned runs off Alexis Podpeskar this season to win one game and pitcher Katie McBride threw a three-hit shutout to complete a sweep of a high school softball doubleheader Thursday at Virginia.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM Juan Uribe’s homer put the White Sox ahead and his old-fashioned hard slide that busted up a double play had his teammates and manager buzzing.
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Parker, Ginobili both score 31; Spurs beat Hornets in Game 3
There was no third-quarter breakdown for the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night, just the desperate play of a team whose quest for a second straight NBA title was on the line. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili both scored 31 points to lead the Spurs to a 110-99 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
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Pierce, Allen lead Celtics to 89-73 Game 2 win over Cavs
Paul Pierce and Ray Allen found their shooting touch. LeBron James can only hope he left his in Cleveland. Pierce scored 19 points, Kevin Garnett added 13 with 12 rebounds, and Allen broke out of a seven-quarter scoring drought with 16 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Cavaliers 89-73 on Thursday night and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Red Wings roll past Stars 4-1 in West finals opener
Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, who built a big lead in the second period and coasted to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.
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