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1959 Minneapolis Lakers 0–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-0)
1962 Los Angeles Lakers 3–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-3)
1963 Los Angeles Lakers 2–4 - Boston Celtics (win (4-2)
1965 Los Angeles Lakers 1–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-1)
1966 Los Angeles Lakers 3–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-3)
1968 Los Angeles Lakers 2–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-2)
1969 Los Angeles Lakers 3–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-3)
1984 Los Angeles Lakers 3–4 - Boston Celtics (win 4-3)
1985 Los Angeles Lakers (win 4–2) - Boston Celtics
1987 Los Angeles Lakers (win 4–2) Boston Celtics
2008 Los Angeles Lakers – Boston Celtics

Celtics lead the series 8-2.

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Most National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) softball teams are 4 games into the 2008 season. The current standings:

Philadelphia Force: 4-0 1.000
Rockford Thunder: 3-1 0.750
Washington Glory: 3-1 0.750
Chicago Bandits: 1-3 0.250
New England Riptide: 1-3 0.250
Akron Racers: 0-0 0.000

See: 2008 NPF Standings & 2008 NPF Schedule

Early leaders:

Batting: .700 - Kellie Wilkerson of the Philadelphia Force
Home Runs: 2 - Courtney Bures of the Washington Glory
RBIs: 5 - Trena Peel of the Philadelphia Force
Pitching wins: 2 - Margo Pruis of the Philadelphia Force
Strikeouts: 16 - Am7 Harre of the Philadelphia Force
ERA: 0.50 - Sarah Pauly of the Washington Glory

See: 2008 NPF League Leaders

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Manny was being Manny last night when he became the latest and 24th player to hit 500 career home runs. There are currently (as of 5/31/2008) 5 active players including Manny with 500 or more career home runs:

599 - Ken Griffey, Jr.
525 - Alex Rodriguez
520 - Frank Thomas
517 - Jim Thome
500 - Manny Ramirez

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With another rare playoff road win the Boston Celtics have catapulted themselves into the NBA finals to face the Los Angeles Lakers. For the Celtics it is their 20th NBA Finals appearance, but first since 1987 (a loss to the Lakers). The Celtics are 16-3 in the Finals. For the Lakers, it is their 29th appearance and first since 2005 (a loss to the Detroit Pistons). The Lakers are 14-14 in the finals.

The Celtics and Lakers have faced each other 10 times in the finals prior to 2008 (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1985, & 1987), which will be their 11th meeting in the finals. The Celtics have won the match up 8 times, and the Lakers have won it twice.

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The NCAA Division I Softball Women’s College World Series will take place starting tomorrow (5/29/2008) and running through June 4. Virginia Tech. will face Texas A&M for the Division I softball crown. Games will be held at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

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A few days ago the Celtics did something that they had not done in the playoffs - they lost at home. Last night they continued their walk on the wild side by again doing something they had not done in these playoffs - they won on the road defeating the Detroit Pistons 94-80.

The Celtics road win puts them back in control and in a good position for the rest of the playoffs. The worst they can do is come back from Detroit tied 2-all, a decidedly better fate then if they had lost last night…

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The answer is most probably yes. Detroit managed to do something that no other team has done to the Celtics during the playoffs. They beat them at the TD Banknorth Garden. Now for the Celtics to take the Eastern Conference Finals they need to do something they have yet to do in these playoffs - win on the road. It is starting to look like Detroit in 6 or 7.

A lesson that the Celtics should take from the New England Patriots. The regular season accomplishments become meaningless if you do not win in the playoffs…

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Speculation is that Tiger Woods will return to golf after successful arthroscopic knee surgery in April at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio next week. There is, however, no confirmation from Tiger’s camp on this. The next event that he is scheduled to compete in is the U.S. Open (June 12-15) according to his web site.

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With the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs it would be understanding if they were dominating Boston sports coverage. Not so with the Red Sox doing so well and writing new pages of Red Sox history.

The Boston Red Sox are managing to not only stay front and center, they are doing it with style. And here in Boston, front and center does not mean the lead sports story, it means the lead story on the paper’s front page. Jon Lester’s complete game no hitter was the lead story for the Boston Globe this morning. Lester becomes the second Red Sox pitcher in a row to pitch a no hitter on top of the Clay Buchholz gem last September.

Veteran catcher Jason Varitek also grabbed a little piece of history becoming only the 2nd catcher in MLB history to catch 4 no hit ball games (the other catcher to do this was Ray Schalk in 1914 (2), 1917, 1922).

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It’s a little rough on the fans - every series going to 7 games. But that is the way it will stay unless the Boston Celtics relearn how to win on the road. I still contend that this in no a recipe for long term success through the playoffs - even if the Celtics are thus far proving me wrong…

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