Sports Columns
Chicken soup and sleep helped Dirk Nowitzki overcome a fever and flu. He still has a torn tendon in his left middle finger, and there’s no fixing it, but he’s playing so well that problem has been forgotten.
A story in Tuesday’s newspaper said Las Vegas slugger and Internet-search magnet Bryce Harper was “picking up the finer points” of the game while he continues to knock the cover off the ball with Class-A Hagerstown of the South Atlantic League. It mentioned he was hitting .342 and had belted his 14th homer Monday night.
In the most crucial game of his career, the one that would most likely determine the eventual winner of the NBA Finals, LeBron James was wise enough to pull over so an ambulance could pass.
It’s hard to understand the reaction from fans of a UNLV basketball program that existed years ago under a cloud of mistrust about what type of cars its players drove and who financed them.
Premature celebrations are nothing new to the Miami Heat. Another one erupted Thursday, minus the fireworks and smoke, after Dwyane Wade dropped in a 3-pointer from the corner.
