REDS 8, MARLINS 7
Streak to a halt
The Marlins hit three homers, but the Reds belted two in the seventh -- both off Taylor Tankersley -- to halt Florida's win streak at seven. 'We've got to get Tank through his funk,' manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
Still dancingTaylor's surprise:
Marino pep talk
UF footballFreshman Patchan
shot in shoulder
In hidingCuban judo champ
might seek asylum
The NBA needs to change the format for the draft lottery so teams such as the Heat, which had the worst record this season, won't have to rely solely on luck.
The Marlins hit three homers, but the Reds belted two in the seventh -- both off Taylor Tankersley -- to halt Florida's win streak at seven. 'We've got to get Tank through his funk,' manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
Back to even, and back to Boston - with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenseless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 on Monday night to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2.
There will be a party at AmericanAirlines Arena on May 20. Maybe it should be promoted not as a celebration but as a prayer meeting, since that is what the NBA Draft lottery comes down to. A team with the worst record in the league, thus needing the most help to turn around its fortunes, is left relying on crossed fingers and the tiny, colorfully dyed feet of dead rabbits.
The attempted reinvention of Mike Tyson, carefully calculated and months in the planning, launches in the south of France this week with the debut of a sympathetic documentary about him at the Cannes Film Festival. This is not as bizarre as it might seem.




