MIAMI—The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.   Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together—LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it...

PHILADELPHIA—Domonic Brown hit an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Monday night. The Nationals tied it at 4 when Chad Tracy hit a solo homer with two outs in the ninth off closer Jonathan Papelbon (1-...

ARLINGTON, Texas—Nelson Cruz homered twice, A.J. Pierzynski drove in three runs and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-7 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics on Monday night.  The Rangers totaled only eight runs during what was the longest active skid...

OMAHA, Neb.—This wasn’t the ending Louisville imagined for the best sports year in university history. The mistake-prone Cardinals surrendered seven runs in the fourth inning on their way to an 11-4 loss to No. 3 national seed Oregon State that eliminated them from the College World Ser...

ARDMORE, Pa.—The most recent golden era of golf in England had everything but the one prize that brings credibility. A major championship. Lee Westwood and Luke Donald reached No. 1 in the world. Ian Poulter turned into a rock star in the Ryder Cup. There was a strong supporting cast that in...

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Texas High graduate Caleb Adams was selected to the 2013 American Baseball Coaches Association South Central All-Region Team, which was released Monday. Adams, a sophomore at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, was one of four Ragin’ Cajuns named to the team but only Adams and junior outfi...

June 18 1910—Alex Smith wins the U.S. Open by beating John McDermont and Macdonald Smith in an 18-hole playoff. Smith beats McDermont by four strokes and Macdonald Smith by six. 1921—The University of Illinois wins the first NCAA track and field championships with 20 1/4 points. Notre...

BASEBALL: Redwater second baseman Tate Doty’s photo was omitted from the 16-2A All-District team that was published in Sunday’s edition. The Gazette regrets this error.   BASKETBALL: The New Boston basketball camp for boys and girls will be held June 24-26 at Lion Gym. The mornin...

CLEVELAND—Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night. Johnson sprinted home and slid in safely after Albers’ pitch got under catcher Ca...

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BOSTON—Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins’ offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.  After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night...

OMAHA, Neb.—Adam Plutko and two relievers limited LSU to five hits, and UCLA turned both of the Tigers’ errors into runs in a tense 2-1 victory at the College World Series on Sunday night. The Bruins (45-17) will play North Carolina State on Tuesday. The No. 4 national seed Tigers (57-1...

MIAMI—LeBron James has been here before, with dire results. It was two years ago, the end of the first season of “Big Three” basketball in Miami. The situation: Heat down 3-2, hosting Game 6 of the NBA Finals, only two home wins separating them from what would have been James&rsqu...

SAN ANTONIO—The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster...

The Texarkana Junior Razorbacks took home a championship after edging Genoa, 11-10, in the championship game of the Guaranty Bond Bank Junior Tiger Invitational last weekend.  The Hogs were down 10-3 going into the bottom of the seventh inning before making an improbable eight-run comeback to...