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The women of the Seattle 5torm win their second Wfl OB t.
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} of WflBfl Finals championship series.
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The "G" Stands for "Greatness" " r I
The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh 5teelers,two teams
with rich histories and deep fan bases, face off in Super , •
Bowl HLU.It's the Packers who emerge uictorious, beating
the 5teelers 31-25.
One-Point Wonders O► yr
After scoreless regulation play against Algeria,
Landon Donouan scores an eHtra-time goal leading 4
the U50 to win their World Cup group for the
first time since 1930.The World Cup, staged in
Johannesburg,South Africa,featured a record 31 _
one-goal decisions out of 64 matches including
Spain's eHtra-time goal uictory ouer the
fletherlands for the FiFfl World Cup title.
• 41i LeBron James Ditches Cleueland, Catches Heat
} i When his contract is up for grabs, LeBron James leaves
Q Back-to-Back B-Ball Champions the Cleueland Caualiers toplaybasketball for the Miami Heat
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fl The Los Angeles Lakers win their second leauing a lot of unhappy sports fans in Ohio.
consecutiue flBfl Championship,defeating
the Boston Celtics 83-79 in game 7 of the
series.The win brings the Lakers to one r �'
championship behind
Boston's record of 17. The Year of the Pitcher
These two rival teams -
haue met in 12 flBfl Major League Baseball sees a surge of pitchers • • (!
Finals, with Boston throwing no-hit-games, with siH during the 2010 season.
winning 9 of those Philadelphia Phillies pitcher floy Halladay, thows two in
battles. one season,one of which is a perfect game against the
Florida marlins. !ra.:. '
making History Takes Time
John Isner defeats flicolas Mahut 70 games to 68 in the longest
i match in tennis history.The Wimbledon match lasted a record
11 hours, 5 minutes,spread out over three days.