NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: Miami's new role players were so effective that they didn't even need their superstar duo to win while on the road in Detroit
The Miami Heat spent last summer finding new faces to add to its roster. It used the early part of the season to make a coaching change. It spent the past six months working to make everything jell.

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Mark Cuban did not play a minute of Game 7 on Monday night. But he was on the court in San Antonio and in the visitors' locker room after the Dallas Mavericks' overtime victory unseated the defending champion Spurs, high-fiving and celebrating like the super-fan he is. Except that Cuban is also the 47-year-old owner of the Mavericks, the innovator behind the franchise's turnaround.

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The reward for the worst Knicks season in 20 years was officially claimed on Tuesday by the Chicago Bulls -- in the form of the second overall pick in the June draft.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: The former Red Sox star began the game with a home run against Boston as New York pounded Tim Wakefield in the early going
American League

Johnny Damon hit a leadoff homer against his former team, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot and the New York Yankees roughed up Tim Wakefield before holding off the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night.

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Fernando Pisani and the Edmonton Oilers are a win away from the Stanley Cup finals.

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Jack Nicklaus holds the record in major championships, one that might never be broken because it was established through decades of superior golf and a few good breaks. About the only player who has even a remote chance is Tiger Woods.

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