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Knicks need a quick response from Game 3 loss

NEW YORK (AP) — The last time the New York Knicks lost a game, they didn’t do it again for another month and a half. When they fell behind against Atlanta in the first round of the NBA playoffs, desperation turned into domination. The Knicks won 13 straight games, many of them blowouts, in one of the most impressive postseason stretches in NBA history. They don’t need to do anything so dramatic now. With a 2-1 lead over the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, a simple 2-2 record the rest of the season would give New York its first championship since 1973. So after dropping ...

Hamlin captures NASCAR race at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Denny Hamlin went from the rear to first again Sunday, winning at Michigan International Speedway to earn his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory. Just like last week's win at Nashville Superspeedway, when the Joe Gibbs Racing car started on the pole position but was penalized for jumping the start, Hamlin qualified first at Michigan but dropped to the back at the green flag because of a penalty for unapproved adjustments to his No. 11 Toyota. Hamlin patiently worked his way to the front over 400 miles. He took the lead for good on a three-wide pass ...

This week in WV history

CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. June 7, 1899: Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee was born in Radford, Virginia. In 1951, she became West Virginia’s first ...

Area Religious Activities

Parish House On the parish calendar: Sisters group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Irons Chapel, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, for all ladies who wish to grow in their Christian walk. Pam Walling serves as facilitator. Study Group will be 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in Godwin Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Pastor Steve Meadows leads a discussion of Max Lucado’s “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Need.” All are welcome to join the conversation The Clothes Closet, located behind the Parish House at 47 Sedgewick St., welcomes all shoppers. In addition to ...

‘Spurs Nuns’ aiming to bring divine intervention to the NBA Finals

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama stepped off the court for a moment before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, accepted greetings from a handful of well-wishers in San Antonio Spurs jerseys, then bowed his head to join them in a quick prayer. They're the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. On game nights, they're called the Spurs Nuns. New York has Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan among its superfans; San Antonio has a group of nuns who wear Spurs jerseys over their habits. It's a relationship that goes back at least 20 years or so, and to the sisters it makes perfect ...

Fleetwood part of 4-way tie for the lead at Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler never thought two straight victories in the Memorial would be of any value when he began his bid for three in a row. It sure felt that way Thursday in a tough start that left him exasperated by the wind and six shots behind a four-way share of the lead. Wyndham Clark, coming off a victory in the Byron Nelson, U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun, Tommy Fleetwood and the Ryan Gerard were each at 5-under 67, among only 22 players who broke par at Muirfield Village. Scheffler was poised to be among them until a bad wedge led to a careless bogey on the ...