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LeBron Hits Shot At The Buzzer
Bengals Give
Mayweather: I Get More Love Overseas Than I Do In My Own Country
Wins Game 4; Series Tied 2-2
Terrelle Pryor
CHICAGO -- LeBron James hit a jumper from the corner at the buzzer to give the Cleveland Cavaliers an 86-84 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2.
James finished with 25 points to help the Cavaliers win in another wild finish, re- turning the favor after Chicago took Game 3 on Derrick Rose's banked 3- pointer at the buzzer.
This time, James got whistled for an offensive foul when he elbowed Mike Dunleavy, Jr. That led to a tying layup for Rose with just under 10 seconds left.
But instead of going to overtime, James ended it with the jumper from the cor- ner over Jimmy Butler.
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Cleveland.
Kyrie Irving, playing with a sore foot, was 2-of-12
Chance To Be
Floyd Mayweather
thinks there is a bias against him in America. The unde- feated fighter said in a video Saturday he thinks he gets treated better when he goes overseas than he does in the United States. The link to the video is posted on Mike Tyson's YouTube account, which contains offensive lan- guage.
"At the end of the day, they still look at me as a (ex- pletive)," Mayweather said. The champion also noted he is still undefeated in his pro- fessional career.
"You cannot knock my talent," Mayweather said.
All Is Well: WNBA Couple Tie The Knot
Tiger Woods just com- pleted back-to-back 72-hole PGA Tour tournaments for the first time since the end of the 2013 season. That's the good news.
The bad news is that he followed up an encouraging T-17 performance at the Mas- ters with his worst-ever 72- hole effort at The Players Championship. Woods closed with even-par 72 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass to finish at 3-over 291 for the week.
There were certainly signs that the 14-time major cham- pion was finding his game again. He is among the lead- ers this week in birdies made.
Unfortunately, he sprin- kled in way more holes over par, including a triple-bogey 7 on the 14th hole on Sunday. That's the first time he's ever made a triple-box on the card in 16 appearances. That fol- lows two par-5 double bogeys on Saturday, another first in his PGA Tour career.
Tiger Woods wrote a let- ter to a Bullied Kid who attempted suicide
If there's anyone who knows the power of a letter, it's Tiger Woods. Woods wrote Stanford as a seventh- grader before going on to make history there.
What Woods did for an- other young kid recently is a lot cooler.
Ron Sirak recently wrote about a boy who had been been bullied at school and was really struggling with his friendships and life, partly be- cause of a stuttering problem.
Here's the email the boy's mom wrote to Sirak's friend, Sophie Gustafson, which Sirak discussed at Golf Di- gest:
“Wanted to give you up- date,” the Mom wrote. “Things had been going well
Tiger Woods completed his second full tournament since the end of 2013, but shot his worst round of golf ever.
for awhile. He played football for the first time this year, however, he was teased about his stuttering and quit the team. He has really been struggling lately, feeling lonely due to the fact that he really does not have any close friends.”
She continued:
“On the week of April 16th, he had a bad week, he had been teased about his stutter- ing. That evening, he at- tempted suicide. He yelled downstairs 'Good bye, I love you.' Me and my husband im- mediately ran upstairs, his bedroom door was locked, we busted down the door and he was sitting on the window and was getting ready to jump. We were able to grab him and keep him from going head first onto the concrete below.”
As somebody with kids, that's as heartbreaking a thing as you could possibly read.
The boy's mom was des- perately searching for some- thing to hold on to so she threw Big Cat's name out there.
“He continues to love to watch golf and is still a fan of Tiger,” the Mom wrote. “Is there anyway we could get his story to Tiger and see if he could help find something en- couraging for [him] to look forward to?”
Sirak's response? "Yes, I will make certain Tiger knows this boy is a fan."
LeBron shoots the win- ning shot.
and had 12 points and two as- sists.
Rose scored 31 points and Butler added 19 for Chicago, which was playing without Pau Gasol. He sat out with a strained left ham- string, and his status for Game 5 is in question.
Rose hit two free throws with 1:32 remaining to make it 82-79, but he missed a 3 with about a minute remain- ing after Joakim Noah took a charge against James.
Terrelle Pryor during rooke mini-camp over the weekend.
The Bengals signed quar- terback Terrelle Pryor at the end of their rookie mini- camp on Sunday, giving him a chance to compete for the job of backing up Andy Dalton.
Pryor attended the camp on a tryout basis. He has a connection with offensive co- ordinator Hue Jackson, who was his head coach in Oakland in 2011.
The former Ohio State quarterback started 16 games during three seasons with the Raiders.
Report: Patriots To Sign Free-Agent TE Fred Davis
FRED DAVIS
The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent tight end Fred Davis, days after the former Redskin was re-instated by the NFL after being suspended in the 2014 for violating the league's substance abuse pol- icy.
Davis, who signed a one- year deal with New England, will join a team with a crowded tight end situation, led by All-Pro Rob Gronkowski.
Davis caught a career- high 59 passes for 796 yards in 2011 but has struggled with in- jury.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER
"When we get in the ring, I don't care what you all write, what you say. It's just me and him, one on one. Just be- cause I've had no difficulties, I made mine look easy and everybody else's was hard, they want to say, 'Oh, Floyd never fought nobody.'"
Backup QB
What Has Happened To Tiger?
WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory John- son have tied the knot - a week after they were arrested during an explosive fight that left both fiancées with visible scratches.
Last week, Griner, a cen- ter for Phoenix Mercury, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
But on Friday she gazed lovingly at Johnson, a for- ward for Tulsa Shock, as the 24-year-olds exchanged vows on a mountaintop in Phoenix with 75 relatives and friends.
Griner wore a beige suit and white Converse, while Johnson glittered in a strap- less white gown and veil that she selected on the TLC real- ity show Say Yes To The Dress. The women were fea- tured on a recent episode of the popular TLC show after getting engaged last summer.
Griner shot to interna- tional fame when she was still in college, with the 6'8" star logging more blocks than any other player in NCAA history
Glory Johnson and Brit- tney Griner after wedding ceremony.
by the time she graduated Baylor, including both men and women.
She now plays for the Phoenix Mercury, who won the WNBA championship last September, and will likely be a part of the 2016 Olympic team after giving up her spot on the 2012 team due to her academic obligations.
Johnson, meanwhile, plays for the Tulsa Shock, where she was named to the Western Conference All-Star squad in both 2013 and 2014.
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