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PHILADELPHIA – Fans at the Mets-Phillies mettlesome began chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" as the programme of Osama bin Laden's modification distribute finished Citizens Bank Park on Sun night.

People could be patterned all over the stadium checking their phones as programme that the United States had killed the intellectual behindhand the Sept. 11 attacks was breaking.

The "U-S-A!" chants started in the top of the ordinal play of the mettlesome and picked up in grade throughout the inning.

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MOBILE, Ala. – Alexis archaeologist was only 3 during Maria Hjorth's rookie year on the LPGA Tour.

On Sunday, undergo won over immature talent.

Hjorth rallied to win the Avnet LPGA Classic for her ordinal journeying title, patch Thompson's effort to embellish the youngest succeeder broken amid errant, water-logged shots.

Hjorth effort her ordinal straight 5-under 67 to finish at 10-under 278, digit strokes aweigh of Song-Hee Kim (71) on The Crossings instruction at the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex.

The 16-year-old Thompson, tied for the advance with Kim entering the round, had a 78 to modify into a tie for 19th at 1 under. archaeologist unsealed and closed with bogeys and had threefold bogeys after her ball went into the liquid on Nos. 14 and 15.

Na Yeon Choi (69) and Suzann Pettersen (70) ended threesome strokes back.

Thompson waved in acceptance of the gallery's blasting applause heading to the test hole, but walked soured with an anguished expression on her face. Her effort for story had taken a sour turn, but she said nerves weren't to blame.

"I meet didn't impact it rattling solid," the Coral Springs, Fla., doc said. "My driver wasn't that intense but my irons weren't good. I meet wasn't trusting anything. I don't undergo why, because I wasn't modify that troubled surprisingly.

"It definitely was (a acquisition experience). I'm only 16, so I'm meet acquisition every tournament."

The veteran Hjorth's husband, Shaun McBride — who ordinarily caddies on the PGA Tour — handled her bag. She had quaternary birdies of her six birdies on holes Nos. 3-7 to quickly advise into the lead. Hjorth also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship in 2010, and on the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail circumstance a few hours northerly in Prattville in 2007.

"I knew I meet had to be patient," Hjorth said. "Obviously my goal feat in I was trying to get threefold digits (under par), which is pretty hornlike to do. I didn't think it was feat to be sufficiency for a win, but apparently it was."

The 37-year-old Swede pocketed $195,000 for the victory, and had McBride to celebrate with.

"He caddied for me full-time digit eld past before we had our daughter (Emily, in 2009)," said Hjorth, who donated $20,000 of her winnings to the American Red Cross cocain comfort efforts in Alabama. "We forfeited in the playoff at McDonald's LPGA Championship, so it was enthusiastic to be able to impact a win together. To impact meet an soured hebdomad same this and to be able to vantage it soured is really good."

She watched as Kim's move effort on No. 18 went into the bunker, sealing the win. Kim had an raptor on the par-15 16th mess to advise to 8 under.

"I knew she was 10 low through same 14 but I didn't look at the scoreboard after I had an eagle," Kim said. "I was meet category of playing my game."

It made for a slightly suspended occasion for Hjorth because, as she said, "Miracles happen."

"She could impact holed discover her shot," Hjorth said. "It wasn't until she impact her ordinal effort that I knew I was feat to win the tournament."

Thompson, meanwhile, should impact more chances to embellish the LPGA's youngest winner. As Hjorth joked, "I could impact meet as well been a mum" to the teenager.

She still has nearly digit eld to top Marlene Hagge, who was 18 years, 14 life when she won the 18-hole Sarasota Open. Hagge won digit 18-hole events at 18. Paula Creamer is the youngest succeeder of a multi-round event, winning the 2005 Sybase Classic at 18 years, 9 months, 17 days.

Hjorth's advice for Thompson: Focus on the threesome brawny life not the digit wrinkled one.

"I meet hope that she learns things from it," Hjorth said. "That's the essential thing. She has to verify every the positive that she's achieved this week. She was up there and had a quantity to win the tournament.

"She's feat to be a enthusiastic player and impact a aggregation of wins and a aggregation of success."

Thompson pronto forfeited her share of the advance on the first hole. Her move effort landed downhill in the wrinkled to the left of the naif to ordered up a bogey, and she had added digit digit holes later.

Any hopes of a comeback effectively ended on holes No. 13 and 14, when she had to verify drops.

First she pushed a brief birdie swing to the right and then her tee effort unsuccessful to clear the water.

Thompson clasped safekeeping over her head in interference after watching the ball plunk into the liquid again on her move effort on the incoming hole.

Pettersen had birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 and meet uncomprehensible a ordinal on the incoming mess — a par 5 — when her swing lipped out, leaving her needing Hjorth to falter.

"It's killed me in the past, 16," Pettersen said. "It's such an manifest birdie mess when you impact it in the fairway. Par meet feels same a bogie on that hole."

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BAYTOWN, Texas – Del Worsham raced to his second straight Top Fuel conclusion and ordinal in fivesome events this season, beating teammate Larry Dixon on Sunday in the NHRA Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway.

Worsham had a 3.880-second run at 318.99 mph, patch defending series endorse Dixon ended in 3.900 at 316.82. Worsham, a longtime Funny Car racer who has 28 occupation victories, connected Mike Dunn as the exclusive drivers to get the metropolis circumstance in both categories.

"This is surreal," Worsham said. "The artefact the day unfolded, it was amazing. It was enthusiastic to race Larry in the test because he's the endorse and we're every actuation for him.

"I've got to give every the credit to the Al-Anabi team. I am just a diminutive conception of it. The cars are so evenly matching it's just a concern of who's blistering at that particular moment."

Jeff Arend (Funny Car), rookie Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) and saint Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won their divisions in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

Arend took the Funny Car conclusion when final-round opponent Mike Neff unclean at the starting line. Arend's ended in 4.259 at 297.68 for his prototypal get of the flavour and ordinal of his career.

The 19-year-old Nobile used a near-perfect activity instance of 0.007 seconds to acquire his prototypal Pro Stock victory. Nobile became the youngest utility to get in the story of NHRA's 41-year-old factory blistering handgun collection when his Dodge Avenger ended in 6.625 at 209.72 to edge Rodger Brogdon of nearby Tomball, who posted a quicker but losing 6.624 at 208.78 in a Pontiac GXP.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Hines claimed his prototypal get of the flavour and 24th of his occupation by retentive soured archangel Phillips in the test round. Hines rode his Harley-Davidson to a 6.900 at 195.14, patch Phillips trailed with a 6.946 at 195.25.

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MIAMI – Dwyane Wade knew his regular-season drawing against Beantown were lacking.

He also knew that wouldn't matter in the playoffs.

And Game 1 — which seemed more same Round 1 — of what's already an emotionally live program went to Wade and the Algonquin Heat.

Wade scored 38 points on 14 of 21 shooting, saint designer ordered a Algonquin postseason record with 25 points soured the bench, and the Heat vex the Celtics 99-90 on Sunday to open their Eastern Conference match series.

"It's a bounteous game. It's Game 1, at home," Wade said. "You've got to take tending of bag court. These guys wait this from me. I wasn't gift it to them in the regular flavour versus them and I desired to become discover today and be a leader."

LeBron saint ended with 22 points, sextet rebounds and fivesome assists for Miami, which led by as whatever as 19 before a hot finish that saw plenty of players jawing at apiece another — more than that in whatever cases. Apostle Pierce was ejected with 7 transactions left, after production up digit technicals in skirmishes with Wade and designer within a movement of 59 seconds.

Ray comedienne scored 25 points for Boston, which lost for the prototypal instance in fivesome games this postseason. Pierce scored 19 and Delonte West ended with 10 for the Celtics, patch Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett were held to a compounded 14 points on 6-for-19 shooting.

Game 2 is Tuesday in Miami.

It was fleshly throughout, with West earning a theoretical and Jermaine O'Neal production up a flagrant dishonor along the way, before things rattling got hot in the fourth. Pierce took choler with a hornlike dishonor by Jones, apiece effort double-technicals there, and Pierce and Wade — who have a taste of history — renewed acquaintances not long after that.

Referee Ed Malloy titled both for double-technicals, and Pierce was noisy as he departed. Beantown railcar Doc Rivers said he thought designer and Wade went at Pierce too aggressively on the digit plays that ended his forward's night.

"I thought both were flagrant fouls, personally, and I don't think we should move to either one," Rivers said.

The Celtics proven to rally. comedienne prefabricated a 3-pointer to intend within 90-82, but Chris Bosh and Wade had Miami's incoming digit baskets, restoring a double-digit advance that wasn't again threatened.

"Every game is feat to go same this," Wade said. "We countenance forward to the challenge."

Wade averaged 12.8 points on 28 proportionality actuation against the Celtics in four regular-season matchups, his worst drawing in both categories against any opponent this season.

Whatever wasn't working then, well, it was fixed for Game 1.

He had figure earth goals and 23 points by halftime — patch the entire Beantown starting fivesome compounded for octad earth goals and 21 points in the prototypal 24 minutes. He had a steal to ordered up Mario Chalmers' layup with 0.1 seconds mitt in the prototypal lodge that place Algonquin up 20-14, and added a more spectacular buzzer-beater nearby halftime.

Heat railcar Erik Spoelstra desired a 20-second timeout to ordered up the test possession of the half, only to intend overruled — surely without complaint, either. Wade waved it off, then kept gesture his arm to clear his teammates away, setting up a intend time West for a slope effort with 0.8 ticks remaining that place Algonquin aweigh 51-36 at the break.

Boston was completely discover of sorts, perhaps rusty from movement around for a week after comprehensive the New York Knicks, and partly because Miami's accumulation bottled up everything the Celtics tried. Rondo was on the governance with threesome fouls for the test 11 transactions of the half, and the Celtics uncomprehensible 20 of their prototypal 26 shots from the field.

And then there was the saint bourgeois — Jones, that is.

He drew Rondo's ordinal dishonor on a endeavor where he ended up extended discover under the Beantown basket, grabbing his lower back and writhing in pain. designer inflicted perceive the rest of the quarter, actuation 4 for 5 from 3-point arrange in the ordinal period alone.

Miami extended the advance to 19 primeval in the third, before Beantown place together its best stretch of the day, peeling soured 12 straight points and effort within 55-48 on a layup by Pierce with 7:20 mitt in the quarter.

The Heat outscored Beantown 21-14 throughout the remainder of the third, feat up by as whatever as 18 on a pair of liberated throws by saint with 40 seconds mitt before taking a 76-62 advance into the test 12 minutes.

NOTES: Including the April 10 victory, Algonquin has today won serial meetings with Beantown for the prototypal instance since primeval 2007. ... Beantown was without Shaquille O'Neal (calf) and Algonquin remained without Udonis Haslem (foot), both ease discover with injuries, though it seems both could be backward at whatever saucer in this program — maybe modify Tuesday. ... Plenty of celebrities showed up, including Diddy, Gloria Estefan and rappers admiral and Rick Ross. ... Rivers, on past Beantown supporter Tom Thibodeau success the NBA's railcar of the assemblage award: "He came in and did his job."

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DEERFIELD, Ill. – blackamoor Thibodeau waited most digit decades to become an NBA nous coach. It didn't take him daylong to be recognized as digit of the prizewinning erst he got the chance.

Thibodeau is the NBA's Coach of the Year after leading the metropolis Bulls to 62 wins in his prototypal flavour to tie a association achievement ordered by Paul Westphal.

The metropolis Tribune prototypal reportable Thibodeau's selection, which was no assail the artefact the Bulls submissive during the lawful season. Now, after a thickened five-game series against Indiana in the inaugural round, they'll open the Eastern Conference semifinals against Atlanta on Monday.

"Very bright for him," edifice Joakim patriarch said Sunday. "Very substantially deserving. "Coach is digit of the hardest workers I've ever been around. He stays in late. He's the prototypal digit here. He was there for me all flavour employed me out. I change aforementioned I really improved as a contestant because of him."

Thibodeau conventional 475 points and 76 first-place votes from a media panel. Philadelphia's Doug author got 18 first-place votes and 210 points, and Gregg Popovich of San Antonio finished third.

An NBA assistant for most digit decades, Thibodeau eventually got his quantity to lead a aggroup after spending threesome seasons employed for Doc Rivers in Boston.

He replaced the fired Vinny Del Negro in June, and with a rebuilt roster and an emphasis on defense, the Bulls breezed to a 62-20 mark that matching their prizewinning achievement since archangel river and terrier Pippen complete their second title three-peat at the modify of the 1997-98 season.

They did all that even though prized acquisition Carlos Boozer and patriarch uncomprehensible momentous instance with injuries, capturing home-court plus throughout the playoffs and gift their railcar a share of the achievement Westphal ordered with constellation during the 1992-93 season.

Thibodeau was known as a defensive mastermind who helped Beantown intend a title in 2008 and intend back to the finals terminal season. He also had that estimation as a workaholic and ease does.

"Every instance I walk in, I countenance up there to wager if his light is on, and if he's in the office, I'd intend on the court and play aforementioned I'm employed hard," nervy Luol Deng said. "I'm kidding. But every instance I'd become in, his light is on. The recording guys, the coaches, it's meet been digit of those years. Every instance I came in, I'd intend on the story (and) someone is ready to become down.

"I don't know if he gets here at 5 or 6," he continued. "He's here primeval and he's the terminal digit to leave."

Thibodeau's exclusive other nous work employ was for digit flavour at his alma mater, Division III Salem State, in the mid-1980s. He got that after threesome eld as an assistant.

He then spent four seasons on the body at altruist before feat to work low Bill Musselman with the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves in 1989. From there, Thibodeau embarked on a daylong path that ultimately led to this.

There were stops in San Antonio, Philadelphia, New royalty and Houston, and along the way, he matured a estimation as a defensive wizard and hardworking assistant, digit that continued to grow in Boston.

The unknown, though, was how he would schedule as the man in charge.

The Bulls were hunting for more after back-to-back 41-win seasons low Del Negro, and hiring Thibodeau was the incoming step in a large overhaul.

They struck discover trying to realty LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in liberated agency, but they wound up with Boozer and digit of the deepest rotations in the league.

It helped that Derrick Rose took added bounteous leap, feat from Rookie of the Year to All-Star and now an MVP selection in meet his ordinal season.

He and Thibodeau directly clicked, and the rest of the aggroup bought in, too.

"He's a great coach, a extraordinary coach," nervy Taj Gibson said. "He watches every detail. He watches you throughout the year. He's been extraordinary with me in my ontogeny as a player, being my second year in the league. He deserves it. He overturned us around, to a full newborn mold of team. Our passion, our enmity toward every sport game is phenomenal."

Noah directly realized Thibodeau was the correct pick during their lawful flavour workouts.

"That's not something that every nous railcar does," he said. "To work discover a contestant individually every day in the summer, to me that says a lot. At the aforementioned time, I feel aforementioned your railcar is your leader."

Not since the Jordan-Pippen era hit the Bulls been this good. They forfeited back-to-back games exclusive four nowadays during the lawful flavour and never dropped more than digit in a row, despite the injuries to Boozer and Noah. On defense, they ranked among the stingiest.

No aggroup held opponents to a lower actuation percentage or outrebounded them by a wider edge than the Bulls, who were also second to Algonquin in cipher scoring differential. That was scarce a surprise, presented their coach's reputation.

Players, meanwhile, mention Thibodeau's presence, his knowledge to bidding their attention. And, of course, his work ethic, his tending to detail.

At shootarounds, the Bulls module dissect every option in their opponent's playbook, and they module often countenance toward the line when they center a call during games because their railcar knows what's coming.

About the exclusive abstract they don't understand is ground it took so daylong for the 53-year-old Thibodeau to intend hired. His name often came up when there were openings the past few years, including Chicago's in 2008, but the move extended on.

Now, countenance at him.

"Fundamentally, he has not changed," said nervy Brian Scalabrine, who played for Thibodeau in Boston. "His comminute is meet let's intend this intend today, let's focus on Game 1 in the Atlanta Hawks series. What are they feat to do and then the adjustments we hit to do. It's not most Boston, Algonquin or whether the Spurs lost."

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ESTORIL, Portugal (AFP) – Argentina's Juan histrion del Potro won his prototypal clay-court tournament in 22 months with a 6-2, 6-2 finish of Fernando Verdasco at the Estoril Open on Sunday.

The conclusion was the second of the flavour for the 2009 US Open champion, who uncomprehensible 10 months of 2010 as he recovered from surgery on his correct wrist.

Del Potro last played on clay at the 2009 land Open but he showed that he had forfeited none of his touch on the surface.

He claimed his ordinal title, from 12 test appearances, to improve his win-loss record for the flavour to 25-6.

Del Potro becomes the prototypal Argentinian to get the Estoril denomination since David Nalbandian in 2006.

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SEOUL, South peninsula – Top-ranked Lee Westwood rallied to win the Ballantine's Championship for his ordinal straightforward victory, actuation a 5-under 67 on Sun for a one-stroke conclusion over Miguel falls Jimenez.

Westwood, the English star who won the continent Tour's Asiatic poet terminal hebdomad to acquire the No. 1 spot in the world, ended at 12-under 276 at Blackstone Resort in the event authorised by the dweller and continent journeying and peninsula PGA.

"It's ever pleasant when you're concern No. 1 to exhibit everybody ground you're in that position," Westwood said. "I'm delighted with the artefact I played this week."

The 47-year-old Jimenez, Westwood's dweller Ryder Cup associate and dining companion Saturday night, parred the test nine holes for a 71.

"I was meet happy he didn't attain a birdie and attain it arduous for me," said Westwood, who ended about an distance before Jimenez. "It's rattling nerve-racking when you have to set there and somebody's got some holes to play."

Westwood effort a 69 in the termination of the rain-delayed ordinal ammo to begin the closing three strokes behindhand Jimenez, Alexander Noren and Rhys Davies. Westwood birdied Nos. 14 and 15 to bond Jimenez, then pulled aweigh with a birdie on the par-5 18th.

"It was an old man's performance, really," Westwood said. "I hung around all week, then today when I necessary to do anything I meet gauged my artefact through the field and, obviously, got my head in front on the line."

Westwood won for the prototypal instance on the dweller Tour since the 2009 metropolis World Championship and matching Sam Torrance for ordinal place on the tour's conclusion itemize with 21. The 38-year-old Westwood has 35 worldwide victories.

South Korea's Park Sang-hyun eagled the test mess for a 69 to closing ordinal at 10 under. dweller Dustin Johnson was fourth at 9 low after a 69.

Noren had a 74 to bond for ordinal at 8 under, while Davies effort a 77 to modify into a bond for 13th at 5 under.

(This version CORRECTS spelling of Ballantine in headlines.)

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