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NHL PLAYOFFS: Bruins rout Penguins 6-1, return home with 2-0 lead in Eastern Conference finals. Page 2 TUESDAY June 4. 2013 The Tribune courses Novak Djokovlc, Rafael Nadal move step closer to semifinal matchup at French Open by advancing to the quarterfinals. Pago eat run away from Facers in Game 7 1 jjy HEAT 99, PACERS 76 Eastern Conference finals (Miami wins series 4-3) NBA Finals: Game I Spurs at Heat, 9 p.m. Thursday (ABC, Channel 28) LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds, ailing Dwyane Wade matched his postseason high with 21 points, and the Heat ran away from the Pacers 99-76 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night.

The Heat earned the right to play the San Antonio Spurs in a series that starts Thursday night in Miami. Miami advances to NBA Finals with convincing The Associated Press MIAMI Their season, their legacy, their reign atop the NBA was all at stake, and the Miami Heat responded to all of that in a manner befitting champions. With a blowout. It's onto the NBA Finals for the Heat after they put away the Indiana. Pacers, who saw their hopes of a storybook upset simply fall apart in a hurry.

Miami led by as many as 28 points, a shocking amount for a series that had an aggregate score of Heat 569, Pacers 564 entering Monday night The Heat actually trailed by six in the early going, were still down 21-19 after the first quarter and it was starting to look like it was going to be one of those down-to-the-wire nights. Not even close. James exited with 5:08 left, shaking retired soccer star David Beckham's hand as he made his way to the Heat bench for a relatively subdued celebration. NBA, Page 2 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LeBron James scored 32 points Monday night to help the Heat crush the Pacers In Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. RAYS AT TIGERS Tonight: 7:08 p.m.

TV: Sun Sports Encore Performances In 2012 Detroit 3B Miguel Cabrera earned the 14m Triple Crown since 1901.Here is a look at Triple Crown (batting average, home runs and RBIs) winners and what they did the following season: Nap Lajoie, CLE Year Avg. HRs "Bis i I 1901: 1902: .426 14 .388 7 Ty Cobb, DET .377 9 .383 8 1909: 1910: Rogers Hornsby, STL 1922: ,401 42 1923: 384 17 Rogers Hornsby, STL 1925: .403 39 .317 11 Chuck Klein, PHI As opposing pitchers gear up to face Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera, he continues to show he can't be slowed BY ROGER MOONEY Tribune staff Detroit The feeling Jamey Wright has when Miguel Cabrera steps to the plate is iexacdy the same feeling he had when he faced Tony Gwynn and Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols when Pujols was terrorizing National League pitchers a few years back. It's the same feeling every pitcher has when the reigning American League Triple Crown winner has a bat in his hand and is looking directly at them, the Rays pitcher said. "When you're facing someone who is the best, you think, 'Let's see what we Everyone's velocity pops up a couple of miles an hour. You try to throw the nastiest curveball," Wright said.

"For Cabrera to do what he's doing, he's seeing everyone's absolute best, and it doesn't even matter." And it hasn't mattered for some time. Cabrera, who led the American League in 2012 in batting average home runs (44) and RBIs (139), is at it again this season. The Detroit Tigers third baseman enters this series against the Rays that begins tonight with a league-leading .367 average, a league-high 65 RBIs and 17 home runs, which are second in the league to the 20 hit by Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis. Cabrera also leads the league in runs (45), hits (83) and on-base percentage "Whenever we play them I try to talk to him and get his thoughts and see what he's thinking up there," Rays third baseman Evan Longoria said. CABRERA, Page 4 125 I 1 65 I ''J 143 ZZ i 120 a A-t- i 163 130 'rq 1 114 I V-' I X- i 122 iA 94.

I'f 1 368 28 .301 20 Jlmmie Foxx, PHA ,356 48 334 44 Lou Gehrig, NYY 363 49 329 30 Joe Medwlck, STL .374 31 322 21 Ted Williams, BOS 356 36 World War II Ted Williams, BOS 343 32 369 25 1933: 1934: 1933: 1934: 1934: 1935: 1937: 1938: 1942: 1943: 1947: 1948: Mickey Mantle, NYY 1956: .353 52 1957: 365 34 Frank Robinson, BAL 1966: 316 49 1967: .311 30 Carl Yastrzemski, BOS 1967: 326 44 1968: 301 23 Miguel Cabrera, DET 2012: 330 44 "-2013: .367 17 -Through 55 games 139 65 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No player has won the Triple Crown In consecutive seasons, but Detroit's Miguel Cabrera is making a strong bid. He enters tonight's game against the Rays hitting .367 with 17 homers and 65 RBIs. Yunsl Escobar's hot bat from tha 9 in lineup is playing a big rcia in tha Rays' swarming offense, From nowhere to somewhere Through hard work, Wharton receiver Keith Hopkins Jr. got his grades, life back together Bolts bolster coaching staff Rick Bowness has 24 years of experience at the NHL level. Page 2 Ex-Bills QD has cancer Jim Kelly has disease in upper jaw bone, will undergo surgery.

Page LA' Lwi 0 yam hood, walked across the stage to accept his diploma. In July, he'll leave for Springfield, Ohio, where he'll suit up to play receiver for Wittenberg University, a Division II football program. "He went from nowhere to somewhere," Wharton football coach David Mitchell said. After a year hiatus at different high schools in 2010, Hopkins returned to Wharton in 2011 for his junior year. He owned a 1.6 grade-point average and his girlfriend was expecting the birth of their child.

"I Ie thought it was the end of the world," said Hopkins' mother, Belinda Campbell. HOPKINS, Page 4 BY NICK WILLIAMS Tribune staff First in a four-part series looking at some of the student-athletes who are graduating this week. tampa Jn 2011, the thought of graduating from Wharton High seemed far-fetched for Keith 1 lopkins let alone securing a full athletic scholarship that covers a tuition. Yet on Monday, inside the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Hopkins, who endured a year-long grueling schedule of balancing schoolwork, practice and father JIM REEDSTAFF Wharton High receiver Keith Hopkins Jr. signed to play for Wittenberg University.

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