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Thunder Rally to Edge Lakers 77-75 in Game 2
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:56:35 -0400 Thunder rally in final 2 minutes to edge Lakers 77-75, take 2-0 lead in West semis
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Devils Rally Past Rangers, 3-2, Tie Series, 1-1
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:45:24 -0400 Clarkson's 3rd-period goal completes Devils' 3-2 rally over Rangers in Game 2 of East finals
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Celtics Top 76ers 107-91 in Game 3 for 2-1 Lead
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:16:06 -0400 Garnett, Pierce, Rondo with double-doubles in Boston's 107-91 Game 3 win over Philadelphia
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Brees Critical of Saints in Radio Interview
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:44:41 -0400 Brees criticizes Saints' lack of communication, lack of urgency in contract talks
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Bodemeister 8-5 Morning Line Favorite in Preakness
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50:05 -0400 Bodemeister is 8-5 favorite in Preakness; Derby winner I'll Have Another gets 5-2 odds
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Clemens Accuser McNamee: 'I Didn't Make It Up'
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:20:22 -0400 Clemens lawyer attacks accuser's integrity: 'Do you sometimes just make stuff up?'
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Manny Pacquiao Denounces Anti-Gay Allegations
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:39:59 -0400 Manny Pacquiao denounces anti-gay allegations, affirms opposition to gay marriage
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Jays' Lawrie Suspended 4 Games for Ump Altercation
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:55:30 -0400 Blue Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for altercation with umpire, he's appealing penalty
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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