At Pittsburgh: Logan Couture had a hand in three goals on Thursday, scoring one and assisting on tallies by Brent Burns and Melker Karlsson (that's him being congratulated by teammates after scoring)while Martin Jones stopped 44 of 46 shots as the San Jose Sharks stayed alive in the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-2 game-five road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins, who lead the series three games to two, can still wrap up their first title since 2009 with a game-six win in San Jose on Sunday. USA Today photo by Donald Wright
At Cleveland: LeBron James (shown here completing a slam dunk in front of Draymond Green) scored 32 points (while grabbing 11 rebounds) while Kyrie Irving added 30 to the good on Wednesday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers manhandled the visiting Golden State Warriors 120-90 in game three of the NBA Finals. J.R. Smith added 20 points to the Cavaliers' coffers. Stephen Curry paced the Warriors, who still lead the series two games to one, with 19 points. USA Today photo by Ken Blaze
At San Jose, California: Ian Cole, Evgeni Malkin (power play; that's him [center] celebrating with Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang), and Eric Fehr each scored a goal while Matt Murray saved 23 of 24 shots on Monday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on the road in game four of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins, who can wrap up their fourth title (their first since 2009) with a game-five win in Pittsburgh on Thursday, now lead three games to one. USA Today photo by Kyle Terada
At Oakland, California: Draymond Green (who seemed to be enjoying himself, as shown here) scored 28 points on Sunday night as the Golden State Warriors demolished the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 110-77 in game two of the NBA Finals, which the Warriors now lead two games to none. USA Today photo by Kyle Terada
At Meridian, Idaho: Neco Brett (27') and Victor Arboleda (70') delivered the goals on Saturday as Portland Timbers 2 held off the visiting Swope Park Rangers 2-1 in a United Soccer League match, the first ever for T2 in Idaho. Next Saturday, the Portland Timbers' USL affiliate will host San Antonio FC at Merlo Field on the University of Portland Campus (7:00 PM Pacific Time).
At San Jose, California: Joonas Donskoi scored the winning goal at 12:18 of overtime on Saturday as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in game three of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins still lead two games to one. In this photo, we see Justin Braun being congratulated by teammates after scoring a first-period goal for the Sharks. Joel Ward also scored for San Jose. USA Today photo by John Hefti
At Portland, Oregon: Quarterback Shane Austin completed 19 of 26 passes for 139 yards and five touchdowns on Friday night as the Portland Steel (1-8) picked up their first Arena Football League victory of the season by throttling the visiting Tampa Bay Storm (1-8) 68-35.
Having been one of the most iconic figures in the history of American sports and having one of the most recognizable faces on the planet during the past century, former three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, known to one and all as "The Greatest" passed away on Friday at age 74. Mr. Ali, who had been suffering from Parkinson's for decades, was admitted to a local Phoenix, Arizona hospital earlier in the week due to respiratory problems that were connected to his battle with Parkinson's. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Ali won the Gold Medal at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. In 1964, still as Cassius Clay, he defeated Sonny Liston to become the world heavyweight boxing champion. He repeated the feat some fifteen months later, after converting to Islam and changing his name. Citing religious beliefs, after being reclassified as draft-eligible, Muhammad refused induction into the US Army in 1967. He was stripped of his title and his boxing license, and having remained inactive for four years, he successfully appealed his felony conviction, which was unanimously overturned 8-0 by the US Supreme Court. Upon his return, he scored two tuneup victories, leading up to his 1971 fight against then-heavyweight champ Joe Frazier in a battle of unbeatens, billed as "The Fight of the Century." Mr. Frazier recorded a unanimous 15-round victory, and Mr. Ali suffered his first defeat. It was the first of three bouts between The Greatest and Smokin' Joe. In 1973, he suffered a broken jaw in a loss to Ken Norton. In 1974, Muhammad returned to the top of the heap by defeating George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to reclaimed the world heavyweight title. He evened the score with Mr. Frazier as he registered a scorecard victory in the second match, then took the series finale at Manila in 1975. In 1978, he was upset by the upstart Leon Spinks, but then reclaimed the crown a few months later in a rematch at New Orleans. It was Muhammad's final victory. A couple of ill-fated comeback attempts followed (Larry Holmes in 1980, Trevor Berbick 1n 1981). Some say the defeat at Mr. Holmes' hands, in which the ex-champ was pummeled for ten rounds before the fight was stopped has widely been seen as the catalyst for the condition that would progressively rob him of the ability to speak and move effectively. This would lead to declining appearances in the spotlight that he always commanded and deserved. As mentioned earlier, Mr. Ali
Here's a magazine ad for the 1956 Continental Mark II, one of the greatest cars ever put out by the Ford Motor Company. That was when Ford set up Continental as a separate make, with this car set to be priced at the truly upper-level of the automotive market, beyond Cadillac, Lincoln, Imperial, and even Packard. By 1960, the Continental Division was dissolved and the cars were folded into Lincoln.
Here's a magazine ad for the 1955 Willys Bermuda Hardtop. It was indeed honestly advertised as America's lowest-priced hardtop. Also included in the ad is the '55 Willys four-door sedan. 1955 was the last year for the domestic manufacturing of Willys passenger cars. Willys, and sister make Kaiser, were by that time the only two American makes that did not offer an overhead valve V-8 engine.
Here's a magazine ad for the 1955 Imperial. Imperial was made a separate make for the 1955 model year and would remain so for twenty years, even though the marque could not escape the stigma of being just another Chrysler.
At Oakland, California: In Thursday's opening contest of the NBA Finals, Shaun Livingston scored 20 points while Draymond Green added 16 (to go with his 11 rebounds) as the Golden State Warriors defeated the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 104-89. Kyrie Irving paced the Cavaliers with 26 points while LeBron James added 23 (to go with his 12 rebounds). Here, we see the Warriors' Stephen Curry, who was held to 11 points, scoring on a layup against the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving. USA Today photo by Bob Donnan
At Portland, Oregon: In their final Major League Soccer contest before Friday's opening of the Copa America tournament, the Portland Timbers, with Liam Ridgewell scoring the only goal of the match in the 11th minute, and with Jake Gleeson making three saves to preserve his, and the Timbers', first shutout of the season, defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Wednesday. The Timbers played the second half with ten men after midfielder Dairon Asprilla was ejected via the red card after delivering an elbow to the head of San Jose's Jordan Stewart during first-half stoppage time. The Timbers will host those same Earthquakes in a US Open Cup fourth-round match on Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 PM Pacific Time. Portland's next MLS match is at Sandy, Utah against Real Salt Lake on Saturday, June 18 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (ROOT Sports Northwest).
At Pittsburgh: Conor Sheary scored the winning goal at 2:35 of overtime on Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 2-1 in game two of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins now lead two games to none. Here, we see the Penguins' Phil Kessel (#81) celebrating with teammates after scoring a second-period goal. USA Today photo by Charles LeClaire
