Oakland Tribune: Lakers-Celtics? Who reset the time machine?

THERE'S SOMETHING quite right with a Lakers-Celtics final. Even though for a great many of us there's something quite wrong.

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San Mateo County Times: Harkleroad bares it all for Playboy

A tennis pro whose future was yesterday, Ashley Harkleroad had been recovering from surgery when the phone rang with an offer.

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Contra Costa Times: A's help Thomas have a happy birthday

OAKLAND - Nothing stops the A's these days. Not singing gorillas, at least not a girl dressed up as one. Not the sparsest of crowds. Not a minor injury to Frank Thomas. Not a Toronto Blue Jays team which had won five in a row.

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Contra Costa Times: Quieting Red Sox fans is one job A's Duchscherer can finish

OAKLAND -- This is the new world of baseball, the one where if you don't throw a no-hitter you don't pitch nine innings. As Justin Duchscherer found out Saturday night. Along with the rest of us.

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Oakland Tribune: Giants are what we thought they'd be: Bad

SAN FRANCISCO — The reliever said he's at a loss for words. He shouldn't be. There's a great deal to say about this year's Giants. Most of it repetitive. Most of it negative.

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