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Sixers Win to Push Celtics to Limit 8 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

Game 7. Saturday night. Garden. Boston Globe's Amalie Benjamin(via Twitter) , with the best first last word in the moments after the Sixers' Game 6 win.

NHL: Devils Take Game 5 in Garden 8 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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Rangers carried play, got Soft Goal Marty, rallied from 3 down and still lost. Tough to come back from that. Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski(via Twitter)

Shaq as Magic GM? Ha ha ha... No. 9 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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Not that I'm going to get too worked up about the possibility. Not that I can foresee Shaq, with roughly zero front-office qualifications, coming anywhere close to getting the job. Marc Stein(via ESPN.com) , who alternatively adds of the Magic GM search: "Don't have a clue how the Magic plan to convince Boston to let Doc [Rivers] out of his contract, but why let details get in the way? The mere idea is the smartest we've heard out of Orlando in years."

A.I. Brings In the Game Ball in Philly 9 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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Evening Long(ish) Read: "The Last Ride of Bear and Billy" 10 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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Billy picked him up in the morning. He dropped him off at night. Sometimes they talked. Sometimes they didn't. Often, Coach read the paper aloud. Once, when a state trooper clocked Varner speeding, Bryant stuck his houndstooth hat in the back window. The patrolman understood and backed off. Billy saw him weak and insecure. He drove him to Birmingham one year before Christmas because Bryant got a letter from a sick girl and he wanted to surprise her. He saw him cry. Wright Thompson(via ESPN.com)

NBA: Heat's Haslem Banned From Game 6 10 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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Worth noting Heat went on entire decisive run last night w/ Haslem on bench. It's easier w/ him, but they know how to win w/o. SI.com's Zach Lowe(via Twitter)

Miami's Dexter Pittman was suspended 3 games for his flagrant foul on Lance Stephenson at the end of Game 5.

Some of the Best of Quickish Today 14 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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*Today's Best Read: An Evening With Jose Canseco (Bryan Curtis, Grantland)
*This Week's SI Cover Story: 78 Hours in L.A. (Lee Jenkins, SI)
*Horse Racing: History awaits for I'll Have Another (Tim Layden, SI)
*Longish: In Praise of the Regular Pick-Up Hoops Game (Dan Barry, NY Times) And ICYMI from yesterday...
*Best Thing You'll Read: How Simplicity Wins In Sports (Spencer Hall, SBNation.com)
*Longish: Bruce Jenner: Kardashian Dad (Chris Jones, Esquire)
*NBA: In Praise of Russell Westbrook (Andrew Sharp, SBNation.com)

World's Best Tennis Player Gets New Sponsor 15 hours ago | Tipped by Quickish |

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It's a far cry from being a billboard for a fashion designer or a sporting-goods corporation. This is like signing with The Gap. Uniqlo's sporting-goods inventory doesn't go much beyond shorts. John Koblin(via Deadspin) , off the news reported by CNBC's Darren Rovell: "Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo, which did $10 billion in sales last year, has signed Djokovic to a 5-year deal that starts at French Open."