OAKLAND, Calif. -- Klay Thompson hit a 3-pointer and Shaun Livingston followed with consecutive hoops, including a backbreaking dunk, as the Golden State survived a playoff-career-best, 51-point explosion from LeBron James and a scare late in regulation with an overtime push Thursday night that enabled them to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-114 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series will be held Sunday night, also on the Warriors' home court, where they have won 38 of their 44 playoff games in the Steve Kerr coaching era.
PARIS- - When Serena Williams was asked what she thought of Novak Djokovic's declaration that she was "the greatest female athlete of all time, probably", there was only one word in that statement that stood out for the American.
PARIS- - Claycourt tennis has never come easy for silky Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and his struggle to master the dirt was evident again in a four-hour dogfight with Jared Donaldson in the French Open second round on Wednesday.
INNSBRUCK, Austria- - World Cup hosts Russia turned in another unconvincing display as Austria extended their winless run stretching back to October with a 1-0 victory in a friendly on Wednesday.
PARIS- - Adjusting to the sleepless nights, the two-hourly night feeds, the demands of a crying baby and an aching body that has endured childbirth is something Serena Williams has in common with every mother around the world.
