NBA FINALS: cavaliers VS. SPURS Snow’s been there, wants to make sure Cavs believe they belong CLEVELAND — The San Antonio Spurs have won NBA championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, with Tim Duncan earning series MVP honors each time. Other than Eric Snow, who reached the NBA Finals as a seldom-used rookie with Seattle [...]

Elizabeth White The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James may be the star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the San Antonio Spurs know better than to ignore the other four players on the court. “They wouldn’t be in the finals without LeBron, we wouldn’t be in the finals without Tim Duncan,” Spurs coach Gregg [...]

CLEVELAND — The Indians have used their top draft pick on  college players the past five years. Expect that trend to change Thursday when another installment of the first-year player draft gets under way in Orlando, Fla. Cleveland, which owns the 13th overall pick in the draft, is expected to spend it on a high-ceiling, [...]

First win a boost for Dale Earnhardt Inc., stops Hendrick roll Dan Gelston The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — DEI returned to Victory Lane with a junior — Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s unheralded and previously winless teammate, Martin Truex Jr. After another weekend of nonstop Earnhardt speculation, Truex gave the Dale Earnhardt Inc. team a much-needed [...]

bill france jr.: 1933-2007 Jenna Fryer The Associated Press For Bill France Jr., it was never about fame or fortune. Everything he did — helping build Daytona International Speedway, moving the annual awards banquet to New York City and negotiating the first billion-dollar TV contract — he did with NASCAR’s best interests at heart. His [...]