NBA Finals: Can Kobe Stop the Magic?

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It was a big weekend in sports: an unknown sprinter at track-and-field’s Reebok Grand Prix; the NBA playoffs, where Dwight Howard stopped LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Did we mention that Rafael Nadal is out of the French Open? The Takeaway Contributor and Sports Blogger Ibrahim Abdul-Matin wraps up the biggest sports headlines over the weekend and predicts the NBA winner.

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