Rained out

The Astoria/North Marion baseball game is rained out. They will try and play again tomorrow at 3:00. Warrenton and Santiam Christian are also rained out and hope to resume play Saturday at 1:00. The Daily Astorian is reporting, the game COULD be played at West Linn if Warrenton's field is not useable

Eastern Conference Champions

The Boston Celtics are headed to the NBA Finals. The Celts defeated the Orlando Magic Friday evening 96-84 and take the series 3-2. Paul Pierce, 31 points 13 boards tops for Boston, Dwight Howard, 28 points, 12 rebounds for the Magic. Boston will take on the winner of the Lakers/Suns series in the NBA Finals. Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals is tomorrow.

Baseball Playoffs

Astoria's Baseball team keeps on winning.

Today's playoff score in Round 2 of the 4 A Playoffs.
Astoria 17, Phoenix 2.

Elsewhere:
Bandon 7, Clatskanie 4 in Round 1 of the 3 A Playoffs

No word on Knappa and Warrenton.

UPDATE

Mike Brown, coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers was OFFICIALLY fired Monday (May 24).

Most miserable sports city

A Northwest city was named, the most miserable sports city by Forbes Magazine. Find out which one Saturday in sports.

Correction

I had reported in an earlier blog the Cleveland Cavs according to various report fired
Head Coach Mike Brown. According to these same reports, Brown as of now is still the coach of Cleveland. Some reports are reporting, the firing COULD still take place, but again as of now, Brown is the coach of the Cavs.

Lottery Winners

The NBA Draft Lottery just took place. This decides where teams that didn't make the playoffs pick in the June 24th Draft. Here is the order...

1. Washington Wizards
2. Philadelphia 76ERS
3. New Jersey Nets
4. Minnesota Timberwolves
5. Sacramento Kings
6. Golden State Warriors
7. Detroit Pistons
8. Los Angeles Clippers
9. Utah Jazz (via New York Knicks)
10. Indiana Pacers
11. New Orleans Hornets
12. Memphis Grizzlies
13. Toronto Raptors
14. Houston Rockets

And incase you were wondering, the Blazers will pick 22.