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Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce (34) tries to get off a shot with seconds to go in the game but is fouled by Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) and defended by Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich (12) in second half action during Game 1 of their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinal basketball game. (Adam Hunger/Reuters) #

Members of the Boston Red Sox wear #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson during a Major League Baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum April 15. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) #

Celebrating the national hockey championship won by the Boston University Terriers confetti fell on coach Jack Parker, center, and team members during a rally April 14 in front of March Chapel on the BU campus. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) #

Denver Nuggets forward Nene, of Brazil, pulls down a rebound against the New Orleans Hornets in the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 113-84 victory in Game 1 of a Western Conference first-round playoff game. (Jack Dempsey/Associated Press) #

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney controls the ball during their Champions League quarterfinals, second leg, soccer match with FC Porto at the Dragao stadium in Porto, northern Portugal. (Armando Franca/Associated Press) #

A technician for the BMW Sauber formula one team prepares tires outside their garage before Sunday's Chinese F1 Grand Prix at the Shanghai Circuit April 15. (Aly Song/Reuters) #

Chelsea's Brazilian player Alex (C) jumps for the ball against Liverpool's Jamie Carragher (2nd L) as goalkeeper Pepe Reina (L) looks on during UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match at Stamford Bridge in London. (Adrian Dennis/Getty Images) #

Georgia's Kathryn Ding performs on the uneven parallel bars during a preliminary round of the NCAA gymnastics championships in Lincoln, Neb. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press) #

Bodybuilders compete in the Open Kiev Cup for Bodybuilding competition in Kiev on April 18. ( Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) #

Belgian Kristof Vliegen breaks his racket during his match against Croatian Ivan Ljubicic during the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters tournament in Monaco. (Stephane Danna/AFP/Getty Images) #

J.D. Drew of the Boston Red Sox can't reach an RBI triple hit by Matt Holliday of the Oakland Athletics in the seventh inning during their game at the Oakland Coliseum April 13. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) #

US pilot Matt Hall hits a gate on the first day of the Red Bull World Championship Air Race in Abu Dhabi on April 17. The Red Bull World Championship features the world's best race pilots in a motor sports competition that combines speed, precision and skill. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images) #

Zhang Dan (right) and Zhang Hao of China perform during the pair's short program at the ISU World Team Trophy Figure Skating in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

Kieren Perrow of Australia surfs in the Semi Final of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, Australia. (Lucas Dawson/Getty Images) #

French rider of the Suzuki Junior Team Louis Bulle crashes on a bend during the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race's first qualifying session in Le Mans, western France. (Jean Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images) #

Rafael Betancourt #63 of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees during opening day at the new Yankee Stadium on April 16. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

Front row fans along the third base line reached for a foul ball off the bat of Mike Lowell during a Red Sox game on April 20. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) #

Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks gets hit in the face by the Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Edinson Volquez during the fourth inning of a baseball game on April 13. (Jim Prisching/Associated Press) #

St. Louis Cardinals' Chris Duncan, bottom, scores as Arizona Diamondback' Chris Snyder comes in late to try to make the tag in the third inning of a baseball game on April 15. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press) #

Riders take the start of the 32nd edition of the Le Mans 24-Hour endurance moto race in Le Mans, western France. (Frederic Bourigault/AFP/Getty Images) #

Members of the grounds crew do a dance between innings as Ronny Cedeno of the Seattle Mariners warms up in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Safeco Field in Seattle. The Tigers defeated the Mariners 8-2. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) #

Texas Rangers' Michael Young, center, leaps onto home plate in front of teammates after hitting a walk-off home run off Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Farnsworth in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Tx. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) #

AC Milan's David Beckham (32) celebrates with teammate French midfielder Mathieu Flamini after Filippo Inzaghi scored, during a soccer match between AC Milan and Torino. (Antonio Calanni/Associated Press) #

Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon dismounts from star horse Overdose after stealing victory at the OTP Grand Prix at Kincsem Park in Budapest, Hungary. (Karoly Arvai/Reuters) #

Deriba Merga from Ethiopia crossed the finish line to win the 113th running of the Boston Marathon April 20. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) #

Womens winner Salina Kosgei, right, of Kenya vies with Dire Tune, center, of Ethiopia as they approach the finish tape in Boston with Kara Goucher, far left, of Portland, Ore. coming in third at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) #

Boston Marathon second place finisher Dire Tune collapsed after she was edged out at the finish line by Salina Kosgei of Kenya. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) #