Mavericks, Bruins Are Champs in a Busy Sports Week
17 June 2011
The wreckage of a car in Vancouver the day after fans rioted in reaction to the Vancouver Canucks' defeat by the Boston Bruins in the NHL Stanley Cup Final.
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Hockey, basketball and golf were all in the news this week.
In the National Hockey League, the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. The Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks four to nothing in the seventh and final game of their championship series.
Some Vancouver fans rioted after the Canucks lost the game in their home city.
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Others condemned the violence:
MAN: "This is wrong for the city. This is not the reputation we want. After the Olympics we did so much to bring this city to where it is today. And this is what we do now? This is not what the city wants. This is not what the people want. I'm embarrassed."
The Canadian city hosted the Winter Olympics last year. The Canucks had the best team record during the regular season. But Vancouver has never won the Stanley Cup.
This is the first championship since nineteen seventy-two for Boston -- one of the oldest teams in the NHL. Goalie Tim Thomas was named the most valuable player of the series.
In the National Basketball Association, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat for the NBA championship. Many people considered the Heat the favorites because of players like Lebron James and Chris Bosh. But Dallas won the series four games to two. Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki played although he was sick. He was chosen the most valuable player of the series.
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