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- Calathes Selected In Second Round; Traded
- Former University of Florida basketball star Nick Calathes was selected in the second round of the NBA Draft last night in New York.
Calathes was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 45th pick but his rights were then dealt to the Dallas Mavericks.
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- Griffin Goes Number One In NBA Draft
- As expected, University of Oklahoma center Blake Griffin was the first selection in the NBA Draft held Thursday night in New York, selected by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Memphis chose second and took Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet and Oklahoma City scooped up guard James Harden from Arizona State. Tyreke Evans was taken by Sacramento fourth and Minnesota took 18 year old guard Ricky Rubio fifth.
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- Rays And Marlins Win Big; Braves Lose
- The Tampa Bay Rays took two of three games from the Philadelphia Phillies in their rematch of the 2008 World Series after winning 10-4 Thursday. Willy Aybar had three hits and three runs to lead the Rays to the win.
The Florida Marlins also won big, beating slumping Baltimore 11-3 as Hanley Ramirez homered, had three hits and drove in five runs. Meanwhile the New York Yankees beat Atlanta 11-7 as Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez each drove in four runs.
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