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NBA D-League Finals: Vipers Win Title on Last-Second Shot

By Matt MooreApr 28th 2010 – 3:00AM

It was a season to remember. It was a playoffs to remember. And now, it's a championship to remember. The Rio Grande Valley Vipers capped their historic 2009-10 season, defeating the Tulsa 66ers, 94-91 (box score), to win their first NBA D-League championship. In a playoff classic, Craig Winder followed Mike Harris'...

NBA D-League Finals: Vipers One Win Away From Title

By Scott SchroederApr 26th 2010 – 4:30AM

The Rio Grande Valley Vipers have the Tulsa 66ers on the ropes in the best-of-three NBA D-League Finals after notching an impressive second-half stand on the way to a 124-107 series-opening victory. Rio Grande Valley's Mike Harris, recently named the D-League's Most Valuable Player, was nearly unanimously expected to be...

NBA D-League Finals: Game 1 Preview

By Scott SchroederApr 25th 2010 – 3:11PM

Today is the first game of the 2010 NBA D-League Finals. If you're not excited, you obviously haven't been following the D-League playoffs very closely. Both the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and the Tulsa 66ers have played very well on their way to this afternoon's Game 1 contest, leaving us no reason to believe that this...

NBA D-League Playoffs: Talking With Tulsa's Nate Tibbetts

By Scott SchroederApr 23rd 2010 – 6:25AM

The Tulsa 66ers have overcome long odds this postseason -- namely, being the eighth seed while losing four NBA players when they were recalled to the Oklahoma City Thunder -- but this isn't anything new to the team that squeaked into the playoffs with a 27-23 record. "As the D-League seasons went on, I would talk to...

NBA D-League Playoffs: Vipers Defeat Toros in Classic to Advance to Finals

By Matt MooreApr 22nd 2010 – 12:20AM

We hyped it, because we knew it could be good. It was better. The Rio Grande Valley Vipers advanced to the NBA D-League Finals Wednesday night with a 99-98 win over the Toros at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo. The game was an absolute classic in front of a huge (by D-League standards) crowd that was plugged in from the...

Mike Harris News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 End political nonsense, bring back bear hunt Source: Daily Press of Ontario Coun. John Curley expressed the frustration shared by many Northerners earlier this week when he sounded off against the provincial government's decision to pass the buck on nuisance bears.
  • 05/24/12 Middle College celebrates fourth year with 100 percent... Source: Stewart-Houston Times - Dover TN The Middle College at Austin Peay University held its fourth commencement Thursday evening at the Universitys Dunn Center.
  • 05/23/12 Montgomery County Schools end year with challenges,... Source: Stewart-Houston Times - Dover TN This school year was marked by challenges and triumphs as the student population continued to grow, but the man at the school systems helm said the most significant shifts that faced the district came from the state government.
  • 05/23/12 Who will be the Wallabies' centres? Source: The Roar So far this season, the Australian Super Rugby backlines have been somewhat mediocre.
  • 05/23/12 Harris: The Secret to Corvette's Success Source: Flagworld Corvette…That name has had magical qualities for me since the day in 1964 when my dad and brother split the cost and bought a Stingray.

Background on Mike Harris

Michael Deane "Mike" Harris (born January 23, 1945) was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government programs.

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