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By Arnie Leshin  Maybe the Boston Celtics have heard it 150 times, but they are still in there scraping and doing enough to outplay the 8th-seeded Miami Heat.    And with Thursday night‘s 110-97 second-straight impressive win, the second-seeded green has cut the deficit to 3-2 as Saturday’s National Basketball …

“It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” Jeremiah 10:23 The prophet Jeremiah wrote that we don’t naturally know the right way to walk. Simply put, human beings left to their own devices don’t know how to live. If we rely on ourselves, we will go …

By Arnie Leshin  It was apparent, the 2nd-seeded Boston Celtics were just trying to save their season. Behind in games 3-0 and down nine points in the third quarter, they were on the brink of elimination playing at the 8th-seeded Miami Heat Tuesday night.   But just like that, everything …

“Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:8 When you’re fearing a situation or emotional challenge, really envision God saying this, just to you. He’s on your side. …

By Arnie Leshin  The regional round has come and gone and it appears that No. 1, top of the heap Oklahoma, might be on its way to a third consecutive championship.    If you haven’t been followed the long run from day one for the Sooners, it’s the NCAA Division …

By Arnie Leshin  With a promise to his mother Mary that if he signed on to play in the National Basketball Association, freshman Carmen Anthony led Syracuse University to its first and only national championship in 2003. It was an epic journey for him. He hoisted the NCAA trophy and …

“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not …

By Arnie Leshin  Move over, Miami Heat, you’ve got company.    But not on the basketball court of the National Basketball Association, for its on the ice where the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers are the eighth-seed and up 2-0 on the 3rd-seeded Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference.   …

By Arnie Leshin  The Miami Heat has been there before, has already hoisted three National Basketball Association championship trophies, but never, ever as an eighth seed.   But, of all the 3-0 series leads in NBA history, this one might be the one most unexpected — the well-coached one of …