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Weekend Sports PreviewThe NBA and the NHL continue to wind down their respective playoffs this weekend. Those series highlight a sports weekend that also includes the U.S. Open, the World Cup of Soccer, interleague action in baseball, a NASCAR event, and a slate of WNBA. The Miami Heat will host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday after coming back from the dead with two straight victories including Thursday's easy point spread cover. Over in the NHL, meanwhile, the Carolina Hurricanes will get a second chance to wrap up the Stanley Cup Finals when they play the Oilers on the road in Edmonton in Game 6 on Saturday night. The Oilers staved off elimination in Game 5 thanks to Fernando Pisani's shorthanded goal in overtime, which reduced the Hurricanes' series lead to 3-2. Should Edmonton pull out another win at home on Saturday, the seventh and deciding game of the series will take place back at the RBC Center in Raleigh on Monday night. Meanwhile, the 106th U.S. Open golf tournament continues at Winged Foot on Friday. Colin Montgomerie shot 1-under 69 on Thursday to lead a group of five golfers at even par (including Phil Mickelson) by a single stroke. Tiger Woods had a rough day at Winged Foot in the first round, shooting 6-over 76 to trail Montgomerie by seven shots. Overseas, the World Cup has nine games on tap over the next three days. On Friday it's Serbia & Montenegro vs. Argentina, Ivory Coast vs. Netherlands, and Angola vs. Mexico. Saturday features Iran vs. Portugal, Ghana vs. Czech Republic, and USA vs. Italy. Then on Sunday it's Croatia vs. Japan, Australia vs. Brazil, and Korea vs. France. And getting overshadowed by all that marquee action is baseball's second weekend of interleague play. With no rivalry games over the next few days baseball fans will have to settle for watching unusual matchups like the Yankees at Washington, Detroit at the Cubs, Baltimore at the Mets, and of course highly-anticipated Minnesota at Pittsburgh. The rest of the interleague series this weekend include Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, the White Sox at Cincinnati, Boston at Atlanta, Toronto at Florida, Cleveland at Milwaukee, Kansas City at Houston, Arizona at Texas, San Francisco at Seattle, the Dodgers at Oakland, and San Diego at the Angels. Colorado and St. Louis play in NL-only action. On the race track, the drivers of the Nextel Cup Series head to Michigan International Speedway this weekend for Sunday's 3M Performance 400. Greg Biffle won both events at Michigan last season, and he'll be looking for a big performance this weekend to get back into contention for the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Biffle is back in 12th place. However, it's points leader Jimmie Johnson that's the Vegas favorite for this weekend's event, at 5/1 odds. Biffle currently sits at 6/1 odds, followed by Tony Stewart (7/1), Mark Martin (8/1), Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards (both 10/1). Johnson has a 48-point lead on Matt Kenseth (12/1 at Michigan) in the driver standings after 14 races so far this year. With the Arena Football League's season complete, it's time for the Canadian Football League to fill the large void called the NFL offseason. Opening day for the CFL is Friday, with Winnipeg at Montreal (-9) and Saskatchewan at B.C. (-4). On Saturday Hamilton plays Toronto (-4) and RB Ricky Williams, while Edmonton is in Calgary (-3). And the WNBA only has to wait at most a week to finally have the basketball spotlight all to itself for the summer. The big game on the WNBA schedule this weekend sees the Connecticut Sun, the top team in the Eastern Conference, heading west to take on the Sparks at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. That contest goes late Saturday night. Other games this weekend include Houston at New York, Indiana at Detroit, Minnesota at San Antonio, and Connecticut at Phoenix on Friday, Seattle at Sacramento, New York at Washington, Houston at Detroit, and San Antonio at Chicago on Saturday, and Phoenix at Minnesota, Charlotte at Indiana, and Sacramento at Los Angeles on
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