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Ram remains alive in men’s doubles action at the All England Club—and has his work cut out for him.

“When I build a team, I want diversity,” says Fever head coach Lin Dunn. “I imagine a team like a bowl of fruit: apples, peaches, pears, bananas, and some nuts. Different perspectives and different personalities. You can’t have too many nuts, though!”

Via @realjohngreen, “Very sad to hear of the death of Maya Angelou. She was a brilliant writer who used her platform with care and thoughtfulness. Godspeed.”

Louis C.K. accomplished what the Indiana Pacers couldn’t Monday night—he got rid of LeBron James and the rest of the Miami Heat.

Just like the Indiana Pacers—no one’s there, then they are, and then they disappear again.

Should the Pacers take care of business tonight at the Fieldhouse and advance to the conference finals, it’s tempting to throw Miami’s idiosyncratic Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen into the villain matrix.

Via @colefarrell: “Walking downtown, I heard an older man refer to the farmers market as ‘that weekly veggie festival.’ I’m into it.”

In an exclusive interview, McAfee recounted the time, just ahead of the 2009 NFL draft, when he appeared in a pro-wrestling match. Here, in his own words, is what went down.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, but in basketball it’s points that count—Hibbert finished with 28, Stephenson bounced back with 12, and Arenas had zilch.

Said @djindianajones of the Atlanta Hawks’ Shelvin Mack, “Right now we don’t care if u went to butler or pike it’s game 7!!!! #gopacers”

Sadly, that’s not the only shot Hibbert or his teammates took on social media last night. Here’s a sampling of the sporty spice tweeted about them.

The purgatorial Pacers have put their fans through much since March, and tonight we see if they have the bite to climb back and level the series.

“I’m making up for being disqualified the last time I played in Indianapolis,” Agassi said when addressing the audience of about 200.

Via @TheJennaBee: “My boyfriend is watching wedding shows with me, in case you were looking for real life examples of Stockholm Syndrome.”

A phrase repeated a few times during the contest: “Give it to the IU guys!”