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IN BRIEF

The Butler BlueSox Prospect League game against Lorain scheduled for Wednesday night at Kelly Automotive Park was postponed due to rain.

No make-up date has been announced.

Butler will be back in action against West Virginia at Kelly Automotive Park tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m..

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University field hockey standout Lindsay Brown has been named first team Capital One Academic All-America At Large.She is one of only two field hockey players in the nation to earn first team honors.A senior biochemistry major, Brown owns a 3.96 cumulative grade point average. She scored 13 goals and 33 points for The Rock last season.

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio guard Tony Parker plans to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat on Thursday night.Parker has been dealing with a left ankle sprain and missed the second half of the Spurs' Western Conference-clinching win in Game 6 of their series against Oklahoma City.He was on the practice floor with teammates and pronounced himself ready to go afterward.

NEW YORK — Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant capped his MVP season by being the lone unanimous choice to the All-NBA first team.Durant was a first-teamer on all 125 ballots, and made the top squad for the fifth time. Miami’s LeBron James got 124 first-team votes on the way to being selected for the eighth time, while the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul earned his fourth first-team selection.Houston’s James Harden and Chicago’s Joakim Noah are first-time first-team choices.

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