in VOA Special English.Hockey, basketballand golf were all in the news this week.In the National Hockey League,the Boston Bruinswon the Stanley Cup.The Bruins defeatedthe Vancouver Canucks four to nothing in the seventh and final gameof their championship series.Some Vancouver fans riotedafter the Canucks lost the gamein their home city.(SOUND)Others condemned the violence:MAN: "This is wrong for the city.This is not the reputation we want.After the Olympicswe did so muchto bring this cityto where it is today.And this is what we do now?This is not what the city wants.This is not what the people want."The Canadian city hostedthe Winter Olympics last year.The Canucks hadthe best team recordduring the regular season.But Vancouver has neverwon the Stanley Cup.This is the first championshipsince nineteen seventy-twofor Boston -- one of theoldest teams in the NHL.Goalie Tim Thomas was namedthe most valuable playerof the series.In the NationalBasketball Association,the Dallas Mavericksdefeated the Miami Heatfor the NBA championship.Many people considered the Heatthe favorites because of playerslike Lebron James and Chris Bosh.But Dallas won the seriesfour games to two.Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki playedalthough he was sick.He was chosen the mostvaluable player of the series.In golf, the US Open championshipis being played this weekat the Congressional Country Clubin Bethesda, Maryland,near Washington.The defending champion,Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland,won the event last yearat Pebble Beach, California.Tiger Woods is missinghis first US Opensince nineteen ninety-five.He is out with leg injuries.The US Open is one ofthe four major events in golf.And for the first time,since nineteen ninety-four,all four championshipsare held by golfersfrom outside the United States.Germany's Martin Kaymerwon the PGA Championship last year.South Africa's Louis Oosthuizenwon the British Open.And South African Charl Schwartzel won the Masters in April.The last American towin a major event was Phil Mickelson-- at the Masters last year.Mickelson says he is not worriedabout American golfers.He says a lot of young playersin the United States are improving.PHIL MICKELSON: "We have a plethoraof great players coming up,but it's obvious that world golfas a whole has become so much stronger,and that internationaland European golf has become world classand top notch, and some of the best playersin the world are certainlyon the rankings right now.So although international golfhas really taken off, American golfis still in very good shape."President Obama has invitedthe speaker of the Houseof Representatives, John Boehner,to play golf on Saturday.No one expects them tosettle their disagreementson issues like the economy,health careor the military action in Libya.But White House Press SecretaryJay Carney says they may be ableto work together better in the future.JAY CARNEY: "Spending a numberof hours togetherin that kind of environment,I think, can only help improvethe chances of bipartisan cooperation.It certainly cannot hurt it.Unless someone wins really big,and then ... "Don Van Natta wrote a bookabout American presidentsand their golf games.He says it is highly unusualfor a president to invitea political opponentto join him on the golf links.DON VAN NATTA: "The closest examplein history is Lyndon Baines Johnson,who played with senatorsfrom the opposing partywho he wanted to lobby to votefor the civil rights legislationin the mid-sixties."And that's IN THE NEWSin VOA Special English.