NBA - Aaron Brooks' heroics in the closing seconds allowed the Rockets to overcome Carmelo Anthony's 45 points in a wild win. Lakers win ninth straight
over Warriors. Shaq rejoins Cavs, not ready to play. Balanced Celtics cruise past Pistons. Jazz rout Wizards to avoid 3-game skid. Hornets end road skid, beat Clippers. Douglas shines, lifts Knicks again. Eddie Jordan, Jim O'Brien, Vinny Del Negro and Don Nelson all could add to the unemployment rolls this summer. In struggling to play .500 ball since New Year's, the Celtics appear as if their magical ride as title contenders may be over.
NCAA HOOP's - March Madness - KU unanimous No. 1 in final poll. Brackets are out, pools are open and you are stuck trying to find a 13 to pull an upset.
Florida-BYU tips off NCAA tournament. Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds.
NHL - Capitals' Ovechkin suspended for 2 games. Devils score 3 in 1st, hold off Bruins. Wings extend lead over Flames for 8th. Stars C Modano sidelined
indefinitely. Ducks Fs Selanne, Getzlaf day-to-day. Vermette, Huselius lift Blue Jackets. Selanne scores 599th as Ducks top Sharks. Avery's 2 goals lift Rangers past Flyers. Tight defense, solid goaltending and an opportunistic pack mentality have the hot Coyotes bound for the playoffs. The season grows short and wins are critical for bubble teams. Montreal, with fewer games left than any contender, isn't leaving many points on the ice.
MLB - Phils float Howard-Pujols deal. Lee tossed for throwing at batter. Arizona 3B Reynolds gets 3 years, $14.5M. A's Sheets allows 10 runs, gets no outs. Brewers' Hoffman to make debut Friday. Phillies 3B Polanco sprains knee. PolancoMarlins SS Ramirez scratched from game. Rangers OF Hamilton hit in hand by pitch. The Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez was on the path to becoming a doctor in the Dominican. His 100-mph arm changed those plans.
NFL - Both the Giants and Jets wanted to open next season in the new Meadowlands Stadium. Both will. The Giants will play on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 12, and the Jets will host a Monday night game the next day. S Williams stays with Bengals for 1 year. LB Foote signs 3-year deal with Steelers. Cardinals, LB Lenon agree on 3-year deal. 49ers to deal QB Hill to Lions, ink Carr. Seahawks re-sign DE Tapp, cut S Grant.
NCAA FOOTBALL - Jimbo Challenge -Jimbo Fisher took over as coach at FSU and went right to work, hiring a staff and recruiting. Now he'll focus on the players. Is his the Year? Steve Spurrier will begin spring ball at South Carolina with hope of SEC East title. SEC storylines-Mark Richt's new staff at Georgia is among league's top stories this spring. High on Huskies- UConn, led by Randy Edsall, overcame adversity in '09 and will vie for Big East title in '10. Raising 'CanesIs an ACC title within reach for Randy Shannon and Miami? Hope Floats-Purdue made some noise in 2009. But coach Danny Hope and the Boilermakers plan to raise the bar in 2010.
GOLF - Two glamorous LPGA Tour players, Natalie Gulbis and Anna Rawson, share their opinions on golf, TV and music. Puerto Rico OpenRookie Derek Lamely
fired a final-round 66 on Monday to post his first win. A Master distraction?Steve Stricker suggests that Augusta National may not be the best place for Tiger Woods to make his return.
NASCAR - Later this month, NASCAR will switch to the spoiler. How it will impact the competition is anyone's guess. The Chosen One? Being tabbed the next great driver to dethrone Jimmie Johnson is like the kiss of death. It happened to Kyle Busch. It happened to Carl Edwards. And now it's happening to Denny Hamlin.
MMA & BOXING - Clottey took few risks in Saturday's welterweight title showdown and sapped the proceedings of any excitement. From the venue to the crowd
to the atmosphere, everything about Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey lived up to the considerable hype ... except the fight itself. Size Doesn't Matter, but speed does, and a pair of lead fists don't hurt, either (unless you're on the receiving end of 'em). An undersized Manny Pacquiao used all three to dominate Joshua Clottey. Killer Crossover-When it comes to moving tickets, selling swag and promoting pay-per-views, no organization has its act together like UFC. So why wouldn't Floyd Mayweather and HBO want in on that fan base?
SOCCER - Holding out hope-David Beckham could suit up in a Galaxy uniform for the team's final regular-season games in mid-September if he heals from surgery in time. Chicago Fire signs 2 defenders. Real Salt Lake signs striker Alvaro Saborio. MLS players say they’re unified in labor talks. The players voted to strike if a new labor contract isn’t agreed to before the season opener on March 25.
TENNIS - Eye-opening challengeNovak Djokovic survived triple match point against Philipp Kohlschreiber and advanced to Round 4 of the BNP Paribas Open.
Rafael Nadal had an easier day.
HORSE RACING - Lucky turn- Veteran trainer Bob Baffert would like nothing more than to capture his fourth Kentucky Derby, and early favorite Lookin At
Lucky gives him a good shot. Huge rally gives Annihilation win at Santa Anita. African Diamond wins Big A feature. Sidney's Candy wins San Felipe at Santa Anita.
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