SPORTS INFO For 03 24 2011

WELCOME - GLOBAL SPORTS Fans - This Thursday, MARCH 24 2011 !






NCAA MENS' BASKETBALL - MARCH MADNESS - The Jimmer Fredette show has arrived in The Big Easy and conjured up memories of LSU legend Pete Maravich. UConn's inside manAlex Oriakhi will shoulder the load as UConn tries to knock off potent San Diego State. Florida knows BYU isn't just Jimmer. UConn, SDSU exceeding all expectations. Butler, Badgers not interested in flash. Arizona's Williams back home, faces Duk. Veteran trio sparking Kentucky. FSU star Singletary hopes to play more!
Ticket for the taking- Jimmer's here. So are again-surprising Butler, the resurgent Gators and Bo Ryan's embattled Badgers.Plus rude media members. It adds up to a wild Southeast Regional with a surprise winner?



FOUR (4) NCAA REGIONAL GAMES TODAY -

2 GAMES WEST REGIONAL & 2 GAMES SW REGIONAL


WEST- UCONN vs. SDSU and ARIZONA vs.DUKE


SOUTHWEST - BYU vs.FLORIDA and BUTLER vs. WISCONSIN



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NBA - Grizzlies beat Celtics in Boston. Heat overcome Pistons in 4th-quarter rally. Magic win again. Knicks below .500. Nuggets top Duncan-less Spurs. Sixers inch closer to 5th. Hawks lose. Griffin posts triple-double in 2OTs. Pacers tighten
hold on 8th. KO for 'Cats. Hayes' triple-double lifts Houston.



TWO (2) NBA GAMES TODAY



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NHL - Daniel Sedin, Luongo get Canucks key win. Ducks tie score late, stun Stars in OT. Surging Sharks roll past sliding Flames. Blackhawks' Crawford beats Panthers 4-0. Ducks activate vertigo-stricken G Hiller. Red Wings place G Osgood on injured list. Kings recall RW Moller with Williams out.



SEVEN (7) NHL GAMES TONIGHT



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NCAA WOMENS' BASKETBALL - The heavyweights have advanced, but upstarts Gonzaga, Louisville and Oklahoma are giving the tourney a dose of suspense. Stanford heads to familiar site: Spokane. Utah removes interim tag from Levrets' title. It's
Duke vs. the Big East in Philly.



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MLB - Oswalt OK after taking liner behind ear. Jays RHP Morrow to start season on DL. Webb scratched with shoulder discomfort. Yankees CF Granderson could miss opener. Nationals place Strasburg on 60-day DL.



MLB TODAY - SEVEN GAMES (7) in GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE and EIGHT GAMES (8) in CACTUS LEAGUE.


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NASCAR - Nothing has been more shocking in 2011 than the rise of Paul Menard and the fall of the rest of Richard ChildressRacing. A judge allows Scott Speed's $6.5 million lawsuit against Red Bull to stand. The End Of An EraNational Speed Sport
News, led by the incomparable Chris Economaki, wasn't just a voice for auto racing for generations, it was the voice for auto racing. And now it is gone.



Upcoming Race - Date - Event - Time - TV
Mar 27 - 3:16 pm FOX - Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA



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GOLF - Who can handle the daunting final three holes at Bay Hill during the Arnold Palmer Invitational? Woods looks for seventh win at Bay Hill

UPCOMING PGA EVENT -TODAY - Mar 24 - 27 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Purse: $6,000,000 Bay Hill Course, Orlando, Florida



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TENNIS - Clijsters will not go to Japan, Beijing. Del Potro advances in Key Biscayne. Roddick's Austin home to host Davis Cup. Fed Cup matches moved from Tokyo to Kobe.

NEXT: Thru - Apr 3 - Sony Ericsson Open Miami, Florida, USA



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NFL - Ochocinco begins tryout with MLS teamUSFL, CFL players: Longer season a grind. A ruling that hurts the league and players may provide just the motivation needed. NFL fans have to start cheering for Judge Susan Nelson of the Minnesota
District Court. Right now, she’s your only hope for a quick resolution to the labor dispute between the players and the owners. Nelson could declare that the lockout by owners is illegal, that the NFL Players Association is not a union and then hold her decision in abeyance for 90 days. In other words, both sides would have plenty of incentive to work out a new collective bargaining agreement.



NCAA FOOTBALL - New Colorado coach Jon Embree believes he can lead the Buffaloes on a climb back to national relevance. No coach faces a bigger 2011 spring practice than UCLA's Rick Neuheisel.



SOCCER - MLS - NFL star Chad Ochocinco opened his four-day trial with Kansas City with a display of his obvious athleticism – and years of soccer rust. Defender Tyler Lassiter signs with Red Bulls. Salou Ibrahim waived by New York Red Bulls. Juninho scores again as Galaxy tie Revolution. Davies scores twice in comeback for DC United. Cummings helps Rapids beat Portland 3-1.



UFC - Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres was live for Jon Jones' title win Saturday night. He wants to follow the new champ's path. Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson isn't the UFN 24 main event, but both want to make it fight of the night.



BOXING - Next in line-Unbeaten featherweight champ Yuriorkis Gamboa takes on his next challenge Saturday.



HORSE RACING - When Buena Vista breaks from the starting gate in Saturday’s Dubai World Cup, the 5-year-old mare will notonly be trying to win the world’s richest horse race but aiming to lift the spirits of all of Japan. She is one of three horses—along with Transcend and Victoire Pisa—in the $10 million race that based in disaster-ravaged Japan.



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POKER - From Satellite To Superstar-Alan Sternberg defeated a final table that included Mike Sexton, Mike Matusow and Vivek Rajkumar to win his first WPT title and $1 million in prize money.