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Rene Bourque scored two goals, Vesa Toskala made 32 saves and the Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night to keep pace in the Western Conference p...

Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 11 rebounds and the Utah Jazz kept pace in the Western Conference with a 122-100 victory over the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves on Wedne...

Wesley Witherspoon scored 18 points, including the winning layup as time expired, to give Memphis a 73-71 victory over St. John's in the opening round of the National Invit...

Caron Butler scored 27 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 26, and J.J. Barea scored 10 straight when things tightened up in the fourth quarter, helping the Dallas Mavericks beat the...

Aaron Brooks set a Houston record by hitting seven 3-pointers without a miss and scored 31 points, and the Rockets snapped the Memphis Grizzlies' seven-game road winning st...

Vince Carter had 24 points and eight assists, and the Orlando Magic smothered Tim Duncan defensively to beat the San Antonio Spurs 110-84 on Wednesday night.Duncan h...

Malcolm Delaney scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the first half to lead Virginia Tech past Quinnipiac 81-61 in a first-round NIT game Wednesday night.The Hoki...

Chris Bosh hit a 16-foot jumper with 2.1 seconds left and the Toronto Raptors ended a five-game losing streak with a 106-105 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday nig...

Luke Babbitt scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half to help Nevada hang on for a 74-70 victory over host Wichita State in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday nig...

Paul Pierce scored 29 points, Kevin Garnett had 22 and the Boston Celtics cruised to their third straight lopsided victory at home, 109-97 over the New York Knicks on Wedne...

Terrico White scored 27 points to lead Mississippi to an 84-65 victory over Troy on Wednesday night in the first round of the NIT.White and the second-seeded Rebels ...

Stephen Jackson scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Charlotte rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-92 on Wednesday night to give Michael Jordan a vic...

LeBron James had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their second straight outright Central Division championship and third in t...

If the New Jersey Devils get past the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs, they will have beaten the defending Stanley Cup champions 10 times.They already have six i...

Andre Iguodala scored 20 points, Jrue Holiday added 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 108-97 v...

California starting forward Omondi Amoke has been suspended indefinitely by coach Mike Montgomery for a violation of team rules, a blow for the eighth-seeded Golden Bears h...

Rodriguez Sherman's driving layup with 20.8 seconds remaining led Kent State to a come-from-behind 75-74 victory over Tulsa on Wednesday night in a first-round game of the ...

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Akeem Richmond scored 14 of his 16 points during a big first-half run as Rhode Island defeated Northwestern 76-64 on Wednesday night in an NIT opener.The Rams (24-9)...

Derek Anderson is joining the Arizona Cardinals knowing he begins as the backup quarterback to Matt Leinart with a chance to push for the starting job.Anderson, rele...

Chris Johnson scored 13 points and Dayton used a 19-1 second-half run to pull away and beat Illinois State 63-42 in the opening round of the NIT on Wednesday night.C...

Deonta Vaughn scored 16 points and became Cincinnati's career leader in assists and made 3-point shots Wednesday night, leading the Bearcats to a 76-62 victory over Weber S...

Oddsmakers didn't take long to make Tiger Woods the Masters favorite. Even his fellow competitors say they can see him trying on another green jacket.They're expecti...

The Washington Redskins are inviting 500 area high school football coaches to a concussion forum during a minicamp next month.Speaking Wednesday at a panel discussio...

Oakland Athletics left-handed starting pitchers past and present engaged in a duel on Wednesday.It was pretty much a draw between Barry Zito and Brett Anderson.<...

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San Diego left-hander Clayton Richard spent more time in the dugout watching the Padres score than on the mound.The Padres put together three five-run innings as the...

Joe Saunders continued to rebound from a rough start to spring training, giving up one run on five hits in four innings during the Los Angeles Angels' 7-6 loss to the Arizo...

Tyler Summitt spent his entire childhood around gyms — no surprise he wants to spend the rest of his life in one.As the son of the NCAA's winningest basketball coa...

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Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman struck out five during his latest impressive showing Wednesday, but a Cincinnati Reds split squad couldn't manage much against Doug Davis in ...

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All morning, Rockies reliever Randy Flores took part in a drill designed to improve the dexterity and reflexes of the pitchers.Still, the exercise couldn't prepare h...

Andruw Jones hit his first spring home run and added four RBI against his former team, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Wednesday.White ...

Seattle pitcher Cliff Lee was suspended Wednesday for the first five games of the regular season for throwing over the head of a hitter, possibly delaying his highly antici...

A former Seton Hall basketball player has been arrested, accused of robbing a house full of people at gunpoint.Prosecutors in Essex County, N.J., say Robert Mitchell...

Iowa's strength is in its numbers as it enters the NCAA wrestling championships.The two-time defending champion Hawkeyes don't have a No. 1 seed at any weight enteri...

With a whistle around his neck and a smile on his face, Florida coach Urban Meyer returned to practice Wednesday following a leave of absence that turned out to be shorter ...

Kenny Perry is following the same road to the Masters, playing three straight tournaments on the Florida swing before taking a week off and heading to Augusta National....

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed a proposal Wednesday to bar men's college basketball teams from postseason play if they fail to graduate 40 percent of their ...

Tennis officials have closed the book on Andre Agassi's drug revelations.International Tennis Federation president Francesco Ricci Bitti told The Associated Press on...

Georgia Tech players plan to give up their cell phones once again — this time before the NCAA tournament.The Yellow Jackets have already reaped the benefits of mut...

Tennis officials have closed the book on Andre Agassi's drug revelations.International Tennis Federation president Francesco Ricci Bitti tells The Associated Press t...

Jayson Werth hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to break open a tie game, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Wednesday.The home...

A promoter says poor ticket sales have forced the cancellation of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao's upcoming concert Sunday in Waikiki.Ryan Chang of Island Fire Produc...

Jason Marquis allowed eight runs on eight hits over 3 1-3 innings in his second start of the spring, and the Houston Astros beat the Washington Nationals 11-2 on Wednesday....

With luck, the deadly dull Bahrain Grand Prix was not an unfortunate one-off but the first in a parade of mind-blowingly boring races that will ruin the Formula One season....

Kevin Hart might be walking his way out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' starting rotation.Hart walked six of the 12 batters he faced, failing to make it out of the second...

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Tommy Hanson pitched like he was in midseason form Wednesday for the Atlanta Braves.Hanson allowed one run on six hits in five innings in Atlanta's 4-2 win over the ...

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The Chicago Bears have released former Pro Bowl defensive back Nathan Vasher.Vasher, selected in the fourth round of the 2004 draft out of Texas, played six seasons ...

While the Tampa Bay Rays got their first look at closer Rafael Soriano in Wednesday's 5-2 exhibition victory, the Minnesota Twins maintained some hope they might get to see...

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Boston Red Sox infielder Jed Lowrie has mononucleosis.Lowrie has not played since March 11 and had been feeling fatigued. He went for tests this week."He can ...

Boston starter John Lackey gave up two hits in four innings before the New York Mets rallied with four runs in the eighth for a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday.Phillies 6, Yankees 2

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Left-hander Brian Tallet allowed one hit over four innings, a leadoff single by Cesar Izturis in the first, and retired the last 12 batters he faced to lead the Toronto Blu...

Barbaro's brother Lentenor has been entered to run in the Florida Derby, a prep race for the Kentucky Derby.Lentenor is the co-third choice at 6-1 in a field of 11 3...

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Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington admitted he made a "huge mistake" when he used cocaine and failed a Major League Baseball drug test last season.In his first pub...

NASCAR will officially move from the wing to the more traditional spoiler at next weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway.Martinsville had been targeted for the tran...

SI.com is reporting that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine last season.SI.com says Washington failed the test conducted by Major Leagu...

The First Fan appears to be a big fan of basketball programs from Kansas.President Barack Obama predicted Kansas and Kansas State to join Kentucky and Villanova in t...

Tim Tebow's latest visit to Florida Field looked like most of the others. He was cheered, revered and pulled in every direction.This time, though, it wasn't just scr...

Frank Martin doesn't have a chip on his shoulder. Just ask him.That us-against-the-world attitude? Just part of getting through life.Yeah, right.No mat...

It happens nearly every year: an unheralded player, maybe from a school few people know about, goes on a scoring tear or single-handedly carries his team through a couple o...

Fed up by his antics on and off the court, Seton Hall fired basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez on Wednesday after a 19-win season.The dismissal came roughly 12 hours af...

A three-game series between the New York Mets and Florida Marlins in June has been moved from Miami to Puerto Rico, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated ...

David Beckham arrived in London with his wife Victoria on Wednesday after flying in from the Finnish clinic where he had surgery for a torn Achilles' tendon.With his...

Prosecutors in Northern California said Wednesday they were waiting for a police report before deciding whether to file drunken-driving charges against Green Bay Packers ti...

A person familiar with the negotiations says free-agent guard Richie Incognito has agreed to a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins.The person spoke Wednesday t...

Talk about an eerie coincidence.Kansas, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, is facing nearly the exact circumstance as one of the most embarrassing losses...

Lance Mackey picked up a few rewards on his way to winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.The 39-year-old mus...

Michael Jordan became a basketball star at North Carolina. Now he'll try to turn around the state's money-losing NBA team by becoming the first ex-player to be a majority o...

Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger has been released from a hospital after a CT scan on his head and neck found no problems.Granger took an inadvertent elbow to hi...

Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been fired, a source has told The Associated Press.The source close to the university who spoke Wednesday on condition...

The U.S. women's soccer team will play world champion Germany in an exhibition at Cleveland Browns Stadium.The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday the match w...

The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved Michael Jordan's bid to buy a controlling interest in the Charlotte Bobcats.NBA commissioner David Stern said in ...

NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first seri...

Outfielder Elijah Dukes was released by the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, a sudden move with 2 1/2 weeks left in spring training."I don't know what to say. It f...

Quarterback Rex Grossman has signed a free-agent contract with the Washington Redskins.Grossman spent last season with the Houston Texans, working with new Redskins ...

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and his wife have sued the team's former long snapper over a $144,000 investment tied to a now-defunct movie studio.The fed...

David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, left Finland on a private jet Wednesday, two days after the former England captain had surgery for a torn Achilles' tendon.The ...

Tiger Woods' planned return to golf at the Masters drew plenty of criticism from the international press on Wednesday, and the most scathing comments came from Britain....

David Beckham and his wife Victoria left the clinic Wednesday where the former England captain had surgery for a torn Achilles' tendon, an injury that will keep him sidelin...

LeBron James was shaky early and spectacular late.James had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season, lifting the Cleveland C...

The Polish Olympic Committee says a second test confirms that Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Winter Games.It was ...

The doctor who operated on David Beckham's Achilles' tendon says the soccer star is ready to leave the clinic.Orthopedic surgeon Sakari Orava says Beckham will have ...

When it mattered most, Arkansas-Pine Bluff turned into kings of the road.Losers of their first 11 games — all on the road — the Golden Lions turned their first t...

For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other.Woods said Tuesday he will end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National in three w...

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Dexter Strickland hit the go-ahead free throws with 2:34 left and North Carolina held William & Mary scoreless for the final 5 minutes in the Tar Heels' 80-72 win in th...

Lance Mackey won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday to become the first musher in the event's 38-year history to win four consecutive races.Fans ...

The Buffalo Bills' new defensive scheme is starting to take shape after the team made two key additions in free agency Tuesday.First, the Bills bolstered their lineb...

Ben Smith scored a game-high 26 points, including a 24-foot jump shot with 1.5 seconds remaining and Jacksonville rallied to upset top-seeded Arizona State in the first rou...

The NHL wants to adopt a new rule against blindside hits to the head before the end of this season, according to two reports Wednesday.The league is hoping to fast-t...

Jarvis Varnado scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Mississippi State to an 81-67 victory over Jackson State on Tuesday night in the first round of the National Inv...

For everything Roger Federer did right, the world's top-ranked player did something wrong. Eventually, his errant shotmaking did him in.Marcos Baghdatis upset Federe...

Ernie Kent, the winningest coach in Oregon history, was dismissed Tuesday after 13 seasons with his alma mater."You may find a better basketball coach, but I don't t...

Rookie John Tavares broke out of a scoring slump with two goals and three assists, Dwayne Roloson made 35 saves, and the New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 o...

It's an NBA law of physics: Put the highest-scoring team in the league against arguably the worst defense and watch the scoreboard light up like the Fourth of July.J...

The building was packed, loud and charged. North Carolina rolled to a quick early lead to crank up the crowd noise even more. And when it ended, the Tar Heels were celebrat...

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Kobe Bryant scored 30 points, Pau Gasol added 28 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers completed a sweep of their Northern California swing with a 106-99 victo...

With Brad Mills managing against his former team, Roy Oswalt allowed two hits in four innings Tuesday to lead the Houston Astros over a Boston Red Sox split squad 3-0.<...