Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle ejected
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was ejected for arguing in the second quarter of Dallas' game Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was stripped by Brian Cardinal while driving for a layup. The Timberwolves converted the turnover into ...
Rockets re-sign Mutombo
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Houston Rockets re-signed 42-year-old center Dikembe Mutombo for the remainder of the season on Tuesday, adding an emotional leader and a backup to Yao Ming. Mutombo, who supplants 39-year-old Sam Cassell as the league's oldest active player, appeared in 39 ...
Tuesdays National Basketball Association Capsules
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »MIAMI 104, CLEVELAND 95 MIAMI Dwyane Wade and LeBron James each lived up to their superstar billing. Fortunately for the Miami Heat, they also had rookie Mario Chalmers. Wade had 21 points and 12 assists, setting up Chalmers on many of his ...
Drogba says he lost will for football
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Chelsea's Didier Drogba says he entered this season having lost his passion for football. "For several weeks this summer, I no longer had a head for football. I had completely lost the fire. I no longer wanted to hear talk of ...
Aston Villa back in top four with 1-0 win at Hull
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Aston Villa moved back into the top four of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win at Hull clinched by Kamil Zayatte's late own goal and favorable officiating on Tuesday. The match ended in confusion after referee Steve Bennett changed ...
Vitesse Arnhem fires Hans Westerhof as coach
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Vitesse Arnhem fired coach Hans Westerhof on Tuesday with the club fourth last in the Dutch league. Vitesse general director Paul van der Kraan said faith had been lost in the 60-year-old Westerhof, who had only been in charge since the ...
Suns guard Steve Nash leaves with back spasms
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Former MVP Steve Nash left the Phoenix Suns' game against Oklahoma City in the first quarter Monday night with back spasms and was not expected to return. Nash played just over nine minutes before being replaced by Leandro Barbosa. He had ...
Mondays National Basketball Association Capsules
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »GOLDEN STATE 117, TORONTO 111 OAKLAND, California Stephen Jackson scored 30 points and Marco Belinelli added 23 and six assists as the Golden State Warriors held on for a 117-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 points off the ...
Sundays National Basketball Association Capsules
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »CLEVELAND 93, MIAMI 86 CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers survived a scare to remain undefeated on their home floor. After looking lethargic and out of sync for more than three quarters, the Cavs got their second wind just in time to upend the ...
Anthony back after missing 3 games with bad elbow
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Carmelo Anthony returned to the Denver Nuggets' lineup on Sunday against the New York Knicks after missing three games with a bruised right elbow. The Nuggets decided to give their leading scorer a break after he averaged just 11.5 points on ...
