Fridays National Basketball Association Capsules
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »PHOENIX 133, TORONTO 113 PHOENIX With one former MVP on the sidelines, another stepped up for the Phoenix Suns. Shaquille ONeal scored a season-high 45 points on 20-of-25 shooting and added 11 rebounds to lead the Suns to a 133-113 victory over ...
Durant leaves game with sprained ankle
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant sprained his right ankle in the first quarter against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. X-rays on Durant's ankle came back negative, but he was not expected to return. Durant, who came into the game as the ...
Pistons’ Hamilton bumps Iverson in starting lineup
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Falling fast in the Eastern Conference standings, the Detroit Pistons decided to mix things up again. Shooting guard Richard Hamilton replaced Allen Iverson in the starting lineup against the Orlando Magic on Friday night, two days after Hamilton insisted he should ...
Celtics guard Pruitt arrested for DUI in Hollywood
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Boston Celtics guard Gabe Pruitt apologized Thursday after he was stopped on a Hollywood street and arrested for investigation of misdemeanor drunken driving. Pruitt was pulled over around 3 a.m., hours after playing five minutes in the Celtics' 93-91 loss to ...
Thursdays National Basketball Association Capsules
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »HOUSTON 93, CLEVELAND 74 HOUSTON Yao Ming scored as many points in the third quarter as the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Houston Rockets 93-74 victory. Yao scored 10 of 28 points in the third as Houston turned a five-point game at halftime ...
NBA lines up additional money for interested teams
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The NBA has lined up $200 million to distribute to teams interested in additional cash, which the league considers a sign it remains strong in a slumping economy. Between $13 million and $20 million will be available to each of 12 ...
Rutgers hires former football player as new AD
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NCAA football news | No Comments »Rutgers named one of its former football players on Thursday to head an athletic department that has been the subject of recent investigations into its financial oversight, particularly in the football program. The university's board of governors unanimously approved the hiring ...
WVa, LSU to meet in football in 2010-11
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NCAA football news | No Comments »West Virginia and LSU have agreed to a home-and-home football series starting in 2010. West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong said Thursday that the Mountaineers will travel to Baton Rouge, La., in 2010, and the Tigers will come to Morgantown in ...
Spurrier’s staff to earn about $2 million in 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in NCAA football news | No Comments »It'll cost South Carolina nearly $2 million for Steve Spurrier's rebuilt football staff. The school released salaries of Spurrier's nine assistants and new strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald on Thursday after a request by The Associated Press and other media ...
Golf Capsules
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Golf news | No Comments »MARANA, Ariz -Tiger Woods had no complaints with his game or his knee, but he had no answer Thursday for Tim Clark of South Africa, who played 16 holes without a bogey and knocked the world's No 1 player out ...
