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SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
APIt appeared youth was finally going to catch up to the Tar Heels Friday. North Carolina played poor defense, allowing easy dribble penetration by USC, and showed impatience on offense, taking 12 three-point shots and hitting only two in the first half.
But Brandan Wright, who may be capable of leaping the Empire State Building with a running start from the Meadowlands complex, and Marcus Ginyard started cleaning the glass during that 18-0 run. Those two had nine of North Carolina’s 20 offensive rebounds and that gave the Tar Heels the energy they needed to win.
“We had a lot [of passion] saved up because we didn’t use very much of it in the first half,” Williams said. “We’ve got to understand they’re not machines. They’re young kids. Sometimes they’re gonna mess it up. But you’ve got to keep trying, keep plugging, keep trying to do the right thing. It’s not just North Carolina. That other team is responsible for some things.”
Hansbrough has been North Carolina's symbol of power, will and energy for the past two seasons. He played a lackluster 29 minutes against USC, finishing with five points and four rebounds, and will have to play better than that against Georgetown’s Hibbert. The big man for the Hoyas had only three points and three rebounds at halftime against Vanderbilt. He finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds, but put his team in jeopardy when he fouled out with 3:58 left in the game.
“Once the ball gets thrown into [Hansbrough], he’s not passing it,” Hibbert said. “He’s very good around the basket. He’s very good at getting his own rebounds. I’m gonna have my hands full. We’re going to try to take it one possession at a time and make sure it’s not a one-on-one game against any player, but a Georgetown-North Carolina game.”
It wouldn’t be a North Carolina-Georgetown game without the players who can make those one-on-one plays. Green has proved he can do it. So can Wright. It might be Hansbrough or Hibbert. It might be Ty Lawson or Jonathan Wallace.
There are plenty of candidates in this game. We already know not to count either team out until the end. A new generation of players might be talking about this game 25 years down the road. If they are, it really shouldn’t surprise anybody.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
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