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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.
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Associated PressQuiz answers:
1. Dr. James Naismith, 55-60.
2. North Carolina State, 1974. The Wolfpack beat UCLA in the semis, which also happens to be Memphis' semifinal opponent.
3. Oscar Robertson, who is No. 8 on the list (1. Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA 2. Karl Malone 3. Jordan, UNC 4. Chamberlain, Kansas 5. Moses Malone 6. Elvin Hayes, Houston played UCLA 7. Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston played UNC)
4. Clyde Lovellette, Kansas. Led the Jayhawks to the national championship in 1952 while averaging 28.4 ppg.
5. John Calipari. The Memphis coach was an assistant at Kansas, where Bill Self would later be an assistant and Roy Williams a head coach. Calipari then moved on to be an assistant at Pittsburgh, where Ben Howland would later become head coach.
6. Kentucky (7), Indiana (5) and Duke (3).
7. Larry Brown. The nomadic one played at North Carolina, led UCLA to the 1980 Final Four and coached Kansas to the national championship in 1988. He also had an assistant both at Kansas and with the Philadelphia 76ers named John Calipari. Final trivia note of interest for this year's tourney: Brown's first coaching job was at Davidson College, but in what would become somewhat of a trend, he remained there just one month and never actually coached a game.
8. Kansas: While on the Boston Celtics, Stacom was a teammate of former Jayhawk All-American Jo Jo White.
UCLA: While with the Celtics, Stacom was a teammate of former Bruin Sidney Wicks, the Most Outstanding Player of the 1970 NCAA tourney.
North Carolina: While with the Celtics, Stacom was a teammate of former Tar Heel All-American Charlie Scott.
Memphis: While with the Indiana Pacers in 1978-79, Stacom was a teammate of former Tiger Johnny Davis.
Stacom to Naismith: Stacom played with Scott, who played for Dean Smith, who played for Phog Allen, who played for Naismith. Four degrees.
9. Future North Carolina legend Michael Jordan was hoopin' it up at Laney High School while John Calipari was playing point guard at UNC-Wilmington.
10. 2003. Nick Collison (Kansas), T.J. Ford (Texas) and Dwyane Wade (Marquette)
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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