Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
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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.
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.
Cuban later sent an e-mail to The Associated Press reacting to the league admitting the refs goofed: “It’s a shame the game had to come down to this, but that’s the way it goes in the NBA sometimes.”
The Nuggets hold a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series for the first time in franchise history and will go for the sweep Monday night.
All sorts of things are in their favor, from the fact no NBA team up 3-0 has ever lost the series to their 7-0 record against the Mavericks this season. Denver also is the only team to win in Dallas since mid-February; the Nuggets are 2-0 in that span, everyone else 0-17.
Chauncey Billups showed his championship pedigree by scoring 16 of his 32 points in the third quarter, when Denver was really struggling for baskets. Anthony finished with 31 points, but needed 24 shots. He missed his first seven.
“We knew it would be a hard-fought game, four-quarter game,” Billups said. “We just stayed with it. We came up with a great win.”
The Mavericks were hoping to feed off their crowd, just like the Nuggets did in the first two games at their place, but all the fouls kept the fans from getting into the action. The game was so blah that the public-address announcer reminded everyone at halftime that the team needed them to get more involved.
Jason Terry had 17 points, but was 5-of-12. Brandon Bass had 16 points but 12 came on free throws. Howard returned from an ankle injury that sidelined him early in Game 2 and scored 14.
Notes: There was a pregame moment of silence in memory of Chuck Daly, the Hall of Fame coach who died earlier Saturday. “He was one of basketball’s truly humble geniuses,” Carlisle said. ... So much for a shortened playoff rotation. Dallas used 10 players in the first quarter, Denver nine.
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The Red Wings have finally started to embrace a record they've been chasing.