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Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
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.
Kevin Love will soon accept an offer to participate in the All-Star weekend's three-point shooting contest.
Love made the All-Star team for his scoring (25.0 ppg) and rebounding prowess (13.7 rpg), but this is just affirmation that he can shoot the rock from downtown. Love has already hit 42 threes this year, putting him on pace for 106 in this 66-game season.
Darko Milicic (ankle) has been ruled out for Friday against the Mavericks.
The Nikola Pekovic show continues, and it's been an impressive one of late. In six games as a starter this season, Big Pek has averaged 13.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks on an incredible 63 percent shooting.
J.J. Barea (hamstring) said that he's "getting there" in his recovery, but acknowledged that it will take some time for him to adjust.
Barea said that he's still learning the system, but his efforts over the last few games have been much improved from previously. Barea played 23 minutes on Thursday, scoring 17 points and dishing out six assists, and it appears he'll settle in between 20-25 minutes per night under Adelman now that he's healthy.
Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, Russell Westbrook, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Steve Nash and Marc Gasol are the seven reserves for the Western Conference All-Star team.
They'll join starters Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul in Orlando. Snubs include Al Jefferson, Pau Gasol, Monta Ellis, Rudy Gay and Kyle Lowry, while it's a slight upset that Dirk made it given his rough start and conditioning rest.
Kevin Love (suspension) will return to the lineup for Friday's game against the Mavericks.
Derrick Williams will likely head back to the bench. Love should be plenty fresh and hungry after serving his time for stomping on Luis Scola. He's currently averaging career-highs in minutes (39.3), 3-pointers made (1.8), steals (1.0) and points (25.0).
J.J. Barea got hot on Wednesday, finishing with 17 points, three boards, six assists, two steals and three 3-pointers in just 23 minutes.
Ricky Rubio and Luke Ridnour were awful tonight and Barea took over, despite the limited minutes. Rubio's job is as secure as they come, but if Barea starts doing this on a nightly basis, Ridnour could take a hit. Just keep an eye on this situation going forward.
Rookie Derrick Williams started for suspended Kevin Love again Wednesday and had 13 points, nine rebounds, a steal and a block in Wednesday's loss.
Love will be back on Friday against Dallas, so expect Williams to head back to the bench. If you picked him up for the suspension run, go ahead and drop him.
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.
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