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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.
Wizards coach Randy Wittman acknowledged that JaVale McGee is slumping.
Over the last five games, McGee is averaging just 6.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 0.2 steals in 22.3 minutes. "Whatever it is, fatigue, sickness, just not playing well. Got to fight through 'em. I've got to help him. I'll continue to do it," Wittman said. The Wizards are 5-21 and McGee is a building block of their young core. They'll stick with him.
Trevor Booker started at power forward again on Wednesday and had 17 points and seven rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting.
Booker hit 7-of-10 for 19 points and four boards on Monday and is a nice player to grab for as long as Andray Blatche is out with his calf injury. He also appeared to tweak his left foot during Wednesday's game, but played through it, so we're going to assume it wasn't anything to worry about.
Nick Young hit just 3-of-11 shots for seven points in Wednesday's loss to the Knicks.
This comes off a season-high 29 points on Monday, and maybe he was just caught up watching the Jeremy Lin show tonight. Young had scored in double figures in 15 straight games and this was just his third single-digit effort of the season. He'll bounce back in the next one. And in case you're wondering, Jordan Crawford was equally as bad, hitting 2-of-10 shots, also scoring seven points.
Rashard Lewis (knee) remains sidelined on Wednesday.
It's the second consecutive absence for Lewis, who has posted an unimpressive 8.6 points per game this season. Rookie Chris Singleton will get another start, but is averaging just 5.0 points in 22 minutes per game in his 10 starts.
Mo Evans played a season-high 15 minutes on Monday and could be in line for an increased role under Randy Wittman.
Evans had his knee drained as the season began, but he says he's been healthy "for a while now." Wittman used the term "stability" to describe what Evans brings to the youthful lineup, and the interim coach has already stated that he'll have no trouble yanking guys off the court who look like they're dogging it on the court.
Wizards waived C Hamady N'diaye.
N'diaye was a second-round pick in 2010. The shot-blocker appeared in just three games for the Wizards this season.
Trevor Booker scored a season-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting with four rebounds, three steals, and three blocks in 43 minutes against the Raptors on Monday.
Booker should be owned in all 8- and 9-cat formats as a shorter-term pickup while Andray Blatche (shoulder) is out for the next few weeks or more.
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.
Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
The Red Wings have finally started to embrace a record they've been chasing.