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SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
Ryan Callahan scored three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Adreian Payne scored 15 points, Draymond Green added 12 and No. 11 Michigan State beat No. 3 Ohio State 58-48 Saturday night, ending the Buckeyes' 39-game home winning streak.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
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.
APNo telling yet why Allen Iverson's debating retirement. (If the rumor's true, that is.) We also don't know if it's because of the as yet unidentified "personal matter" or having to come off the bench, or whatever relationship there might be between those two factors.
Over at Newsday, Alan Hahn is taking advantage of the opportunity to beat an altogether novel drum. Can you say Iverson to the Knicks?
As the Knicks make an art form of losing, a shambles of Mike D'Antoni's once-vaunted offense and a mockery of the defensive principles that this franchise was built upon, is it time to look at the remaining 75 games and wonder if you have the stomach to endure or do you buckle at the knees and look toward Memphis for help? Yes, Memphis, where a certain fading megastar guard on a very affordable one-year deal has just been given an indefinite leave of absence from the team for "personal reasons." [...]
Iverson still has some go-to caliber game and star cachet among fans. He could also generate some of that long-lost buzz at the Garden and keep the customers intrigued as they patiently await the LeBronathon ... It could be an ideal situation for both parties. Iverson wants to go to a team that will allow him to dominate the ball, score and, of course, start. D'Antoni's system will put Iverson in several pick-and-roll situations with plenty of shooters to kick to on the perimeter.
Sorry, I chopped out some of the "it's like Marbury" language (um, no), as well as the playoff aspirations (seriously, the best the Knicks can hope for is some semblance of relevance).
And yet Hahn does point out the key here: Memphis seemed like the end of the NBA earth, except that when AI got there and the team took stock of its roster, it wasn't. Iverson was a distraction, though not in any malignant way. The Grizzlies have some semblance of a complete team, albeit a monstrously young one, that needs to find itself. He could've been a mentor, but more importantly, there just aren't minutes for AI amidst the franchise's future nucleus.
So why not the Knicks? It's the ultimate marriage of convenience. I applaud that it won't have nearly the sentimentality that came with (the far crazier) Steph coming to town. The Knicks are now absolute dross. Iverson's still popular if you keep him out of controversial basketball situations. The Knicks are the blank slate that Memphis was supposed to be. It may be a tough pill to swallow for the front office, but pray tell, what else is their 2009-10 going to amount to? At least Iverson at the Garden would be a major story and an inspiring, if manufactured, theme for an otherwise lost season for all parties.
Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks' bench.
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Adreian Payne scored 15 points, Draymond Green added 12 and defense-minded No. 11 Michigan State beat No. 3 Ohio State 58-48 Saturday night, ending the Buckeyes' 39-game home winning streak.
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Trae Golden scored 17 points, Jeronne Maymon added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Tennessee upset No. 8 Florida 75-70 Saturday, ending the Gators' home-winning streak at 19.
