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No. 4 Villanova gets win over No. 5 West Virginia
2/8/2010 11:15 PM
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Scottie Reynolds scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes and No. 4 Villanova held off No. 5 West Virginia 82-75 on Monday night.
Villanova (21-2, 10-1) rebounded from a blowout loss at No. 7 Georgetown on Saturday ...
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2/8/2010 11:15 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.
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2/8/2010 11:15 PM
CLEMSON -- Brigitte Ardossi had 17 points and 13 rebounds and No. 21 Georgia Tech reached 20 wins for the fourth straight year with a 68-53 victory over Clemson on Monday night.
The Yellow Jackets (20-5, 6-3 ACC) had only two 20-win seasons in t ...
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2/6/2010 11:34 PM
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Malcolm Delaney tied the Virginia Tech single-game record for free throws by scoring 20 of his 30 points from the line and the Hokies used a huge advantage at the stripe to post a 70-59 victory over Clemson on Saturday.
Delaney, ...
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2/6/2010 11:29 PM
DAVIE, Fla. -- Dwight Freeney watched the Colts' final Super Bowl practice from a golf cart, and it's still uncertain whether he will play in Sunday's Super Bowl.
The All-Pro defensive end hasn't practiced since tearing a ligament in his right a ...
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2/6/2010 11:29 PM
MIAMI -- As the backup to Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts rookie Curtis Painter finds himself behind the NFL's most durable quarterback, and he'll likely watch the entire Super Bowl from the sideline.
On the other hand, Painter remembers what ...
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2/6/2010 11:28 PM
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Cole Aldrich scored six points during a 16-1 run and Kansas used a big second half to stretch its home winning streak to 55 games after routing Nebraska, 75-64
The Jayhawks (22-1, 8-0 Big 12) led almost the entire first half bu ...
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2/6/2010 11:28 PM
MIAMI -- New Orleans cornerback Randall Gay and running back Lynell Hamilton sat out the Saints' final practice of the season on Saturday.
Coach Sean Payton said he expected Gay to be ready when New Orleans meets the Indianapolis Colts in the Su ...
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2/6/2010 11:28 PM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Wayne Chism scored a career-high 30 points as No. 14 Tennessee routed South Carolina 79-53 on Saturday night.
Chism was 11 for 17 from the field, including two 3-pointers, and hit 6 of 8 free throws. His previous high of 27 p ...
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2/6/2010 11:23 PM
LOS ANGELES -- Steve Stricker hit enough crisp irons and made his usual share of putts to pull away from the field at Riviera and build a five-shot lead going into the final day of the rain-delayed Northern Trust Open.
Stricker was at 14 under and ...
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2/6/2010 11:23 PM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. secured the front row for the Daytona 500 on Saturday.
Martin, the only driver to top 191 mph during qualifying, earned his first Daytona 500 pole. Earnhardt w ...
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2/6/2010 12:04 AM
COLUMBIA -- The reality of today's South Carolina-Tennessee game is that it could rather easily go either way. The reality is most Southeastern Conference games can.
"We can play with or beat anybody," USC second-year coach Darrin Horn said. "But w ...
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2/6/2010 12:03 AM
CLEMSON -- The Tigers traveled to Blacksburg, Va. ,Thursday night, a day earlier than scheduled, to avoid the blizzard that slammed into the mid-Atlantic on Friday.
Clemson has another storm to weather in the upcoming weeks in hopes of securing a t ...
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2/6/2010 12:02 AM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Alex Montgomery scored 20 points, including two free throws with 7 seconds left, and No. 21 Georgia Tech beat Maryland 61-60 on Friday after blowing a 17-point lead.
Brigitte Ardossi had 15 points and five steals for the Yellow ...
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2/6/2010 12:02 AM
LOS ANGELES -- Dustin Johnson made a hole-in-one and Steve Stricker had seven birdies to brighten an otherwise dreary day at rainy Riviera and finish atop the leaderboard Friday at the Northern Trust Open.
Johnson's 8-iron from 152 yards landed ...
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2/6/2010 12:01 AM
MIAMI -- Hoosiers and Who Dats.
And, oh yes, the two best teams in the NFL also happen to be on hand for Sunday's Super Bowl.
Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis Colts are 5-point favorites to spoil the ending of the New Orlean ...
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2/4/2010 11:56 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The question to DeMaurice Smith was simple, coming from Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco, asking how serious he viewed the possibility of football not being played in 2011.
Smith did not hesitate.
"On a scale of 1 to 10 ...
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2/4/2010 11:56 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Mystery solved. Turns out, there's a reason Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning gets sacked less than any other starter in the league.
A lot of reasons, actually.
"Watches. Suits, custom suits. Stereo systems. Sony Bl ...
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2/4/2010 11:55 PM
MIAMI -- With the NFL championship game barely 72 hours away, New Orleans quarterback coach Joe Lombardi took a break from his team's preparations to revisit the notion that winning is the only thing.
He also talked about Bart Starr and Jim Taylor, ...
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2/4/2010 11:54 PM
DURHAM, N.C. -- Kyle Singler had career highs of 30 points and eight 3-pointers to lead No. 10 Duke past No. 21 Georgia Tech 86-67 on Thursday night.
Jon Scheyer added 21 points for the Blue Devils (18-4, 6-2), who were strong inside and outside ...
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2/4/2010 12:11 AM
AUGUSTA -- USC Aiken's Lady Pacers continued to climb back toward the top of the Peach Belt Conference's East Division Wednesday night, while the Lady Jaguars from Augusta State continued to spin their tires at the bottom of the league.
USCA cla ...
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2/4/2010 12:11 AM
COLUMBIA ¬-- One recruiting analyst said lauded Byrnes High product Marcus Lattimore could've "named his school."
As Lattimore said Tuesday, he had 30 from which to choose. Yet, Lattimore picked South Carolina.
No, the Gamecocks didn't land ...
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2/4/2010 12:11 AM
Citadel coach Kevin Higgins introduced a 24-player signing class Wednesday that is just one part of an overhaul of Bulldogs football.
The class was shaped by Higgins' decision to scrap the spread-option offense he's run for five years in favor of a ...
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2/4/2010 12:10 AM
CLEMSON ¬-- Jeff Scott prefers cutting edge technology. Upon becoming Clemson's recruiting coordinator last February he required staff members to replace their cell phones with iPhones.
Yet on National Signing Day, Scott found himself anxiousl ...
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2/4/2010 12:10 AM
AUGUSTA -- With 13:14 left in Wednesday night's game, USC Aiken's Kevin Willis stepped to the foul line, trying to help the Pacers cut into a big Augusta State lead. After two quick dribbles and a long look at the basket, Willis lofted the ball into ...
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2/2/2010 11:36 PM
MIAMI -- Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney still hopes to play in the Super Bowl despite a torn ligament in his right ankle.
"Hopefully, towards the end of the week it starts to get better," Freeney said at Tuesday's media day. "The decision wi ...
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