Taylor was reviews hurt in conclude the first half of a 43- 14 victory at Duke on Oct. So he' s going to be down for a while " The Tigers and recalled Ryan Raburn from Triple- A Toledo. 4 points a game before being deactivated after publicly requesting a trade in early December. So what could spoil the mood heading into Thursday' s massive Game 6? League discipline, of course. 1 spot- after being the difference- maker, the most explosive scorer and clutch performer, for a Canadian team that successfully defended its world junior championship in Ottawa in January- and Hedman has dropped to a clear second choice.

Bob Huggins and Kansas State will host Oregon, and Washington will play at Oklahoma State . Updated: March 26, 2009, 12: 50 PM ET Initial sale of Padres to Moorad final Comment Email Print Share Associated Press SAN DIEGO- Former agent Jeff Moorad completed his initial acquisition of the San Diego Padres from John Moores and was to be introduced Thursday as the team' s incoming vice chairman and CEO . In a meeting in Fort Myers, Fla, before exhibition play started, Melendez gave the players a message " Nobody' s talking about us " he said " We have a good group of players here, and nobody' s talking about us " They are now . Among them are two checks for$ 125, 000 each to space150, a digital media company hired by Dykstra to build out The Players Club Web site Copies of the returned checks can be viewed here . 5 rebounds, signed a five- year contract extension this summer worth a guaranteed$ 60 million. I figured he knew more than I did " Sheehan has completed 66. But the Rockets never went ahead and the only other tie came after the teams traded baskets.

Updated: September 4, 2009, 6: 12 PM ET McLouth( hamstring) returns from DL Comment Email Print Share Associated Press ATLANTA- Atlanta Braves outfielder Nate McLouth is back in uniform after missing 17 games with a strained left hamstring . Arenas was averaging 28 points, but the Pacers held him to 17 on 5- for- 18 shooting " I think we played more team defense " said Stephen Jackson, who led the Pacers with 30 points " Ron' s definitely the best defender on our team, but I think missing him, we had to be more on the same page . I mean, Ben Wallace and Mo Williams fell down more times than a baby learning to walk " The Magic lead the Cavaliers 2- 1 in the best- of- seven series Game 4 is Tuesday night . Since some studies suggest metals and minerals absorbed into the body are a potential culprit, he started eating only organic foods . There' s enough hard- core racers out there, potential team owners that want to put a stake in the game and make a run at it " David Newton covers NASCAR for ESPN He can be reached at dnewtonespnaol.

Last weekend only three first division games were played behind closed doors# 8226& nbsp; The Nationwide Tour has postponed the Mexico Open golf tournament scheduled for May 21- 24 because of the swine flu outbreak . A " loose body " was found in the elbow, Philadelphia assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said . Despite the lawsuit, the team' s performance on the field this year has given Moore' s business renewed life . He made a layup with 1: 49 to play, then after a Charlotte miss, he got the rebound and was fouled by Bernard Robinson . Indiana won a season- high fifth straight game Friday night, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106- 82.

Aldridge Aldridge played seven minutes in Saturday' s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers before he was taken to the hospital . Updated: March 20, 2008, 6: 44 AM ET Harris leaves Bucks, won' t be offered new contract Comment Email Print Share Associated Press] EnlargeAP Photo/ Morry GashThe Bucks made the playoffs twice while Larry Harris was GM, but they only won one game in each first- round series . Pietrus' knees and ankles were covered in ice wraps after the game, a product of a long offseason playing for the French national team in the European championships " I' m still getting my body into shape " Pietrus said " I' m going to keep practicing hard, but I' ve got to find a way to get some rest " Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press . The Timberwolves' losing streak was their worst since dropping six straight from Jan 30 to Feb 8 last season . 62 million at a memorabilia auction in Chicago, a sports auction company said Saturday The record price for a baseball card is$ 2.

After Kidd got as many cheers as any Golden State player in pregame introductions, New Jersey never trailed in the final 45 minutes- and Richardson, who had another solid game on both ends of the court, has grown frustrated with his teammates' play " We didn' t have any energy tonight " Richardson said " Guys didn' t come out and play hard . He set NCAA single- season records with 83 extra points and 86 attempts in the 2005 season " We' ll miss Mario terribly " USC coach Pete Carroll said through a school spokesman " He was a wonderful kid and well liked by everyone . 8 points per game and was the team leader in minutes played, assists and 3- pointers . Barea started in Kidd' s place, with Jason Terry likely to share some of the ballhandling duties Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press . Jim Jackson, in his first game for the Suns and first anywhere in nearly a month, scored two points on 1- for- 3 shooting and drew five fouls in 17 minutes Game notesThe Suns made 15 of 30 3- pointers All 10 starters reached double figures. But the Nuggets found a way to pull it out after the disappointing loss to the Lakers, getting 18 points and 13 rebounds from Kenyon Martin in his home debut with Denver and 19 points from Andre Miller " It was a gutty win by our basketball team " Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik said " They kept hanging in there and fought through it " Kevin Garnett had 25 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and five blocked shots, but he couldn' t come through on Minnesota' s final shot.

But it might have kept anyone from retaliating in Boston' s 102- 83 victory over Seattle, the Sonics' first loss in 10 games " The league is making them into an example " Pierce said after Stern banned Ron Artest for the rest of the season and eight others for lengths from one to 30 games " Hopefully, the rest of us are watching and we' ll know better the next time " Ricky Davis didn' t start for the first time this season, but he scored 25 points in 29 minutes . Phoenix has four games remaining to San Antonio' s three, but the Spurs will happily settle for the No . C- North Carolina sophomore Alex Stepheson will rejoin the team Monday after missing nearly a week because of a family illness . With a 17- point lead, Whittingham said running the clock became a priority " We did what we thought was best for that situation . He also considers himself old- school and has the utmost respect for Hoffman " It' s an honor to be his set- up guy " Bell said " If I do replace him, I would really like for him to go out when he wants to go out- for him to hand over the closer' s job. But with Keller gone, the Sun Devils will, to use Koetter' s phrase " sink or swim " with Carpenter, whose backup is freshman Danny Sullivan " I' m pretty confident that a guy doesn' t go from leading the nation in passing efficiency- no matter who you' re playing against- I don' t think you go from that to being a terrible quarterback because of one game " Koetter said. But she said she was not able to identify specific participants " Coach[ Buddy] Teevens, his staff and his players have acknowledged that the actions displayed Saturday were not in keeping with acceptable standards of behavior at Dartmouth, nor with the great traditions of Dartmouth football and Dartmouth athletics in general " Harper said " They join me in apologizing to the Dartmouth community, the Holy Cross community and the public " The game wasn' t televised and the fight so unexpected and short that the cameraman filming the game for Dartmouth caught only the end.

After Lofton' s free- throw miss, Pearl and Lofton' s teammates came up with a new nickname for him " They talk about that all the time " Lofton said " They call me' Buckeye[ for] when I missed the free throws in the last game It' s a joke and they tease me a lot . It wasn' t exciting that I had to be in it, but nothing is broken and I didn' t pass out " David Gilliland blew an engine and dropped oil on the track about 20 minutes before McDowell made his qualifying attempt . I' m confident in my body and hopefully getting more and more confident once I hit the ice and start playing and we' ll go from here " Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press . Richt apologized to Commodores coach Bobby Johnson afterward and admonished his players in the locker room to refrain from those sort of displays in the future " I don' t think that' s the right thing to do at the end of a ballgame " Richt said " Should we have been celebrating? Absolutely . Sutton said the loss was another step in the wrong direction for a team that appeared on the right track with a last- minute loss to Gonzaga and a December win against Tennessee " We' re not playing nearly as well now as we did early in the year " Sutton said.

And after Alabama scored a touchdown to take a 23- 17 lead in the second overtime, he missed the extra point . Evans said the school would hire an outside search firm to assist in the interview process . since 1968 Email Print Share Associated Press ATHENS, Ohio- Ohio accepted a bid to play in the GMAC Bowl, its third bowl appearance and first in nearly four decades . The past five fall Martinsville winners finished in the top 12 in the last Phoenix race( Five drivers eliminated, five remaining) Drivers eliminated: Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart . MIAMI( Ticker- The game between the Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins was postponed due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Frances.

So for McHale, it' s coach or go home " If there' s some kind of way that he leaves the Timberwolves " Jefferson said " that' s when I' ll be very, very upset " The decision could be a difficult one for the former Boston Celtics great " If I don' t come back, I' ll miss the guys " McHale said after the game " They really are a great group of guys . Updated: February 19, 2008, 11: 49 PM ET Bentley ties DII mark, wins 52 regular- season games in row Comment Email Print Share Associated Press WALTHAM, Mass- Bentley tied an NCAA Division II record with its 52nd consecutive regular- season victory, a 79- 66 win over Assumption on Tuesday night . Embroiled in the second investigation into improper telephone calls to recruits since his arrival at Indiana last year, Sampson said Thursday that he is satisfied with a university report to the NCAA that has already led to the resignation of an assistant coach, the forfeiture of one scholarship and new restrictions on recruiting . Updated: June 17, 2008, 2: 02 AM ET Dice- K gives up three hits, two runs in five- inning rehab start Comment Email Print Share Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa- Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed two runs and three hits over five innings in a rehab start for Triple- A Pawtucket on Monday night, his first game action since straining his rotator cuff last month . Team officials initially said he hoped to return, then announced just before the start of the third quarter that he couldn' t Mobley averaged 17 points, 3 5 rebounds and 2 0 assists in the first four games of the series Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. The Buffs went up 17- 7 on Bell' s 2- yard pass to Charly Martin and Jon Roberts' 29- yard field goal. The Sabres have gone 3- 4- 2 without Miller and sit in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, three points out of a playoff spot with 13 games left, including a game at Ottawa on Tuesday night.

But authorities warned that security personnel around the Cotton Bowl will be more alert in response to the blast, which investigators say was caused when explosives attached to a student' s body detonated within 100 yards of where more than 80, 000 fans were gathered inside Oklahoma Memorial Stadium " That' s one of things we drilled into the heads of our officers " said Dallas Deputy Chief Jesse Reyes " To be vigilant about suspicious- looking persons or suspicious- looking vehicles or anything of that sort " Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, died Saturday when the device attached to his body exploded about while he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall on the campus in Norman, Okla, officials said . 14, a sideline- clearing melee that led to the suspension of 18 FIU players and 13 Hurricanes players . They also accused officers of being aggressive and using profanity when they arrived . 9, 1998- June 9, 2000- and that was over partial seasons coming up with Minnesota . Green was surprised to be called to a Tuesday workout in Phoenix with Brewer and Noah, even though the Suns aren' t scheduled to draft until well after the lottery. Brian Schumacher threw for 141 yards for Concordia( 10- 2, including a 16- yard touchdown pass to Ben Thoreson. The Cubs placed outfielder Reed Johnson on the disabled list, retroactive to June 21, with back spasms Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.