1 vs. 16 usually lopsided in NCAA tourneyThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:51AMThe NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turning into the darlings of March.
Changes Pondered For South Dakota Prep SportsThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:51AMSIOUX FALLS — Adding a shot clock in basketball and providing first-round playoff byes for big-school football teams are among a list of recommended changes to be considered by high school activities directors.
Area teams aim for sectional successThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:49AMGillett and Wittenberg-Birnamwood want to take the next step. Marion does too, but hasn’t reached this game since 1992. The three area girls basketball schools will play in its respective sectionals Thursday at 7 p.m.
National Sports More>>Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:48AMPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turning into the darlings of March. Upsets happen.
Flying Dutchman Sneijder fuels Inter's double bid Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:48AMWesley Sneijder deserves much of the credit for Inter Milan's surge towards a possible Champions League-Serie A double.
NIT and CBI Capsules: Layup at buzzer leads Memphis past St. John'sThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:47AMMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Wesley Witherspoon scored 18 points, including the winning layup as time expired, to give Memphis a 73-71 victory over St. John's in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night.
Storm's double troubleThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:46AMTHE responsibility of carrying the load Dallas Johnson hauled for so long was always going to fall on someone's shoulders.
Jr. Wolves face league's bestThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:44AMThe Kal Tire Sudbury Jr. Wolves probably hope its reg-u lar-season record against the Abitibi Eskimos is no indication of how the East Division Final will play out. The Jr. Wolves (19-27-4) went 2-10 against the first place Eskimos (40-7-3) and were outscored 58 to 31 in the season series.[...]
Mercy Girls Basketball In A Familiar SpotThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:44AMWhen Mercy graduated three starters, including two Division I players, few expected the Tigers to make it to the Class LL championship game this year.
Williams, Jordan picked for all-star gameThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:42AMFort Payne High School juniors Alicia Williams and Conner Jordan have been selected to play in the girls’ North-South all-star basketball game this summer at Alabama-Huntsville.
Oklahoma St PG Riley suspended for NCAA openerTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:02PMSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - No. 20 Oklahoma State is bracing for life without Riley. Andrea Riley, the nation's third-leading scorer, will serve a one-game suspension during the Cowgirls' first-round game against Chattanooga (24-8) on Saturday night in the NCAA tournament.
GOURCUFF SAVOURS GREEK DISHTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:01PMYoann Gourcuff - Bordeaux in pole position. Bordeaux midfielder Yoann Gourcuff is relishing the pressure as the Ligue 1 outfit prepare to host Olympiacos in a battle for a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Text of Gov. Chris Christie's budget addressTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:01PMGov. Chris Christie's prepared budget speech as released by his office. Mr. President, Madame Speaker, members of the Senate and Assembly. I am required by statute to report to you today on my plan for the state’s budget for fiscal year 2011.
Text of Gov. Chris Christie's budget addressTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:59PMRemarks Tuesday of Governor Christopher J. Christie to the Joint session of the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly.
No. 1 Kansas beats ninth-ranked K-State 72-64 in Big 12 championship gameTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:59PMKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Snip by snip, the Kansas Jayhawks took down another championship net. So what if there are bigger goals still ahead. Winning a title feels good anytime, especially against a rival in an atmosphere like this.
Broncos aqcuire Brady Quinn from Browns for Hillis and 2011 draft pickTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:59PMBrady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012.
Area teams have mixed resultsTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:58PMLocal baseball teams opened the season last week at various tournaments, including the Loara Tournament and the Newport-Elks Tournament.
Canadiens wins season-high fifth straightSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:34PMPublished: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:51 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:51 p.m. MONTREAL - Sergei Kostitsyn scored his second goal of the game early in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens went on to their season-high fifth straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.
Klapisch: Jose Reyes perfect example of why baseball needs HGH testingSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:32PMOnly the most black-hearted souls could be unmoved by Jose Reyes’ run of bad luck. Not only does the Mets’ young star have an over-active thyroid, but he’ll be on the disabled list (again) on Opening Day – and who knows when he’ll return?
Athletics' Barton on a serious pace in the springSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:32PMSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Daric Barton said he rediscovered who he really was as a baseball player when he began the 2009 season at Triple-A Sacramento. Now the Oakland Athletics are finally getting a look at the player they always thought Barton could be.
Bruins fall to CanadiensSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:31PMMONTREAL - Sergei Kostitsyn scored his second goal of the game early in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens...
Samford Loses SOCON OpenerSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:31PMBIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- The Samford softball team was only able to get one game in Saturday of its scheduled doubleheader with Appalachian State on the opening weekend of Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs fell, 5-2, to the Mountaineers after four hours and five rain delays. The teams will play two games on Sunday starting at 12 p.m. Samford (7-9, 0-1 SoCon) took a 1-0 lead at the bottom of ...
Canadiens win fifth straight, edge B’sSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:30PMSergei Kostitsyn scored his second goal of the game early in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens went on to their season-high fifth straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.
Panthers Rally For Overtime WinSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:30PMThe Florida Panthers showed the San Jose Sharks what it's like to be on the wrong side of a third-period comeback.
Bruins blitz past FlyersFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:39AMPHILADELPHIA - With Marc Savard most likely out for rest of the season because of a concussion, Patrice Bergeron led the way for the banged-up Boston Bruins.
Avon Lake making a run in postseason: Boys Basketball Insider WestFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:39AMAvon Lake's Brandon Murway, right, knocks the ball from the hands of Midpark's Bryan Theriot during a game in February. - (John Kuntz / PD) Seeing Avon Lake make a nice playoff run is not unusual. As long as...
Three of top 4 seeds bumped in Big East quartersFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:39AMNEW YORK (AP) - It was a bad day to be a favorite at the Big East tournament. Three of the conference's top four teams were beaten in the quarterfinals Thursday at Madison Square Garden, jumbling the league's NCAA picture and setting up a pair of surprising matchups in the semifinals.
DiManno: Leafs take shine off StamkosFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMNow, Colton Orr may be an entirely fine fellow and precisely as advertised, pugilistic defender of the Maple Leaf realm, with probably his own adoring fan faction.
Big talent on display in EastFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMEvery Big East tournament is a smorgasbord of talent for scouts and evaluators who descend on the Garden looking for players. The Post talked to a few of them about what their trained eyes saw out on the court, from reaching out to Ryan Blake of Marty Blake & Associates to...
Syracuse upset by HoyasFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMGeorgetown 91, Syracuse 84: Chris Wright scored 27 points, and the 22nd-ranked Hoyas sailed past the third-ranked Orange with an impressive second-half surge in a quarterfinal in New York.
Griffin: Jays' magic number is '84Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMThe George Orwell novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four , is a brilliantly disturbing view of the future that was simply ahead of its time, featuring concepts like mind control, a Ministry of Truth, the voiding of citizens' rights and having those in charge rewrite history to suit their own purposes.
Kansas, Kentucky, ’Cuse a cut above NCAA fieldFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:36AMIt is seasons like this that give hope to the little guys. Their coach can gather his players around and tell them the story of George Mason and hopes of a Cinderella run to the Final Four. “There is no dominant team in college basketball,” CBS college basketball analyst Clark...
A Shortstop Long on TalentThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:17PMBy Robert Cam pbell Almost anyone who follows Laguna high school sports will tell you that junior Chris Paul is a natural. Whether he’s draining a jumper, snagging a long pass or driving one into the gap, Paul has an uncanny ability to make the spectacular look ordinary. read more
U.Va. basketball notesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:17PM“We know they’re a great team,“ guard Sammy Zeglinski said. “Nobody expects us to win, so we really have nothing to lose.“ That’s the prevailing mentality among the Wahoos as they prepare for a rematch of a game they lost 67-49 in Charlottesville two weeks ago. That game was the first without leading scorer Sylven Landesberg, though at the time he was absent because of injury. He later was ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Jess Yarnes’ thoughts have spurred on GIThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:15PMHer team had just suffered a second loss to Lockport. After the game, veteran Vikings coach Jen Banker went around the locker room looking for insight from her team. What she got from junior reserve Jess Yarnes was a line that would carry the Vikings deep into March.
Centralâs Road Comes to EndThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:15PMCHARLESTON - Tournament time is when many players step up and make a name for themselves. West Virginia, St. Marys High School would like to introduce you to Kelsea Fickiesen.
Lions boys return to Great 8Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:52AMBoth the girls and boys basketball teams at Lutheran High School-Parker made it through district action with a spot in the regional section of Class 2A state hoops playoffs.
Nigeria to play four friendliesWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:52AMThe Nigerian Football Federation announces four pre-World Cup friendlies for the Super Eagles.