Jan 19
NBL ladder-leaders Sydney Kings proved last week’s loss to Adelaide was just a blip with a crushing 108-90 home win over local rivals West Sydney Razorbacks.
The win at Sydney Entertainment Centre improves Sydney’s overall record to 20-3, making it the fifth straight season the Kings have posted at least 20 victories.
The result stretched to eight Sydney’s streak of successive double-digit home wins over the Razorbacks and the latest shellacking almost certainly ended any faint play-off hopes for West Sydney who slipped to 10-15.
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Jan 19
A player profile update on Durand Scott of Rice High School in New York City …
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Source: NYC Guard Prospect Impressive This Season
Jan 19
Is Bob Stoops the new Lloyd Carr? What college team puts together the best pro team? What five college football legends were pro busts, and what five average college players were all-timers at the next level? These questions and more in the latest ASK CFN.
By Pete Fiutak
Fire over your questions to me at pete@collegefootballnews.com. I might not be able to answer them all, but I promise they’re all read. Any e-mails sent to this address may be published or edited unless requested otherwise. (Please put ASK CFN in the subject line, and PLEASE keep the questions short … it makes my life easier.)
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Jan 19
Maria Sharapova
If time is money, Maria Sharapova certainly believes women deserve equal pay in tennis.
”Of course it’s fair. We were waiting for the men to finish five sets,” she said, joking, after easing into the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Elena Vesnina of Russia. ”We should get paid more for waiting around all day long.”
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Jan 19
The Bucknell men’s swimming and diving team closed out the home portion of its 2007-08 schedule against Columbia of Friday evening in Kinney Natatorium and fell to the Lions, 141-100. Following the setback, the Bison are now 4-2 on the year, while Columbia pulls level at 3-3.
Junior Jeffrey Manning (Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High) swept the diving portion of the meet, winning the one-meter competition with a score of 257.62, and taking first on the three-meter board, posting a personal-best mark of 279.97, which ranks second on Bucknell’s all-time top-10 list.
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Jan 19
HOUSTON — Former Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid said Friday he will transfer to Texas Southern for his final season rather than keep himself eligible for the NFL draft.
Reid, who decided to leave the Cowboys after a junior season in which he was benched after two games, made the decision hours after the NCAA granted him a waiver to transfer to a Championship Subdivision school.
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Jan 19
Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t plan to sit around and wait for a September rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Boxing’s most popular attraction will fight a tune-up bout May 3 and plans to do it live on HBO — not pay-per-view — Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, told ESPN.com Friday night.
Schaefer said De La Hoya told him Friday morning that he didn’t want to wait until September for his next fight and told him to start planning for May 3, the date on which he had intended to face Mayweather in the rematch. Mayweather, however, insisted on a long break after a grueling 2007.
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Jan 19
Hamilton Bulldogs
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Hamilton Bulldogs forward Corey Locke and San Antonio Rampage forward Joey Tenute have been added to the Canadian roster for the AHL all-star game to take place Jan. 27-28 in Binghamton, N.Y.
Canadian all-stars Ryan O’Byrne of Hamilton and Joel Perrault of San Antonio will miss the event due to recall to their respective National Hockey League affiliates.
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