AP - Greg Paulus scored 22 points, including a burst of three 3-pointers early in the second half, to help third-ranked Duke rally past North Carolina State 92-72 on Thursday night.
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AP - Carolina captain Rod Brind’Amour scored with 1:40 left in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
AP - Tayshaun Prince’s 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left lifted the Detroit Pistons to a 90-89 victory over the Los Angles Lakers on Thursday night, overcoming Kobe Bryant’s big night.
AP - Rob Blake scored a rare power-play goal for Los Angeles in the third period, and Jason LaBarbera made 28 saves to lift the suddenly surging Kings to a 3-1 victory over the slumping New York Islanders on Thursday night.
AP - Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 points, Deon Thompson added a career-high 17 and No. 4 North Carolina routed Boston College 91-69 on Thursday night.
AP - Kyle Turley said it is “near criminal” how some needy former NFL players are being treated. He blames Gene Upshaw, leader of the NFL Players Association.
Nash, Stoudemire, Paul head list of NBA all-star reserves (AFP)
Published January 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AFP - Chris Paul, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire head the list of seven reserves added to the Western Conference team for the NBA all-star game, the league announced Thursday.
AP - Brad Wilkerson and the Mariners agreed Thursday to a $3 million, one-year contract, a move that could signal Seattle is close to finally acquiring pitcher Erik Bedard from the Baltimore Orioles.
AP - Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week ? at the top of the leaderboard. Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by eight strokes, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
Giants Manning says brother Peyton gave him spark (Reuters)
Published January 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedReuters - Peyton Manning’s Super Bowl
MVP honors last year provided the inspiration for younger
brother Eli to lead his team to the title game, the New York
Giants quarterback said on Thursday.