Syracuse went five more minutes instead of five more overtimes. The 18th-ranked Orange, less than 24 hours after winning the second-longest Division I game ever, played just one extra period in a 74-69 victory against West Virginia on Friday night in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. ...more

March 14, 2009

Marshae Dotson scored 20 points, Sha Brooks added 15, and No. 19 Florida beat Georgia 61-45 on Sunday, ending a nine-game losing streak in the series. ...more

January 19, 2009

Senior guard Tanae Davis-Cain reached the 1,000-point plateau in her career as the Florida State women's basketball team defeated UCF 82-70 Wednesday afternoon at the Donald L. Tucker Center. ...more

January 1, 2009

Italee Lucas scored 10 of her 19 points in North Carolina's 18-2 second-half run, and the second-ranked Tar Heels rallied past Illinois 68-59 on Saturday in the Carolinas Challenge. ...more

December 21, 2008

Eleven in a row and no slowing down for No. 5 Rutgers. Kia Vaughn scored a season-high 17 points, and Heather Zurich added a career-high 16 on Tuesday night, leading the Scarlet Knights (16-2, 6-0) to a 71-41 victory over Cincinnati (10-8, 1-5) that extended their longest winning streak in two years. ...more

January 23, 2008

CAVALIERS 93, RAPTORS 90: LeBron James scored 39 points, including 24 in the fourth quarter, to help Cleveland rally for victory against Toronto. Trailing 70-57 to begin the fourth quarter, James scored on a layup, a free throw and back-to-back 3-pointers in the first three minutes. Damon Jones added two 3-pointers before James tied it at 76 with a jump shot at 6:26. James gave Cleveland its first lead with a 3-pointer from the right wing at 3:59, then drained another 3-pointer on the Cavaliers' next possession. MAVERICKS 101, TIMBERWOLVES 78: Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas in scoring for the ninth straight game, scoring 30 points, and the Mavs handed Minnesota its eighth consecutive loss. Josh Howard added 22 points and eight rebounds for the Mavericks, who led by as many as 31 points en route to their fourth win in a row and ninth in their last 11. SPURS 88, CLIPPERS 82: Tim Duncan had 17 points and 17 rebounds, Tony Parker scored 26 points and San Antonio beat Los Angeles. Manu Ginobili, back for San Antonio after missing five games with a sprained left index finger, scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter. He had his hand wrapped to protect his injured finger. GRIZZLIES 101, HEAT 94: Pau Gasol had 28 points and 13 rebounds, Mike Miller added 25 points, and Memphis sent Miami to its seventh straight loss. Memphis outscored Miami 9-2 in the final 2 minutes for its second win in the last three. WIZARDS 108, SONICS 86: Caron Butler scored 31 points and Antawn Jamison added 21 points and 12 rebounds, leading Washington to a win. It was Butler's third game of 30 or more points, and the second consecutive game the Wizards won by more than 20 - the first time that's happened since December 2004. BUCKS 93, BOBCATS 89: Reserve Charlie Bell scored 27 points and Andrew Bogut added 25, including a short hook shot with 19 seconds left, to lead Milwaukee past Charlotte. Bogut's hoop capped Milwaukee's comeback from an eight-point deficit with 3:51 remaining. NUGGETS 109, SIXERS 96: Allen Iverson scored 38 points in Denver's victory against Philadelphia. He had a shot at 40 but dribbled out the final few seconds at midcourt, tossed the ball to the official and bear-hugged Louis Williams. Iverson had 30 against the Sixers last year, three weeks after he was traded to the Nuggets, but didn't stick around for the end of that one, drawing an ejection in the final minutes of a 108-97 loss. ...more

January 7, 2008

The Indianapolis Colts are playoff ready. Just ask the Houston Texans. ...more

December 24, 2007

THRASHERS 4, PANTHERS 1: Rookie goalie Ondrej Pavelec stopped 36 shots and Ilya Kovalchuk scored his eighth goal in his last four games as Atlanta beat Florida. Vyacheslav Kozlov, Chris Thorburn and Marian Hossa also scored for Atlanta, which improved to 7-3 under interim coach Don Waddell after starting the season 0-6 under Bob Hartley. Nathan Horton scored for the Panthers. Tomas Vokoun, starting in net for the 10th consecutive game, made 23 saves. Pavelec made his second career start. He began the season with the AHL's Chicago Wolves before being recalled when starting goalie Kari Lehtonen sustained a groin injury. RED WINGS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1: Tomas Holmstrom broke a second-period tie with a power-play goal and Dominik Hasek made 15 saves to help Detroit win its ninth straight game. Dan Cleary had two goals and Henrik Zetterberg added a goal, and Mikael Samuelsson had two assists for the Red Wings. MAPLE LEAFS 3, SABRES 0: Andrew Raycroft made 30 saves for his sixth career shutout and Mats Sundin had a goal and an assist for Toronto. Brian McCabe and Boyd Devereaux also scored to help the Maple Leafs, last in the NHL in goals against entering the game, win for the second time in the last three. BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUES 2: Rookie Patrick Kane and Jim Vandermeer scored power-play goals as Chicago beat St. Louis. Rene Bourque scored short-handed and Yanic Perreault added an empty-net goal for Chicago. Goalie Patrick Lalime, making consecutive starts for the first time this season, blocked 23 shots to help the Blackhawks win their second straight. ...more

November 10, 2007