Correlle Prime scored 28 points last week as his Mavericks stayed unbeaten with a 57-51 win over the Sonics in Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball action. ...more

January 24, 2008

Wesley Chapel didn't get to play its scheduled game against Cocoa on Saturday at the Florida Girls Basketball Showcase at Orlando Boone, and that could be a good thing or a bad thing. ...more

January 16, 2008

Caron Butler scored 21 and Antawn Jamison added 20 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Washington Wizards to an 88-83 victory against the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Butler scored nine points during a 25-6 run over the final 6:24 of the fourth quarter to give the Wizards their fifth win in the last six games against Boston. Boston lost consecutive games at home and overall for the first time all season and dropped to 30-6. The Celtics are 2-3 over their last five and have averaged 85 points a game over that span. Eddie House scored his only five points of the game to give the Celtics their largest lead at 77-63 with 6:24 remaining before the Wizards rallied. SPURS 89, 76ERS 82: Manu Ginobili scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead San Antonio to victory over Philadelphia. Tim Duncan added 18 points and 16 rebounds to give the Spurs their second straight win. JAZZ 98, BUCKS 87: Deron Williams scored 24 of his 33 points in the second half and had 10 assists as Utah rallied to beat Milwaukee. BOBCATS 119, NUGGETS 116: Gerald Wallace scored 40 points, Matt Carroll hit two free throws with 4.6 seconds left, and Charlotte made the big plays down the stretch this time in a win over Denver. TRAIL BLAZERS 99, NETS 73: LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points to lead Portland to its 18th win in the last 20 games with a victory over New Jersey. CAVALIERS: Coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season. The Associated Press ...more

January 15, 2008

Last Tuesday marked a huge milestone for the Sebring Senior Softball League games. It was the beginning of the League's use of the new Highlands County Sports Complex in Sebring. At 9 a.m. more than 100 players arrived and were anxiously trying to locate their appropriate designated areas. When the time for "let's play ball" came, eight teams began to play simultaneously on four fields, a first time ever for the League to be gathered in one place. There had been reorganizing of the teams with added players and new managers. ...more

January 14, 2008

EASTERN CONFERENCE

January 13, 2008

Courtside: Ole Miss Coach Andy Kennedy The Rebels, 21-13 last season, were picked to finish last in the SEC West after losing three senior starters. Kennedy's team (13-1) has been one of the nation's big surprises, but it fell from the unbeaten ranks on Wednesday night with an 85-83 loss at Tennessee, picked to win the SEC, in the final seconds. ...more

January 12, 2008

Durant junior A.J. Garden's pursuit of the 1,000-career point mark has been put on hold - by Garden. ...more

January 12, 2008

Alexander the Great has a contract worthy of his nickname - the first $100 million deal in NHL history. ...more

January 11, 2008

Men FLORIDA AT ALABAMA RECORDS: Florida 13-2 (0-0 SEC); Alabama 11-4 (0-0 SEC) ...more

January 8, 2008

STARS 3, WILD 1: Antti Miettinen scored two goals to help Dallas end a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over Minnesota. Rookie Matt Niskanen also scored for the Stars, who hadn't lost four in a row since a five-game skid in 2003. Mike Ribeiro, who signed a new five-year, $25 million contract on Monday, added two assists for Dallas. Brenden Morrow also had two assists for the Stars, 6-0-2 in their last eight home games against the Wild. Mark Parrish scored Minnesota's goal. It was his 12th of the season and extended his goal-scoring streak to four games. The Stars and Wild have seen quite a bit of each other lately, meeting for the third time in a 13-day span. The teams split the first two, with Dallas winning at home, 8-3, and Minnesota prevailing in St. Paul, 6-3. OILERS 4, ISLANDERS 0: Mathieu Garon made 35 saves for his third shutout of the season and Ales Hemsky and Shawn Horcoff had a goal and assist each for Edmonton, which beat New York and earned its first regulation win in 17 games. It was the second victory in a row for the Oilers, who hadn't won in regulation time since Dec. 2. Marty Reasoner and Jarret Stoll also scored for Edmonton, which had six overtime and shootout victories in that span. OBITUARY: Hockey Hall of Fame referee John Ashley, who worked more than 650 NHL games in a career that began nearly 50 years ago, has died. He was 77. The Associated Press ...more

January 8, 2008