Injured Owens making progress for Dawgs. Georgia defensive tackle Jeff Owens is off crutches and eager to get back on the field. Until then, he’ll be only too happy to do some refereeing on the side. A vocal leader of the Georgia defense, Owens tore up his right knee in the season opener and underwent [...]
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Big East picture still blurry with 5 games left. Trying to figure out the Big East title race is like looking at a Rorshach, it’s open to interpretation. No. 24 South Florida, the only Big East team in the Top 25, has a losing record in league play. The last undefeated team in the league [...]
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Virginia FB RaShawn Jackson faces felony charges. Virginia fullback RaShawn Jackson is facing felony charges in connection with a campus burglary committed in 2007. University police said Wednesday that Jackson faces one count of breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny in connection with the break-in at Cauthen Dormitory last November. NBC-29 in [...]
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Warriors sign coach Nelson to contract extension. The Golden State Warriors signed Don Nelson to a contract extension Wednesday, hours before the veteran coach opened his 30th NBA season against New Orleans. The club refused to divulge terms of the deal, but Nelson said last weekend he had all but agreed to a two-year extension [...]
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Wednesday National Basketball Association Capsules. TORONTO 95, PHILADELPHIA 84 PHILADELPHIA Chris Bosh and Jermaine ONeal combined for 44 points and 19 rebounds and opened things up for a hot shooting night from the perimeter as the Toronto Raptors rolled over the Philadelphia 76ers, 95-84. Bosh led the way with 27 points and 11 boards as [...]
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Party kicks off for Thunder home opener. Desmond Mason went through opening night for Oklahoma City’s first NBA team, the displaced New Orleans Hornets. Now that Oklahoma City has a team to call its own in the Thunder, he expects crowds to be even more frenzied than they were during the Hornets’ two-year stay. “It’s [...]
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Wolves exercise options on Foye, Brewer. The Minnesota Timberwolves exercised team options for point guard Randy Foye and swingman Corey Brewer on Wednesday. Foye’s fourth-year option is worth nearly $3.6 million. After missing the first 41 games with a knee injury last year, he returned to average 13.1 points, 4.2 assists and 3.3 rebounds. Brewer’s [...]
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Oden out 2-to-4 weeks with foot sprain. After missing all of last season because of knee surgery, Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden injured his foot in his first regular-season NBA game and will be sidelined two to four weeks. The team said Wednesday that MRI and computerized axial tomography scans confirmed Oden has a [...]
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Spurs exercise option on Mahinmi rookie contract. The Spurs exercised their third-year option on center Ian Mahinmi’s rookie contract Wednesday. Mahinmi, who turns 22 next week and is entering his second season in San Antonio, is now signed through 2009-10. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Mahinmi began last season with the Spurs but spent most of [...]
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Spurs forward Fabricio Oberto will miss the first two games of the season. After undergoing treatment for an irregular heartbeat. Oberto told Spurs trainers at practice Tuesday while he was lifting weights that he felt a fluttering in his heart. A heart test confirmed the abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation. He underwent a procedure [...]
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