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- Acy, Baylor hold off Xavier, 75-70 (Yahoo! Sports)
Quincy Acy picked up the slack for his roommate to help push Baylor to another regional final. The 6-foot-7 senior had a double-double on an off night for the sharpshooting Brady Heslip as the Bears moved their attack inside to beat Xavier 75-70 Friday. “I think I got a little of that magic from him,” Acy said.
- Barnes scores 5 in OT, NCarolina beats Ohio 73-65 (Yahoo! Sports)
The last of the little guys gave North Carolina a massive scare. Harrison Barnes scored five of his 12 points in overtime and the top-seeded Tar Heels escaped a huge upset with a 73-65 victory over No. 13 seed Ohio on Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals. Ohio, trying to become the first team seeded 13th or worse to make the regional finals since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985, had…
- Thunder survive Love’s 51, outlast Wolves in 2OT (Yahoo! Sports)
Russell Westbrook scored 45 points, Kevin Durant added 40 points and a season-high 17 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a career-high 51 points from Minnesota All-Star Kevin Love to beat the Timberwolves 149-140 in double overtime Friday night. Westbrook set the tone in the second overtime, stealing the ball on Minnesota’s opening possession and racing to the other end for a…
- Payton takes responsibility for Saints scandal (Yahoo! Sports)Sean Payton apologized Friday for the bounty system under which Saints players were offered payouts for big hits on opponents, saying he takes “full responsibility” for the program that operated for three years under his watch. “I share and fully support the league’s concerns and goals on player safety,” the New Orleans coach said in a written statement released by the…
- Woods shares lead at Bay Hill (Yahoo! Sports)
Even when he was winning with regularity, Tiger Woods rarely made it look this easy at Bay Hill. He putted for birdie on every hole. His longest putt for par was on the 18th, when his birdie try caught the right edge of the cup and left him about 3 feet coming back. If the game looked familiar, so did his position Friday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
- Blackhawks defenseman Keith suspended 5 games (Yahoo! Sports)Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith was suspended for five games without pay by the NHL on Friday for elbowing Vancouver star Daniel Sedin in the head. Keith lunged at Sedin in the neutral zone in the first period of Chicago’s 2-1 overtime victory Wednesday night, hitting Sedin in the head.
- Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter out indefinitely (Yahoo! Sports)
Chris Carpenter has nerve irritation that has caused weakness in his pitching shoulder and the St. Louis Cardinals’ ace will be sidelined indefinitely. The Cardinals made the announcement Friday, after Carpenter was evaluated in St. Louis this week. The team says there is no new nerve injury and the cervical disc injury that occurred earlier in spring training is a “non-issue.” The 2005…
- Red Sox pitcher Jenks faces DUI charges in Florida (Yahoo! Sports)Authorities say Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy saw Jenks’ SUV driving erratically early Friday in Fort Myers. Jenks has been released on bail. An arrest report says Jenks told the deputy he had taken “too many muscle relaxers.” The deputy said Jenks was shaking…
- Chamberlain has surgery after dislocating ankle (Yahoo! Sports)Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain dislocated his right ankle while playing with his son at a local spot that had a trampoline, jeopardizing his immediate future after yet another odd misstep for New York’s bullpen at spring training. There was no timetable for Chamberlain’s return. The team did not say whether the 26-year-old pitcher was using the trampoline equipment when he was injured…
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