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Celtics top 76ers to stay unbeaten
PHILADELPHIA — Paul Pierce scored 21 points, Rasheed Wallace had 20 and the Boston Celtics remained unbeaten with a 105-74 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.
Victories only constant for Hawkeyes’ Stanzi
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Don’t like the way Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi is playing? Give it a little time.
Lee, Harrington help Knicks get first win
NEW YORK — David Lee scored a season-high 28 points, Al Harrington had 13 of his 24 in the fourth quarter, and the New York Knicks earned their first victory of the season by beating the New Orleans Hornets 117-111 on Monday night.
Celtics top Hornets, run record to 4-0
BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 27 points and the Boston Celtics improved to 4-0 with a 97-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night.
- Bobcats blow big lead, still beat Knicks
- Rose leads Bills to victory over Spurs
- Magic make ‘W’ appear vs. 76ers
- First comes emotion, then 82-game season
- L.A. No. 1 again; Celtics, Spurs and Cavs next in line ANALYSIS
- Badgers-Bucks game has look of a slugfest
- Jordan excited for fresh start
- Sessions to fill Rubio’s shoes
- Jordan leads grand class of 5 into Hall
- Biggest win feels like something lost
- Rubio changes his mind
- Timberwolves turn to Rambis
- LeBron wants to keep options open
- Bobcats, Hornets complete Okafor-Chandler trade
- Rubio ripe for endorsements
- Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery
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Iverson leaves Grizzlies with permission
Disgruntled Memphis guard Allen Iverson returned to his home in Atlanta after receiving permission to leave the team to attend to personal business.
Team owner Michael Heisley gave the four-time NBA scoring leader permission to skip the Grizzlies' game Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers following a 114-98 loss to the Lake
Baylor freshman Griner provides dunk preview
Baylor freshman phenom Brittney Griner got her first dunk in a game for the No. 7 Lady Bears, though she is not yet officially the seventh woman to dunk in a college game.
Griner's right-handed dunk came with 14:25 left Saturday night in Baylor's 81-52 exhibition victory over Incarnate Word. The 6-foot-8 Griner scored 25 points on 12-
Nets forward Chris Douglas-Roberts has swine flu
Chris Douglas-Roberts has tested positive for swine flu, another blow to a New Jersey Nets team that is losing players as quickly as games.
Douglas-Roberts had started every game for the winless Nets until missing a loss at Philadelphia on Friday with flu-like symptoms. Nets president Rod Thorn confirmed on Saturday that Douglas-Rober
Spanish basketball game off because of swine flu
Swine flu has forced the Spanish basketball league to postpone a game for the second time this season.
The league said Saturday that four players on the team Bizkaia Bilbao Basket were diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and several others were showing symptoms.
The club was to have played Lagun Aro GBC on Sunday. The game has no
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