Suns Hitting Their Stride The high-powered Phoenix Suns are back at full strength and appear to have found their stride. That’s not good news for the struggling Chicago Bulls, who begin a six-game road trip at Phoenix on Thursday.
Author: Anthony Rome
Trying to Get Above .500 Chris Pronger’s strong play has helped the Anaheim Ducks get back to .500, but he was almost denied an opportunity to help them finally get over that mark. Pronger, who had a one-game suspension repealed by the NHL, will try and help the Ducks move above .500 for the first time this season when they visit the intrastate rival Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night in the finale of a home-and-home series.
Home Sweet Home The Philadelphia Flyers have made sure that their struggles at home in 2006-07 haven’t carried over into this season. They’ll try to remain undefeated at home on Thursday when they host the New York Rangers.
Ducks Rested & Ready The recent bye week was beneficial for Dennis Dixon and the entire Oregon program. With their quarterback healthy and expected to start, the second-ranked Ducks return to action Thursday night when they visit Arizona in a Pac-10 matchup.
KU Trying to Stay Focused Kansas is in the midst of a remarkable run from nowhere to legitimate national title contender, but coach Mark Mangino doesn’t want his team looking ahead. It might be pretty hard not to. Mangino hopes to keep his fourth-ranked Jayhawks focused and avoid a letdown against Big 12 basement dweller Iowa State on Saturday when they play their final home game of the season.
OK Looking to Clinch Oklahoma has played in more Big 12 championship games than any other team. The third-ranked Sooners look to add to their total as they try to clinch the Big 12 South title for the sixth time in eight years when they visit Texas Tech on Saturday.
Can UCONN Bounce Back? Connecticut picked the wrong time to suffer its first defeat in the Big East. Coming off a listless performance that saw their lead in the conference reduced to one-half game, the 25th-ranked Huskies try not to look past last-place Syracuse on Saturday.
Pistons Stay Out West After reaching the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons last spring, the Golden State Warriors are off to a rough start this fall. They’ll be trying once again for their first win when they host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
Gators Look to Roll Tim Tebow looks to continue making his case for becoming the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy when he leads 11th-ranked Florida into its first meeting with Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
ACC Battle in Blacksburg Saturday’s matchup between Virginia Tech and Miami has relatively little meaning for the Hokies in the ACC standings. It carries plenty of weight with regard to the Hurricanes’ pride. A week after getting blown out in its final game at the Orange Bowl, Miami will look to become bowl eligible when it visits the 10th-ranked Hokies – who play at No. 16 Virginia next week with a spot in the conference title game on the line.