Piston Troubles Missing practice has famously gotten Allen Iverson into trouble in the past. The Portland Trail Blazers, meanwhile, certainly don’t seem to be lax in their training.
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Warmup Game Before playing back-to-back games against ranked opponents, Texas warms up Sunday at home against Rice in its first game back from the Maui Invitational.
Net Minders Whether Jean-Sebastien Giguere or Jonas Hiller is in net, it seems to matter little for the Anaheim Ducks.
Opposite Directions The New York Rangers may be struggling to close out games, but they’re finding ways to earn victories. The Florida Panthers haven’t done much winning over the last two weeks.
Who Gets In? Now it’s up to voters and computers.
Bowl Busters Jeremiah Masoli threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon all but crushed Oregon State’s hopes of going to the Rose Bowl with a 65-38 victory Saturday in the highest-scoring game ever in the Civil War rivalry.
Backyard Brawl The Georgia Tech players gathered in front of their small contingent of fans in a corner of Sanford Stadium. They sang the “Ramblin’ Wreck” fight song. They bounced up and down. Then pinched off pieces of the famous hedge that surrounds the field.
Turning It Around Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers were two of the worst teams in the league last season, but a healthy Dwyane Wade has the Heat quickly forgetting about those struggles. The Clippers, meanwhile, are still at the bottom of the standings.
Mixed Bag Ed Tapscott didn’t expect all of his games as coach of the Washington Wizards to go as well as his first one. He also has to hope they don’t go as badly as the second one did.
In State Rivals Wisconsin has a big week coming up on the road. The Badgers, though, must first take care of business at home on Saturday when they meet intrastate rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee at the Kohl Center.