On the verge of stopping every puck for the second straight game, Martin Biron instead was concerned about the one that might slip into the net. “Once bounce here or there can turn a game around,” he said. Maybe in another Flyers season. But not against Biron, not now. Biron made 38 saves in his second straight shutout and Philadelphia proved again it is back as a contender, beating the New Jersey…
The Kansas City Royals asked Trey Hillman to be their next manager and might announce the hiring Friday, two people familiar with the negotiations told Sports Betting News. The team and Hillman were working out the final contract details, said the two people who requested anonymity because an announcement had not been made.
Reggie Miller won’t be chasing the NBA championship that eluded him during his 18-year career. He decided against a comeback bid at 42 years old with the Boston Celtics. Instead, the former Indiana Pacers star might announce some of their games. He is teaming exclusively with Hall-of-Famer Marv Albert this season to form one of Turner Network Television’s top basketball announcing teams.
Kobe Bryant returned to the lineup and scored 20 points, 16 in the third quarter, to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 126-106 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday night. Bryant, who skipped some practices this week to rest his legs, sat out the second and fourth quarters but scored 12 straight for the Lakers in the third.
Authorities are investigating allegations that Sacramento Kings player Justin Williams sexually assaulted a female acquaintance, a Sacramento Police Department spokesman said Thursday. Team spokesman Troy Hanson said Williams has been given an indefinite leave of absence and returned to Sacramento from a road trip to New Mexico to obtain a lawyer, a step recommended by team officials.
Lawyers for the Seattle SuperSonics and the city of Seattle argued before a federal judge Thursday about whether the dispute over the team’s lease at KeyArena should be resolved in court or in arbitration. The arguments were technical and revolved around competing sections of the lease agreement. One says that the length of the lease is not subject to arbitration.
Rookie Al Horford had 22 points and 12 rebounds in the Atlanta Hawks’ 104-98 exhibition victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday. Horford was the third overall pick in the draft after helping Florida win consecutive NCAA titles. The game tipped off at 10:30 a.m. for the Bobcats’ annual “Cool School Field Trip,” and the stands were packed with area eighth graders who earned an invitation by…
Carlos Arroyo scored 25 points to help the Orlando Magic beat the China All-Stars 116-92 on Thursday in an exhibition game. The game might have been closer if China’s roster included the country’s two biggest stars: Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Yi Jianlian, a 7-foot power forward with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Madison Square Garden and Knicks coach Isiah Thomas have asked a judge to reduce the $11.6 million in punitive damages a jury awarded to a former team executive after concluding she was sexually harassed and fired out of spite. Anucha Browne Sanders was awarded the damages this month after a three-week trial that portrayed the Knicks’ offices as a dysfunctional clubhouse where Browne Sanders…
The Lakers’ Jordan Farmar makes the nifty no-look pass to Brian Cook, who slams it home against the Sonics for the Haier Play of the Day Oct. 18, 2007.
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