East Region top seeds Kentucky routed East Tennessee State 100-71 while the Midwest's Kansas beat Lehigh 90-74.
"The coach told me to play defense, and when I play defense it carries over to my offense," Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe told reporters after scoring a game-high 29 points
The Nuggets (47-22) established a 25-point lead at halftime and were never seriously threatened as they took over sole possession of second place in the Western Conference, moving one-half game in front of the Dallas Mavericks.
The Hornets (33-37) lost for the second time to Denver inside a week ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic cruised into the final of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Australian Samantha Stosur on Friday.
The sixth-seeded Serb broke her opponent twice in each set to wrap up the win in one hour 28 minutes on a hot afternoon ...
"It would have been good to have Lance line up for the start but we prefer not to take any risk," said RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel in a statement.
"It would not be very intelligent to let him start in a race of almost 300 km, while not being healthy."
Tomas Kopecky scored twice in the third period after Troy Brouwer put the Hawks ahead in the second as Chicago ended a three-game losing streak and joined San Jose at the top of the Western Conference.
Goaltender Antti Niemi needed only 17 saves in the shutout for Chicago (45-19-6). Los Angeles ...
Bond, 30, was signed by the Miami Dolphins in April but released in June.
He then trained with fellow Aussies Sav Rocca of the Philadelphia Eagles and twice Pro Bowl punter Darren Bennett, the Giants said in a news release on Friday.
"He has pain in his shoulder, forearms and hands. He can't swing properly so we won't be going," his manager Sergio Gomez told the European Tour website (www.ewropeantour.com).
"He is practicing a little bit but for not much more than an hour. If new miracle remedies help then he ...
"We've received a mail, he is injured. He will not compete," a spokeswoman for the Turin organizers said on Friday, adding the Russian may come to the event to watch.
Plushenko was examined in St Petersburg and told he should not perform strenuous exercise for at least two weeks because ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is hoping its love of cricket, the country's most popular game, will help rehabilitate children caught up in the island's bloody civil war with Tamil Tiger separatists.
Many Sri Lankan children have known little but war, which raged for 25 years before ending with a ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A small company that has opened the door for companies to quickly sign endorsement deals with top athletes is eyeing the music world as its next target market.
Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) matches companies as large as Sony Corp, or as small as a Houston air ...
