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Sleet woes continue at Whistler for Vancouver Olympics

Sleet woes continue at Whistler for Vancouver Olympics The Olympic men\'s downhill was scrubbed Saturday due to rain, snow and warm weather deteriorating course conditions, and the headache seems getting stronger as the sleet continues on. What makes things worse is the forthcoming 10-day forecast for Whistler won\'t be anything close to be very cold. The men\'s downhill of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games would begin Monday at 10:30 local time. The women\'s combined event, originally...

Starry NBA All-Star Weekend

Starry NBA All-Star Weekend Utah Jazz\'s Deron Williams competes in the skills challenge contest during NBA All-Star weekend in Dallas Feb. 13, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun) ? Phoenix Suns\' Steve Nash competes in the skills challenge contest during NBA All-Star weekend in Dallas Feb. 13, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang...

Rockets hand Wolves 11th straight loss, 97-84

Rockets hand Wolves 11th straight loss, 97-84 Al Jefferson crumpled to the court in pain, the victim of an inadvertent kick to the head by Houston\'s Carl Landry in the fourth quarter. It was a literal rendition of what has been happening on a proverbial level to the Minnesota Timberwolves nearly all season long. Luis Scola had 20 points and a season-high 16 rebounds in Houston\'s 97-84 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night, Minnesota\'s 11th loss in a row. Trevor Ariza scored 18...

Mavs Nowitzki hits winner in OT

Mavs\' Nowitzki hits winner in OT Dirk Nowitzki thought his shot was perfect when it left his hand. Dallas Mavericks\' Dirk Nowitzki, of Germany, reacts with Jose Juan Barea (11) after Nowitzki made the game-winning shot during overtime of their NBA game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday in Milwaukee. The Mavericks won 115-113. [AP] He\'ll definitely take the lucky overtime bounce. Nowitzki hit a fallaway 18-footer with a hand in his face as time expired to give the Dallas Mavericks a...

Joinville defeats Flamengo 72-69 in Brazilian basketball league

Joinville defeats Flamengo 72-69 in Brazilian basketball league Dropping their first game in the 2009-2010 season of the New Brazilian Basketball league (NBB), Flamengo lost on the road to Joinville 72-69 on Sunday. Joinville\'s Tiagao scored a game high 27 points and hauled in 13 rebounds. Andre contributed to the team\'s victory with 17 points. For Flamengo, Marcelinho Machado led his team with 25 points, followed by his brother, Duda Machado, scored 16 points. "We won an important...

Rubio dubs NBA move risky

Rubio dubs NBA move risky Ricky Rubio preferred to keep playing basketball in Spain because joining the Minnesota Timberwolves was a risky move that would complicate his life. The 19-year-old point guard was sent from DKV Joventut to FC Barcelona on Tuesday after the Catalan club paid Rubio\'s 3.5-million euro (US$5 million) buyout clause. Rubio, the Timberwolves\' fifth overall pick in this year\'s draft, agreed to a six-year deal that included a buyout clause that allows him to leave for...

Washington Wizards wind up Sichuan visit

Washington Wizards wind up Sichuan visit A delegation of the Washington Wizards, the first NBA team to visit China, left Chengdu, capital of Southwest China\'s Sichuan province, on Sunday morning for Guangzhou, capital of South China\'s Guangdong province, winding up its short visit of Sichuan. The team arrived in Chengdu on Friday afternoon and had a group interview with the media. To commemorate the Bullets\' landmark visit, Peter Biche, president of the Wizards (R), presents a...

Fears ease as Yao could be back this season

Fears ease as Yao could be back this season Chinese star center Yao Ming might be able to recover from surgery on his broken left foot and play for the Houston Rockets in the 2009-2010 NBA season. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming walks off the court with his broken left foot in a cast after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball playoff game in Los Angeles in this May 17, 2009 file photo. [Agencies]? Rockets general manager...

Iran win Asian basketball title

Iran win Asian basketball title Iran successfully reigned Sunday the Asian title as they beat host China 70-52 in the final of the Asian Men\'s Basketball Championship in Tianjin, north China. Jordan won the bronze medal by beating Lebanon 80-66, and qualified along with China and Iran for the 2010 Turkey World Championships on August 28-September 12. Yi Jianlian (2nd R) of China looses the ball during the final against Iran at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championships for Men at Tianjin Gym...

Yi-led China aims to win back Asian title

Yi-led China aims to win back Asian title New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian will lead China\'s charge for a 15th Asian basketball title in Tianjin today in the absence of injured NBA All-Star Yao Ming. China has won 14 of the 17 Asia Championships it has participated in but, with an eye on the preparations for the Olympics, fielded a second string team and only finished 10th at the last edition in Japan in 2007. Iran was crowned continental champion then but the host, with three players...