So- so- surmises Home interprets Team Wins is currently 109- 83, better than Chris Mortensen' s forecasts but trailing the rest of the crew on the ESPN predictions board and trailing the ESPN computer, which simply endlessly predicts that the team with the best statistics will win. They are: throw strikes and attack " After a dismal season at Triple- A Scranton Wilkes- Barre, Floyd was 4- 0 with a 2 08 ERA in six appearances this spring. But their defining shot, if they have one, is one on which they worked together: the Kobe- to- Shaq alleyoop punctuating the big comeback against the Blazers in Game 7 of 2000. Associated PressTAMPA, Fla- Dominique Jones scored 20 points to lead South Florida past Northeastern 55- 37 on Saturday night.

About 50 Villanova students, including non- athletes, made phone calls with the access code, athletic director Vince Nicastro said Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press . Instead, Wiggins- who last Tuesday became the first player in women' s NCAA tournament history with multiple 40- plus- point performances- stole the show, also becoming just the seventh player in Division I history to be picked to the All- America team for all four seasons . But I knew there was going to be some bucking going on " The Buffs defense was missing linebacker Thaddaeus Washington for the first quarter- he had his front two teeth knocked out on a helmet- to- helmet collision- but he returned shortly before halftime . Instead, the front page stories were about the Canadian junior hockey team' s 4- 1 victory over the U S . Haluska, Iowa' s leading scorer this season, was 5- of- 13 from the field, including 2- of- 4 from behind the 3- point arc Smith, who came in averaging 14.

White said he fired Richardson by exercising a right included in a pact that Richardson signed in 2000 . Arizona State blew open early leads of 18- 3 and 30- 9 against the cold- shooting Hornets and were up 43- 21 early in the second half . He went wide left; Falcons win in OT; eventually, Mike Tice is hired as coach 7 Oilers blow 35- 3 lead, lose playoff game to Bills in OT . Flip Saunders, a players' coach, would only have to fine tune them and point them in the right direction, the players would take care of the rest Uh- oh Here come Spree' s kids, with their mouths wide open And that' s just the first baker' s dozen I could think of On and on it goes One wrong- headed certainty after another . They tried it his freshman year at tailback- where Harris excelled in high school- but there was too much talent ahead of him on the depth chart.

Updated: November 9, 2006, 6: 18 PM ET NCAA: Athletes graduate at better rate Email Print Share Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS- NCAA president Myles Brand commended college athletes for their academic improvement Thursday but then criticized poor fact- checking by the media and government for failing to report the true story . Hernandez hit Terence Jeffers with a 16- yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left in the game Each team scored on its first possession The Orange began by driving 86 yards in nine plays . A 1998 sixth- round draft pick out of Cincinnati, the 6- 3, 306- pounder played 56 games over five seasons with the Chiefs and had 122 tackles, four sacks and a fumble recovery . The Wolverines, unranked all last season while finishing 3- 9, were No . 11 Butler for one of the biggest victories in school history, the first thing Wisconsin- Green Bay coach Tod Kowalczyk told his players was to get on the court and celebrate with a small but enthusiastic swarm of students.

On Sunday, Cremins had remarked that Marshall had " pulled a Bobby Cremins " Cremins' hiring caps a strange month at the College of Charleston . But wasn' t it just six years ago that one of the hottest young coaches in the country was Gary Crowton, who turned little Louisiana Tech into a giant- killer with a whiz- bang offense? Beating Notre Dame this year didn' t save Crowton' s job at BYU . You' ve got to be a really good player throughout your career to get something done like that- Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz " Obviously my congratulations go out to him . NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans Saints cornerback Keyuo Craver was suspended without pay for the team' s next four games for violating the NFL Substance Abuse Policy . Surgeons repaired both the lateral meniscus and lateral articular cartilage in Parker' s knee Wednesday. If this thing comes out in two or three years and we haven' t won two or three more, it ain' t because we' re not trying to work it " Sapp said " The whole thing was not letting our window of opportunity close. The Trojans won the Pac- 10 in 1995- actually, were co- champions with Washington- and that was the first of a remarkable run of diversity atop the conference, with eight different teams winning or sharing titles through 2001 Only Cal and Arizona failed to break into the fun.

I think it' s time for Wayne and me and everyone in this organization to take a deep breath and figure out what' s going on " Chrebet was hurt in the third quarter Sunday, when Giants safety Omar Stoutmire delivered a blow to the back of his head Chrebet was briefly unconscious . West Virginia was in the end zone again less than 3 minutes later after Chris Neild stripped Brown of the ball and Scooter Berry picked it up, rumbling 18 yards to the UConn 21 Sanders scored again from 3 yards out four plays later . Those are things that are a daily part of our lives in football " he said " But there' s also a part that' s off- the- field stuff, or have nothing to do with the play, that is addressed in a different fashion than coaching on the field " he said . Magowan said he is " fully confident " Sabean and Bochy will get the club back on track " The higher- ups, what they have to do is not only worry about next year but the year after that " outfielder and player rep Randy Winn said " It would be irresponsible for him not to think that way " Other Giants players had mixed reactions when they heard of the plan for the immediate future and how the front office expects the team might take some lumps for a while " That' s why he' s the owner " center fielder Dave Roberts said " I just play That' s obviously up to them As players, we have a job to do They' ve done their job and it' s up to us to do our job . The final margin would have been bigger but the Skyhawks made just 11- of- 26 free throws.

1 Panthers, 69- 63 on Saturday night " This game will help " said Pittsburgh guard Levance Fields " Nobody wants to lose, but it' s always good to get a loss on yourself so you know you' re not unbeaten- so you know somebody can beat you " Clark and the surging Cardinals( 13- 3, 4- 0) left no doubt . Since the story broke in early July, there have been a number of print and broadcast media stories detailing the investigation and quoting anonymous sources . When they make a documentary about your favorite team, J- Lo' s fiance' ends up narrating it, and people like Michael Chiklis and Dennis Leary represent the true fans, and the guy who wrote " The Curse of the Bambino " serves as the paid consultant . Patrick Behan had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Bryan Cohen scored 15 points and Justin Castleberry 13 for Bucknell( 5- 18, 2- 7 .

Once he started asserting himself on offense, the Bucks were done . He had them swinging the bats, and they are a pretty good hitting team " said Washington The Mariners got a scare in the first inning when No . Manager Jim Leyland had originally said Polanco would play Saturday in the second game of a three- game series with Kansas City He said Polanco probably would not play Sunday That schedule was unexpectedly moved up . DeShawn Sims scored 17 for the Wolverines( 18- 12, 8- 9, who had been building some tournament momentum of their own with a recent victory over Purdue . Updated: August 17, 2007, 8: 37 PM ET Arkansas judge dismisses latest suit over e- mail to Mustain Comment Email Print Share Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark- A state judge again dismissed a lawsuit against University of Arkansas officials over an e- mail critical of former Arkansas quarterback Mitch Mustain- and the judge said Friday the plaintiff must pay the defense$ 1, 000 in attorney fees. Spurrier, fed up with turnovers and penalties last season, has been emphasizing on- field discipline more than last year He' s invited NFL game officials to work more practices. Milstein, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, one day after he met with NFL executives in Washington to discuss whether Clarett would be able to enter the 2004 draft " We expected to have an opportunity to respond after last night' s meeting and are disappointed that we were not permitted to do so " said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello in a statement " We do not believe that this lawsuit is in the best interest of Maurice Clarett or college football players in general " Clarett rushed for 1, 237 yards and led Ohio State to a national championship as a freshman last year before he was suspended this summer for violating NCAA rules.

Heck, I once tried to snatch a chocolate bar away from a little puppy and he scratched me, so I gave up And that puppy died Kind of like the Arizona Cardinals 4 . 8 Connecticut moved up one spot each and Baylor remained 10th . That trainer, Greg Anderson, was convicted of steroid distribution charges in the BALCO probe . The weary New York Mets went through a lot to gain an improbable victory in an unwanted game . Updated: June 14, 2007, 4: 31 PM ET Phillies' Garcia to rest, but may not pitch again this season Comment Email Print Share Associated Press PHILADELPHIA- Freddy Garcia isn' t having season- ending surgery just yet. After failing to spend much on free agents last winter, the Cardinals faded to a 78- 84 record this year and a third- place finish behind Chicago and Milwaukee As GM, Jocketty has had many successes He traded three marginal players for Mark McGwire in 1997 A year later, McGwire hit a then- record 70 home runs. Coach Rick Barnes commended Tucker for putting in the class work to get back to the team " I' ve always loved P.