National Basketball Association
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LeBron  James neared his season averages with 29 points, 11 rebounds and seven
assists,  as Cleveland  dealt  short-handed Chicago  its  10th straight  loss,
92-85.  James, who  in the  first quarter  became the  youngest player  in NBA
history  to reach  15,000 points for his  career, netted 13 in the final seven
minutes  of  a close game  to lead the Cavaliers  to their sixth straight win.
Mo Williams added 18 points while Delonte West and Jawad Williams each chipped
in  10 in  the  hard-fought victory.  Taj  Gibson recorded  20  points and  13
rebounds  for  the Bulls, whose current  skid has them  2 1/2 games out of the
final spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Elsewhere in the NBA:
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Indiana Pacers 106, Detroit Pistons 102
Oklahoma City Thunder 115, Toronto Raptors 89
Atlanta Hawks 93, Charlotte Bobcats 92 (OT)
New York Knicks 92, Philadelphia 76ers 88
Boston Celtics 94, Houston Rockets 87
San Antonio Spurs 147, Golden State Warriors 116
Phoenix Suns 110, Utah Jazz 100
Portland Trail Blazers 76, Washington Wizards 74
Milwaukee Bucks 114, Sacramento Kings 108 (2-OT)
Los Angeles Lakers 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 96

                             National Hockey League
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Saku Koivu scored 14 seconds into overtime as the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a
two-goal  deficit to  take a  5-4 win  over the  New York  Islanders at  Honda
Center.  In the extra  session, Bruno Gervais tried to force a pass that Koivu
picked  off, skated into the New York zone and snapped a wrister into the left
corner  of  the net. Lubomir Visnovsky  scored twice, including the tying goal
with  32 seconds  left in regulation, while Jason Blake and Matt Beleskey each
lit  the lamp  for the Ducks, who  have won three straight but still sit seven
points back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Elsewhere in the NHL:
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Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Minnesota Wild 2
Calgary Flames 4, San Jose 3
Edmonton Oilers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO)

                          
                           === COLLEGE BASKETBALL ===

Upsets  were few  and  far between  Friday  as  the first  round  of the  NCAA
Tournament  came to a  close. The lowest seed to advance on day two was No. 12
Cornell  with its victory over Temple. It marked the first-ever win in the Big
Dance for the Big Red.

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In  the East  Region,  Ryan Wittman  and  Louis Dale  combined  for 41  points
and paced  a menacing Cornell three-point attack as the Big Red earned the Ivy
League's  first  NCAA Tournament victory in  12 years with a 78-65 first-round
win  over the  fifth-seeded Temple  Owls. Jon Leuer  hit an  open jumper  with
17  seconds  remaining, and  fourth-seeded Wisconsin escaped  with a 53-49 win
over  13th-seeded Wofford. Wisconsin and Cornell will meet in the second round
on  Sunday in Jacksonville. There were two other games from the East Region on
Friday,  and  those were  in Buffalo.  Kevin Jones scored  17 points and Devin
Ebanks added 16 with  13 rebounds,  as second-seeded  West  Virginia  shrugged
off  a  horrendous start and eventually rolled to a 77-50  victory over Morgan
State.  WVU will next play 10th-seeded Missouri, an 86-78 winner over seventh-
seeded Clemson.

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There  were  four games  from the  West Region.  In Milwaukee, Jordan Crawford
finished  with 28  points,  as sixth-seeded  Xavier  overcame a  poor-shooting
first   half   to  beat  Minnesota,   65-54.  Xavier  will  next  play  third-
seeded  Pittsburgh,  an 89-66  winner over  Oakland. In Buffalo, eighth-seeded
Gonzaga  advanced with a 67-60 victory over Florida State. Top-seeded Syracuse
took  down Vermont,  79-56, in a rematch  of a first-round NCAA game from five
years  ago.  The  Catamounts  stunned  the Orange  in  that  2005  first-round
contest, but Syracuse came away with a dominating win Friday.

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Duke,  the top  seed in the South,  is through to the second round following a
73-44  rout of  Arkansas-Pine  Bluff.  The Blue  Devils  will  play Sunday  in
Jacksonville  against  California  as  the  eighth-seeded  Golden  Bears  beat
Louisville,  77-62. In  other  South Region  games  in Spokane,  fourth-seeded
Purdue  withstood a  late Siena  rally to  hold on  for a  72-64 victory.  The
Boilermakers will next play Texas A&M, which crushed Utah State, 69-53.

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There  were  four games from the  Midwest Region. Georgia Tech, the 10th seed,
held  off Oklahoma  State,  64-59.  The Yellow  Jackets  will  play Sunday  in
Milwaukee  against Big  Ten champion Ohio State, as the second-seeded Buckeyes
got  a  68-51 victory  over  UC  Santa  Barbara. Fifth-seeded  Michigan  State
survived  a  scare and beat New  Mexico State, 70-67. The Spartans advanced to
play  Sunday  in Spokane against  fourth-seeded Maryland, an 89-77 winner over
Houston.

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The second round of the NCAA Tournament begins Saturday in the South Region as
second  seed  Villanova battles  No. 10  seed Saint  Mary's in Providence. The
Wildcats  were  behind most of  the way against  Robert Morris on Thursday but
pushed  the game  to overtime before finally coming away with a 73-70 victory.
The  other game from  the South Region will be in New Orleans, as third-seeded
Baylor  takes on  11th-seeded Old  Dominion, a  first-round victor  over Notre
Dame.

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The  West Region stars play in San Jose as No. 5 seed Butler aims for its 22nd
straight  victory. The  Bulldogs take on upstart Murray State. The 13th-seeded
Racers  knocked  off Vanderbilt with  a buzzer-beating jumper on Thursday from
Danero  Thomas. The other game from the West comes from Oklahoma City as No. 2
seed Kansas State battles seventh-seeded BYU.

                                      ===

The  Midwest  Region begins play in  Oklahoma City with top seed Kansas facing
Northern  Iowa.  Ohio, the No.  14 seed  which shocked Georgetown on Thursday,
finishes  that region's  play by going against No. 6 seed Tennessee, with that
game taking place in Providence.

                                      ===

Kentucky,  the  top seed  from the  East, has a  game against  No. 9 seed Wake
Forest.  That contest  will be in New  Orleans. The other East contest will be
earlier in the day as third seed New Mexico faces the No. 11 seeded Washington
Huskies.

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The women's NCAA Tournament begins on Saturday with a pair of top-seeded teams
in  action. The  Tennessee Lady Vols are  the No. 1 team in the Memphis Region
and  will  host a game against  Austin Peay. Stanford  will be the other No. 1
seed  to  take the  court Saturday  as the  Cardinal plays  at home against UC
Riverside.

                                      ===

St.  John's has fired men's basketball coach Norm Roberts after six seasons at
the  helm. Roberts had a record of 81-101 at St. John's, taking over a program
under NCAA probation in 2004-05, and this year's squad posted the most wins in
his  tenure  with a  mark of 17-16.  The Red Storm  upended Connecticut in the
first  round of  the Big East Tournament, then dropped a two-point decision to
Marquette  in the second  round before closing the season with a 73-71 loss to
Memphis in the first round of the NIT.

                                  === NHL ===

The  Vancouver Canucks  have  agreed  to a  six-year  contract extension  with
forward Ryan Kesler, who is having a career year this season, his sixth in the
league.  Through 71  games, Kesler has posted  21 goals and career highs of 45
assists  and 66  points. The Michigan native also helped the United States win
the  silver medal  at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February, scoring twice
in  six games. Kesler  has spent his entire career with the Canucks since they
selected him 23rd overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. In 391 career games, he
has posted 86 goals and 120 assists.

                                 === TENNIS ===

Men's  quarterfinal action at the Indian Wells tennis event saw seventh-seeded
American  Andy  Roddick down  Tommy Robredo 6-3,  7-5 while sixth-seeded Robin
Soderling  downed  fourth-seeded Andy Murray  6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Rafael Nadal and
Ivan  Ljubicic advanced  to the semifinals with quarterfinal wins on Thursday.
On  the  women's side, second-seeded  Dane Caroline Wozniacki and former world
No.  1 Jelena  Jankovic advanced  with a  pair of  semifinal wins  to Sunday's
final.  The U.S. Open runner-up Wozniacki needed 1 hour, 38 minutes to dispose
of fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-3 to reach her 13th WTA final.
She's  split  her 12 finals  appearances thus  far and took  a 2-1 lead in the
head-to-head  series with Radwanska. The sixth-seeded Jankovic handled eighth-
seeded  Aussie Samantha  Stosur 6-2,  6-4 Friday  at the  Indian Wells  Tennis
Garden.

                                      ===

A knee injury has forced five-time Sony Ericsson Open champion Serena Williams
to withdraw from the event, which is scheduled to start next week. Williams, a
12-time Grand Slam winner, hasn't played since completing her title run at the
Australian  Open  earlier this year. She  has been hampered with the left knee
injury.  Juan  Martin del Potro  also withdrew  Friday, citing a wrist injury.
Friday's  announcement  was the latest in  a series of withdrawals for the Key
Biscayne  tournament. Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina and Nikolay Davydenko all
disclosed on Wednesday they wouldn't play because of injuries.

                                  === GOLF ===

Three-time  major champion  Padraig Harrington posted a six-under 65 Friday to
grab  a one-stroke  lead after  two  rounds of  the Transitions  Championship.
Harrington  completed two  rounds at  eight-under-par 134.  Bubba Watson  also
carded a 65 Friday to move into a share of second place at minus-seven. He was
joined  there by  defending champion Retief Goosen, former U.S. Open champ Jim
Furyk and 2005 winner Carl Pettersson, who all shot 68 in round two.

                              === AUTO RACING ===

Joey  Logano  became a first-time  pole winner in  the Sprint Cup Series after
turning  the fastest  lap in  Friday's  qualifying for  the Food  City 500  at
Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano, the 2009 Sprint Cup rookie of the year, posted
a  lap  of 124.630  m.p.h. on  the half-mile, high-banked  track to record his
first pole in his 44th start. The 19-year-old is having a remarkable sophomore
season  so far  in NASCAR's top circuit,  as he currently sits 14th in points.
Kurt  Busch,  who won two weeks  ago at Atlanta, finished 0.096 seconds behind
Logano  to capture the outside pole. Busch is a five-time Bristol winner, with
three of them coming in the spring event. Dave Blaney was the highest finisher
among  those  drivers who were required  to qualify on time with a third-place
effort.  Four-time  defending series  champion Jimmie  Johnson took the fourth
spot,  while  his Hendrick Motorsports  teammate Jeff Gordon, also a five-time
race winner at Bristol, picked up the fifth position. Juan Pablo Montoya, Matt
Kenseth,  Carl  Edwards, Marcos  Ambrose  and  David Reutimann  completed  the
top-10.  Sunday's  500-lap race at  Bristol is  scheduled to start around 1:00
p.m. (et).