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Given a chance to beat South Korea in the 10th inning, Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki came through for Japan.
Venezuela has a roster full of big leaguers, South Korea just one.
James Harden scored 24 points, and No. 23 Arizona State topped No. 13 Washington 75-65 on Friday night in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament after blowing a 21-point lead.
Arizona State extended its recent domination of Arizona on Thursday, putting the Wildcats' long NCAA tournament streak in jeopardy.
Luol Deng had 23 points and nine rebounds, rookie Derrick Rose added 21 points and six assists, and the Chicago Bulls blew open a close game in the third quarter to beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 95-75 Wednesday night, snapping a season-high five-game losing streak.
Boris Diaw had 23 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, reserve Shannon Brown scored five of his 14 points in the second overtime, and the Charlotte Bobcats continued their surprising recent domination of the Los Angeles Lakers by beating them 117-110 on Tuesday night.
A matchup of the Western Conference's best teams turned out to be a mismatch.
Shane Mosley dominated from start to finish, knocking out Antonio Margarito for the first time in his career in the ninth round Saturday night to win the WBA welterweight title in a stunning upset.
Andrew Bynum scored a career-high 42 points, Kobe Bryant had his second triple-double in three games and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clippers 108-97 Wednesday night.
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James tussled to a virtual standoff Monday night. But Bryant's supporting cast was far more effective, and that was the difference as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Cleveland 105-88 to snap a five-game losing streak to the Cavaliers.
Freshman DeMar DeRozan scored 19 of his career-high 22 points in the second half, and Southern California overcame a dreadful start to beat No. 16 Arizona State 61-49 Thursday night.
Mike Scioscia's extension with the Los Angeles Angels puts the most successful manager in franchise history under contract through the 2018 season.
When Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol both have below-par shooting nights in the same game, the Los Angeles Lakers are usually in trouble.
David West scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, Chris Paul added 32 points and 15 assists, and the New Orleans Hornets beat Los Angeles 116-105 on Tuesday night to snap the Lakers' 15-game home winning streak.
Peyton Manning and the NFL's hottest team entering the playoffs are going home for the winter.
Peyton Manning has his MVP award and nothing more, outdone again in January by the San Diego Chargers. Speedy little Darren Sproles scooted 22 yards for the winning score 6:20 into overtime and the Chargers beat the Colts 23-17 in an AFC wild-card game Saturday night, ending Indianapolis' nine-game winning streak a day after Manning won his third Associated Press NFL MVP award.
LaDainian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles ran for second-quarter touchdowns, giving the San Diego Chargers a 14-10 halftime lead over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night in their wild-card playoff game.
Who's No. 1? How about USC. A week before Florida and Oklahoma meet in the BCS title game, No. 5 Southern California played like a champion in the 95th Rose Bowl, defeating No. 6 Penn State 38-24 on Thursday in a game not nearly as close as the final score might indicate.
Josh Shipp returned from a two-game absence to score 16 points, and No. 13 UCLA never trailed in beating outmanned Louisiana Tech 78-55 Sunday.
Kobe Bryant had 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists, Pau Gasol scored seven of his 20 points in the final 3 minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 92-83 on Thursday, snapping the Celtics' franchise-record winning streak at 19.
Perhaps now the Los Angeles Lakers can put the anguish of losing the NBA finals to Boston and the embarrassment over the way the series ended behind them.
Michael Roll scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the first half, and No. 13 UCLA overwhelmed outmanned Wyoming 113-62 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight victory.
Darren Collison scored 20 points, Michael Roll added season-high 16 in his first start in almost two years, and No. 14 UCLA never trailed in beating Mercer 76-59 Saturday night for its fourth straight victory.
Shortstop Rafael Furcal finalized his three-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Furcal agreed to terms of a contract worth at least $30 million with the Dodgers two days earlier, prompting the Atlanta Braves to claim the 31-year-old switch hitter reneged on a deal with them.
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