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Green Bay's victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl has surpassed last year's record-setting game in the Nielsen Co.'s preliminary ratings measurement of big cities. The 2010 game between New Orleans and Indianapolis established itself as the most-watched program in U.S...

Postponed Avalanche-Blues game set for Feb. 22 AP – Wed Feb 2, 6:23 pm ET NEW YORK - The Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues game that was postponed due to severe weather has be rescheduled for Feb. 22. Full Story » :dirol:

http://www.wcnc.com/news/Parent-arrested-after-fighting-officer-at-HS-basketball-game-114843549.html CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A parent is under arrest after getting into a fight with a School Resource Officer at a basketball game Friday night. It happened at the Butler vs. East Meck game. A fight...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Even the Washington Wizards' best performance on the road this season wasn't enough to end a losing streak that's nearing record length. Kevin Durant scored 10 of his 40 points in the second overtime, Russell Westbrook added his third triple-double of the season and the Oklahoma...

MINNESOTA (Reuters) – Kevin Durant scored 47 points, matching the season's highest tally, and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-117 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. The NBA's leading scorer tied Los Angeles Clipper Blake...

CHICAGO – Aaron Rodgers didn't want to let go of the ball. He took that final knee and savored the moment, basking in his biggest victory after the Green Bay Packers knocked off Chicago in the NFC championship game on Sunday. "I actually have the ball from all three of our playoff wins this...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Tayshaun Prince scored 21 points, Rodney Stuckey added 19, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Sacramento Kings 110-106 Saturday night. The Kings scored 70 points in the first half, but failed to break 40 in the final two quarters. Will Bynum added 17 for Detroit, which had...

MINNEAPOLIS – Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said before the game against Minnesota that he's never seen a player with the combination of 3-point shooting and rebounding prowess that Kevin Love has in his game. For one night at least, there was a guy on his own team that looked pretty darn...

TORONTO – Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 32 shots through overtime and then turned aside two of four shootout attempts to lift the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Olli Jokinen scored the deciding goal in the shootout for the Flames. Kiprusoff was...

If Troy Polamalu really wanted to mess with the Baltimore Ravens, he'd cut his hair in advance of Saturday's playoff game so they wouldn't be able to find him. "You have to have your eye on him, and I think as long as you do you can keep control of him," said Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco...

PHILADELPHIA – The visiting locker room was boisterous and loud following the game. And why not? For the first time since Nov. 30, the Indiana Pacers were able to celebrate a road victory. Danny Granger scored 27 points, Darren Collison added 21 points and 13 assists, and the Pacers snapped a...

Monday's BCS title game was the most-watched cable broadcast ever. ESPN's Tostitos BCS National Championship, which pit the victorious Auburn Tigers against the Oregon Ducks, drew 27.3 million viewers. A "Monday Night Football" game between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings on...

PHOENIX – Amare Stoudemire made a triumphant return to Phoenix and his New York Knicks put on a performance that mirrored the high-flying Suns of years gone by. The Knicks buried Phoenix with an avalanche of 17 3-pointers in a 121-96 rout. The 17 3s, in 33 attempts, matched New York's season...

ATLANTA – Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur each scored two goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 9-3 rout of the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night. Kris Versteeg, Colby Armstrong and Phil Kessel each added a goal for the Maple Leafs, who scored nine straight — including six...

BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics won the battle of the NBA's best on Wednesday with a thrilling 105-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Ray Allen scored a game-high 31 points for the Celtics, who led 105-96 with less than a minute left but needed a Paul Pierce block as time expired to...

LOS ANGELES – Pau Gasol scored 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers finally found a sub.-500 team they could beat easily, winning 108-83 against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. Kobe Bryant added 17 points, moving him past Dominique Wilkins into 10th on the NBA's career scoring list with...

NEW YORK (AP)—The NFL moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. The game will be played at 8 p.m. EST., and televised nationally by NBC. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow...

TORONTO – Tobias Enstrom had two goals and two assists, Fredrik Modin scored twice against his former team and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday night. Anthony Stewart also scored and Andrew Ladd had an empty-net goal for the Thrashers. Atlanta moved past the...

BOSTON – Jonas Hiller stopped 45 shots for his second shutout of the season and Brandon McMillan had his first career multipoint game to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday night. It was the eighth shutout of Hiller's career. Lubomir Visnovsky and Corey...

The Chicago Bears roughed up Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre before clinching the NFC North Division with a 40-14 rout of the Vikings in a chilly Monday Night Football clash. The Bears (10-4) ignored the steady snowfall to dominate every phase of the game at the University of Minnesota's TCF...