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Ben Gordon was just warming up when he drained a buzzer-beating jumper at the end of the third quarter. Gordon's spinning fadeaway from just inside the paint with 2.8 seconds left in regulation lifted the Chicago Bulls to a 92-90 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. When Indiana guard Jamaal Tinsley missed with 16 seconds left and the score tied at 90, Gordon got the chance he wanted. More Info...  

Go ahead, hate Florida all you want. But you can't beat these Gators. Not in the NCAA tournament. Not yet, anyway. Inside, outside, early, late -- the Gators find a way to get it done when there's a title at stake. Joakim Noah and his buddies are heading back to the Final Four, looking for a second straight national championship that was worth more to them than NBA millions. More Info...  

Seattle SuperSonics' All-Star guard Ray Allen will miss the rest of the regular season after deciding to undergo surgery for bone spurs in his left ankle. "It makes sense for Ray to go forward and have the surgery," Sonics' general manager Rick Sund said on Sunday. "He's been playing with pain for some time now, and all parties involved agree that this is what is best for Ray in the long run."... More Info...  

Rasheed Wallace was suspended, Richard Hamilton was out sick and Chris Webber wasn't feeling much better. The Detroit Pistons responded with their second-biggest scoring outburst of the season. Tayshaun Prince scored 28 points, and reserves Jason Maxiell, Antonio McDyess and Flip Murray also looked unstoppable at times and the Pistons cruised to a 121-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday. More Info...  

Mike Bibby hit one last dramatic 3-pointer and strutted downcourt with his signature bigfoot walk. It's been a while since Bibby had a big-game performance that incited his home crowd to such deafening excitement, yet he still remembered all the steps to the celebration he perfected during the Kings' better years. More Info...  

The Pittsburgh Penguins have been playing so well at home lately that they might just earn the right to play here more often in the playoffs. Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist to extend his league scoring lead and help the Penguins win at home for the 16th time in their last 19 games, a 5-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon. More Info...  

Latest news and information from the world of sports. SAN JOSE, Calif. – Buoyed by two buzzer-beating three-pointers, Arron Afflalo broke out of his shooting slump when UCLA needed him most. More Info...  

Latest news and information from the world of sports. TEMPE, Ariz. – Garret Anderson is healthy again and ready to push the Los Angeles Angels over the top. More Info...  

Ohio State coach Thad Matta looked down the bench and locked eyes with Greg Oden. The big man, sitting out with three fouls, nodded. "Let's go," Matta told him, adding his usual advice in such situations: "Play real hard and don't foul anybody." Oden followed orders perfectly, dominating like only a 7-footer can over the decisive stretch in the second half to carry the top-seeded Buckeyes past... More Info...  

Kobe Bryant was seething. He was sick of the losing, upset with the NBA and, perhaps most of all, offended by talk that he was a dirty player. All that's changed in a matter of 10 days. The Los Angeles Lakers are winning again, and perhaps the most amazing achievement in Bryant's 11-year NBA career -- four straight games of at least 50 points -- has quieted those debating how he plays the game. More Info...  

With Chien-Ming Wang headed to the disabled list, Carl Pavano could end up being the New York Yankees' opening-day starter. Wang, a 19-game winner last year and runner-up for the AL Cy Young Award, will begin the season on the DL with a right hamstring injury. He is expected to be sidelined at least a month. More Info...  

Anthony Atkinson scored 10 points in the final 39 seconds, including a layup at the buzzer, to give Barton College its first NCAA Division II title with a 77-75 victory over previously unbeaten and defending champion Winona State. Barton ended Winona's two-year, 57-game winning streak and survived a review of the final play by the officials. More Info...  

Rutgers' season was over, or so it seemed. Less than a second remained, and the ACC's player of the year was headed to the free-throw line to shoot mighty Duke back into the regional finals. That's when dependable star Lindsey Harding missed a free throw, which would have tied the game. She then missed another and the Blue Devils' season was done and Rutgers advanced to the Greensboro Regional... More Info...  

Ken Griffey Jr. was a hit in his first game -- with a soft single to center, and with hungry fans in section 114. Griffey made his long-awaited spring training debut, singled in his first at-bat, later doubled and made two routine plays in his new position of right field Saturday during the Cincinnati Reds' 7-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. More Info...  

Nine officers, including up to four generals, should be held accountable for missteps in the aftermath of the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, a Pentagon investigation will recommend. Senior defense officials said Friday the Defense Department inspector general will cite a range of errors and inappropriate conduct as the military probed the former football star's... More Info...  

Josh Shipp sat on the sidelines last season while UCLA made its run to the national championship game. He had a better seat than everybody on Kansas' roster, which watched the final five rounds of the NCAA tournament at home last spring. Though the Bruins and the Jayhawks have two of college basketball's most successful programs, many players on both sides of their matchup in Saturday's West... More Info...  

Latest news and information from the world of sports. VERO BEACH, Fla. – The Dodgers' roster overhaul epitomizes the transient and lucrative nature of baseball's booming free-agency era. More Info...  

Jeff Green squeezed between two defenders and Georgetown squeezed out a win. Green spun and banked in a short, off-balance shot with 2.5 seconds to play and the Hoyas earned a harder-than expected 66-65 victory over Vanderbilt in the East Regional semifinals on Friday night. The victory was the seventh straight and 18th in 19 games for second-seeded Georgetown (29-6) and put them in the regional... More Info...  

Florida started slowly -- again -- and staved off another challenge with a late surge. If these Gators are going to repeat, it seems they're going to do it the hard way. Al Horford had 16 points, seven rebounds and a key block in the final minute to help the top-seeded Gators hold off undersized Butler 65-57 Friday night. More Info...  

Los Angeles Angels third baseman Chone Figgins is expected to be sidelined five to six weeks with two broken fingers on his throwing hand. X-rays taken Friday by hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic revealed Figgins has fractures of the index and middle fingers on his right hand. He was injured in the fifth inning of Wednesday's game against Arizona in Tempe, Ariz., when a... More Info...