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Wins and losses aren't part of the Balboa VIP, a basketball league for special-needs children.

Wins and losses aren't part of the Balboa VIP, a basketball league for special-needs children.

Bruins probably will make NCAA tournament, but they can clinch it by beating No. 2 Stanford in the championship game.

Both teams were playing for their seasons. UCLA guaranteed an extension, USC hopes it didn't get laid off.

In their opposition to the use of technology to resolve disputed calls, soccer's rules-makers are firmly fixed in the past.

No matter how much the old men in dark suits kick and scream and wring their hands, sooner or later soccer will be dragged into a more sensible future.

Boston has suffered recent losses, to the Nets at home and in back-to-back games at Milwaukee and at home against Memphis. Age could be an issue.

Happily for the Celtics, it's not over when some writer says it's over, but when the clock actually strikes 12.

Lakers’ lead in the West has shrunk as Dallas and Denver have surged, but Jackson and players say the team needs to focus on its own game more than the standings.

Don't look back, even if someone is gaining.

The Huskies beat California, 79-75, to win the Pac-10 championship and an automatic tourney bid.

Finally, after a grueling 40 minutes, the Washington Huskies were handed the Pacific Life Pac-10 tournament championship trophy, and they went through the process of cutting down the nets at Staples Center.

The top-seeded player in the women’s draw struggles with errant shots in a three-set loss.

As her tennis deteriorated, as her ability to put the tennis ball inside the lines of the tennis court failed, Svetlana Kuznetsova let her emotions also fly out of bounds. She mumbled to herself and threw a racket, and neither expression of her frustration helped the top-seeded woman in the BNP Paribas Open draw.

Showdown at Oaklawn Park next month might be in jeopardy, but Zenyatta's trainer says she will be there.

Posing and dancing for fans in the paddock, unbeaten Zenyatta once again saved her best performance for the track, rallying from last place in a field of eight to win her 15th consecutive race, a 1¼-length triumph over 51-1 longshot Dance To My Tune in the Grade I $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap on Saturday, thrilling her supporters at Santa Anita.

The German finishes third in the final race of the season.

Chad Billingsley continues to work on making a changeup part of his arsenal.

Manager Joe Torre has made it clear that Blake DeWitt's play at second base will determine whether the converted third baseman makes the Dodgers' opening day roster.

Nadal opens defense of his BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells with a win over Rainer Schuettler, but he pleads ignorance when asked about apparent tension between the two American greats during Friday's exhibition.

Rafael Nadal was a courtside witness to some testiness between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi during an exhibition match played to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims Friday night.

Joshua Clottey tries to cover up, but the champion gets through often enough to score a unanimous decision at Cowboys Stadium.

Joshua Clottey tries to cover up, but the champion gets through often enough to score a unanimous decision at Cowboys Stadium.

Bruins probably will make NCAA tournament, but they can clinch it by beating No. 2 Stanford in the championship game.

Both teams were playing for their seasons. UCLA guaranteed an extension, USC hopes it didn't get laid off.

 

 

The top-seeded Gauchos hold off a second-half rally by the 49ers and earn their second conference tournament title.

Nothing could topple the UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team in their run for the Big West Conference title, not even Long Beach State's "spurtability."

In another Pacquiao-Clottey undercard bout, former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo is sent into retirement with a loss to Alfonso Gomez in a welterweight bout.

Chicago's David Diaz failed to recover the world lightweight title he lost to Manny Pacquiao in 2008, dropping a unanimous decision to Mexico's Humberto Soto Saturday night at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

The Filipino dominates the WBO welterweight title bout from start to finish, with one judge giving him all 12 rounds. The other two give the challenger one round.

L.A. loses to San Antonio for the 16th consecutive time and the 15th straight time in Texas.

George Hill was a scorer and distributor for the San Antonio Spurs, and then a player-coach briefly as well.