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Hockey

• NHL: Calgary 2, Ottawa 0
  Miikka Kiprusoff picked up his fourth shutout of the season Thursday in leading the Calgary Flames to a 2-0 de...
• Franzen, Zetterberg lead Red Wings
  DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings started and finished strong. Johan Franzen scored twice, and Henrik Zetterberg...
• Kiprusoff, Flames blank Senators
  CALGARY, Alberta - Miikka Kiprusoff made 33 saves for fourth shutout of the season and 34th overall, and Jamal...
• Panthers shut out by Avalanche
  DENVER _ Five times this season the Florida Panthers have won three consecutive games. And that's one of many...
• NHL: Colorado 3, Florida 0
  Craig Anderson made 27 saves Thursday and collected his seventh shutout of the season in bringing the Colorado...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Betty White to host 'SNL'
  U.S. television star Betty White is to serve as guest host of an upcoming episode of "Saturday Night Live," NB...
• 'A Time to Kill' stage play planned
  The play version of John Grisham's legal thriller "A Time to Kill" is to have its world premiere at Washington...
• Corey Drug Doom - OD Suspected in Haim's Death
  Corey Haim - half of the famous "Two Coreys" duo of 1980s teen heartthrobs - died of an apparent overdose yest...
• Haim, Koenig were to co-star in film
  Late actors Corey Haim and Andrew Koenig were to have co-starred together in a film two years ago, but Haim wa...
• Conan O'Brien announces stage tour dates
  Comedian Conan O'Brien announced dates for a string of North American stage shows called "Conan: The Legally P...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Spotlight: Health care reform / Dems: We're close to a deal -- Obama speaks while legislators meet
  ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legis...
• House OKs probe of Dem leaders on Massa
  The U.S. House voted Thursday to open an ethics probe into what Democratic leaders knew when about sexual-hara...
• Pinera sends troops, aid to quake-hit area
  New Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said troops and aid were headed for the country's central coast rocked ...
• Onuaku injures knee in Syracuse loss
  New York, NY (Sports Network) - Syracuse forward Arinze Onuaku injured his right knee in Thursday's loss ...
• Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies
  Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Pro football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen died early Thursday morning in...

Basketball

• USC falls to Bama in stunning fashion
  Mar. 11--NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In some quarters, there was outward frustration. And for 30 minutes Thursday, th...
• Kansas State's upside is off the charts
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Thursday night, we saw the Kansas State team that climbed to No. Thursday night, Kansas St...
• Virginia wins, faces Duke next
  Mar. 11--GREENSBORO Top-seeded Duke's first opponent in the ACC tournament will be No. 8 seed Virginia, which...
• Bulldogs win the hard way
  Mar. 11--MOBERLY -- Sure, its record is perfect, but even the Harrisburg girls basketball team has its off nig...
• The art of rally-killing: Nebraska makes clutch 3s at just the right times.
  Mar. 11--KANSAS CITY -- A partisan Sprint Center crowd made several efforts to spur Missouri during its 75-60 ...

Golf

• Schwartzel of South Africa leads Doral by a stroke
  DORAL, Fla. _ Who is Charl Schwartzel, besides the first-round leader of the World Golf Championships-CA Champ...
• Baker boys, Squalicum girls win at Class 2A tourney; Lynden girls out
  Mar. 11--YAKIMA -- Lynden girls' basketball coach Rob Adams calls them "bunnies" -- open shots he feels his te...
• AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
  DORAL, Fla. - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge ...
• UPI NewsTrack Sports
  Syracuse upset victim in Big East tourney NEW YORK, March 11 (UPI) -- Chris Wright scored 27 points and the No...
• Report: Woods plans to play at Masters
  Tiger Woods has decided to return to competitive golf at the first major championship of the year -- the Maste...

Baseball

• For Texas, it Bears repeating for Baylor in latest win over Longhorns
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ In Baylor's three-point overtime victory at Texas, the Longhorns in essence blew the game a...
• Mason and Blues top Islanders in shootout
  UNIONDALE, N.Y. - This was one point the St. Louis Blues couldn't let slip away. Fighting to get back into the...
• Tigers avoid falling prey to lethargy: MU buckles down, quickly dispatches Northern Iowa.
  Mar. 11--The Missouri softball team did more than survive the frontloaded portion of its schedule -- the Tiger...
• Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Take Two column: TAKE TWO: An alternative look at the day in sports
  Mar. 11--One Big 12 fan base will be bundling up this postseason, that is if it can afford airfare and hotel a...
• Gotta let it roll off: Brown, MU unfazed by miscue, rain.
  Mar. 11--The first play in Missouri freshman outfielder Blake Brown's first game on Simmons Field was a memora...

NCAA Football

• With surgery, Badgers' Clay imagines playing with good ankles
  Mar. 11--MADISON -- Each time Wisconsin tailback John Clay slips into the pool -- four times a week at 4:45 a....
• Hostile territory: Aggies head to Reno for last crack at NCAA
  Mar. 11--LAS CRUCES -- Jonathan Gibson has lived the highs and lows of postseason basketball. The New Mexico ...
• 'Dogs men's coach believes next year is pivotal: Cleveland sees obstacles overcome in rebuilding hoo
  Mar. 10--Call for his head all you like, but Fresno State men's basketball coach Steve Cleveland likely isn't ...
• Calasanctius retain title as O'Donnell delivers two tries
  JUNIOR CUP FINAL/Calasanctius College 17 Rice College 5: RICE COLLEGE'S hopes of becoming the first side from ...
• Missouri Tigers hope to rebound like 2007 team did
  Mar. 10--COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The similarities between Missouri's record-breaking 2007 football team and coach Gar...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Teacher likely killed by wolves, troopers say: Authorities seek to capture or kill animals
  Mar. 12--Alaska State Troopers today said a woman found dead in Chignik Lake early this week was most likely k...
• Mont. governor seeks federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for state programs
  HELENA, Mon. - Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking U.S. government permission to import che...
• Cuomo recuses himself from Paterson probe
  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a likely candidate for governor, said Thursday he is taking himself of...
• Former New Orleans cop admits cover-up
  A former New Orleans police officer admitted Thursday he helped cover up the 2005 shooting of people trying to...
• Geese collision prompts aircraft landing
  A spokeswoman for an airport in Rochester, N.Y., said a US Airways flight was forced to land Thursday after st...

Football

• Haven't we been here before?
  Mar. 10--KANSAS CITY -- The thought only occurred to Rick Barnes yesterday as he faced reporters in the bowel...
• NFL panel finds some injuries more common on turf
  NEW YORK - An NFL panel found that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happen more often in games played o...
• Rams dig deep on Suh's pro day in Lincoln
  LINCOLN, Neb. _ By the time the plane from St. Louis landed at the airport early Thursday morning, the thick f...
• Slipper fits for Mercy
  Mar. 11--Mercy's 67-51 upset victory Wednesday over top-ranked Marion County in the first round of the Houchen...
• Cal Poly embraces role as underdog
  Mar. 11--The Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team is short on playoff experience. So third-year coach Scot...

NCAA Basketball

• Illinois struggles with weak defense
  The first indication that there could be trouble came during the preseason when Illinois coach Bruce Weber sug...
• The Baltimore Sun Kevin Cowherd column
  Mar. 11--Wow, look what they've done to poor Gary Williams. Then they named Greivis Vasquez first-team All-AC...
• K-State tops OSU, moves into Big 12 semis
  Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Jamar Samuels scored a career-high 27 points, going 7-of-9 from th...
• Irish advance to Big East semifinals with win over Pitt
  New York, NY (Sports Network) - Tory Jackson and Luke Harangody each scored 12 points, and Harangody made a...
• Bank On It: Butler's three at the buzzer lifts WVU over Cincy
  New York, NY (Sports Network) - De'Sean Butler's closely-contested three- pointer off the glass as time ...