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Loyalsock vs Southern Columbia Boy's Basketball Playoff Game Ron Insinger used his depth on Saturday night in the District IV "AA" championship game against Southern Columbia to earn the title.	Bucknell vs Lafayette Patriot League Semi-Final The Bison of Bucknell used some strong defense and good execution on offense late in the first half to pull away from Lafayette and cruise...
Mt. Carmel vs Wyalusing Girl's Basketball Playoff Game The #2 ranked Mt. Carmel Area Red Tornadoes held an early 16-0 lead on Wyalusing in Saturday's District IV "AA" Girl's Championship game.	Sullivan County vs St. John Neumann Playoff Boy's Basketall Sharif Welton put Sullivan County up 17-16 late in the 3rd quarter on a great spin move in the lane.
Danville vs. Shikellamy Boy's Basketball Playoffs Danville's Andrew Andreychik was all over the court Friday night in the District 4 AAA championship game.	Shamokin vs Danville Girl's Basketball playoffs Olivia Bonshock the Shamokin sophomore controlled the paint for the Lady Indians for most of the first half.
Pocono Mtn. West Boy's basketball Pocono Mtn West boys meeting Easton in the District 11 Quad a semi-finals.	Meyers vs Lakeland highlights Behind a big 1st quarter from Eugene Lewis and Rasheed Moore the #1 Meyers Mohawks beat Lakeland 78-37. Several highlight dunks from Lewis...
Delaware Valley vs Hazleton highlights With 3:53 to go in the 4th quarter Delaware Valley lead Hazleton 45-41. Less than two minutes later Travis Buckner had a steal for...	Montrose vs Riverside playoff game Behind Dallas Ely's 27 points the Montrose girl's basketball team beat Riverside on Tuesday night 51-42. Ely had several steals in the first...
Scranton Prep vs Dallas playoff game Scranton Prep beat Dallas 59-47 on Tuesday night in boy's basketball action at Marywood University. The...	Dunmore vs Mid Valley playoff game Dunmore and Mid Valley we're tied at 26-26 at halftime of the District 2 AA girl's playoff game on Tuesday night, but in the second half the...
Basketball Scores HS District Playoff Scores	Becky Burke Louisville Senior Guard After a hard fought 10 point win in New Jersey on Monday night against Seton Hall, the Louisville women made the plane flight back to...
Cougars Claim Championships It's a great day to be a Cougar! Both the Misericordia men's and women's basketball teams took home the Freedom Conference Championship on...	Holy Cross basketball team Wednesday night Holy Cross takes on Lakeland in a boy's basketball seeding game. Tip off is at Carbondale high school at 7:30pm and...
Schuylkill league final set for Friday The girl's Schuylkill league championship game on Friday night begins with Tri-Valleyfacing the Marian Catholic Fillies. The Lady Bulldogs...	Bucknell push towards the Patriot League championship On Saturday Bucknell improved their overall record for the 2011-2012 season to (20-6) with a win over Lafayette. Mike Muscala netted 24...

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Record-breaking Williams bags 57 points in Nets victory

(Reuters) - Deron Williams put on a storming second half display to record an NBA-season leading 57 points and guide the New Jersey Nets...

Bryant fires Lakers to win over Heat

(Reuters) - Kobe Bryant exacted revenge for his broken nose with a game-high 33 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Miami Heat 93-83 in an...

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Poulter pulls out of Honda Classic with pneumonia

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Factbox: World number one Rory McIlroy

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Redskins players also had "bounty" system: reports

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