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Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and the Dallas Mavericks held on for a 97-94 double-overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

Former Dallas-area high school star LaMarcus Aldridge had 33 points, 15 during a fourth-quarter rally, and Jamal Crawford contributed 19 points for ...

Today is Sunday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2012. There are 323 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.

On this date:

In 1554, Lady Jane ...

The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.

Wearing the white ribbons that have become a symbol of the peaceful pro-democracy protest movement, tens of ...

Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation.

Three years ago his kidneys started to fail and flooded his body with toxins. He became too weak to work, wracked by cramps, headaches ...

Mike Smith made 38 saves for his third shutout of the season to help the Phoenix Coyotes win their fifth straight game, 3-0 over the fading Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night.

Radim Vrbata, Boyd Gordon and Kyle Chipchura scored for the Coyotes, three points behind Chicago in the Western Conference ...

Jason Richardson scored 28 of his season-high 31 points in the second half and made nine 3-pointers to lead the Orlando Magic to a 99-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

The Bucks limited Dwight Howard to 11 points and 14 rebounds, but had no defense for Richardson ...

The bright lights of the big city bring out the best in Bernard Lagat.

With the crowd at its feet, Lagat glided down the track toward the record he came here to break. The 37-year-old regained his American record in the indoor 5,000 meters Saturday, finding a new way ...

Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win.

Kentucky (25-1, 11-0) disrupted Vanderbilt with aggressive defense in ...

Isaiah Canaan had 23 points and six assists as No. 9 Murray State bounced back from its first loss of the season to beat Austin Peay 82-62 on Saturday night.

Ivan Aska and Jewuan Long added 12 points for the Racers (24-1, 12-1 Ohio Valley Conference). On Thursday night, Murray ...

Morgan Lucas raced to the No. 1 qualifying spot in Top Fuel on Saturday in a rain-shortened session in the NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Robert Hight topped the Funny Car field, and Jason Line took the No. 1 spot in Pro Stock in the season-opening event ...

Carlo Colaiacovo scored 3:18 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.

David Perron added two goals and an assist, and T.J. Oshie had two assists as the Blues won for the fourth time in five games and ...

No immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, the chancellor of North Dakota's university system said Saturday.

However, the university vice president in charge of ...

Harvard coach Tommy Amaker is more worried about the Ivy League standings than the national rankings.

Both took a hit on Saturday night.

Keith Wright had 16 points and 12 rebounds but No. 25 Harvard lost 70-62 at Princeton to end its unbeaten run in the conference.

The Crimson are ...

Jrue Holiday scored 20 points to lead six Philadelphia players in double figures as the 76ers rolled to a 99-84 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

Philadelphia bounced back from a difficult home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night to break a season-high two-game ...

Gary Neal scored 18 points, and Tim Duncan recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs won their seventh in the row with a 103-89 victory over the New Jersey Nets.

Tony Parker added 12 points, DeJuan Blair finished 11 ...

R.J. Umberger scored two goals, one on a power play with 21 seconds left in the second period, to send the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-1 victory over the stumbling Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

Defenseman James Wisniewski had an empty-net goal in the final minute and added ...

The Big Ten's best shooting team over the first 11 conference games was far from its best on Saturday.

Thanks in large part to 11th-ranked Michigan State's withering, physical defense, No. 3 Ohio State hit just 26 percent from the field _ almost half as good as its 49 ...

Nate Wolters had game highs of 20 points and eight rebounds to lead South Dakota State past UMKC 75-62 on Saturday night.

Jordan Dykstra added 16 points, Brayden Carlson 15 and Griffan Callahan 12 for the Jackrabbits (20-7, 12-3 Summit League), who notched their first 20-win season at the Division ...

Carey Price turned aside 32 shots, and the Montreal Canadiens hammered Toronto 5-0 on Saturday night after the Maple Leafs retired the number of longtime former captain Mats Sundin.

It was the third straight loss for the Maple Leafs, who remained in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Montreal has ...

Ty Lawson scored 27 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 113-109 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night.

The Nuggets snapped their five-game losing streak with the win.

Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers, who have lost four of five.

Arron Afflalo had 23 points ...