Eastern All-Stars Win, and Fun Also Prevails
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Marc Savard, a former Atlanta Thrasher and current Boston Bruins forward, scored with 20.9 seconds to play to lift the Eastern Conference to a victory.
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ELMONT, N.Y. -- The ending had all the drama and excitement of a Hollywood script, and it left almost everyone smiling. It was the feel-good story of the year in a sport that desperately needed one.
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The Boston College men's hockey team played its best in bursts last night, but the breakout bits were just enough to beat UMass-Lowell, 3-0, in a Hockey East contest before 4,218 at Conte Forum.
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Doc Rivers took advantage of an offday to make a quick trip to New York to see his son play in the Big East tournament. Wally Szczerbiak came through surgery fine. Delonte West came home from the hospital. Ryan Gomes might want to check his wardrobe.
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It was a longer and more exciting night than usual for goalies, sharpshooters and fans in NHL arenas all around the country.
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The Eastern Conference finals in June might look a lot like a matchup did in January. Glen Davis scored a career-high 20 points, giving Boston's Big Three a huge lift in a 92-85 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night in a marquee game that lived up to its billing.
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MVP LeBron James scored 27 points, including a tie-breaking dunk, to help the East beat the West 134-128 in the NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Jason Kidd is Eastern Conference All-Star, who by Sunday could play for a team in the West.
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Playing to the level of competition is fine and dandy when visiting a pair of Big East powers that just happen to have claimed the last two national championships.
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With the Nets enjoying a rare fourth-quarter lead and center Nenad Krstic at the free-throw line, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter stood side by side at center court and shared a laugh.
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The Nets started the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic with a surprising burst from their supporting cast, and finished it with the expected contribution of their stars.
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Bill Laimbeer brought some "Bad Boy" toughness to the WNBA All-Star Game and coached the Eastern Conference to its first winning streak in the midseason spectacle.
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In a perfect world, last night's encounter between Boston College and Penn State at Alumni Stadium would have been a marquee matchup of elite Eastern teams, a showcase for a regional league.
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They were fast and athletic. They scored almost at will. They knocked down 11 3-point shots and had three players score 20 or more points.
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Boston Celtic swingman Gerald Green posted the top three scoring dunks to win the Slam Dunk Contest as part of the National Basketball Association festivities leading to Sunday's All-Star Game.
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - The normally stoic Randy Edsall needed some coaxing, but midway through his postgame news conference, he finally broke into a smile and said it out loud.
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It may be early in the Big East Conference race, but the winner of Thursday night&#39;s Syracuse-West Virginia game (7:30 pm ET, ESPN) will be the favorite and control its own destiny in terms