Cooper Gets First Win
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Carmelo Anthony has 24 points and the Nuggets make Michael Cooper a winner in his coaching debut with a 97-92 win over Philadelphia.
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Howard upsets previously unbeaten Alcorn State, 17-10, in the Prince George's Classic to earn its first win of the season.
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Rookie Jack Cassel pitches six innings for his first big league win, Khalil Greene hits a two-run homer and San Diego keeps a 1 1/2-game wild card lead.
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Bode Miller stayed aggressive and kept plowing through a snowstorm to win his first race of the new World Cup season in a time of 1 minute 46.15 seconds.
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Kyle Busch picked up his first NASCAR victory at Daytona International Speedway, winning the rain-delayed Busch Series race Saturday morning.
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Denny Hamlin won his first NASCAR race of the season when he held off Jeff Gordon at Loudon, New Hampshire, on Sunday.
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As expected, No. 1 Southern California began the season with a one-sided victory. It could hardly be called a memorable performance.
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Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., won her first World Cup skiing event yesterday, taking the season&#39;s first downhill in 1 minute, 23.44 seconds.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Steve Nyman collected his first Alpine ski World Cup race victory on Saturday, upstaging compatriot Bode Miller in the Val Gardena downhill.
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Michael Cooper emerged victorious on  his coaching debut after Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points in  his first game in two weeks to lead the Denver Nuggets to a  97-92 triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.
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The New Orleans Hornets let one get away and allowed the Memphis Grizzlies to earn their first win over a Southwest Division opponent.
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. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before Sunday&#39;s victory in the Italian resort of Alta Badia, beat first-leg leader Didier Cuche of Switzerland by 0.15sec with a time of 2min 15.90sec.
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Stephen Gallacher clinched his first win on the European Tour after eding out Graeme McDowell on the first play-off hole in the dunhill links Championship.
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Dane Byers and Ryan Callahan scored first-period power-play goals Friday to give the Rangers the victory in the pre-season opener.
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Carlos Dixon dunks with 6.9 seconds to play to give Virginia Tech its first ACC win, 59-57. over Clemson Saturday afternoon.
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North Carolina worked long and hard all night &amp;#151; and perhaps got a little lucky in winning its first opener in five College World Series appearances. Clemson saved all its energy for one big inning, and thought luck had nothing to do with its fourth straight come-from-behind victory. It all made for a bizarre opening day at the CWS on Friday.
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Scotland&#39;s Stephen Gallacher won for the first time on the European tour, beating Northern Ireland&#39;s Graeme McDowell on the first playoff hole Sunday at the Dunhill Links Championship.