Rutgers star to miss start of women&#39;s basketball season
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Piscataway, NJ (Sports Network) - Rutgers senior Cappie Pondexter is going to miss the first half of the women&#39;s basketball season.
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Greg Schiano is not concerned No. 23 Rutgers will take South Florida lightly in the Scarlet Knights' first game as a ranked team in three decades.
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Mystics forward Chamique Holdsclaw will not return to the lineup for the final five games of the season due to a "medical issue."
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St. John&#39;s will be without starting forward Rodney Epperson for tonight&#39;s game against Canisius in the Holiday Festival in the Garden after the university suspended the junior college transfer indefinitely.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sasha  Pavlovic will be sidelined for up to two months after suffering  a foot injury, the team said on Thursday.
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This time, the United States is prepared to handle player withdrawals. USA Basketball announced Thursday that Lamar Odom and Paul Pierce would miss training camp later this month. Another player, J.J. Redick, had recently said he wouldn&#039;t take part when camp opens in Las Vegas on July 19 because he has been out with a back injury.
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Maryland guard D.J. Strawberry will miss the remainder of his sophomore basketball season with a knee injury.
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Tennessee has Rutgers to thank for its return to No. 1. Right now, however, Rutgers is Tennessee's No. 1 concern. The Lady Vols regained the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball poll after Connecticut lost to Rutgers last week. Tennessee, which was the top-ranked team for the first seven weeks before losing to Stanford in late December, received 45 of the 50 first-place votes. The Huskies received the other five.
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Rutgers Coach C. Vivian Stringer had some problems. Cappie Pondexter, her leading scorer, was set to miss the first semester because of personal problems. Last season's leading rebounder, Shalicia Hurns, was forced to leave after off-court problems.
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Jamal Crawford could miss the rest of the regular season with a stress fracture of his right ankle, leaving the New York Knicks without a key player as they try to make the playoffs.
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Facing its biggest test of the young season, the Rutgers womenÂs basketball team fell to fifth-ranked Duke by 40 points.
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Pittsburgh right guard Kendall Simmons will miss the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Washington Mystics forward Chamique Holdsclaw will miss the remainder of the season in order to deal with a personal medical issue.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sasha Pavlovic will be sidelined for up to two months after suffering a foot injury, the team said on Thursday.
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Vince Carter will miss the Toronto Raptors&#39; next two preseason games while he fights a lawsuit from a former agent. Carter wasn&#39;t available for Tuesday night&#39;s game at Denver and Wednesday&#39;s game at Portland
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The return of senior Cappie Pondexter to the Rutgers lineup was upstaged by two freshmen who helped the host Scarlet Knights hand Pat Summitt one of her worst losses at Tennessee.
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The Rutgers womenâs basketball player who filed a defamation lawsuit against Don Imus and CBS Radio, among others, has withdrawn her suit.