Create your own free news widgets.

Rusty Smith threw for 307 yards and two second-half touchdowns to help Florida Atlantic beat Central Michigan 24-21 on Friday night in the Motor City Bowl.

Patrick Sharp scored his team-leading 19th goal of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks won their eighth straight to match the franchise record, beating the philadelphia flyers 5-1 on Friday.

Rookie Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 18 points and Deron Williams added 17 points and 13 assists as the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night.

Ryan Malone beat backup goalie Craig Anderson with a wrist shot to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 shootout victory over Florida.

SALT LAKE CITY ? Rookie Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 18 points and Deron Williams added 17 points and 13 assists as the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night.The Jazz was without Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap and Mehmet Okur ? their top three scorers and rebounders ? but outran the weary Mavericks all game and ended Dallas? three-game winning streak.The Mavericks, who didn?t arrive in Utah until early Friday after playing in Portland the night before, also lost Dirk Nowitzki early in the fourth quarter when the former MVP was called for a flagrant foul under the basket.Nowitzki had 17 points and eight rebounds before he was tossed for backhanding Matt Harpring with 9:48 left in the game.Nowitzki backhanded Harpring in the mouth with 9:48 left to play after Utah?s Kyrylo Fesenko scored on an offensive rebound. After the ball went through the net, Harpring caught it and he and Nowitzki tangled under the basket. As they were breaking apart, Nowitzki fla

Florida Atlantic has played eight seasons of major college football and already has a winning streak in bowl games. Howard Schnellenberger's championship experience must be rubbing off. Rusty Smith threw for 307 yards and two second-half touchdowns to help the Owls beat Central Michigan 24-21 on Friday night in the Motor City Bowl.

Alex Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov and Boyd Gordon scored goals, and Jose Theodore made 22 saves in the Washington Capitals' 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Chris Paul and his Hornets teammates had a lousy Christmas, so they took it out ...

Running out of forwards and centers, the Utah Jazz turned to rookie Kosta Koufos and seldom-used Kyrylo Fesenko. Both came through with career high scoring nights and anchored a patchwork lineup as Utah beat the weary Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night. Koufos scored 18 points and Fesenko added eight points as the short-handed Jazz pulled ahead early and never gave up the lead, ending Dallas'...

O.J. Mayo scored 18 points, including two key free throws with a second left, and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame an early 17-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 108-105.