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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

Nottingham Forest terminate the contract of manager Colin Calderwood after the 4-2 defeat at home to Doncaster.

Nottingham Forest terminate the contract of manager Colin Calderwood after the 4-2 defeat at home to Doncaster.

Mike D?Antoni received a warm up welcome by Phoenix?s sellout crowd Monday, but his return was spoiled by clutch shot from his former floor leader as the Suns locked up a 111-103 victory over the Knicks. Steve Nash, who was one of the chief benefactors of D?Antoni?s offensive style, nailed a killer three-pointer with 28 ticks on the clock to put the Suns up seven, and taking away any chance at a New York comeback.

Danny Wilson is named as the new manager of Swindon Town.

Former world 100m champion Kim Collins will be among the competitors at the Aviva International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.

The arena was filled with 11,000 fans and decorated with eight championship banners. Playing at Tennessee was difficult enough for Western Carolina coach Kellie Harper. And then she looked down the court and caught sight of her former coach, one of the greats of college basketball, Pat Summitt. 'Sometimes it's a little surreal and you look down at the other end of the court and you realize your...

Managers throughout the American League got handed a puzzle for Christmas. They now have to figure out how to negotiate the heart of the Yankees' lineup. The 1-2 punch of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez is so potent, people will lose sleep.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan played down his indifferent record at Ibrox as he looks for only his second Old Firm win in Govan at the seventh attempt on Saturday lunchtime.

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