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By JAN HUBBARD PHILADELPHIA — At Hatboro-Horsham High School near Philadelphia, Matt Carroll was a two-time Pennsylvania player of the year.At Lower Merion high school also close to here, Kobe Bryant was the state player of the year only once.So Matt Carroll is better than Kobe Bryant?'If you go by that,' Carroll said, laughing, 'yes. That’s what I go by.'The newest Maverick joined the team after the trade Friday that sent DeSagana Diop to Charlotte and brought Carroll and center Ryan Hollins to Dallas.Carroll’s playing time had been cut by new Bobcats coach Larry Brown. The six-year veteran averaged a career-high 12.1 points two years ago, but his playing time had been cut nearly in half, and he was averaging 4.1 points this season.'Any change is tough, but any change is exciting, too,' Carroll said. 'It’s a new opportunity for me here. Charlotte was great. It was great to me. I had a chance to be there for a good amount of years and jumpstart my career there.

High school gets big league treatment

Larry Fitzgerald kept running across the middle, flying through midair, separating himself from Philadelphia Eagles defensive ...

Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma's exchange with a Syracuse player after a game last week has caught the attention of Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese.

On opposite sides of the New York-Boston rivalry, Derek Jeter and Dustin Pedroia could make up the United States' middle infield at the WBC in March.

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox traded former Longmont High School star David Pauley to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday for Randor Bierd in a swap of right-handed pitchers.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 19, 2008) - A veteran Special Forces Soldier will have the opportunity to see, first hand in Afghanistan, the training that Army Special Operations Soldiers have received during his tenure as the senior enlisted advisor at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

While the number of black head coaches in college football remains an embarrassment, the number working at schools with a chance to win is even worse.

Finally, students all over Philadelphia are being encouraged to watch television!Hoping to turn tomorrow into a "teachable moment," the school district has created an inauguration curriculum that includes having students watch President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in and his address to the nation.