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There was Vijay Mallya, there was Peter Chingoka, president Zimbabwe Cricket Union and they got to know why Mumbai is Mumbai and UP is UP in Indian cricket.

Houston PF Carl Landry was pressed into a more prominent role on Friday against the Pacers when C Yao Ming left the game with a sore knee. Landry took advantage of the 22 minutes he was afforded in the game, scoring 17 points in the game. This is the second game in a row that Landry has put up double-digit scoring numbers.

Philadelphia Phantoms forward Garrett Klotz was hospitalized Friday night after a seizure following a fight in an American Hockey League game against the Manchester Monarchs.

Devils D Andy Greene failed to record a point in 13:05 of ice time Wednesday against the Devils. He doesn't have a point in 10 games and just one in 18 games since returning from a hand injury in December.

Rockets G Brent Barry grabbed eight rebounds off the bench for the Rockets in a 107-102 loss on Friday. Barry went 2-of-6 from the field for eight points and also had two assists. Barry has scored 28 points the last three games as he continues to play more than 20 minutes a game with Tracy McGrady out.

The decision by Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom to bow out of Sunday's NHL All-Star Game left a hole in the Western ...

By JAN HUBBARD AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Perhaps the cure for an acute case of inconsistency is to meet your mirror image.Two nights after the Dallas Mavericks made the Milwaukee Bucks look like the second coming of the Larry Bird Celtics, the Detroit Pistons contributed mightily to the Mavericks’ looking like the Bucks did Wednesday night.The Mavericks made 65 percent of their shots in the first quarter, 53 percent in the second, built a comfortable lead by the half, maintained their advantage in the third quarter and put the Pistons away in the fourth.The 34-point loss to the Bucks is no less of an embarrassment, but the Mavericks regained a large dose of self-respect with a convincing 112-91 victory over the Pistons.'Our guys were ready to play,' Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. 'The Milwaukee game hurt our pride collectively and we wanted to get back out. We played one of our better games.'The Pistons entered the game 24-17 and the Mavericks were 24-18. Like Dallas, Det

The Knicks took advantage of a team in utter chaos Friday night, beating the Grizzlies, 108-88, to extend their winning streak to three games and inch closer to .500 at 18-24. Memphis lost its eighth straight and fell to 11-31.

The Memphis Grizzlies' losing streak that started under Marc Iavaroni grew even longer in the first game after the coach was fired. Memphis lost 108-88 on Friday to a Knicks team building a little winning streak of its own.

Jan. 23--Judging from the immediate online reaction to Mike Trgovac not returning in 2009 as Carolina's defensive coordinator, you would have thought the Carolina Panthers had just won that playoff game against Arizona.