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By GEORGE HENRY Joe Johnson scored 24 points, and reserve Flip Murray had 19 in the Atlanta Hawks' seventh straight victory, 95-87 over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.The Hawks moved four games ahead of fifth-place Miami in the Eastern Conference standings.Dallas, which has lost three of four to drop 1 1/2 behind seventh-place Utah in the Western Conference, but the Mavericks are still 3 1/2 ahead of Phoenix for the eighth and final playoff spoot.Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas, which was without two starters, swingman Josh Howard, who has a sore left ankle, and forward Erick Dampier, who has a swollen left knee and missed his first game of the season.The Mavs also didn't have coach Rick Carlisle after the 2:46 mark of the second quarter. Official Derrick Stafford ejected him for arguing with 2:46 left in the second. Lead assistant Dwane Casey coached the rest of the game for Dallas.Carlisle likely was also upset with the swing in momentum after watch

By GEORGE HENRY Joe Johnson scored 24 points, and reserve Flip Murray had 19 in the Atlanta Hawks' seventh straight victory, 95-87 over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.The Hawks moved four games ahead of fifth-place Miami in the Eastern Conference standings.Dallas, which has lost three of four to drop 1 1/2 behind seventh-place Utah in the Western Conference, but the Mavericks are still 3 1/2 ahead of Phoenix for the eighth and final playoff spoot.Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas, which was without two starters, swingman Josh Howard, who has a sore left ankle, and forward Erick Dampier, who has a swollen left knee and missed his first game of the season.The Mavs also didn't have coach Rick Carlisle after the 2:46 mark of the second quarter. Official Derrick Stafford ejected him for arguing with 2:46 left in the second. Lead assistant Dwane Casey coached the rest of the game for Dallas.Carlisle likely was also upset with the swing in momentum after watch

Nic Wise scored 29 points as Arizona, one of the last bubble teams to get an at-large NCAA Tournament berth, pulled out an 84-71 win over Utah in a first round contest in the Midwest Region. Chase Budinger added 20 points for Arizona (20-13), whic...

ST. GEORGE - Starting next year, Washington County will play host to the newest Ironman Triathlon, an event local leaders say could highlight the area as a recreation destination and bring in millions of dollars to the local economy.

MIAMI -- On the day Jim Boylen became Utah's basketball coach, four words made Utes guard Lawrence Borha an immediate believer.

A 10-year-old West Jordan boy has won the 2009 Utah Game/60 Chess Championship - and he could be ranked first in the nation in his age group.