Edgar Sosa scored 15 points and handed out eight assists to lead Louisville past reeling Connecticut 82-69 on Monday night. Jerry Smith added 14 points while Samardo Samuels chipped in 13 points as the Cardinals (14-8, 5-4 Big East) bounced back from a potentially devastating loss at West Virginia on Saturday with arguably their biggest win of the season.
Utah freshman Marshall Henderson has been suspended one game for hitting a BYU player in a game last week. Utes coach Jim Boylen said Monday that Henderson will sit out Wednesday against Colorado State. Henderson was ejected with 34 seconds left in BYU's 82-69 win over Utah on Saturday in Provo for a flagrant foul on Jackson Emery.
Michigan State's Durrell Summers plays like a first-round pick sometimes. At others, he looks destined for the NBA Development League. Why that happens puzzles Spartans coach Tom Izzo, teammates, NBA scouts — and even Summers. "I've been trying to figure out that myself," Summers acknowledged.
DeMarcus Cousins doesn't answer questions after games so much as he holds court. The gregarious freshman center is as refreshingly unfiltered as head coach John Calipari is polished. Blunt and direct, Cousins is unapologetically honest whether the topic is his sometimes eccentric postgame attire or his ability to attract controversy wherever he goes.
Freshman swingman Jordan Hamilton scored a career-high 27 points and No. 9 Texas finally slowed down James Anderson in the second half to beat Oklahoma State 72-60 on Monday night. The Longhorns (19-3, 5-2 Big 12) had lost three of their previous four games after reaching No. 1 in the nation for the first time in school history.
Scott McCarron has reiterated
his belief PGA Tour players should not use Ping-Eye 2 wedges
with square grooves as this amounted to cheating under United
States Golf Association (USGA) rules.
Story of spoiler began with McQuagg, '66 Firecracker
Danica Patrick will guest star on "CSI: NY" as the top competitor of a racing star who dies under suspicious circumstances. Patrick is scheduled to appear on the episode airing Feb. 10 on CBS. Antonio Sabato Jr. plays the racing great who dies in a car explosion on the streets of Manhattan two days before a race as the result of car tampering.
Phoenix Coyotes coach Dave Tippett refused to gloat after his new team beat his old one. Shane Doan had a goal and two assists, Ilya Bryzgalov made 38 saves, and Phoenix stretched its winning streak to four games with a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday in Tippett's return to Texas. Tippett coached the Stars from 2002 until his firing last June.
Marian Gaborik 3, Colorado Avalanche 1. Gaborik had his 10th career hat trick, Chad Johnson made 34 saves for his first NHL win, and the Rangers ended a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Avalanche on Sunday night. "It's a boost of energy for this club and myself as well to finally get a win and feel good about ourselves," Gaborik said.
