Top Sports News

• Parker, Ginobili both score 31; Spurs beat Hornets in Game 3
• Pierce, Allen lead Celtics to 89-73 Game 2 win over Cavs
• Arizona´s Webb goes to 8-0 with 8-3 victory over Phillies
• Red Wings roll past Stars 4-1 in West finals opener
• Garcia builds early lead with 6-under 66 at The Players

Basketball

• Parker, Ginobili both score 31; Spurs beat Hornets in Game 3

  There was no third-quarter breakdown for the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night, just the desperate play of a team whose quest for a second straight NBA title was on the line. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili both scored 31 points to lead the Spurs to a 110-99 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.

• Parker, Ginobili both score 31 in Spurs´ Game 3 win
• Pierce, Allen lead Celtics to 89-73 Game 2 win over Cavs 

• Bryant unanimous pick for All-NBA team 
• Pistons´ Billups still sore; unsure he can go in Game 4 
• Customers wait hours for 23-cent pizzas in Ohio
• Customers waiting hours for 23-cent pizzas in Ohio

Hockey

• Red Wings roll past Stars 4-1 in West finals opener

  Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, who built a big lead in the second period and coasted to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.

• Parise, US beat Germany 6-4 
• Canada, Sweden win qualifying round openers

• Flyers D Timonen likely out of East finals with blood clot
• Paul Maurice fired after failing to get Leafs into playoffs 
• Paul Maurice is fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Leafs fire coach Paul Maurice

Baseball

• Red Sox assert themselves against Detroit

  Kevin Youkilis and the Boston Red Sox asserted themselves against a fellow contender. Not that the Detroit Tigers put up much of a fight.

• Webb goes the distance to improve to 8-0 
• Beckett and Youkilis lead Red Sox over Tigers 5-1 

• Mariners´ Sexson ejected after charging mound against Texas 
• Sexson ejected after charging mound, flinging helmet
• Trump talks about A-Rod, Jeter during luncheon
• Rollins to rejoin Phillies in San Francisco

College Sports

• Nebraska packs´em in for first spring game under Pelini

  After an agonizing end to the Bill Callahan era, Nebraska fans couldn´t wait to see what Bo Pelini´s Cornhuskers had to offer.

• Boston College Wins NCAA Hockey Title 
• Third Time a Charm for B.C. 

• West Virginia coach Huggins hurt in airport fall
• Former MSU hoops player gets 120 years for shooting death 
• Former MSU hoops player gets 125 years for shooting death
• Former Montana St hoops player sentenced in shooting death

Soccer

• Beckham Scores, Galaxy Win Home Opener

• Ronaldo sorry for encounter with cross-dressing prostitutes 
• Ronaldo sorry, ashamed about prostitutes

• Federal judge orders Vick to pay Canadian bank $2.4 million 
• Titans ready to look toward future
• Browns LB McGinest to retire after´08 season