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eP 2D TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN -SPORTS- FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2005 SPOHIS SEDHEBOARD in EB1EF BASKETBALL Troy 72, Belmont 70 NFL Stetson 45 UCr 65, Va. Commonwealth 61, N.C-Wilmington 60 SuoBmI Jacksonville, Fla. Philadelphia vs. New England, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Feb.

tl At Honolulu AFCvs.NFC,7:p.m.(ESPN) SPORTS 03 TV 4:00 nm PGA Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Fourth Round. 7:00 renin NBA Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks. 7:30 NBA 25. Paolo Bacchini, Italy, 77.65. Final Standings 1.

Plushenko, 227.14. 2. Joubert. 224.43. 3.

Lrtemartn, 200.54. 4. Lambiel, 196.47. 5. Griazev, 196.31.

6. Van Der Perren, 195.47. 7. Oambier, 183.60. I.

Chiper, 180.86. 9. 171.59. 10. Bemeson, 166.70.

II. Othman, 163.46. 12. Davydov, 163.23. 13.

Serov, 162.76. 14. Lezin, 157.39. 15. Murvamdze, 155.60.

16. Smalun, 153.30. 17. Zivanovic, 148.54. 18.

Pfeifer, 148.06. 19. Hamar, 144.10. 20. Liebers, 141.43.

21. Rakowski, 140.58. 22. Danikhenko, 138.53. 23.

Sviatko, 134.79. 24. 25. Bacchini, 116.97. Ice Dance Ortalnal Dance vanaeroin ivBmucKyo W.

Kentucky 83, New Mexico St. 64 SOUTHWEST Louisiana-Monroe 79, Sam Houston St 49 North Texas 63, South Alabama 57 Rice 70, Hawaii 66 SMU 71, UTEP 64 San Jose St 61, Tulsa 53 FAR WEST Air Force 48, San Diego St. 44 Bose St. 62, Louisiana Tech 59 CSNorthridge 73, Pacific 50 Cal 64, Cal Poly-SLO 57 E. Washington 69.

Montana St. 63 IrJato 70, Long Beach St. 55 Montana 73, Portland St. 53 New Orleans 56, Denver 46 Oregon 78, UCLA 71 San Francisco 54. St.

Mary's. Cal. 52 Santa Clara 78, San Diego 75 Southern Cal 69, Oregon St. 59 Stanford 62, Washington 60 UC Santa Barbara 68, UC Riverside 62 UNLV 63, New Mexico 60 Utah St. 71, UC Irvine 68 Washington St 79, California 69 Wallace arraigned on brawl-related charges ROCHESTER HILLS The brother of Detroit Pistons All-Star Ben Wallace appeared in court Thursday and was released on a $500 personal bond on charges stemming from one of the most violent brawls in NBA history.

David Wallace of Selma, was among 12 people five Indiana Pacers players and seven fans attending the Pacers-Pistons game at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Nov. 19 to be charged in the melee. Wallace stood silent to the charge of misdemeanor assault and battery, and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf, said Paul Walton, an assistant Oakland County prosecutor. Indiana players Ron Arrest, Stephen Jackson, Anthony Johnson, David Harrison and Jermaine O'Neal and three fans, were released on $500 bonds Tuesday after being arraigned on the same charge. Okafor, James chosen for Rookie Challenge NEW YORK Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon could be team 1.

Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Hussia. 63.62 points. Boxing Friday Night Fights Rodney Jones vs. Teddy Reid. Rodney Jones takes on Teddy Reid in a super welterweight bout.

College Hockey Northern Michigan at Michigan. 9:30 ii-VA NBA Sacramento Kings at Houston Rockets. Tennis Australian Open Women's Final. 2. Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, Former U-M star leads Patriots into Super Bowl The Associated Press FOXBORO, Mass.

Tom Brady played in his driveway 20 miles south of San Francisco and pretended to be Joe Montana. He even tried to spot the 49ers' quarterback at Super Bowl victory parades. UHL Ukraine, 62.01. 2. Gaiit Chart and Sergei Sakhnovski, Israel, 60.67.

4. Isabella Delobel and Olivier Schoen- EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet GB Boston 22 .46 Philadelphia 19 22 .463 Vi Toronto .419 Wt NewYork 17 24 .415 2Vj NewJersey 16 26 .361 4 Swfteest Division Pel GB Miami 31 13 .705 Washington 26 15 .634 Vt Orlando 22 19 .537 74 Charlotte 6 31 .205 204 Atlanta 6 32 .200 21 Central Division Pet GB Cleveland 25 16 .610 Detroit 25 16 .511 1 Chicago 22 19 .537 3 Indiana 20 21 .486 5 Milwaukee 15 25 375 9H WESTERN CONFERENCE SouthwutDtvWon Pet GB SanAntonio 35 10 .776 Dallas 26 13 .683 5 Houston 24 19 .558 10 Memphis 24 20 .545 10 NewOrleara 7 34 .171 26 Northwest Drvilon Pet GB Seattle 29 12 707 Minnesota 23 19 .546 6(4 Denver 17 25 .405 1214 Portland 16 25 .380 13 Utah 15 28 .349 15 Pacific Division Pet GB Phoenli 34 10 .773 Sacramento 26 13 .683 414 telder. France. 59.23. 5.

Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, Bulgaria, 57.92. 6. Federica Faktlla and Massimo Scali, Italy. 53.96. 7.

dksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, Hussia, 53.48. 1. Svetlana Kulikova and and Vital! Novikov, Russia, 49.29. 9. Sinead Kerr and John Kerr.

Britain. 48.82. 10. Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin, Azer baijan, 4. is.

II. Nora Hoffmann and Attila Elek, Hun gary, 46.21. EASTERN DIVISION SOL PH GF GA Danbury 29 14 3 61 155 131 Adirondack 26 12 6 56 150 133 Richmond 22 21 3 47 143 161 Elmira 19 25 5 43 161 169 CENTRAL DIVISION SOL Pi GF GA Kalamazoo 26 15 3 59 137 113 Muskegon 26 13 5 57 147 112 Flint 20 16 9 46 135 121 BEACONS 19 20 2 40 134 142 Motor City 10 27 6 26 95 166 WESTERN DIVISION SOL PS GF GA Rockford 29 II 5 63 148 1 Fort Wayne 26 13 4 60 166 119 Missouri 21 18 5 47 119 128 QuadCity 18 16 7 43 103 123 Kansas City 26 2 34 112 167 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a shootout loss. Shootout losses are only denoted in the SOL column, not the less column. Today BEACONS at Kansas City Eimira at Adirondack Richmond at Danbury Muskegon at Kalamazoo Quad City at Missouri Fort Wayne at Motor City Flint at Rockford 13.

Anastasia Grebsnkina and Vazgen Azro- jan, Armenia, 44.15. 14. Nathlaie Pechalat and Fabien Bourzat, France, 43.14. Today, Brady is often compared to the Hall of Famer and children look up to the New England star the way he did to Montana. "It's really neat on Halloween when you see 16.

Pamela O'Connor and Jonathon ODouotitertv. Britain, 42.81. 15. Alexandra Kauc and Michael Zych, ter." But he's not easily distracted once he sets his goals. He had a fever last weekend but still played brilliantly in the Patriots' 41-27 against Pittsburgh in the AFC championship game.

But he said he never came close to missing the game and downplayed the illness. "There's a lot of guys who were sick and a lot of guys aren't feeling good and a lot of guys are probably playing with tougher ailments than I was," Brady said. "Guys have been doing that all year. "Everyone plays with great toughness and never complains. A little flu bug.

Like that's a big deal. You know (the attention it got) takes away from what those guys do." He wouldn't say how sick he was but said he was feeling better Thursday. Montana completed 63.2 of his passes and is seventh in NFL history in touchdown passes and eighth in yards passing in 13 full seasons. Elbow problems sidelined him for the entire 1991 season and limited him to one game in 1992. Brady has completed 61.6 of his passes in five seasons, including his rookie year when he played just one game, and is 8-0 in the playoffs.

Montana was 7-1 in his first eight postseason games before finishing at 16-7. "Tom is as competitive as Montana," said Patriots third -string quarterback Jim Miller, a 10 -year veteran. "I just think Tom's got a great feel for the game. He just has a great feel when to move in the pocket, when a certain guy's going to be open." roianu, 16. Christina Beier and William Beier, Germany, 41.70.

17. Natalia Gudina and Alexei Beletski, Israel. 40.62. Tom Brady 16. Julia Golovina and Oleg Voiko, Ukraine, W.UD.

19. Alessia Aurelli and Andrea Vaturi, Italy, 38.02. 20. Diana Janostakova and Jiri Prochazka, Czrech Republic. 35.65.

mates again. The rookies from Connecticut were selected for the Rookie Challenge on Feb. 18 as part of the NBA All-Star weekend in Denver. Okafor, the No. 2 overall selection in the draft, is averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds for the Charlotte Bobcats, while Gordon is averaging 13.1 points for the Chicago Bulls.

That team will face the league's top second-year players, with LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade headlining that group. Golf 21. Daniela Keller and Fabian Keller, those jerseys," Brady said Thursday. "I had a little kid come up to my door with a No. 12 jersey on.

It's like, 'Oh, It's just come such a long way." From part-time starter at Michigan to sixth-round draft choice to two-time Super Bowl MVP, Brady has made huge strides in a hurry. He's just 27, but is in position to help the Patriots become only the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years. But he's still behind Montana's four Super Bowl wins and eight Pro Bowl selections. Brady, headed to his second Pro Bowl, admits he's uncomfortable with the comparisons. "I'm very flattered," Brady said.

"I don't think I'm on that level (and) I'm still trying to get bet- GOLF Mid-Am Nazarene 81. William Jewell 74 Minot St. 89, Dickinson St. 63 Missouri Baptist 66, McKendree 63 N. Michigan 74, Lake Superior St.

64 Nebraska-Omaha 73. St. Cloud St. 70 Ouincy 68, Bellarmine 62 SE Missouri 64. Jacksonville St.

65 SlU-Edwardsville 69. N. Kentucky 66 Saginaw Valley St. 74, Michigan Tech 73, OT Southwestern, Kan. 63, Sterling 52 St.

Joseph's, Ind. 92, 84 Tabor 60, Friends 57 Wilberforce 73, Central Ohio 71 EAST Albany. N.Y. 61, Hartford 42 Buffalo 78. Marshall 65 Dayton 56, Rhode Island 49 Niagara 74, Siena 59 Rider 75, Manhattan 46 Robert Morris 72, St.

Francis, Pa. (4 St. Peter's 86, Loyola, Md. 66 Vermont 71, Binghamton 44 SOUTH Austin Peay 69, Tennessee St. 51 Cincinnati 74.

South Florida 48 Denver 72, South Alabama 67 E.Kentucky 73, Murray St. 61 Georgia Tech 102, Wake Forest 101, OT Louisiana Tech 93, Boise St. 60 Louisiana-Lafayette 91, W. Kentucky 76 Memphis 68, DePaul 55 Morehead St. 75, 69 North Texas 66, New Orleans 60 SE LouBiana 51, Texas St.

39 Virginia Tech 79, Virginia 73 -W. Illinois 85, Centenary 68 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 78, Ark -Little Rock 64 Oral Roberts 86, 72 Sam Houston St. 74, Louisiana-Monroe 56 UTEP 60, SMU 55 FAR WEST Arizona 91, Washington 82 Arizona St. 68.

Washington St. 62 Cal St -Fulterlon 92. Ca! Poly-SLO 69 E. Washington 64, Montana St. 50 Middle Tennessee 65, New Mexico SL 50 Portland SI.

89. Montana 77 San Francisco 62, Santa Clara 60 San Jose St. 76, Tulsa 69 St. Mary's, Cal. 79, San Diego 69 UC Riverside 54, UC Santa Barbara 50 Utah St.

77, UC Irvine 52 Valparaiso 93, S. Utah 77 MSU-U-MSum No. MICHIGAN ST. 04. MICHIGAN SI MICHIGAN (124) Wohl 04 04 0, Harris 5-9 04 12, Coleman 44 04 10, G.Brown 24 1-2 5.

Sims 44 4-7 12, Andrews 1-2 0-3 2, Bell 0-2 04 0, Harrell 04 04 0. Petway 1-3 04 2, Hunter 4-7 2-2 to, Maths 0-1 04 0. Totals 2144 7-M 53. MICHIGAN ST. (13-3) S.Brown 14 04 2.

Hill 24 2-3 6. Agar 7-16 34 16. Anderson 54 0-2 10. Rowley 04 2-2 2. Nerizel 1-2 0-1 2, Trannon 2-2 04 4, Torbert 34 1-2 8.

Bograkos 04 04 0. Naymick 04 04 0, Davis 3-7 64 12. Totals 24-51 M-20 64. Halftime-Michigan St. 28-22.

3-Point Goals-Michigan 4-12 (Harris 2-5, Coleman 24. Andrews 0-t). Michigan St. 2-11 (Torbert 1-2, Agar 14, S.Brown 0-1. NeitzelO-t, Hill 0-3).

Fouled Out-None. Retounds-Michigan 25 (Sims 5), Michigan St. 35 (Ager, Trannon 6). Asssts-Michigan 13 (Harris 3), Michigan Sin (Hill 6). Total Fouls-Michigan 21, Michigan St.

19. LA.Lakers 22 18 .550 10 LA.CIippers 20 22 .476 13 GoldenState 12 30 .266 21 Thursday PISTONS 88. Indiana 76 Chicago 101, Charlotte 93 San Antonio 90, Sacramento 60 Today Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. Cleveland at New York, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Boston, 7: 30 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Minnesota. 6p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee. 6:30 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 9:30 p.m. LA. Clippers at Portland, to p.m.

New Jersey at LA. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Seattle at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Saturday New York at PISTONS, Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Memphis.

6 p.m. Denver at Indiana, 8 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio. 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. New Jersey at Utah, 9 p.m. Golden State at LA. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sunday Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. Phoenix at Toronto, 4:30 p.m, Milwaukee at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at LA. Lakers, 9: 30 p.m. Thursday Sums PISTONS 8 21 23 18-86 Indiana 20 20 17 tt-71 PISTONS (88) Prince M0 2-2 16.

Wallace 6-16 04 13, Wallace 54 0-2 10, Billups 5-10 74 20, Hamilton 5-13 17. Arroyo 0-5 2-4 2, McDyess 3-4 2-2 6. Dupree t-l 0-0 2, Hunter 0- 1 M0. Ham 04 04)0. Totals 32-66 19-2686.

INDIANA (76) Jackson 4-13 34 11. O'Neal 10-22 74 27, Foster 3-5 1-2 7. Miller 1-3 1-3 4, Tinsley 04 2-2 2. Gill 3404 7, FJones 54 1-1 14. Pollard 04 0-0 0, Croshere 0-1 1-2 1, JJones 1-1 04 3.

Totals 2747 W-22 76. 3-Point Goals-Detroit 5-M (Billups 34. Hamilton 1-3, Wallace 1-4. Hunter 0-1, Arroyo 0-t), Indiana 6-15 (F Jones 3-3, J.Jones 1-1, Miller 1-2. Gill 1-5, Tinsley 0-1, Jackson 0-3).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Detroit 50 (B.Wallace It), Indiana 39 (Foster 10). Assists-Detroit 20 (Hamilton 6). Indiana 15 (Tinsley. Jones 4).

Total Fouls-Detroit 20. Indiana 22. Technicals-fl Wallace, Indiana Delay Of Game. Miller. O'Neal.

Indiana coach Carlisle A-W 34S. (U.34S). Chartom fl 3 21 20- Chicago 21 21 24 27-101 CHARLOTTE (93) Wallace 64 1-1 15, Okafor 24 04 4, Breac 5-71-111, Hart 6-10 4-4 17, Rush 9-19 04 24, Bogans 04 4. Ely 1-2 1-2 3, Sampson 1-3 1- 2 3, Kapono 3-9 3-4 W. B.

Robinson 0-1 040, Smith 1-2 2. Totals 34-73 15-18 93. CHICAGO (101) Deng 5-7 1-1 12. Davis 34 04 6. Curry 34 2-2 8, Hinnch 2-1 1 2-2 6.

Duhon 2-5 1-1 6. Chan Arnold Palmer marries in beachside ceremony KAHUKU, Hawaii Arnold Palmer married fiancee Kathleen Gawthrop in an intimate beachside ceremony on Oahu's North Shore. Palmer and Gawthrop exchanged nuptials Wednesday evening in a beachfront cottage near the Arnold Palmer Course at the Turtle Bay Resort, where the four-time Masters champion will play at this weekend's Champions Tour event. Palmer, 75, was married once before. His wife of 45 years, Winnie, died in 1999.

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Switzerland, 35.53. 22. Anna Galcheniuk and Oleg Krupen, Belarus, 25.49. Standings After Original Dana 1. Navka-Kostomarov, 107.81.

2. Grushina-Goncharov, 102.60. 3. 4. Denkova-Staviski, 98.00.

4.Dslobel-Schoenfelder,97.72. 6. Faiella-Scali, 90.06. 7. Domnina-Shabalin, 88.61.

I. Kulikova-Novikov, 61.82. 9. Kerr-Kerr. 81.79.

10. Fraser-Lukanin, 80.93. II. Hoffmann-EIek, 76.93. t3.

Grebenkina-Azrojan, 73.46. 14. Pechalat-Bourzat, 72.36. 14. Gudina-Beletski, 70.50.

15. 0'CrxirKir-O'rjoughterty, 70. 14. 15. Kauc-Zych, 69.60.

17. Beier-Beier, 66.34. 18. Golovina-Voiko. 66.18.

11. 20. Keller-Keller. 56.61. 21.

Janostakova-Prochazka. 55.62. 22. Galcheniuk-Krupen, 37.85. Transactions BASEBALL Amartcan Letsjia) ANAHEIM ANGELS Agreed to terms with Josh Paul on a one-year contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Agreed to terms with INF Tadahito Iguchi on a two-year contract. TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to terms with RHP Hideo Nomo on a minor league contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Koptove on a two-year contract. ATLANTA BRAVES-Agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Gryboski on a one-year contract. FLORIDA MARLINS Agreed to terms with IB Carlos Delgado on a four-year contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS-Agreed to terms with OF Lance Berkman on a one-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Agreed to terms with OF Brady Clark on a one-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Agreed to terms with RHP Rick White on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with INF Jamey Carroll, LHP Michael Hinckley and RHP Darrell Rasner on one-year contracts and INF George Anas on a minor leatjue contract BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS-Named George Karl coach. NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Named Tim McDougall chief marketing officer.

FWrBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS-ttamed Paul Pasquaioni assstant coach. OAKLAND RAI DERS-Named Jm Colltmo offensive Ims coach. SAN FRANCISCO 49RS-Named Mike McCarthy offensive coordinator. Named George Warhop offensive line coach. WASHINGTON REOSKINS-Signed OL Pita Elaara and allocated rum to NFL Europe.

HOCKEY Amertcan Hockey League MILWAUKEE AOMIRALS-Loened Ses-mus Kotyk 10 Rockford of the UHL PHILADELPHIA PHANTOMS-Announced Stephen Wood hat been assigned to the team from Trenton of the ECHL PORTLAND PIRATES Loaned RW Cam McCaffrey and Justin Eddy to South Caroline of the ECHL. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE-flecafled RW Brent Cullaton. Scott Keimen and Dion Hymen from Laredo ot the CHL Assigned RW Rob Globke. Kamil Kreps and Jeff Brown to Texas of the ECHL WILKES-r3ARRESCRANT0N Aeskjned Drew Fata and Cam Paddock to Wheeling of the ECHL WORCESTER ICECATS-fleturned LW David Kaczowka on loan 10 Peoria of the ECHL Cwrtral Hookey Lsague AMARILLO GORILLAS Signed Greg Keith. Waived Mike Comeea ECHL ECHL-Suspended South Carolina LW Jeremy Stevemon one game for ha) actions Jen 23 game against Jonnstown.

DAYTON BOMBE RS Acquired Simon LaJeuneese from Gwmett for financial considerations. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS Anrawced Kirk Deubensceck has been recalled to Portland of the AHL have all your guests gushing? We want to know. Bob Hope Chrysler Clastic La Qulnta, Calif. Puma: $4.7 million PGA Watt palmar Course); 6,930 yarde Tamarisk Country Club; 7,003 yartta La Qulnta Country Club; 7,060 yards Bermuda Dime Country Club; 6,962 yarda Pa for all tour coursee; 72 (3646) Second Round leaders JoeOgilvie 6443-127 FredrikJacobson 68-62-130 Phil Mickelson 6644-130 Billy Mayfair 6744-131 Jason Allied 6645-131 Fred Couples 6546-131 Robert Damron 6447-131 Peter Lonard 6744-131 Tim Herron 6844-132 Ted Purdy 6448-132 Joe Durant 6646-132 Pat Perez 6746-133 Duffy Waldorf 6449-133 JLLewa 6746-133 Bill Haas 6746-133 Jasper Pamevik 6645-133 Justin Leonard 6647133 Fred Funk 64-70-134 Brian Davia 6846-134 Ryan Palmer 6747-134 Brian Batman 6747134 Joey Sindelar 6646-134 Oim Browne 6647-135 Billy Andrade 6946-135 Nick Watney 65-70-135 Skip Kendall 6748-135 Craig Stadler 6847-135 Jerry Kelly 6847-135 Loren Roberts 6647-135 Ryuji Imada 6646-135 Peter Jacobean 66-70-136 Tim Clark 7048-136 Todd Feeder 6749-136 Tom Pemicejr. 6749-136 Phillip Price 6947-136 Chris Riley 7046-136 John Senden 6947-136 Stewart Cink 6848-136 Craig Barlow 6848-136 HidemichiTanaka 6749-136 Carto Masters At Laguna National Golf and Country Club Singapore Puree: 1 million Yardage: 7,207 yardt Par 72 First Part leaders Colin Montgomery Scotland 66 Nick Dougherty, England 68 Mark Foster, England 68 Danny Chia.

Malaysia 69 Soren Kcldsen. Denmark 09 Jason Knutzon, UnitedStates 09 Maarten Lafeber. Netherlands 69 Soren Hansen, Denmark 89 Brett Rumtord, Australia 69 Adam Groom, Australia 69 Jsan-Francois Lucquin. Frame 69 Angek) Que, Philippines 70 Kim Felton, Austalia 70 Liang Wencnong. China 70 Gary Murphy.

Ireland 70 Gregory Havret. Franca 70 Let Westwood. England 70 Jam Donaldson. Wales 70 Hendr Buhrmam, SouthAfrica 70 Edward Michaels. UnitedStatat 71 Simon Yates.

Scotland 71 Marcus Fraser, Australia 71 John Bickerton, England 71 Lee SongOman. SouthKorei 71 Peter Hedbtom. Sweden 71 Grsg Chalmers. Australia 71 Harmeet Kahlon, Ind 71 Figure Skating European Figure Skating Cravnpanhlpi Thursday At Turn, Italy Free Piuutan 1. Evgsni Pkshenko, Rues.

15t.ll points. I Brian Joubert. France H7 45. 1. Stefan Lmdemann.

Germany. 132 71. 4. Fredere Dembw. France, 132.71.

5. Andrei Griazav. Russia. 121.11. Kevin Van Der Perren, Belgium, 128 01.

7. Stephana Lambiel. Switzerland, 126.50. 1. GneorgheChiptr.

Romania. 119 66. I. Samuel Comeeti. France, ill 53.

Roman Serov. Israel. IK) 39 II. Jsmal Othmen. Switzerland.

108 61 12 KrdohV Bemtseon, Sweden, too 30. tl Andrei Lezm. Russia, tot 71. Sergei Oevydov. Belarus, too) 71.

ti vakntang Murvamdze. Georgia, KS 40. Silvio Smalun. Germany. 95 74.

17. Trifun Zivenovc, SerbMontantgro, 17 25. VnrPfeiter.Auatr 97 21. 19 John Hamar. Britain 91 74.

20 Marttl Liebert. Germany 1322. 21 Lukas Rakowski, Czech Rooubic. N.2I. 22 Vitan Demichenko.

Ukraine, ej. 23 Jurai Sviatko. Slovakia. 17 66 24. Vi-Pekka Nurmeman, inland.

71 51. Plushenko captures title dler 1-2 1-2 3, Gordon 2-4 2-2 6. Harrington 3-9 1-3 7. Nocioni 74 1-1 17. Piatkowski 64 2-2 The Associated Press TURIN, Italy Success has tfl.

Pargo 7-10 0-1 14, Griffin 04 04 0. Totals 41-77 13-17 101. mint Goals-Charkma 10-17 (Rush 64, Wallace 2-3. Kapono 1-1, Hart 1-3. Bogans 2).

Chicago 6-15 (Nocioni 2-2. Piatkowski 2-5, Deng l-t, Duhon 1-3, Pargo 0-1, Gordon 0-1, Hmrich 0-2). Fouled Out-Nor. Rebounds-Charlotla 42 (Sampson 7), Chicago 40 (Chandler 6). Assists Charlotte 23 Hart 10).

Chicago 26 (Duhon 6). Total Fouls-Charlotte 21, Chicago 19. A 19,436. (21.711). become routine, almost mundane, for Evgeni Plushenko.

When the Russian captured his fourth men's title at the European Figure Skating Championships on Thursday, he took the news calmly. 21 a a-oo program was solid but not spectacular. Skating to an updated version of "The Godfather" theme song, Plushenko executed a quad plus six triples, and ended with a total of 227.14 points. He made four minor errors, but his style made up for it, especially some dazzling footwork. Plushenko scaled down three jumps and had a scratchy landing on another.

Plushenko won the Europeans in 2000, 2001 and 2003 but was upset last year by Joubert. Ex-Tiger Nomo agrees to deal with Devil Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. In the market for an experienced starting pitcher, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays turned to former Detroit Tiger Hideo Nomo. The former NL Rookie of the Year agreed to a minor league contract after spending more than two months on the disabled list and going 3-11 in 18 starts for Los Angeles in 2004.

He would get an $800,000, one-year deal if added to the major league roster and have the chance to make an additional $700,000 in performance bonuses. Nomo, who was invited to the major league spring training camp, has a 10-year record of 118-101 with a 4.05 ERA in 301 games, including 299 starts. Berkman re-signs with Astros for $10.5 million HOUSTON All-Star outfielder Lance Berkman, expected to miss the start of the season after hurting his knee playing flag football, salary avoided arbitration when he agreed to a $10.5 million, one-year contract with the Houston Astros. Houston said it will attempt to reach a multiyear deal with Berkman, who is eligible to become a free agent after next season. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in November.

'It is not like the first time," he SanAntonio 2J (7 ft-N SACRAMENTO (60) Barnes 3-i 2-3 6. Webber 6-17 34 Millar 6-13 3-3 19. Bioby 8-15 1-2 17. MotjKly 4-15 44 12. Martin 14 04 2.

Songaiia 34 04 6. House 0-3 Ml 0, Ostertag 0-1 0 Bradley 04 0, Daniels 04 04 0. Totals 33-77 IS- 80. SAN ANTONIO (90) Bowen 64 04 H. Duncan 6-16 44 20, Masssnburg 0-3 2-2 2.

Parker t-12 0-2 12. Ginooili st5 5425. Rose 0-2 040. Berry 1-2 said. "The first time it was something new, something special." MIDWEST Ashland 66.

Wayne. Mich. 51 Creighton 76, N. Iowa 73, OT Drake 62. Bradley 74 Evansville 77.

Illinoet St. 63 Hillsdale 73, MercyhuratS III. -Chicago 73. Ycungstown St. 65 lllmo53, Indiana 43 Indiana SI.

7S. S. Illinois Indianapolis 65. Lewis 56 Iowa 71. Michigan 63 Lake Superior St.

66. N. Michigan 59 Michigan Tech 62, Saginaw Valley St 40 Northwestern 59. Perm Si. 46 Notre Dame Coll.

61. Ursulms 35 Oakland City 96. St. Mary's of the Woods 52 Ohio St. 86.

Wisconsin 67 SE Missouri 94. Jacksonville St. 51 Samford 71, E. Illino 71 St. Cloud St.

69. Nebraska-Omaha 50 Sterling 63. Southwestern, Kan. 61 Tabor 55. Friends 50 Urbane 77.

Walsh 75 74, Detroit 73. OT 74. St. Joseph's. Ind.

54 Wright St. 61. Loyola ot Chicago 55 Xavr 73, Dayton 54 EAST Delaware 67, William Mary 40 Fairfield 76, Ions 71 Fairleigh Dickinson 57. Long Island U. $1 Fordham 56, Rhode Island 51 Hotttra 59 Drexel 59 Lehigh 72.

Army 64 Oumnipiac 71, Wagner 51 Richmond 61, Duguetne50 ROK49 Manhattan 40 Robert Morra 70. St Franc. NY 41 Temple 72, George Wnmgton 64 SOUTH Appalachian St 60 Coll of Charleston 52 Austin Peay 90. Tennessee St 57 Duke at MerylarM57 Kentucky 65 Murray 91 71 Florida Atlantic 69. Jacksonville 5 Georgia 81.

Florida 61 Georgia 91. 91. Campbell 4t Jemes Madison 69. Towtonsl Mercer 62. Gardner Webb 41 Miami 62.

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MercyburttSS Indianepol 71 Law 52 Marian, ind 67. Spring Arbor IS MangenS. 14. Michigan 5) Afterward, Reggie Miller denied a broadcast report that he had told Pacers officials and teammates that he would retire after this season. SPARTANS: Ager leads MSU If and when, I'll have the first IIIUMIH III II MnrtiW(tariMiiaii conversation with Charles (Barkley) and Cheryl Miller," he said, referring to his sister.

"Right now, I'm considering getting us off a three-game losing streak. I'll be there all year. MOVIES SHQW TIMES That's the only thing I'm focused Continued from Page 10 Keyed by their defense, the Spartans built a 52-35 lead midway through the second half. "Their pressure and depth really wore us down," Michigan Coach Tommy Amaker said. "I thought the difference was the start of the second half.

We got out very slowly, and they got a double-digit lead and really put us on our heels." Michigan State's Paul Davis, playing on a sprained ankle, had 12 points off the bench, while Alan Anderson scored 10 points. The Spartans held Michigan to 40.9 percent shooting, but made just 44 of their shots and had 17 turnovers. "I thought we played very, very good defensively and unfortunately very poorly offensively," Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo said. "The turnovers and the poor shooting bother me." on. The game also got off to a con Michigan reserve Chris Hunter, who missed the previous five games with a sprained ankle, had 10 points.

Ron Coleman scored eight points in the first half, but just two in the second. Horton was replaced in the starting lineup by junior Dani Wohl, who made his first career start "We're very disappointed. We didn't come here to just show up," Amaker said. "We came to win. If you look at the way we started the game and hopefully the way we competed throughout the game, that was an indication of a team that competed to win." tentious start.

caL O'Neal who missed 15 games because of the November fight, was called for another technical early in the third quarter. Not surprisingly, the Pacers' relied on O'Neal and Jackson to carry the scoring burden. O'Neal finished with 27 points and nine rebounds while Jackson scored 11 points, had five rebounds and three assists. Fred Jones added 14 points off the bench, and point guard Jamaal Tinsley was especially ineffective after missing Wednesday night's game in Boston with the flu. Tinsley, still ailing, missed all six of his shots.

He finished with two points and four assists and was in foul trouble most of the night. The Pistons used runs of 13-2 and 6-0 to build a 39-25 lead they never relinquished. "We know what it takes to win games now," Ben Wallace said. "We've been to the promised land and we know what it takes to get back there." The Pacers rallied just before haiftime, scoring the last five points to close to 47-40. But Detroit opened the second half by scoring five straight points and pulled away with a 7-0 spurt that made it 66-51 with 2:18 left in the third quarter.

The Pacers got no closer than eight the rest of the way. "I like playing here, it's a good rivalry," Rasheed Wallace said. "Their fans are real rowdy and hard on the opposing team and I like coming in here and playing against these guys." Just two days after five Pacers players appeared in a Detroit courtroom to face misdemeanor charges from the brawl, Miller and Rasheed Wallace were each called for technicals in the first nine minutes. By haiftime, Carlisle had also drawn a techni- (January 28 Fibruarj 3) HIDE AND SEEK A Sun 00 14-3 0.520 73 ARE WE THERE YET? ft M.3 30 5Xlf30.S S- 1135 1 30 3 3C 530 730 9:30 13.330.530,7 30 Man 4 UN. -3 30 5 JO.

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