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Wizards F Blatche Back From Calf Injury
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards forward Andray Blatche will return against the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing more than a month with a strained left calf. Blatche is not in the Wizards’ starting lineup for Saturday’s game, but coach Randy Wittman says he will play. Wittman says he expects Blatche’s playing time to be limited to [...]
Cavaliers Guard Irving Back in Starting Lineup
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Rookie guard Kyrie Irving is in the starting lineup for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game at Washington a day after he rested with an illness. Irving missed Friday’s game against Chicago. Cleveland coach Byron Scott says Irving caught “a bug” during the All-Star weekend in Orlando and needed a day to recover, but [...]
Mavericks Recall Odom From D-League’s Legends
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have recalled forward Lamar Odom from the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League. Odom (6-10, 230) was assigned to the Legends yesterday but did not see any action with the team. He has played in 32 games with the Mavericks and is averaging 7.7 points, [...]
Nowitzki Back in Mavs’ Lineup Vs. Hornets
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki is back in the lineup for Dallas on Friday night against the New Orleans Hornets. Nowitzki left the Mavericks’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday early in the second quarter because of a balky back. He scored only one point. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said then that Nowitzki [...]
LeBron James, Kevin Durant Win Player of The Month Honors
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012NEW YORK — The Miami Heat’s LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in February. James captured his second consecutive Player of the Month award, leading Miami to an 11-2 record in February. James led [...]
Kings’ Hickson Out Three Games With Bruised Hip
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kings forward J. J. Hickson will miss at least the next three games with a bruised hip. Hickson was injured in Sacramento’s 108-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night after leaping for a rebound and landing hard on his hip. The team said an X-ray and an [...]
Thunder’s Hayward (eye) to Make Return in D-League
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder reserve Lazar Hayward will make his return from an eye injury with the team’s D-League affiliate in Tulsa. The Thunder assigned Hayward to the Tulsa 66ers on Friday, and general manager Sam Presti announced that Hayward is expected to be in uniform for a game against Rio Grande [...]
Odom To Do Stint in D-League Before Return To Mavs
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012DALLAS (AP) — Lamar Odom will play a game in the NBA Development League before rejoining the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks said Friday that Odom had been assigned to the Texas Legends. He will be in uniform for the D-League team’s home game in Frisco on Saturday night. Odom last played for the Mavericks on [...]
Sore Knee To Sideline Hawks’ Johnson Two Games
Posted in Sports on 17 March 2012Posted Mar 2 2012 12:53PM – Updated Mar 2 2012 1:23PM ATLANTA (AP) — The Hawks will be without All-Star guard Joe Johnson for at least two games, including Friday night’s game against the Bucks. After missing two games and the All-Star Game because of tendinitis in his left knee, Johnson returned to lead Atlanta [...]
North Carolina Man Sentenced On Workers’ Compensation Insurance Scam
Posted in Government on 17 March 2012Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Dan Anderson, Director, Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, announce yesterday’s sentencing of defendant Carl Dale Fuller, 52, of Wake Forest, North Carolina. U.S. District [...]