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Clippers Edge Past Timberwolves 100-99

LOS ANGELES - Cuttino Mobley had 27 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, Elton Brand also scored 27 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers survived a missed jumper by Kevin Garnett in the final seconds of overtime to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-99 Saturday night.

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  76ers Edge Past Pacers 111-109

  INDIANAPOLIS - Allen Iverson had 29 points and 12 assists, and Philadelphia beat the Indiana Pacers 111-109 Saturday night for Maurice Cheeks' first win as 76ers coach.

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• Jefferson lifts Nets over Bulls in dying seconds

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richard Jefferson converted a three-point play with 1.5 seconds remaining to give the New Jersey Nets a 100-99 win over the Chicago Bulls in National Basketball Association in East Rutherford on Saturday.

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  Trail Blazers Edge Past Hawks 94-93

  PORTLAND, Ore. - Zach Randolph made a free throw with 0.2 seconds remaining and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Atlanta Hawks 94-93 Saturday night in their home opener.

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  Suns Hand Jazz First Loss of the Season 

  SALT LAKE CITY - Shawn Marion had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns handed the Utah Jazz their first loss of the season with a 97-88 victory Saturday night.

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  Without McGrady, Rockets Lose to Hornets

  HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets will have to learn how to win without Tracy McGrady. With their superstar sidelined three weeks with back spasms, the Rockets struggled down the stretch on Saturday night, losing to the New Orleans Hornets 91-84.

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  Bucks Edge Past Short-Handed Heat 105-100 

  MILWAUKEE - Terry Stotts' home debut trumped Dwyane Wade's homecoming Saturday night. Bobby Simmons and Michael Redd each scored 23 points as the Milwaukee Bucks recorded their third straight comeback win over a playoff team with a 105-100 victory over the Miami Heat.

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  Nowitzki Gives Mavs 103-84 Win Over Spurs

  DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points and combined with Devin Harris to spark a 16-2 run that broke open a tie game, leading the Dallas Mavericks past former teammate Michael Finley and the San Antonio Spurs 103-84 Saturday night.

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  Bobcats Beat Celtics 107-105 in New Arena 

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gerald Wallace scored 25 points, including a layup with 2:24 to play in overtime, and the Charlotte Bobcats celebrated the opening of their new arena with a 107-105 victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.

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  Gasol Leads Grizzlies Over Cavs 113-106

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Pau Gasol scored 29 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies over the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-106 on Saturday night.

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  Wizards Off to First 3-0 Start Since 1978

  WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards brought their hot start home Saturday night, with Arenas scoring 30 points and Antawn Jamison adding 17 of his 23 in the second half in an 87-79 victory over the Orlando Magic.

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  Nets Steal a 100-99 Win Over Baby Bulls

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Richard Jefferson converted a three-point play with 1.5 seconds remaining to lift the New Jersey Nets over the Chicago Bulls 100-99 Saturday night.

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  Unbeaten Pistons Rip Raptors by 33

  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Tayshaun Prince scored 27 points and Ben Wallace added 15 points and 13 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons remained unbeaten with a 117-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.

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  Bobcats Open New $265 Million Arena

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Emeka Okafor considered taking the trolley to work Saturday night, a luxury Charlotte's star forward now has in the Bobcats' new downtown arena.

• McGrady Out Three Weeks With Back Injury

  HOUSTON - Houston Rockets star Tracy McGrady will miss three weeks because of back spasms, coach Jeff Van Gundy said.

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  Spurs Play Like Spurs, Beat the Cavs 

  Bruce Bowen is defensive about his job. Just ask LeBron James. Bowen, San Antonio's main defender against James, helped hold the Cleveland star to 10 points over the final three quarters in the Spurs' 102-76 home victory over the Cavaliers on Friday night.

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  Duncan leads Spurs to big win

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tim Duncan poured in 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Tony Parker chipped in with 18 points and eight assists as the San Antonio Spurs romped to a 102-76 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday at the SBC Center.

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  Allen Recovers, Sonics Top T'Wolves in OT  

  SEATTLE - Struggling with his shot all night, Ray Allen scored 11 of his 32 points in overtime, and the Seattle SuperSonics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-102 on Friday.

• Spurs Shut Down LeBron's Cavs, 102-76

  SAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan had 21 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs shut down LeBron James over the final three quarters of a 102-76 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.

• Clippers Win Home Opener Against Hawks

  LOS ANGELES - Cuttino Mobley scored 19 points, reserve James Singleton had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers won their home opener Friday night, a 92-77 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

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  Okur Scores 23 As Jazz Defeat Warriors

  OAKLAND, Calif. - Mehmet Okur had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz capitalized on Baron Davis' absence in a 91-85 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

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  Nuggets Beat Blazers in Karl's Return 

  DENVER - George Karl returned to the bench and the Denver Nuggets looked good again, getting 23 points and 17 rebounds from Marcus Camby in a 107-68 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.

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  Wizards Spoil Brown's Home Knicks Debut

  NEW YORK - The Washington Wizards turned Larry Brown's big night into another home-opening loss for the New York Knicks. Gilbert Arenas scored 27 points, and Antawn Jamison and Jarvis Hayes keyed the decisive spurt as the Wizards beat the Knicks 86-75 on Friday night in Brown's first home game as Knicks coach.

• Baron Davis Sits Out for Warriors 

  OAKLAND, Calif. - Guard Baron Davis missed the Golden State Warriors' game against Utah on Friday night with a strained hamstring.

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  Hamilton Jumper Sends Pistons Past Celtics 

  BOSTON - Richard Hamilton hit a 20-foot jumper with no time remaining to give the Detroit Pistons an 82-81 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

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  Sixers Lose to Bobcats, Fall to 0-3

  PHILADELPHIA - Emeka Okafor had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Brevin Knight added 14 points and 15 assists to lead the Charlotte Bobcats over the winless Philadelphia 76ers 110-93 on Friday night.

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  Jones, Gasol Lead Grizzlies Over Magic

  ORLANDO, Fla. - Eddie Jones had five 3-pointers and scored 25 points and Pau Gasol had 22 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 94-85 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.

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  Jefferson Leads Nets Past Raptors, 102-92 

  TORONTO - Richard Jefferson had 35 points and 11 rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 102-92 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

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  Shaq Out 2 to 4 Weeks With Sprained Ankle

  MIAMI - Heat center Shaquille O'Neal will miss two to four weeks with a sprained right ankle, adding to the team's early season injury woes.

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  Denver's Russell to miss at least four months of NBA season 

  DENVER, United States (AFP) - Denver Nuggets forward Bryon Russell had arthroscopic surgery that will see him miss at least four months of the National Basketball Association season, the team said.

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Pinoy Boxer Hospitalized

Filipino boxer leaves ICU in Japan hospital

Veronica Uy
INQ7.net

Filipino featherweight boxer Tranquilino "Ayon" Naranjo Jr. was moved out of the intensive care unit of the Yokohama Rosai Hospital Tuesday afternoon after spending two critical days there following a six-round fight with Jorge "El Niño de Oro" Linares of Venezuela Sunday night at the Yokohama Arena.

Talking to attending doctor Yuhiro Yamanaka through interpreter Yuko Takei, INQ7.net learned that Naranjo may have to spend three to four more weeks here until his condition improves.

According to Takei, who was born in the Philippines and a migrant workers' rights advocate here, "Hindi raw siya papauwiin hangga't di siya magaling. He has a fever at nasusuka pa siya." (He won't be allowed to go home until he's better. He has a fever and is still vomiting).

Yamanaka said the 21-year-old boxer from Bukidnon province is still feeling nauseous because of a clot in his brain. He said the hospital staff is trying to remove the clot through medication so that Naranjo may not have to undergo brain surgery.

Takei interpreted for the Japan Boxing Commission during the fight. She said that the Venezuelan boxer, who was taller and heavier than 122-pound Naranjo, pummeled at his head, unknowingly aggravating an earlier head injury.

She said the boxer figured in a motorcycle accident about a week before the fight.

At ward room number 513 Tuesday evening, Naranjo said he was feeling much better and even answered the nurses' questions about his health and memory through Takei, who told him that he would have to continue to be nourished through intravenous feeding until he is able to take in solid food.

Meanwhile, Consul General Claro Cristobal of the Philippine embassy in Tokyo said embassy staff members "have seen [Naranjo], and the embassy has full and regularly updated info on him."

Sharapova No. 1

Sharapova back on top of the world
Agence France-Presse
Russia's Maria Sharapova reclaimed the world number one spot in the women’s WTA rankings released Monday as a result of her semifinal finish at the US Open.
Sharapova became the first Russian woman to achieve the feat last month but the 18-year-old was displaced by American Lindsay Davenport after just four days.
But she jumped ahead of Davenport, who reached the quarterfinals of the final Grand Slam event of the season last week, despite being beaten by eventual champion Kim Clijsters.
Clijsters of Belgium moves up one spot to third at the expense of Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo.
France's Mary Pierce, the defeated finalist at Flushing Meadows on Saturday was the biggest mover, as she jumped six spots to return to the top ten at number six.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open champion from Russia, dropped seven places to number 12.
1. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4802 pts 2. Lindsay Davenport (USA) 4437 3. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 4201 4. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 3927 5. Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 2935 6. Mary Pierce (FRA) 2908 7. Venus Williams (USA) 2826 8. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2779 9. Serena Williams (USA) 2705 10. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2512 11. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 2402 12. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2154 13. Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 2135 14. Alicia Molik (AUS) 1759 15. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 1609 16. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 1481 17. Jelena Jankovic (SEM) 1459.25 18. Ana Ivanovic (SEM) 1443.75 19. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1260 20. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1253

RP Backs Manny

Arroyo to Pacquiao: RP behind you

Christine Avendaño
Inquirer News Service

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday said she and the nation were praying for the victory of boxer Manny Pacquiao, who returns to the boxing ring on Sunday to fight Hector Velasquez in the United States.

"You are the inspiration of our youth and a good example of the skillfulness possessed by all Filipinos," Arroyo said in a statement in Filipino.

The President said the nation believes in Pacquiao's fighting ability.

Kim v. Venus

Clijsters sets up US Open quarters match vs Venus Williams

Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK -- Fourth-seeded Belgian Kim Clijsters crushed Venezuelan Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-1, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis championships here Sunday.

Clijsters set up a meeting with Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, the 10th seed, who advanced with a straight sets win over her sister Serena.

Williams beat her little sister Serena 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 but the sister-act was hardly a showstopper.

"I don't think I played my best today at all," said Serena, the Australian Open champion whose season has been disrupted by a left ankle and knee injury. "And I don't think Venus did either.

"I told her, we were talking in the locker room, just how horrible we played. I said, "You played terrible.'

"She was like, 'I know.'"

It wasn't the first time a Williams sisters match failed to bring out the best in either.

"It was tough," Venus said. "I don't think Serena had her best day. I guess we know when she doesn't play her best is the best time to get a chance to win against her."

It was the sisters' ninth meeting in a Grand Slam, six of those coming in quarterfinals and only one -- their first professional clash in the second round of the 1998 Australian Open -- coming before the quarterfinals.

Both were disappointed that the slip in their rankings from their scant competition this summer brought about such an early meeting.

"We were sad when we heard the draw," Venus said. "It was super strange, for sure."

Both sisters displayed their full array of power groundstrokes and booming serves, and along with them a litany of momentum-destroying errors.

Venus, who had looked the sharper of the two in the first three rounds, looked well on the way to lifting the first set with a break in the seventh game, but double-faulted away a break to let Serena level at 5-5.

She had to fight off a set point to force the tiebreaker, but once the first set was gone Serena seemed to wilt.

"I definitely had my chances. I had a set point," said Serena, but she also acknowledged that the left leg she has worked to strengthen began to bother her in the later stages of the match.

"I was just having problems at the end because I was moving a lot and stopping a lot. It always gives me a little trouble after a certain time period," Serena said.

Also slated for action was men's top seed and defending champion Roger Federer, who took on diminutive Belgian Olivier Rochus for a place in the last 16.

Australian third seed Lleyton Hewitt, runner-up to Federer here last year, booked his fourth-round place with a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2, 7-5 victory over Taylor Dent, one of four Americans who made it through to the third round.

He will next go up against Dominik Hrbaty of the Czech Republic who hit back to defeat Spain's David Ferrer 6-7 (7/9), 7-5, 7-5, 7-5

Also joining them in the last 16 was Fernando Verdasco of Spain who outlasted the youngest player left in the competition, 18-year-old Serb Novak Djokovic 6-1, 4-6, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 6-4.

Hewitt overcame his own serving woes with sheer hard work and a solid returning effort against the US serve-and-volleyer.

The Aussie finally sealed the win in the 12th game of the fifth set, needing four match points to do it.

"It was an extremely tough match," Hewitt said. "Taylor's never going to give you the match. I really had to earn it. I felt like I hit the ball well when I needed to."

Djokovic's bid to become the youngest man since Michael Chang in 1989 to reach the last 16 of the men's singles at the US Open also went down to the wire.

He had survived a grueling five sets marathon in the opening round against France's Gael Monfils, but on this occasion Verdasco, who ousted Britain's Tim Henman in the opening round, proved to be too strong.

The women's quarterfinal match-ups began to take shape as top seed Maria Sharapova made light work of rising Indian star Sania Mirza, winning 6-2, 6-1 to set up a clash with ninth-seeded compatriot Nadia Petrova.

Petrova defeated Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 7-6, (7/4), 7-5.

In an entertaining clash of two 18-year-olds, Sharapova proved too strong for Mirza, winning 6-2, 6-1 in 59 minutes.

The Indian matched her high-profile opponent in the exchanges, with the main difference between the two coming on serve.

Sharapova was able to call on hers when she needed it, while Mirza flung in six double faults and was badly punished on her weak second serve.

"I'm playing pretty well, but it is going to get tougher and tougher," said Sharapova.