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the baltimore sun friday04.03.2009 2 sports get started Tim Wheatley, Assistant Managing Editor Sports 410-332-6696, fax: 410-783-2518 Lowly Wizards end 13-game streak nba Gilbert Arenas and the host Washington Wizards recovered after blowing a 14-point second-half lead and ended the franchise-record 13-game winning streak of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers (61-14) with a 109-101 victory Thursday night. Arenas, playing his second game of the season, had with 11 points and 10assists and six rebounds. Brendan Haywood, making his first start of the season, had 12points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards (18-59), who also received the usual steady contributions from Caron Butler (25 points) and Antawn Jamison (19). James scored 31 points. 76ERS 105, BUCKS 95: Andre Iguodala scored 20 points, and host Philadelphia (39-35) rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to defeat Milwaukee (32-45).

Floyd, Pearl to stay; Terps get 2010 recruit col. hoops Tim Floyd will stay on as Southern coach, spurning an offer to become the basketball coach at Arizona. He was offered the job Wednesday to replace interim Wildcats coach Russ Pennell, who took over when Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson retired before the start of the season. Floyd, 55, has led the Trojans to the NCAA tournament three consecutive seasons. TENNESSEE: Coach Bruce Pearl has a newly renegotiated six-year deal keeping him with the school.

It came hours after reports that Memphis wanted to talk to Pearl about replacing John Calipari. MARYLAND: Point guard Terrell Stoglin, a junior at Santa Rita High in Tucson, orally committed for 2010, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Stoglin averaged 27 points and 7.5 assists this season. WOODEN TEAM: Kristi Toliver and Angel McCoughtry (St.Frances) were named to the John R. Wooden All-America team.

ET CETERA: Jamelle Cornley scored 18 points and Penn State (27-11) used a big second half in New York to capture a 69-63 win over Baylor (24-15) and the National Invitation Tournament title. Georgia hired Mark Fox to replace Dennis Felton as coach, a source told the Associated Press. Butler coach Brad Stevens agreed to a contract extension with the Bulldogs through 2015-16. Serena tops Venus; Nadal falls in quarters tennis Serena Williams retained the No. 1 ranking by beating her sister in the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Williams defeated older sister Venus, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, in their 20th showdown. Each has won 10 times. Her opponent Saturday will be Victoria Azarenka, 19, of Belarus, who beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. In the quarterfinals, No. 6 seed Juan Martin del Potro upset top-ranked Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3).

66 gives Lincicome 1-shot lead at Kraft golf Brittany Lincicome shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the lead after the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. An- gela Stanford was one stroke back, tied with Ji Young Oh and Brittany Lang in the first major of the LPGA season. Defending champion Lorena Ochoa got off to an uncharacteristically poor start with a 1-over 73. Michelle Wie finished in 18th place with a 1-under 71. PGA SHELL HOUSTON OPEN: The first round was suspended because of high winds.

It will resume Friday. Bowie State names Wilson football coach et cetera Former Bowie State tight end Damon Wilson was hired as the football coach. Wilson was the special teams and running backs coach at Bowie State in 2007 and the running backs coach at Prairie View in 2008. Wilson, who was an assistant at Texas Southern from 2004 to 2007 after a four-year stint as an assistant with the Bulldogs, earned All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors in 1997-98. VARSITY: Owen Daly was named varsity basketball coach at Gilman.

Daly spent this past season as a varsity assistant at Gilman and the previous season as the freshman-sophomore coach, leading that team to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Conference title game. BASEBALL: Sitting in new Yankee Stadium on the first day fans came to the $1.5 billion ballpark, general partner Hal Steinbrenner acknowledged that some tickets might be overpriced given the recession but insisted the team read the market correctly for most of them. The team moved into its new digs Thursday, working out before a dazzled crowd of 20,070. Twins right-hander Scott Baker was put on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder stiffness and will miss his scheduled Opening Day start. Left- hander Francisco Liriano will take the mound.

The Twins also put catcher Joe Mauer (back) on the DL, as expected. Right-hander Huston Street was named the closer. The Nationals placed first baseman Dmitri Young (hip, back) on the 15-day DL. Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was sidelined for the third straight day with fatigue. Outfielder An- druw Jones earned the final roster spot.

COLLEGE LACROSSE: Dominique Shorter and Kris Miner each had three goals, but the Hood men (1-11) fell, 13-11, to Neumann College (1-8) in Philadelphia. Brandy Noel, Jen Graham and Lauren Perzan each recorded six points to lead the host Hood women (6-5) to a 21-1 win over Waynesburg (2-2). NHL: Vincent Lecavalier, the four-time All-Star center, will have wrist surgery and miss the last five games of the season. Ryan Smyth, the leading scorer, will miss the rest of the season with a fracture in his right hand. AUTO RACING: Defending Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from last Australian Grand Prix for giving misleading evidence to race stewards.

Jarno Trulli was awarded third place; Hamilton and his McLaren team were excluded from the results and receive no points. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship blasted a journalist in aprofanity-laced video blog posted to YouTube, attacking Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com and a story about the backstage policies for managers and agents. Dana White also used a gay slur. From Sun staff and news services roundup mlb Exhibition RESULTS N.Y. (NL) 9 Orioles 8 Atlanta 2 1 Detroit 8 5 Minnesota 7 3 St.

Louis 6 3 Pittsburgh 6 5 Washington 12 10 Seattle 18 Diego 3 Colorado 7 4 Texas 9 City 3 Chicago (NL) 9 8 Milwaukee 2 (AL) 1 L.A. (AL) at L.A. (NL) Oakland at San Francisco GAMES Elsewhere Washington vs. Orioles at Norfolk, Va. ...............3:30 Boston at N.Y.

Chicago (NL) at N.Y. (AL) .....7:05 Tampa Bay at Philadelphia ...7:05 Detroit at Atlanta ................7:10 St. Louis at Memphis ...............8 Kansas City vs. Texas at Frisco, Texas ..............8:05 Cleveland at Houston ...........8:05 Chicago (AL) at Arizona .......9:40 Colorado vs. Seattle at Las Vegas ................10:05 L.A.

(AL) at San Diego .......10:05 Milwaukee at L.A. (NL) ......10:10 Oakland at San Francisco ....10:15 (at Florida) Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Toronto vs. Florida at RESULTS Florida 13 Orioles 2 Atlanta 9 3 Boston 4 3 N.Y. (NL) 5 Louis 2 Toronto 7 6 Houston 7 2 Tampa Bay 2 1 N.Y.

(AL) 8 5 Texas 5 (AL) 4 Chicago (NL) 8 8 Cleveland 14 14 San Diego 6 (AL) 1 Milwaukee 8 7 Kansas City 6 5 San Francisco 10 (NL) 8 nba Standings EASTERN y-Cle. (C) 61 14 .813 y-Bos. (A) 57 19 .750 5 y-Orl. (SE) 55 19 .743 6 x-Atl. (SE) 43 32 .573 18 1 2 Phi.

(A) 39 35 .527 22 Mia. (SE) 39 36 .520 22 1 2 Det. (C) 36 39 .480 25 1 2 Chi. (C) 36 40 .474 26 Cha. 1 2 Ind.

1 2 Mil. 1 2 N.J. 1 2 Tor. N.Y. 1 2 Wash.

WESTERN (P) 59 16 .787 xd-Den. (NW) 49 26 .653 10 (SW) 48 26 .649 10 1 2 x-Hou. (SW) 48 27 .640 11 N.O. (SW) 47 27 .635 11 1 2 Port. (NW) 47 27 .635 11 1 2 Utah (NW) 46 28 .622 12 1 2 Dal.

(SW) 45 30 .600 14 Phx. G.S. O.C. 1 2 Min. Mem.

1 2 L.A.C. Sac. 1 2 d-division leader. x-clinched playoff spot. y-clinched division.

z-clinched conference RESULTS Philadelphia 105 95 Washington 101 Utah at GAMES (ALL P.M.) Miami at Charlotte ..................7 San Antonio at Indiana ............7 Atlanta at Boston ................7:30 Dallas at Memphis ...................8 Cleveland at Orlando ................8 Portland at Oklahoma City ........8 Minnesota at Utah ...................9 Sacramento at Phoenix ...........10 Houston at L.A. Lakers ......10:30 New Orleans at Golden State 10:30 RESULTS Toronto 99 95 New Jersey 111 98 Boston 111 109, 2OT Memphis 112 107 L.A. Lakers 104 98 Dallas 98 96 Phoenix 114 109 New Orleans 104 L.A. Clippers 98 Golden State 143 Sacramento 141, OT nhl Standings EASTERN y-Bos. (NE) 50 17 10 110 259 181 xd-Was.

47 23 7 101 250 225 (A) 47 26 4 98 229 195 Car. (SE) 43 28 7 93 224 216 Pit. (A) 42 27 8 92 245 226 Phi. (A) 41 25 10 92 244 220 Mon. (NE) 40 27 10 90 235 231 N.Y.R.

(A) 40 29 9 89 201 212 Fla. (SE)38281187218218 Buf. (NE)3730983228220 Tor. (NE)32321377233273 Ott. (NE)33341076203222 Atl.

(SE)3338672240264 T.B. (SE)24361765197255 N.Y.I. (A)2543959193254 WESTERN (P) 50 15 11 111 245 188 y-Det. (C) 49 18 9 107 279 225 d-Vn. (NW) 42 25 9 93 231 204 Chi.

(C) 41 24 11 93 246 207 Cal. (NW) 43 27 6 92 242 232 Colu. (C) 40 29 8 88 214 212 Ana. (P) 39 32 6 84 224 220 Nash. (C) 38 31 8 84 197 211 St.L.

(C)3731983215222 Edm. (NW)3632981221236 Min. (NW)3632981196189 Dal. (P)34331078217242 Phx. (P)3337773195235 L.A.

(P)31341173193222 Colo. (NW)3144264193250 Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.x- clinched playoff spot. y-clinched division. d-division leader RESULTS Boston 2 1 Carolina 4 Rangers 2 Montreal 5 Islanders 1 St. Louis at Detroit Calgary at Dallas San Jose at Edmonton Los Angeles at Phoenix Anaheim at Vancouver GAMES Buffalo at Washington .............7 Tampa Bay at New Jersey ........7 Toronto at Philadelphia ............7 Atlanta at Florida ................7:30 Calgary at Minnesota ...............8 Nashville at Chicago ............8:30 RESULTS Atlanta 3 2, OT Washington 5 Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 6 Jersey 1 Toronto 3 2 Chicago 3 Louis 1 Phoenix 3 0 colleges Lacrosse THURSDAY STATE MEN NEUMANN 13, HOOD 11 2 2 4 3 11 4 4 1 4 13 Goals: 3, Shorter 3, Hubbard 2, Lazar 2, Rust; 3, Mailloux 3, Gardner 2, McCauley 2, Best, Hedrick, Toth.

Assists: Matteson, Mineff, Miner, Shorter, Spicer; 3, Gardner, Rudolph, Toth. Saves: 21. STATE WOMEN HOOD 21, WAYNESBURG 1 1 0 1 12 9 21 Goals: 5, Blackwell 3, Noel 3, Perzan 3, Balukoff 2, Colandreo 2, Butler, Moss, Vu. Assists: 3, Perzan 3, Vu 3, Blackwell 2, Butler 2, Colandreo, Graham. Saves: 13; 7.

FRIDAY STATE MEN Maryland at STATE WOMEN Connecticut at Maryland vs. Penn State (at Co- lumbus William Mary at SATURDAY STATE MEN Albany at Johns Goucher at Loyola at McDaniel at Mt. St. at Washington C. at St.

at Sacred Heart at Stevenson at Binghamton at STATE WOMEN Goucher at a.m. Davidson at Hopkins at Muhlenberg at Washington College at Waynesburg at Frostburg Hood at Marymount New Hampshire at C. Notre Dame at Cedar Lynchburg at SUNDAY STATE WOMEN Old Dominion at Syracuse at Maryland at Ohio MONDAY STATE WOMEN Shenandoah at TUESDAY STATE MEN Marymount at St. at STATE WOMEN Catholic at Marymount at St. Neumann at C.

Notre St. at Salisbury at McDaniel at Washington College.7 WEDNESDAY STATE MEN McDaniel at Swarthmore at Washington Towson at STATE WOMEN Shenandoah at Frostburg UMBC at THURSDAY STATE MEN Goucher at STATE WOMEN Fresno State at McDaniel at FRIDAY STATE MEN Hood at Salisbury at St. STATE WOMEN Hood at Towson at scoreboard picture of the day TOPPLED The Caron Butler (top) guards Mo Williams during 109-101 home win over the NBA-best Cavaliers. PHOTO: AP Getting even Inormally choose my Derby pony based on which name comes closest to reminding me of an adult beverage. But these are not normal times.

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