Chris Higgins had a lot easier time scoring than trying to come up with an explanation for Montreal’s winning streak against Boston. Higgins had a goal and two assists to help the Canadiens beat the Bruins for the seventh straight time, 4-2 on Thursday night. “I can’t explain it,” Higgins said. “I don’t know why we do so well against them.
Chris Higgins had a lot easier time scoring than trying to come up with an explanation for Montreal’s winning streak against Boston. Higgins had a goal and two assists to help the Canadiens beat the Bruins for the seventh straight time, 4-2 on Thursday night. “I can’t explain it,” Higgins said. “I don’t know why…
The Los Angeles Kings’ sputtering offense needed a quick fix. Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and defenseman Tom Preissing helped provide it, making goalie Jonathan Quick’s NHL debut an absolute breeze. Brown had two goals and an assist, Preissing scored twice during power plays and Michal Handzus had a short-handed tally in the Kings’ 8-2 victory…
Adam Scott birdied two of the last four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead Friday after the second round of the Australian PGA. The Australian star, playing in difficult afternoon conditions with the ocean breeze up on the Hyatt Regency resort course, had a 10-under 134 total. “It was pretty solid stuff,…
Villanova was crazed. LSU was dazed. No one on either side could remember a comeback — or a collapse — like this one. Malcolm Grant converted a four-point play and scored 13 points over the final three minutes, and Dante Cunningham scored the game-winner with 5.9 seconds left as the 25th-ranked Wildcats rallied from a…
Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson said Thursday night he would extend his leave of absence through the end of this season, citing undisclosed family matters that require his attention. In a statement released by the university, the 73-year-old Hall of Famer said he plans to return to coach the Wildcats for the 2008-09 season.
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun wasn’t around for the end of his team’s 69-60 win over Northeastern on Thursday night, thanks in part to a technical foul he received for laughing. “I guess we’re going to now (call a foul) for what we’re thinking,” Calhoun said. “I could have been laughing, I could have had gas.”…
After a talk with his coach, Brandon Roy believed he had straightened out his mental approach. After his second straight strong performance, he feels like he’s straightened out his game, too. Roy scored 25 points, Travis Outlaw had 20 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Miami 112-106 Thursday night, handing the Heat their fourth straight…
Allen Iverson went hard to the basket. He didn’t get there, but he did draw a foul. The next time down the court, A.I. made another veteran move, drawing another foul on the same defender. The game was only 1 1/2 minutes old, yet Iverson already was in full control. A day after scoring 51…
Joe Johnson wasn’t exactly pleased with having to bail out the Atlanta Hawks. “It’s got to stop sooner or later, man,” he said. “I honestly thought this was a 25-30 point win for us tonight.” Johnson’s 18-footer at the buzzer lifted the Hawks to a 90-89 victory over the league-worst Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night.
The New York Knicks’ struggles on and off the court didn’t keep the team from remaining the NBA’s most valuable franchise for the third straight year, according to a list compiled by Forbes. The Knicks were valued at $604 million, up 3 percent from the previous year despite a spate of losing, an embarrassing defeat…
Jason Kidd insisted a migraine caused him to miss a New Jersey Nets game, brushing aside reports he was staging a personal one-day strike to induce a trade or force a new contract. “I didn’t miss a game due to unhappiness, that’s the first thing to clear up,” the All-Star guard said Thursday at a…
A standing-room-only crowd packed the funeral for Stephon Marbury’s father on Thursday, including famous basketball players and residents who considered “Mr. Don” Marbury the mayor of their close-knit, hardscrabble Brooklyn neighborhood. “Everyone knew him and loved him,” said James Jones, 40, a construction worker who grew up playing ball with the Marbury family.