AP - Forget the Kobe vs. LeBron hype. This one belonged to Flip. In a matchup of two of the league's top three leading scorers, Flip Murray took over. The way LeBron James sees it, Murray set the tone for Cleveland's playoff run as well.

AP - Flip Murray hit a free throw with 3.4 seconds left and scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter Sunday, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 96-95 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.s

AP - Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan added 14 to help the San Antonio Spurs keep pace with Dallas for the best record in the West with a 92-77 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

AP - Linebacker Willie McGinest agreed to terms Wednesday with Cleveland, leaving New England to rejoin Browns coach and former Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel.

AP - Chris Carpenter picked up in spring training where he left off last season. Carpenter, who won 21 games and the NL Cy Young Award in 2005, has yet to allow a run in the exhibition season, pitching four more scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-0 Monday.

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Washington D.C. (AHN) – The takeover of P and O by Dubai Ports World may encounter more opposition after critics say they will push for legislation to stop the deal. Republican Duncan Hunter has said he would try to get a bill passed stating...

AP - Michael Finley was stuck in a corner with the shot clock running down when he found an escape route along the baseline. Then he came face to face with another obstacle — all 7-foot-6 of Yao Ming.

AP - Tim Duncan scored 20 points, Michael Finley made a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs held off a late rally to beat the Houston Rockets 88-81 on Sunday.

AP - Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers limited Tim Duncan to only 12 Friday night in a 100-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

AP - Elton Brand had 30 points and nine rebounds, Sam Cassell added 15 points and 11 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers capitalized on Tim Duncan's foul trouble to beat San Antonio 98-85 Tuesday night and snap the Spurs' seven-game winning streak.

AP - House Republican leaders on Tuesday embraced legislation that would block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, brushing aside a veto threat from President Bush.

Reuters - Defying President George W. Bush, Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday moved to block plans by a state-owned Arab company to manage six U.S. ports by attaching an amendment to must-pass spending legislation for the Iraq war and hurricane relief.

AP - Manu Ginobili hit four 3-pointers when the San Antonio Spurs took control early in the third quarter on the way to a 103-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.

AP - LeBron James scored 37 points — 27 after halftime — and the Cleveland Cavaliers had one of their best performances since the All-Star break, a 91-72 win over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.

AP - Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs hit five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 101-81 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

AP - Michael Finley scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter against his former team, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 98-89 Thursday night in a matchup of the top teams in the Western Conference.

Andrea Moore - All Headline News Staff Reporter Duncan, Oklahoma (AHN) - Firefighters have been able to contain a rash of wildfires that charred as much as 8,000 acres of grasslands and destroyed up to 40 homes across southern Oklahoma. Authorities say nearly all of the 500 people who...

AP - Even if they aren't panicking, the Cavaliers sure aren't giving anyone in Cleveland reason to relax. The Cavaliers lost their fifth straight game Wednesday night, a slump that is all too familiar after their second-half collapse last season.

AP - Kenny Thomas scored 22 points and Mike Bibby added 16 Wednesday night to lead the Sacramento Kings over Cleveland 97-90, the Cavaliers' fifth straight loss.

AFP - England coach Duncan Fletcher said he was expecting his injury-hit side to show courage in adversity in the opening Test against India.