-- Dwight Howard had his league-leading 57th double- double of the season with 22 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando, which had all five starters in double figures by the end of the third quarter ... Butler has missed 16 straight games and 19 of the ...

- Hawks 105 Wizards 96 At Washington, Mike Bibby scored 23 points and Joe Johnson added 18 points and 10 to lead Atlanta to its third straight win and move them one-half game ahead of idle New Jersey for eighth place in the Eastern ...

Jamison tipped in a missed shot by Antonio Daniels with three- tenths of a second left to boost the Wizards ... -Carlos Boozer had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double as Utah soared into the All-Star break with a ...

6 seconds showing on the clock to cap off a 20-point, six-rebound and four-assist performance, as the New Orleans Hornets escaped Cleveland with a 100-99 edging of the Cavaliers ... Zydrunas Ilgauskas tallied a season-high 29 points ...

SPURS 85, WIZARDS 77: At Washington, Robert Horry got San Antonio in gear after a lackluster 2 1/2 quarters, scoring seven of his season-high nine points in the 17-4 spurt that gave his team the lead for good ... Mike Dunleavy added 17 points ...

"He [official Bill Kennedy] felt it wasn't so he tech'd both of us ... "Cancer is just a very powerful, psychological word that until you go through it, until you feel it, until the presence of it is in your heart and in your head you will never ...

We have a lot of length, a lot of versatility ... "This deal provides us with a significant amount of assets - two first-round picks, the draft rights to Pau's brother Marc, who has emerged into the top big man in Spain, a talented young point ...

The 42-point margin of victory was the largest in franchise history, beating Toronto's previous mark of 39 ... Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points for the Nuggets, who are scrambling for a playoff spot in the tough Western ...

" The Celtics missed the playoffs the last two seasons, but the arrival of Garnett and Ray Allen has raised expectations for the NBA's most-decorated franchise ... The Pistons never led, falling behind 17-3 off the opening tip and working ...

"It was cool, I got my shots off, I got past a couple of guys, I got to the free throw line a couple of times, so with the exception of my jump shot, everything feels pretty good," he added ... "Being one of a few Canadians in the NBA, I don't get ...

At San Antonio, Jason Kapono scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Kris Humphries added 14 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, which has two games left of its seven-game Western road swing ... The Spurs shot as poorly as they ...

What are you saying?  So far as I know, I am the first person to come out and use the WWII analogy with Paton and Eisenhower not fighting it out with each other to have the honor of facing off against Rommel ... So I guess my instinct would ...

I just love when Progryssves try to talk free market economics! Profit is evil and the market can't solve a problem, only the government can solve problems with our tax $ of course Washington knows best what car you should buy, you can't ...

Get rid of the profit motive from the insurer and the HMOs and you solve 20% of the cost of healthcare ... Before you rant on about the quaint nature of conspiracies know this: I am in posession of a copy of the The Wizard of Ounces by Frank L ...

Your statement of "Based upon my investigations most of these abused kids are safer with their abusers than in the hands of CPS" is more than startling, it is evil and shows you have no idea at all what's in the best interests of the children ... But ...