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At 6-9, Georgia Tech big man Gani Lawal will be counted on to help counter the speed Oklahoma State is expected to bring with its guards in today’s NCAA 
tournament opener.
<br>Associated Press photo Speed battling size tonight
MILWAUKEE – Put Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech together, and you’d pretty much have the perfect team. Oklahoma State’s James Anderson and Obi Muonelo are one of the best guard...
March 19, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nik Antropov (80) scored a pair of goals as the Thrashers used three third-period goals to rally for a win over Ottawa.
<br>Associated Press photo Thrashers rally with three goals in third
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Thrashers may have figured out a winning formula at the most important time of the season: get ahead by two goals, squander the lead, then pull it out. Nik Antropov a...
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Michael Jordan became the first former NBA player to own a majority stake in a team.
<br>Associated Press photo Jordan fulfilling a dream
CHARLOTTE , N.C. – A relaxed Michael Jordan broke into a wide smile as he sat at his desk Thursday night amid his whirlwind week of realizing a longtime goal of becoming an NBA owner. Soo...
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Danero Thomas runs down the court after sinking the game-winning jumper for Murray State on Thursday.
<Br>Associated Press photo Amazing Racers: 13-seed shocks Vandy at buzzer
SAN JOSE , Calif. – Murray State coach Billy Kennedy went with his gut and drew up a play his team had never run before, with Isacc Miles the go-to guy at the end. Third option Danero Tho...
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D Andre Bell Yellow Jackets' players keeping phones behind
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech players plan to give up their cell phones once again – this time before the NCAA tournament. The Yellow Jackets have already reaped the benefits of muting d...
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As they wore green jerseys for St. Patrick’s Day, luck was on Toronto’s side as the Raptors won on Chris Bosh’s jumper.
<Br>Associated Press photo Bosh's jumper shocks Atlanta
TORONTO – Chris Bosh put a poor shooting performance behind him in a big way for the Toronto Raptors. Bosh hit a 16-foot jumper with 2.1 seconds left and the Raptors ended a five-game losi...
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Preparing for his second season in the majors, Tommy Hanson was strong against the Marlins on Wednesday, allowing one run and six hits in six innings.
<br>Associated Press photo Hanson continues his strong spring
JUPITER , Fla. – Tommy Hanson pitched like he was in midseason form Wednesday for the Atlanta Braves. Hanson allowed one run on six hits in five innings in Atlanta’s 4-2 win over the ...
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Walker’s Hannah Lones (5) and Harrison’s Allison Ostman collide as they battle for a header Wednesday at Cobleigh Stadium.
<br>Staff photo by Samantha Wilson State-ranked county rivals come out of game with a draw
KENNESAW – Harrison and Walker faced each other in a battle of girls soccer state finalists Wednesday. But neither team emerged victorious as the county rivals battled to a scoreless draw ...
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Choosing the more secure surroundings of Augusta National, Tiger Woods confirmed Tuesday that he will be making his return to golf at the Masters. Woods confirms return at Augusta
PALM HARBOR , Fla. – For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other. Woods said Tuesday he will end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National in three w...
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Sprayberry’s Nader Rabah (9) brings the ball upfield as Sequoyah’s Miles Bunch defends Wednesday. 
<Br>Staff photo by Samantha Wilson Schalk's early goals do the job
MARIETTA – Collin Schalk scored twice in the first half to lead Sprayberry to a 2-0 victory over Sequoyah in an Area 7AAAA crossover game Wednesday at Jim Frazier Stadium. Sprayberry (4-3)...
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East Cobb’s Melanie Oudin, the highest seeded American woman at Indian Wells, was upset in three sets by Italy’s Roberta Vinci in the first round Thursday.
<br>Associated Press photo Oudin stumbles at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS , Calif. – American Mardy Fish, the BNP Paribas Open runner-up in 2008, beat Michael Berrer of Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match Thursday. Fish, 28, sidelined m...
March 12, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Life’s Bryant Dunn shoots against Southern Poly’s Steve Koloko (40) in a game last month between the neighboring rivals. 
<br>Staff photo by Laura Moon Poly, Life bound for NAIA tournament
Southern Poly’s men and women will join Life’s men in playing for national championships when the NAIA tournament begins Wednesday. Southern Poly will be joined by Life in men’...
March 11, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kia McNeill, right, and Shelley Thompson battle for the ball in the intrasquad scrimmage that capped the Beat’s first day of practice Monday.
<Br>Staff photo by Laura Moon Beat take the field for camp
KENNESAW – Being an expansion team in the Women’s Professional Soccer league, the Atlanta Beat want to be the team who can score goals in a defense-oriented league. The new franchise...
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Mallery Richardson, center, tries to get a shot up surrounded by Central Gwinnett’s Jerry Coleman (40) and Ayo Madamidola on Saturday in a Class AAAAA quarterfinal.
<br>Staff photo by Samantha Wilson Indians stymied in quarterfinals
CARROLLTON – Behind 30 points – including 12 in the fourth quarter – from Jordan Adams, Central Gwinnett ended McEachern’s hopes of a state title after taking a 67-60 vic...
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Campbell’s Brittany Hodges goes in for a layup in the Lady Spartans’ game with Norcross in Saturday’s Class AAAAA quarterfinal.
<br>Staff photo by Samantha Wilson Norcross bests Campbell's surge with one of its own
CARROLLTON – Campbell rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to take a 36-35 lead at the end of the third quarter, but Norcross’ success from the free-throw line allowed it to be...
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Tekele Cotton (32) lays the ball off the glass in Saturday’s quarterfinal at Marietta High School.
<br>Photo special to the MDJ by Hal Simpson Whitefield romps into another semifinal
MARIETTA – Whitefield Academy earned yet another berth into the state semifinals Saturday as the reigning Class A champions crushed Commerce 86-38 in a quarterfinal game at Marietta Garden...
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Spencer Dixon, center, tries to lay a shot up off the backboard as he glides underneath East Tennessee State’s Jocolby Davis in Friday’s Atlantic Sun semifinal.
<br>Associated Press photo Former Marietta star hits pivotal shot against KSU
MACON – Former Marietta Blue Devil J.C. Ward made the key basket – the only shot he took all night – to help fifth-seeded East Tennessee hold off eighth-seeded Kennesaw State 6...
March 06, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hillgrove’s Mike Lawrence goes in for the layup against Mays’ Colin Cook in Friday’s Class AAAA quarterfinal in Carrollton. 
<br>Staff photo by Laura Moon Buzzer-beater ends Hillgrove's hopes for a final four berth
CARROLLTON – Alloys Cabell’s basket at the buzzer capped Mays’ 15-point second-half comeback, stunning Hillgrove 47-45 in Friday’s Class AAAA quarterfinal at the Univer...
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The emotion was evident on the face of senior Montinique Nixon as Kennesaw State’s season came to a close with a first-round exit Thursday.
<br>Photo special to the MDJ by Tom McConnell Lady Owls dashed in overtime
MACON – The Kennesaw State women knew it wouldn’t be easy beating an evenly matched opponent twice in five days, but they nearly pulled it off. The fifth-seeded Lady Owls drew No. 4 ...
March 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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