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Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Grizzlies guards O.J. Mayo and Tony Allen got into a fight on the team's charter flight Monday after a card game. According to the report, which cited unidentified sources, Mayo owed Allen money following the game and became increasingly angry toward Allen when asked to settle the debt. Several players eventually had to separate the teammates. Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace acknowledged the altercation in an e-mailed statement but provided no details...Read Full Story

Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 31 points, Joe Johnson had 29 and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Sacramento Kings 108-102 on Tuesday night. The Hawks squandered a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, but made 10 free throws in the final minute to earn their fourth victory in five games. Josh Smith had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Atlanta beat the Kings for the sixth straight time. Former Sacramento star Mike Bibby added nine points and 10 boards. Tyreke Evans had 15 of his 29 points in the...Read Full Story

Corey Bingham scored 27 points and Derrick Parker added 20 points and 15 rebounds as LSU-Shreveport remained unbeaten with an 86-83 victory over Northwestern State Tuesday night. Bingham made a habit of getting to the free-throw line, making 12 of 15 attempts. The Pilots (12-0), who play in the NAIA, hit 26 of 34 overall. The Demons (8-7), a NCAA Division I team, lost their fourth in a row. Eric Young added 18 points and Brance Davenport had 16 in only 17 minutes for LSU-Shreveport. Though...Read Full Story

Jordan Hamilton scored 16 points to lead No. 12 Texas to a 79-46 victory over Arkansas 79-46 on Tuesday night. Hamilton led four Longhorns (12-2) in double figures as freshman Tristan Thompson added 14 points and both Gary Johnson and Jai Lucas 13 each. Johnson had a team-high nine rebounds while Lucas' scoring matched his career-high at Texas. The 33 points were the greatest margin of victory by Texas in the 153 meetings of the schools, eclipsing the previous high of 24 points during 1971-72...Read Full Story

For three quarters, the Miami Heat looked stagnant, nothing like the team with the NBA 's best record over the last five weeks. One big run was all the Heat needed to break free again. Dwyane Wade scored 34 points, LeBron James added 25 points and nine assists, and the sizzling Miami Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 101-89 for their 19th win in 20 games. Chris Bosh finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed most of the third quarter...Read Full Story

Monique Reid scored 24 points, Becky Burke added 21 and Louisville upset No. 18 St. John's 84-73 on Tuesday. The Cardinals (11-5, 2-0 Big East ) forced the Red Storm (12-3, 1-1) into a season-high 23 turnovers to knock off a ranked team for the third time this season. Tia Gibbs added 18 points and 10 rebounds and freshman point guard Shoni Schimmel had 11 points and 11 assists for Louisville, which took control in the first half and never let the Red Storm get closer than five over the game's...Read Full Story

Mustapha Farrakhan made his first 11 shots from the field, including eight 3-pointers, and scored a career-high 31 points Tuesday night, leading Virginia to a 84-63 victory against Howard. Joe Harris hit five 3-pointers and added 16 points for the Cavaliers (10-5), who snapped out of a long-distance funk in which they went 11 for 63 over their past three games. Virginia was 16 for 25 from beyond the arc, falling two 3s shy of the single-game school record. Mike Phillips scored 21 points and...Read Full Story

Indiana has hired Northwestern assistant Kevin Johns as its receivers coach and passing game coordinator. The decision Tuesday comes one day after the Hoosiers' top playmaker, receiver Tandon Doss , said he would give up his senior season and enter the NFL draft. New coach Kevin Wilson has been putting together a staff. Since being hired as the Hoosiers coach a month ago, he has hired co-defensive coordinators and an offensive coordinator. Johns joins the Hoosiers after spending the past...Read Full Story

A one-time O.J. Simpson golfing buddy whose conviction in their 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping case was overturned in October took a plea deal Tuesday to be freed from prison and avoid a retrial. Clarence "C.J." Stewart , 56, stood in shackles before a Nevada judge and pleaded an equivalent of no contest to felony robbery and conspiracy. The so-called Alford plea didn't admit guilt, but acknowledged that prosecutors could prove their case at trial. "Mr. Stewart will be released after he...Read Full Story

Texas has hired Alabama defensive line coach Bo Davis to coach the Longhorns' defensive tackles. The move is the second hire on coach Mack Brown 's depleted staff after the Longhorns went 5-7 in 2010, their first losing season in 13 years. Davis spent the last four seasons at Alabama and had previous jobs at LSU and with the Miami Dolphins . At Alabama, Davis was part of the coaching staff that beat Texas in the 2009 season national championship game. Brown still has to hire offensive and...Read Full Story

Nebraska defensive tackle Baker Steinkuhler has been sentenced to nine months of probation after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. A Lancaster County judge on Tuesday also fined Steinkuhler $400 and revoked his driver's license for 60 days. Police stopped Steinkuhler early Dec. 7 because he was driving his 1993 Ford Explorer in downtown Lincoln without headlights and he failed to signal a turn. Steinkuhler's blood-alcohol content measured 0.115 percent, exceeding the legal limit...Read Full Story

There are no TV cameras recording their every move on and off the ice, no cell phones filled with messages requesting tickets from friends and family members. The regular season finally is regular again for the Pittsburgh Penguins . After three months of hype and buildup for the Winter Classic, a game that feels like a Stanley Cup final plunked down into the middle of the season, the Penguins are focusing again on playing games that count just as much as the outdoor game 3-1 loss to the...Read Full Story

The New York Jets say a lawsuit filed against them and Brett Favre by two massage therapists is "completely without merit," and the team had not been aware of the accusations. Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole contend they were subjected to sexual harassment and job discrimination. They are seeking unspecified damages from Favre, the Jets and a team massage coordinator in a lawsuit filed Monday. They say they lost their part-time jobs with the Jets after complaining about sexually...Read Full Story

Jerry Jones says he will decide soon on the next coach of the Dallas Cowboys. On his radio show Tuesday, Jones said: "I think we will have a lot of this done by the afternoon here today." He added that "we probably won't be ready to talk about this until tomorrow some time." Jones was expected to be headed to New Orleans on Tuesday to watch his alma mater, Arkansas , play in the Sugar Bowl . Interim coach Jason Garrett is the front-runner to be hired. He went 5-3 over the second half of the...Read Full Story

Tigers guard Earnest Ross said that when his team plays hard, it can compete with anybody, and on Monday night he was absolutely right. Freshman Josh Langford scored a career-high 16 points as Auburn notched its fourth win in a row with a 65-60 victory over Florida State. The Tigers (7-7), whose most significant win entering Monday came against Middle Tennessee State , beat a team that was fresh off a win over Baylor , a 3-seed in last year's NCAA Tournament . "Since the beginning of the...Read Full Story