Durant and Oden named AP freshman All Americans
Kevin Durant of Texas and Greg Oden of Ohio State headline the AP freshman All-America team as the first such honorees since 1989. Durant earned a unanimous selection with 25.6 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, while Oden helped Ohio State reach a No. 1 ranking.
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Kevin Durant
Greg Oden
Associated Press
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Texas
Oden
Ohio State
Alando Tucker
Wisconsin
Acie Law IV
Texas A&m
Arron Afflalo
UCLA
Kansas
Brandon Rush
Julian Wright
Wayman Tisdale
Oklahoma
Chris Jackson
LSU
Kevin
Rick Barnes
Faulk retires from NFL at 34 after knee injury
Former All-Pro Marshall Faulk announces retirement after sitting out last season with a knee injury. At 34, he ranks ninth in career rushing and fourth in all time yards from scrimmage with 19,154, citing health and love for the game as deciding factors. He starred at San Diego State before NFL glory with the Rams.
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Marshall Faulk
NFL
Faulk
Jim Brown
San Diego State
Pistons stun Nuggets with 60-foot buzzer beater
In Auburn Hills, Rasheed Wallace banked in a desperate 60-foot shot at the buzzer to force overtime, then helped Detroit beat Denver 113-109 as coach Flip Saunders advised his team to expect strange outcomes. The Nuggets led 98-95 with 1.5 seconds left before Wallace’s improbable winner.
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Mich
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Detroit Pistons
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Pistons
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Denver Nuggets
Nuggets
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Tayshaun Prince
Wallace
New Jersey Nets
Billups
George Karl
Jason Maxwell
Lady Busters top Cloud County 4-0 in opener
Mandy Rutledge pitched a two hit shutout in the first game as Garden City Busters beat Cloud County 4-0 at Tangeman. Ashley Roland homered and finished 2 for 3, Katy Lauder added a two run triple, and Joni Stegman had two hits. The nightcap ended 10-7 after a seven run fifth by Cloud County.
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Tangeman
Garden City Broacbusters
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the Busters
Jawhawk West
Ashley Roland
Roland
Garland
Texas
Katy Lauder
Joni Stegman
GCCC
Busters
Self plans talks with Kansas players on NBA future
Kansas coach Bill Self will meet with players rumored for the NBA after UCLA ended Kansas run with a 68 55 regional loss. Sophomore Brandon Rush leads scoring in a 33 5 season, while Julian Wright and Mario Chalmers expect to return for their junior year. Self will assess scenarios after the season.
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Bill Self
UCLA
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Brandon Rush
Julian Wright
Mario Chalmers
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