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Ex-NBA player Crittenton jailed on speeding charge (AP)
AP - Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton is back in jail.

Woods survives, Donald doesn't at Match Play (AP)
AP - Tiger Woods had to play a left-handed shot out of the desert. Retief Goosen holed out from 156 yards and didn't even win the hole. Dustin Johnson twice won a hole after taking a penalty drop.

MAC commissioner says Temple, Big East talking (AP)
AP - Temple and the Big East are talking about the Owls rejoining the conference as soon as next season.

Knicks' Jeremy Lin makes 2nd straight SI cover (AP)

AP - Covering Jeremy Lin has been easy for Sports Illustrated.

Nolan Ryan says these Rangers are his best team (AP)
AP - Texas Rangers president and CEO Nolan Ryan says the team assembling for this spring training "is as strong a club as we've ever been. "

In Miami, the Heat await a look at Linsanity (AP)

AP - The hottest team versus the hottest story.

Steelers' Hines Ward in plea deal as DUI charge dropped (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a drunken driving charge against Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, who instead pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to probation.

Judge rules in NY Mets' favor in hot dog dispute (AP)
AP - A federal judge has ruled in favor of the New York Mets in a ballpark dispute over kosher hot dogs.

Knicks coach hopes practice makes perfect (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni is looking forward to some rare downtime following this weekend's All-Star game that will give him a chance to fit all the moving pieces of his team together for the second half of the season.

No. 20 Notre Dame beats West Virginia 71-44 (AP)
AP - Jerian Grant scored 20 points and No. 20 Notre Dame extended its winning streak to nine games with a 71-44 rout of West Virginia on Wednesday night.

Hoy leaves crowd dreaming of Olympic cycling gold (AP)

AP - Chris Hoy and Britain's cycling team rounded off the Track World Cup at London's new Olympic Velodrome on Sunday, leaving the cheering home crowd more confident than ever of gold at this year's Summer Games.

Gagner has 3 points in Oilers' 6-1 win over Flames (AP)

AP - Sam Gagner scored a goal and added two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers broke out with four unanswered goals in the second period in a 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

PGA Tour gets FedEx renewal through 2017 (AP)
AP - The PGA Tour is keeping the FedEx Cup for at least five more years with a significant sponsorship renewal.

Dawson eager to finish business in Hopkins rematch (Reuters)
Reuters - Evergreen boxing champion Bernard Hopkins will return to the ring in April for a rematch against Chad "Bad" Dawson, who vowed on Wednesday to finish the job he started in their controversial title fight last year.

Junior's confidence on the rise at Daytona (AP)
AP - Dale Earnhardt Jr. left Daytona frustrated and furious last July.