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USA Blows Lead, Loses to Greece Team USA’s undefeated run came to an end Friday in a stunning 101-95 loss to Greece in the FIBA World Championship Semi-Finals. The Greeks with no current NBA players on their roster, overcame a 12 point deficit on their way to their eighth victory of the tournament. Greece’s Vassilis Spanoulis, scored 22 points while Mihalis Kakiouzis added 15 and Sofoklis Schortsianitis scored 14, shooting 6-of-7. Carmello Anthony lead the way for the USA, but even his 27 points weren’t enough to pull out the victory.

Nextel Cup: The Chase Heads to Cali Chase conteders just about set with Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth co-favorites. Two races remain in the Nextel cup season before the 10 drivers will be determined for the chase to the championship. In 1994, the first year of the chase, Kurt Busch was 9th heading into the chase but went on to win the championship. It is therefore quite clear that anyone who makes the chase truly has a chance to win. Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth have already clinched a spot in the chase and have been instilled by BetBet.com as…

USA Heads to Semi’s After Downing Germany 85-65 Lebron James scored 13 points Wednesday night as Team USA defeated Dirk Nowitski and Team Germany 85-65 to advance to the semi-finals. The victory keeps the USA unbeaten at 7-0 and they remain one of only four unbeaten teams. Nowitski was really never a factor, especially in the second half where he missed nine of his twelve shot attempts. The USA was able to hold Germany to only 26 second half points on their way to the impressive win.

Yanks, Tigers Split While Chi-Sox Gain Ground in The AL Race The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees each took a victory away Wednesday from their day-night Double-header. New York took the first game on a 2-0 shut out and it appeared as if they would take the night cap as well. That was until Craig Monroe came to bat in the ninth inning with two on and Detroit trailing 2-3. Monroe took the first pitch out of the park and put the Tigers on top 5-3 preventing New York from sweeping the day-night affair and only losing a half a…

NCAA Football Preview: MAC Bowling Green O:5 D:5 The Bowling Green would have returned to the MAC Championship game were it not for a double OT loss against Toledo in their season finale, which capped the Falcons’ fifth straight winning season. Head Coach Gregg Brandon’s squad returns only 10 starters from last season but solid recruiting over the past few years and many of them should be stepping up this season.

Lindstrom Reportedly to be Named Next Red Wing’s Captain According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, veteran defenseman and fan favorite Nicklas Lidstrom will be the next captain of the Red Wings. A source within the organization told the newspaper that the team will wait on making an official announcement, but no timetable was given. Lidstrom, 36, has been with the team since the 1991-92 season and has played his entire NHL career in Detroit.

Pinnacle Posts Heisman & BCS Odds Although the 2006 college football season doesn’t kick off until later this week, the national champion and Heisman Trophy debates are already heating up. Adding fuel to the pre-season NCAA football hype, PinnacleSports today released updated odds on who will be crowned the nation’s top collegiate player and which team will capture the BCS National Championship. The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports currently lists Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn as the pre-season favorite to become the Fighting Irish’s eighth Heisman Trophy winner at 3/1 odds.

NFL Preview: AFC South Jacksonville Jaguars The Jaguars were arguably one of the three best teams in the AFC during the regular season last year, only to have the misfortune of playing in the same division as an Indianapolis team that had the best record in football. Still this young club is loaded and only figures to get better, and we would not be surprised if it pulls off an upset in the playoffs out of the wild card spot this season.

NFL Preview: AFC West Oakland Raiders The Raiders had one of the highest payrolls in the NFL last season, yet they managed just four victories to show for it! A coaching change was inevitable after that debacle, so the hard-nosed Art Shell was re-hired to instill some discipline after the inmates ran the asylum here the last couple of years. While the Raiders should be more controlled this year, there is still an issue of talent and lack of youth. Except for running back LaMont Jordan, the rest of the key players on the roster are clearly past their prime,…

NFL Preview: NFC North DETROIT LIONS The Lions were rather lucky to win five games last season given their lack of talent, and this team will probably never succeed with its current blundering management team led by general manager Matt Millen. Millen and his trusted associates continue to make one bad personnel move after another, and they may have made their worst one yet in the first round of the draft. Remember that this club will begin this season with either Jon Kitna or Josh McCown as their starting quarterback, yet with a franchise quarterback like Matt Leinart still on…