LeBron James scores 31 while wearing a mask in Heat rout

LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade added 23 and the Heat used a huge third quarter to run away and eventually rout the New York Knicks, 108-82, on Thursday night at Miami. James donned a dark mask to protect his broken nose and was clearly...

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USC makes late push but falls to Oregon State, 76-66

Southern California got some rain, but the drought continued for USC's basketball team as the Trojans dropped their ninth consecutive game Thursday night at the Galen Center, 76-66, against Oregon State. The Trojans made a second-half push, going...

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UCLA comes up shy in double-overtime loss to Oregon

UCLA's two best players couldn't play. The Bruins' top two scorers couldn't take shots. Their best rebounder wasn't around to rebound. Their best defender wasn't there to defend. Oddly it didn't seem to matter that guards Jordan Adams and Kyle Anderson...

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Arizona avenges defeat, tops California

Nick Johnson scored 22 points, Kaleb Tarczewski added 16 and No. 3 Arizona quickly turned its rematch with California into an 87-59 rout Wednesday night at Tucson. Cal won the first meeting 60-58 on a last-second jumper by Justin Cobbs that sent the...

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Clippers' DeAndre Jordan a defensive dynamo

Have a nice day. Dwight Howard actually didn't look happy for most of the Rockets' 101-93 loss Wednesday night at Staples Center, perhaps mindful that he was not the best defensive player on the floor. That title went to Jordan, a 6-foot-11, 265-pound...

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Pro-Russia gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of pro-Russia gunmen stormed and seized local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday and raised a Russian flag over a barricade. Ukraine's acting president...

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L.A. paid significantly more in overtime in 2013, records show

Los Angeles firefighters on average earned nearly $43,000 in overtime in 2013, up nearly 20% from the year before, according to data released Tuesday by City Controller Ron Galperin. With overtime and bonuses factored in, the average firefighter was...

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James Harden scores 43 in Rockets' win over Kings

James Harden scored a season-high 43 points before resting for all of the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets routed the Sacramento Kings, 129-103, on Tuesday night in Sacramento. Harden helped Houston go ahead by 25 points in the first quarter,...

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'Hobbit,' 'Hunger Games,' 'Game of Thrones' top Saturn Award noms

Evangeline Lilly in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"; Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in "Game of Thrones" are all among the nominees for the 40th annual Saturn Awards. (Warner Bros./Lionsgate/HBO)...

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Lakers are mauled by a big 'Cat

The Lakers played against a bunch of guys who used to be on their team, and the result was like everything else this season. Boring. Uneventful. A loss. The Charlotte Bobcats were the winners Friday, 110-100, extending the Lakers' stupefyingly futile...

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Kevin Durant's streak ends; Thunder's continues

Kevin Durant's 30-point streak ended at 12 games when he scored 26 in only 30 minutes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder won its 10th consecutive game, 120-95, over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night in New York. Serge Ibaka made all 12 of his...

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Critic's Notebook: Friedkin Blows Out the Candles on 'The Birthday Party'

Whoever is ultimately at fault in the conflict between actor Steven Berkoff and director William Friedkin that led to the postponement of the Geffen Playhouse's much anticipated production of "The Birthday Party," there's no denying that the botched...

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