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Los Angeles - Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets are making a habit of dodging disaster. Anthony scored 22 points - including the go-ahead basket in the final minute - and the Nuggets recovered after wasting a 26-point third-quarter lead Saturday night for a 105-100 home victory over the New Orleans Hornets.
Reserve JR Smith added 17 points for Denver, which averted an ugly loss for the second time in as many nights. On Friday, the Nuggets escaped league-worst Oklahoma City with a 122-120 win when Anthony drilled a 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining.
"Another day at the...
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Buenos Aires - Spaniard Carlos Sainz took the overall lead of the Dakar Rally ahead of Giniel de Villiers of South Africa after winning the second stage on Sunday.
Saturday's first stage winner Nasseer al-Attiyah of Qatar in a BMW X3 of the German X-Raid team slipped back to fourth overall after finishing ninth.
Twice world champion Sainz in a Race Touareg of the Volkswagen team completed the 237-kilometre special stage between Santa Rosa de la Pampa nach Puerto Madryn in 1 hour 56 minutes 14 seconds.
Nine-time winner Stephane Peterhansel of France in a Mitsubishi Racing...
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Los Angeles - Tired of being bullied, the Memphis Grizzlies came out of hibernation and put a bear hug on the Dallas Mavericks' dominance.
O.J. Mayo scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half, while fellow rookie Marc Gasol of Spain added 19 and the Grizzlies ended a 13-game losing streak to the Mavericks with a 102-82 home-court victory on Sunday.
The Grizzlies earned their first win over the Mavericks since November 26, 2005 and stopped a four-game slide overall.
"It was a big statement," Grizzlies forward Hakim Warrick said. "Like that bully at school...
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Madrid - Real Madrid and Sevilla now share third place in the Spanish Liga after Sunday's games.
Real beat Villarreal at home, Sevilla were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by bottom team Osasuna.
These results leave both Real and Sevilla with 32 points from 17 games, one point less than second-placed Valencia, who beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 on Saturday, and 12 less than record-breaking Barcelona, 3-1 winners over Mallorca on Saturday.
Real and Sevilla are two points ahead of Atletico and Deportivo Coruna, and three ahead of Villarreal, who fall down to seventh after defeat in...
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Perth, Australia - Lleyton Hewitt and partner Casey Dellacqua both made a successful injury comeback at the Hopman Cup on Monday as Australia went down to Germany 2-1 at the eight-nation team event.
Hewitt made a resounding return after summer hip surgery, winning his singles over Nicolas Kiefer 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2.
Dellacqua, who had to change her serve after suffering a shoulder problem in 2008, lost her match to teenaged Sabine Lisicki 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
The Germans, looking for a third title in Hopman...
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