AP - Steve Nash looked good in a different shade of orange.

AP - Eric Hicks had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help Cincinnati beat Minnesota 76-62 in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday night.

AP - Eric Moulds has the Buffalo Bills' permission to seek a trade, the latest step for the veteran receiver who asked for his release after repeatedly rejecting the team's demands to take a pay cut.

AP - Rick DiPietro made 33 saves, and Robert Nilsson scored to snap a second-period tie to help the New York Islanders end a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

AP - Barry Bonds didn't return to spring training in time for the Giants' exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, but is expected to be in San Francisco's lineup Wednesday night.

AP - Fran Drescher is going from "The Nanny" on television, to playing one of Eric McCormack's ex-girlfriends in Neil Labute's play "Some Girl(s)" off-Broadway.

Playbill - Artistic director Eric Schaeffer announced Signature Theatre's 2006-07 season, a mix of "reinvented classic musicals, world premieres and innovative plays," to play the troupe's new home in Shirlington, Virginia.

AP - Barry Bonds didn't return to Arizona in time for the start of the San Francisco Giants' exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, apparently held up by travel delays.

Adam Yauch yaks about the Beasties' audience-filmed concert flick. By Eric Steuer from Wired magazine.

AP - The Seattle Mariners traded lefty Matt Thornton to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Joe Borchard on Monday.

AP - Forget the Kobe vs. LeBron hype. This one belonged to Flip. In a matchup of two of the league's top three leading scorers, Flip Murray took over. The way LeBron James sees it, Murray set the tone for Cleveland's playoff run as well.

AP - Flip Murray hit a free throw with 3.4 seconds left and scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter Sunday, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 96-95 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.s

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Santa Fe, NM (AHN) - Authorities in New Mexico say a pickup truck has crashed through a plate-glass window at a medical clinic, killing three people and injuring seven. Deputy Chief Eric Johnson says the truck went through the parking lot at "a fairly high...

AP - North Carolina State was the only team that entered the NCAA tournament with a four-game losing streak.

AP - Barry Bonds gave his legs their stiffest in-game test of the spring, scoring from first on a double and running after balls in the outfield during the San Francisco Giants' 7-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Sante Fe, NM (AHN) - Three people are killed and eight others injured after a pickup truck crashes through the window of a medical clinic at a New Mexico strip mall on Friday. Deputy Police Chief Eric Johnson says the truck went through the parking lot at "a...

AP - As March Madness gets underway, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from the NCAA tournament:

AP - Charles Lee and Kevin Bettencourt led an offense that lived on the 3-point shot, carrying the Patriot League champion Bucknell Bison past Arkansas 59-55 Friday and into the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year.

Reuters - Michael Jackson has shuttered his Neverland Valley Ranch home and laid off staff, but contrary to media reports the pop star has not shut down the estate for good, his spokeswoman said on Friday.

AP - Army documents released Thursday substantiate assertions by Janis Karpinski, the highest-ranking officer punished in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, that she was innocent of two principal allegations lodged against her by the officer who initially investigated the abuse matter.