MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Love followed up his 51-point game with
30 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a
117-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Todd Helton hit his first two home runs
of spring training and Casey Blake hit his first, all drives off
Johnny Cueto that led the Colorado Rockies over the Cincinnati Reds
7-3.
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) – Thierry Henry scored his first two goals
of the Major League Soccer season and assisted on one of Kenny
Cooper’s pair Sunday to lead the New York Red Bulls to their first
win of the season, 4-1 over the Colorado Rapids.
ATLANTA (AP) – The first quadruple overtime game in the NBA
since 1997 was played last night in Atlanta, where the hometown
Hawks outlasted the Jazz 139-130, snapping Utah’s six-game winning
streak. The four overtimes ties for the third-longest game in
league history. Hawks All-Star Joe Johnson was high man with 37
points.
UNDATED (AP) – Kentucky and Kansas moved into the Final Four by
winning their respective regional finals on Sunday. The top-seeded
Wildcats beat Baylor 82-70 and will face Louisville in the national
semifinals. The Jayhawks knocked off top-seeded North Carolina to
earn a meeting with Ohio State on Saturday, in New Orleans.
ORLANDO (AP) – Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Classic by five
shots for his first PGA Tour victory since his personal life
crumbled in late 2009. Woods’ 72nd PGA Tour victory is one behind
Jack Nicklaus for second all-time.
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) – Tony Stewart got his second NASCAR
victory of the season when rain shortened the race at Auto Club
Speedway by 71 laps. The defending Sprint Cup champion has won
seven of the last 15 races in a remarkable stretch of dominance,
including Las Vegas last month.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Helio Castroneves (EHL’-ee-oh
kas-troh-NEH’-vehz) won the IndyCar season opener in St.
Petersburg, Florida. It was the series’ first race since Dan
Wheldon died in a horrific crash at Las Vegas last year and he was
honored multiple times in his adopted home town, including a
tribute by Catroneves after taking the checkered flag.
