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08/27/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks on Friday agreed to terms with forward Patrick Ewing Jr.
Details of the contract were not released, per club policy.
The 26-year-old Ewing was originally drafted by Sacramento in the 2008 NBA Draft as the 43rd overall selection. He was then traded to Houston on August 14, 2008 as part of a multi-player deal. The Rockets dealt Ewing to the Knicks for the draft rights to center Frederic Weis.
Ewing has yet to appear in an NBA contest. He appeared in four games for the Knicks during the 2010 Summer League held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and averaged 4.8 points over 11.3 minutes per game.
Ewing is the eldest child of Knicks legend Patrick Ewing, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Ewing played for New York from 1985 through 2000 and is the franchise's all-time leader in virtually every category, including points (23,665), rebounds (10,759), blocked shots (2,758) and games played (1,039).
<< Lyon could unveil new signing Gourcuff
Lorient, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lyon manager Claude Puel has yet to
determine whether or not he will hand a start to the club's new signing,
midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, on Saturday at Lorient.
Gourcuff joined Lyon this past
<< Pujols eyes unprecedented record, but is it meaningful?
Toronto, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The greatness of Albert Pujols has been well
documented within the world of baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals slugger has
been turning heads since his rookie season in 2001, compiling three Most
Valuable Playe
<< Petrova reaches Pilot Pen final
New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nadia Petrova prevailed in an all-Russian
semifinal Friday to reach the championship match at the $600,000 Pilot Pen
Tennis event, a final hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.
The eighth-seeded Petrova snuck past
<< Brewers P Gallardo robbed at gunpoint
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo
and a clubhouse attendant were robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning.
According to a story on the team's website, a Brewers spokesperson said
Gallardo w
Rays sign OF Hawpe to minor league deal >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with
outfielder Brad Hawpe on a minor league contract Friday and assigned him to
Single-A Charlotte.
The 31-year-old was given his release by the Colorado Rock
Boyd among three leaders in Scotland >>
Perthshire, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Five days after losing a playoff,
England's Gary Boyd shot a four-under 68 to earn a share of the second-round
lead Friday at the Johnnie Walker Championship.
France's Julien Guerrier fired a 67
Dons aim to continue perfect start >>
Aberdeen, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aberdeen enters the weekend on top of
the Scottish Premier League table with two wins from its first two games, and
the Dons will look to make it three wins from three matches on Saturday when
they ho
Stakhovsky lands in New Haven finale >>
New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ninth-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky was an easy
semifinal winner Friday at the $750,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final
hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.
The Ukrainian Stakhovsky handled 12th-seeded Dutchman Thiemo D
NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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