Imada builds a 2-shot lead at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Phil Mickelson hit a drive into a eucalyptus tree that never came down. D.A. Point had a chip from 30 yards short of the flag that tumbled 20 yards over the green and into a hazard….

No. 24 Baylor beats No. 6 Texas 80-77 in OT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman guard A.J. Walton, a 47 percent free-throw shooter, made three of four foul shots in the final 17 seconds of overtime and No. 24 Baylor beat No. 6 Texas 80-77 on Saturday….

Hirscher wins WCup giant slalom, Ligety 3rd

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Marcel Hirscher of Austria won a World Cup giant slalom Saturday, while Ted Ligety finished third on a bumpy course the day after his victory in this same event….

Mickelson not taking "cheating" accusation lightly

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action Saturday for being accused of “cheating,” saying that if the PGA Tour did not do something about him being “publicly slandered,” then he would let others handle it….

Top-ranked Kentucky beats No. 21 Vanderbilt 85-72

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins posted his 12th double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds as No. 1 Kentucky bounced back from an upset loss to South Carolina with a 85-72 win over No. 21 Vanderbilt on Saturday….

Lakers prepare to play physical Celtics

Yes, the Boston Celtics are struggling. No, the Lakers maintain, that doesn’t mean the Celtics will be no less of a challenge when the two teams play Sunday at TD Garden. After starting this eight-game, 13-day trip 1-2, the Lakers have won three consecutive games on the road. The Celtics, meanwhile, have lost back-to-back games and are 4-6 in their last 10 games. But the Lakers still expect the Celtics to play physical basketball. Boston goes with a frontline of starters Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins and reserves Rasheed Wallace and Glen Davis. The Lakers will counter with Andrew Bynum,…

Lakers great Jerry West expresses admiration for Kobe Bryant, who is approaching scoring milestone

The irony certainly isn’t lost on Lakers great Jerry West. As the Lakers’ general manager, he cast his eyes on the young Kobe Bryant out of Lower Merion High School and brought the 17-year-old in 1996 for a pre-draft workout. The high skill level and obsessively compulsive work ethic Bryant immediately displayed was good enough for West, who then traded Vlade Divac on July 11, 1996, to the Charlotte Hornets for the rights to acquire Bryant, the team’s 13th pick. Nearly 13-and-a-half years have passed and now Bryant is only 48 points shy of surpassing West as the Lakers’ franchise…

Looking up Down Under: Serena tops Henin for crown

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams loves a good underdog story and understood that most of the crowd was behind Justine Henin….

Caught in the Web: Lakers win in Philadelphia, gear up for Boston

Where to begin? You can start with the Lakers’ 99-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, led by a showdown between Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson that reminded fans of the 2001 NBA Finals. Even if he had attended Lower Merion High school, distributed 100 tickets to friends and family and treated teammates to cheesesteaks, Philadelphia fans surely won’t root for the Bryant, especially when the matchup involves Iverson, who lives and breathes the city’s spirit of brashness and hard work. As much as that matchup brought energy to an otherwise listless game, the immediate attention falls to Sunday’s matchup with…

Ron Artest’s performance against 76ers suggest his foot injuries are improving

The only theory could’ve been the shoes. Or so at least that’s what Lakers Coach Phil Jackson suggested, jokingly or not, for the reason why Lakers forward Ron Artest had developed plantar fasciitis in both of his feet. Artest had done little this week to add to the story, other than saying on Twitter that Peak, the Chinese shoe company that endorses him, isn’t the guilty party. Other than that, Artest refused to acknowledge any sort of injuries, whether it be his feet, his injured right index finger or any symptoms that still lingered from the Christmas night concussion. Knowing…

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