MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Roger Federer is two victories away
from becoming the first man to win five Australian Open titles. The
defending men's champion cruised into the semifinals with a 6-1,
6-3, 6-3 win over Stanislas Wawrinka (vah-VINK'-ah).
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - David West scored 20 and canned a 17-foot
fadeaway with a half-second left in the New Orleans Hornets' ninth
straight win, 91-89 over Oklahoma City. Chris Paul led the Hornets
with 24 points, nine assists and three steals.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt's second-ranked basketball team suffered
its first home loss in more than a year when 15th-ranked Notre Dame
beat the Panthers 56-51. Ben Hansbrough scored 19 points, Carleton
Scott had 16 for the 15th-ranked Irish, who rallied from a
five-point halftime deficit.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Jay Cutler finally got some protection
from second-guessers who questioned his toughness for sitting out
most of the second half of Sunday's 21-14 NFC championship game
loss to Green Bay with a knee injury. Bears GM Jerry Angelo called
the other players' criticism "crap," Bears coach Lovie Smith said
Cutler sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee
late in the first half.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Sam Hornish Jr. says he hopes to run a
minimum of 11 Nationwide Series races this season for Penske
Racing. Hornish admits it's a step back, but says sponsorship woes
forced his team to give up his seat in the elite Sprint Cup Series
where he raced full-time the past three years.
