Today’s headlines.

The West routes the East, 153-132.

Kobe Bryant won the MVP for the second time in his career, he had an all around great game with 31 points, 6 assist, 5 rebounds and 6 steals. Amare Stoudamire also contributed with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. For the East is was all LeBron James, James had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Although he was snubbed at the Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard had the last laugh with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Kevin Harvick barely inched out Mark Martin to win the Daytona 500.

Harvick won by exactly two one-hundredths of a second for his first Daytona 500 win of his career. Now i’m not exactly a “fan” of Nascar but even I knew that most people would have preferred Martin winning. Marting is a four-time runner-up to the Nextel Cup crown, and was moments away from the biggest victory of his life, hoping to finally win NASCAR’s premiere event in his 23rd try.

Mike Krzyzewski won his 700th career victory at Duke.

Coach K reached another milestone Sunday as his Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech, 71-62. Duke was able to overcome poor play by both Josh McRoberts and David McClure thanks to Greg Paulus’ 15 points and Jon Scheyer’s 14 points. DeMarcus Nelson also added 13 points and the Blue Devils got their 20th win of the season.

#2 Ohio State is going to be the likely new #1 team after destroying Minnesota.

Greg Oden had his best game since late January with 19 points and 9 rebounds but he did go without a block for the first time in his Buckeye career. Othello Hunter(15 pts) and Ron Lewis(16 pts) were huge coming off the bench as Ohio State collected their 24th win and their 7th on the road. The Buckeyes also should move up to #1 for the 2nd time this season due to Florida’s loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Today’s Headlines

MLB: The Red’s sign Aaron Harang to a 4-year $36.5 contract.
On Tuesday, the Reds made Aaron Harang the highest paid Cincinnati pitcher. After going 16-11 with a 3.76 ERA, Cincinnati have been working on an extension for Harang, their last player available for salary arbitration. Harang made $2.35 million last season, and asked for $5.5 million in arbitration. The club had countered with a $4.25 million offer in arbitration.

Phoenix wins, despite Steve Nash missing the second half.
Reigning MVP, Steve Nash, missed the entire second half of the Suns 113-108 win against the Nuggets Monday night. Nash aggravated his injured right shoulder and said it was too painful to risk trying to play, “I thought it was best to come out,” Nash said. “It hurts when I’m moving it.” Without Nash and being down by 9 points, the Suns leaned on Amare Stoudamire and he responded with 36 points and 13 rebounds. Also in the loss, Carmelo Anthony notched his first career triple-double with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

Texas A&M puts up a C-Note against Durant and the “Horns”.
Despite Kevin Durant’s 28 points and 15 rebounds, the aggies defeated Texas, 100-82. Acie Law IV was brilliant yet again scoring 21 points and chipping in with 15 dimes. Josh Carter also contributed with 24 points and a season high 10 rebounds. The win improves the Aggies to 20-3 and extend their home winning streak to 21 games.

Dunk contest participants are named, still no LeBron or Wade.
The participants will be Nate Robinson, Dwight Howard, Gerald Green and Tyrus Thomas. Robinson will get the chance to defend his title against some of the best young stars in the game. Absent from this list once again are LeBron James DeWayne Wade, Andre Iguondala, Jason Richardson,Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter. Although Carter and Bryant will not be competing, they will be joining an All-Star cast on the judges table that include, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins and Julius Erving.

Today’s Headlines.

Super Bowl XLI- Colts-29 Bears-17.
Peyton Manning was finally able to get the monkey that was the Patriots off his back en route to a Super Bowl win. Manning was also named the MVP, he went 25/38 247 yards 1 TD and 1 INT.

College Basketball- Noles shock Duke at home, 68-67.
Florida State was able to hold off the #10 ranked Blue Devils for their first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium to snap their 15-game losing streak. Al Thornton led the Seminoles with 21 points and 8 rebounds.

NBA- The Hawks take out the struggling Nets in overtime.
Thanks to Tyronn Lue’s buzzer beater, Atlanta defeated New Jersey, 101-99. Joe Johnson led all scores with 37 points and chipped in with 8 assists. Vince Carter seemingly carried the Nets on his back once again with 27 points and 7 rebounds.

NFL- Cowboy’s owner wants to interview two more before his decision.
Jerry Jones has said he plans on interviewing two more potential Head Coaching candidates on Monday. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that he will be interviewing Bear’s defensive coordinator, Ron Rivera and Colt’s assistant head coach, Jim Caldwell.

MLB- List of signings from last week.
MIN: 1B Justin Morneau agrees to 1-year $4.5M.
PIT: 3B Freddy Sanchez agrees to 1-year $2.75M.
SEA: SP Jeff Weaver signs for 1-year $8.37M
PHI: SP Brett Myers agrees to 3-year $25.75M
TOR: They agreed with 1-year deals with Alexis Rios, Scott Downs and Reed Johnson.
MIL: C Johnny Estrada agrees to 1-year $3.4M