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NORMAN - A little adjustment at halftime made a big difference for Steven Pledger, and for his Oklahoma teammates, too. Pledger made a slight change to the release on his shot and scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and the Sooners connected at a 71 percent clip after halftime to pull away from Ohio for a 74-63 victory on Saturday night. "All my shots were just dying on the rim, just like I want them to. But they just weren't going in," said Pledger, who was 6 for 8 in the second half after missing seven of his first eight attempts. I made the adjustment at halftime to get my fingers on the ball a little bit more and everything started dropping." Amath M'Baye and Romero Osby added...

Spurs' Welsh winger will serve a one-match suspension after picking up yet another booking for simulation, but the pacey wideman is the victim, not the perpetrator More On : Tottenham, Gareth Bale, Sunderland vs Tottenham Comments Getty Images COMMENT By Ewan Roberts Joan of Arc, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Aung San Suu Kyi, and, now, Gareth Bale. The Welshman added his name to the roll call of the erroneously persecuted this weekend, having been wrongfully accused of diving, not for the first time, in Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Sunderland....

Monday's meeting at Warwick has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track. Clerk of the course Sulekha Varma inspected the track at 8.30am on Sunday but found...

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Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20 and No. 4 Louisville ended a four-game losing streak against rival Kentucky with an up-and-down 80-77 victory on Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Peyton Siva added 19 points as the Cardinals (12-1) won a hard-fought Battle of the Bluegrass. Though the Cardinals trail the series 30-15, their victory followed last spring's 69-61 national semifinal loss to the Wildcats, who went on to win their eighth national championship. But Louisville had to withstand several charges from Kentucky to do so. The Wildcats trailed 51-34 but outscored the Cardinals 28-14 to get within 65-62 before Smith's two baskets keyed an 8-5 run...

Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 7 Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Mermaid Convention and Awards. Credit: Paul Gorman Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Mermaid Convention and Awards.Mermaid Iara Mandlyn at World Mermaid Awards in Las Vegas this weekend.Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Mermaid Convention and Awards.Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Mermaid Convention and Awards.Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Mermaid Convention and Awards.Dozens of mermaids gathered in Las Vegas this weekend...

Aston Villa could regain some attacking support this January as reports have surfaced from the Mirror on Nov. 16, 2012 that Robbie Keane of Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy could be...

Whether it was happy circumstance or shrewd planning – you suspect the latter so sure-footed were the London 2012 organisers – the final race at the Olympic track meeting at the London Velodrome could not have been more dramatic or emotional. Golden delight: Sir Chris Hoy shows off the two gold medals he won at the 2012 London Olympics Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Brendan Gallagher 9:00AM GMT 30 Dec 2012 Comments Pure sporting theatre in an atmosphere resembling the Last Night of the Proms. As Sir Chris Hoy rolled out of the pits for the start of the men’s keirin final his thoughts were only of somehow prevailing in the toughest of races against much respected opponents and...