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JIM PETERS: Boone's poor postseason fortunes continue

With a combined record of 61-7, Boone Grove has fashioned the best won-loss mark in Northwest Indiana girls basketball over the last three years.

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Highland's Anderson knows how to fly high

HIGHLAND | There was a moment in the madness where two sets of eyes met. The waning seconds in last Friday's Highland-Bishop Noll game were ticking away. Historic joy was bouncing in blue and gold.

Northwest Indiana Headlines

Summer Baseball & Softball Horse racing entries and results

Sports Digest: Cal College upsets No. 1 Robert Morris in OT

Robert Jackson (Hammond) scored a team-high 19 points as Calumet College knocked off NAIA Division I top-ranked Robert Morris 92-85 in overtime.

Baseball

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Alderson: 'Big fundraiser tonight for gas money'

Even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson can't resist pointing out the team's financial difficulties.

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No. 10 Duke stuns No. 5 North Carolina 85-84

Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening.

Football

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Grizzlies end 3-game skid, beat Timberwolves 85-80

Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Quincy Pondexter added a career-high 17 points as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Basketball

NBA Scores and Stats

Dirk, Pierce All-Stars; runs end for KG, Duncan

Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce overcame slow starts to return to the All-Star game, but the lengthy runs of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are over.

Hockey

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Red Wings and Maple Leafs to play at Big House

The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will began 2013 by renewing their rivalry at one of North America's most iconic stadiums.

Golf

PGA Scores and Stats

Johnson in 3-way tie at Pebble; Tiger starts well

Dustin Johnson pitched in for eagle on the third hole at Pebble Beach to get a small measure of revenge. He wound up with a 9-under 63, and part of a three-way atop the leaderboard in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Auto Racing

Auto Racing Standings and Stats

Landon Cassill gets seat with new team

Landon Cassill has a job for the Daytona 500 for the first time in his career.

Tennis

Tennis Results and Stats

Bartoli, Vinci reach Open GDF Suez quarters

Marion Bartoli of France defeated Petra Martic of Croatia 7-5, 6-1 Thursday to reach the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals while Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Christina McHale failed to make it out of the second round.

Mixed Martial Arts

Stittgen knocked out in UFC debut

LAS VEGAS | The odds were seemingly against Dan Stittgen from the start.

Soccer

Amateur Professional

Column: Capello gives England excuse to fail again

Their colonial history notwithstanding, the English often like to think of themselves as being good at doing the right thing.