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Dwight Howard saves sports: He really IS Superman. Howard put on the second-best dunk contest performance ever in the post-Jordan era.

(He's behind Vince Carter... but you could make a case Howard was even more impressive, given his 6-10 frame -- say this: no "big man" has ever done what Howard did, dunk-wise).

Kelvin Sampson punches back, leads Indiana to 19-point rout of Michigan State in Bloomington.

Syracuse shocks Georgetown (and Arizona was robbed at home of an upset of Stanford). Memphis surviving at UAB should give pause to everyone who thinks they are a Final Four lock.

Kings trade Mike Bibby to Hawks: Atlanta is suddenly...whaaa?!...respectable? Bibby, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Al Horford is a nice little nucleus.

David Stern says Sonics move out of Seattle is "inevitable": This is really a shock to anyone?

Kobe to start in All-Star Game: Still don't understand why he would risk his team's regular-season on an exhibition. And if he comes out after the first play, he would be kind of selfish, too.

Daytona 500 runs today: For all you casual (or non-) NASCAR fans out there, this would be the one race to watch...

-- D.S.

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