Danny Granger scored 36 points, T.J. Ford led a second-half surge and the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 125-115 victory over the revamped Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

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Granger guides Pacers to rare road win against Rockets (USA Today)

Clevin Hannah takes a breath and walks up to the line, straddling his feet squarely over the midpoint. The Wichita State senior spins the ball once, dribbles three times, spins it again, then gets a good grip before letting fly. Swish! Nearly every time.

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Game's easiest shot can also be its most vexing (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Chris Harry is a Senior NFL Writer and features writer for Fanhouse. With Super Bowl XLIV in the books, we begin our lookahead to 2010 free agency by breaking down the top players available at every position. Coming next: Running Backs.

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FanHouse: Free agency primer on NFL DEs (MSNBC)

During an interview with the New Yorker's Avi Zenilman a few months ago, Bill Simmons, an ESPN columnist/author and a man who doubtless dashed off 3,000 words this morning before I managed to get the brown sugar and banana on my oatmeal, was asked about the paucity of great basketball books. See, when you write about the NBA, as Simmons does and I have done for many years, you are generally ...

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Jack McCallum: Rich season for basketball books (Sports Illustrated)

Most professional handicappers rarely, if ever, buy points.

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Cram Session: Best time of the season to buy points (Covers.com)

Excerpted from "The Art of the Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA", by Chris Ballard.

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Chris Ballard: Shaq's larger-than-life presence transcends the game (Sports Illustrated)

Louisville fans and college hoops fail aficionados will remember Derrick Caracter, the former top recruit who derailed his own limitless potential by basically not being very motivated.

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Derrick Caracter is sweaty and fit and more diplomatic than ever (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

The Nuggets didn't waste any time in taking care of their top offseason priority.

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Denver Nuggets Team Report (USA Today)

From Danny Ferry to Michael Olowokandi, the Clippers' draft history has been far more bust than boom.

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For Griffin and Clips, history isn't on their side (Yahoo! Sports)

Know what they have plenty of around here? Besides road rage?Living legends calling the shots for their teams.

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Torre, Jackson lead L.A. teams to success (USA Today)