Marshall overcomes poor 1st half shooting to beat Houston
For the first time since mid-January, Marshall has now won three straight with its 66-58 win over Houston. The Thundering Herd had a rough start shooting 31 percent from the field in the first half and trailed 31-24 at the break. But the green and white ... continued at msnbc.com
Girls basketball: Titans advance: Lorain overcomes Falls' hot shooting
ELYRIA — Lorain High knew it was going to have to play a complete game on Wednesday night. With Olmsted Falls coming out the gate making nearly every 3-pointer taken, the Titans had to use its speed, athleticism and some 3-point shooting of ... continued at Morning Journal
Shooting champion Grozdeva withdraws boycott threat
SOFIA (Reuters) - Double Olympic shooting champion Maria Grozdeva has withdrawn her threat to boycott the London Games after Bulgaria's Prime Minister guaranteed funding for her preparations. "We had a meeting with (Sports Minister) Svilen ... continued at Reuters UK
An eye on the Olympics: DV graduate Johnson excels at skeet shooting
Most kids don't grow up skeet shooting. In reality, most kids don't grow up even knowing what skeet shooting is. Bob Johnson wanted to make sure his son, Kyle, a Desert Vista graduate, was an exception to both. Roughly seven years after Bob introduced his ... continued at msnbc.com
Shooting champion Grozdeva threatens to boycott Games
SOFIA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Double Olympic shooting champion Maria Grozdeva has threatened to boycott the London Olympics if there is no change at the helm of the Bulgarian shooting federation. Grozdeva, who won golds in the women's 25m pistol at the Games ... continued at The Guardian
Boys' basketball: Grant's shooting leads Westchester
Matthew Grant scored 24 points, including four three-pointers, and Westchester needed every one of them to hold off a furious Washiongton rally for a 65-62 victory in a Los Angeles City Section Division I quarterfinal game at Westchester. continued at Los Angeles Times
Legislation would give hunters a break for shooting their first illegal game in Alaska
FAIRBANKS — Rep. Tammie Wilson wants to give Alaska hunters a mulligan. A bill introduced by Wilson earlier this month would exempt first-time offenders who turn themselves in for illegally shooting a big game animal from paying a fine or restitution to ... continued at Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Bearkat women keep shooting
HUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston’s women sure can shoot the ball out of the gym. Playing against a Northwestern State team with only one conference win, Sam Houston had its way offensively Wednesday night, making 7-of-11 3-pointers on the way to their ninth ... continued at Huntsville Item
Cleveland Cavaliers stumble into the All-Star break with cold-shooting loss to New Orleans Hornets, 89-84
Scott often has turned to rookie Tristan Thompson (10 points, 10 rebounds) for the stretch run since losing Anderson Varejao to a fractured wrist on Feb. 10. But Thompson was a free-throw shooting liability, converting two of eight in a game the ... continued at Cleveland Plain Dealer
NU offers little resistance, falls to hot-shooting Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Nebraska men's basketball team made zero use Wednesday night of momentum picked up four days earlier during a rare Big Ten victory. Against Purdue, the Huskers fell behind by double digits less than nine minutes into ... continued at Omaha World-Herald