Terrell Owens doesn't believe he was being called out by teammate Terence Newman as a player who needs to quit talking and start playing. "He wasn't talking to me," Owens said Thursday, responding to comments cornerback Newman made about unspecified players. "He talked to me after practice; he wasn't talking to me.

A 34-year-old man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the friend and bodyguard of Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson at a nightclub. Michael Selvie of Chicago is accused of shooting 26-year-old Willie B. Posey once in the arm during an early morning fight Dec.

Kobe Bryant walked slowly into the locker room, sighed and stopped instead of continuing to his locker to meet reporters. "I don't want to have to walk all the way over there," Bryant said. Bryant was exhausted. His 58 points in 55 minutes were offset by two key errors in the third overtime, and the Charlotte Bobcats outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers 133-124 on Friday night.

Watching from the bench in stylish suits as the game unraveled, Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal looked a lot better than their teammates. The New Jersey Nets scored 21 consecutive points in the third quarter Friday night and beat the short-handed Heat 91-81. "We had a horrible, horrible third quarter," Miami coach Pat Riley said.

Luol Deng shook off a sprained wrist to help the Chicago Bulls keep up their dominance over the Toronto Raptors. Deng scored 25 points and Ben Gordon added 22 to lead the Bulls to their 15th straight victory over the Raptors, 107-97 on Friday night. Deng had 19 points in the second half for the Bulls, who shot a season-high 59.7 percent.

Michael Jordan and his wife, Juanita, divorced Friday after 17 years of marriage. "Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17 year marriage," the couple said in a statement issued through their lawyers. "A judgment for dissolution of their marriage was entered today. There will be no further statements." Michael Jordan's lawyer, Frederick J.

New York coach Isiah Thomas had a simple explanation for the Knicks' 108-86 loss in Phoenix on Friday night. "They're just better than we are right now," he said. "They have a beautiful basketball team, the way they move, the way they pass, the way they cut. They're good. One day the goal is to try to get to that kind of level of play." Steve Nash and Raja Bell scored 20 points apiece to lead six...

With first place on the line, Caron Butler was upset that he wasn't playing in the fourth quarter. When he finally got back into the game, he made the go-ahead basket with 46 seconds remaining and followed it up with a good defensive play at the other end. Then, unbelievably, the 88 percent free-throw shooter missed a pair at the line with 2.8 seconds to go.

Donyell Marshall's outside shot started falling before the game and never stopped. Marshall scored a season-high 29 points -- 21 on 3-pointers -- and LeBron James scored 32 in his final game as a 21-year-old, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 109-99 win over Milwaukee and snapping the Bucks' six-game winning streak Friday night.

If Allen Iverson was tired, he wasn't saying so after struggling in the Denver Nuggets' loss to the New Orleans Hornets. Iverson scored 21 points but was just 6-of-22 from the field, including a number of fourth-quarter misses that helped the Hornets rally for a 99-89 victory Friday night. The Nuggets didn't arrive at their hotel until 5 a.m.

There was plenty of talk after the Los Angeles Clippers ended a 14-game losing streak to the Sacramento Kings. None of it came from Corey Maggette, who did a good job advertising himself in the midst of trade rumors. Elton Brand scored 22 points and Maggette added 21 in the Clippers' 102-93 victory Friday night in a matchup of the Pacific Division's two worst teams.

Ray Emery and the suddenly defensive-minded Ottawa Senators won another tight game by making a one-goal lead stand up for more than 59 minutes against the struggling New York Rangers. Emery made 27 saves for his second straight shutout, Daniel Alfredsson scored in the first minute and Ottawa extended the Rangers' losing streak to seven games with a 1-0 victory Friday night.

Rod Brind'Amour seemed a little uncomfortable with all the attention, whether it was the pregame ceremony to honor his 1,000 career points or the Carolina Hurricanes pronouncing it "Rod Brind'Amour Night." Still, the captain just can't help but get noticed once the puck is dropped. Brind'Amour scored a tying goal and assisted on the go-ahead score while linemates Ray Whitney and Justin Williams...

Scott Gomez was picture perfect for the New Jersey Devils, scoring two goals with the help of video reviews. Gomez had his first multigoal game of the season and added an assist to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday night. "They were both replay goals, so you never know what's going to happen," Gomez said.

Sidney Crosby's over here, Evgeni Malkin's over there. There's one way to lose consistently to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and that's give them too many chances on the power play. The Toronto Maple Leafs did that, and with a predictable result. Sergei Gonchar scored the go-ahead goal and set up another by Malkin and the Penguins scored three power-play goals, ending a five-game losing streak by beating...

Ed Belfour let his play speak for him. Belfour made 32 saves, and Nathan Horton scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period in the Florida Panthers' 3-1 victory over Montreal on Friday night. "The first 40 minutes it was Eddie Belfour," Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said. "I though we had tons of chances ...

Wes Walz was in the net, and the goal light was on. When it all sorted out, Minnesota had it sixth straight home victory. Walz scored a controversial goal 1:29 into overtime to give Minnesota a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Martin Skoula's centering attempt deflected up the leg of Walz, who was being checked into the net by Jason Chimera, and lodged in Walz's equipment.

The Dallas Stars, minus three of their top goal-scoring threats, got a much-needed offensive spark from right wing Antti Miettinen. Miettinen had a career-high two goals, both on power plays, and Jere Lehtinen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play to help the Stars beat the Central Division-leading Nashville Predators 4-1 on Friday night.

Jarome Iginla got the Calgary Flames' longest homestand of the season off to a strong start. Iginla scored his 21st goal of the season and added three assists to help the Flames snap a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night. "That's a huge win for us to get the momentum here at home and get the confidence back and just keep rolling now," said Kristian...

The Boston Bruins came within inches of blowing a 4-0 lead. But Tim Thomas saved them with his catching glove. Glen Murray, Mark Mowers, Milan Jurcina, Patrice Bergeron and Marc Savard scored, and Boston held on for a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. The Bruins, who led 4-0 after two periods, improved to 4-0-1 in their last five games and 5-1-1 in their last seven.

Martin Rucinsky once helped the Colorado Avalanche land a Hall of Fame goalie. On Friday night, the former Colorado player simply took advantage of an Avalanche goalie, scoring twice for St. Louis in the Blues' 4-2 win over Colorado. Rucinsky was famously dealt to the Montreal Canadiens -- along with Andrei Kovalenko and Jocelyn Thibault -- on Dec.