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PHS basketball will be live on the radio tonight

PORTSMOUTH ? Tonight's Portsmouth High School boys basketball game against Hollis-Brookline will be broadcast live on WSCA-FM 106.1.

Portsmouth Community Radio's broadcast begins at 6:15 p.m. with a pre-game interview with coach Jim Mulvey, who will discuss last Friday's win over St. Thomas and Tuesday's win against Milford. Station volunteer Charlie Griffin will then introduce a new segment titled "Meet the Clippers," in which he interviews various members of the team. This week's guests are Colin MacDonald, Travis MacDonald, Ben Landry and Devin Husslage, the four seniors.

Andrew Van Ness, assisted by engineers Roger Wood and Debbie Benedict, will provide the play-by-play when the game begins at 6:30 p.m.

At halftime "Meet the Coaches" will allow listeners to learn something about the other winter sports at Portsmouth High School starting with Stan and Mike Lyford, the father-son duo who coach the boys and girls winter track teams.

Hawkins nets 38, leads Newmarket to 9-0 start

NEWMARKET ? Christian Hawkins scored a career-high 38 points, added nine rebounds and six assists, and led the Newmarket High School boys basketball team to a 76-31 win over Wilton-Lyndeborough (0-9) on Thursday in Division IV action.

Hawkins ? who played just 22 minutes in the rout ? hit six of Newmarket's nine 3-pointers in the game. His previous career high was 26 points, which he reached twice last season.

"He played like a man tonight," said Newmarket coach Jamie Hayes.

Josh Eisfeller filled the stat sheet with 12 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Zach Jarosz chipped in seven points and five boards. The Mules scored 30 points in the second quarter, led 53-18 at halftime and cruised to 9-0 on the season.

Balanced scoring leads York girls hockey to win

PORTLAND, Maine ? Three different players scored goals and the York High School girls hockey team skated past Portland, 3-0, in Western Maine action on Thursday night.

York got a first-period goal from Tori Stocks (assisted by Brynn Vessey), and second-period goals from Rachel Yorke (from Erin McKenna) and Julianna Figlioli (from Olivia Leroux) to cap the scoring.

York goalie Olivia Drew finished with a 16-save shutout and the Wildcats improved to 9-3-1 on the season. Portland goalie Leanne Reuchart made 28 saves as her team moved to 2-10-1.

The Wildcats piled up a game-high 13 shots in the opening period and finished the night with a 31-16 advantage in total shots on goal.

Berry nets 28 points in Men's City League play

PORTSMOUTH ? James Berry scored 28 points, Tyler White added 23 and the N.H. Sport/Social Club went to overtime to beat Old Ferry Landing, 83-77, in a Portsmouth Recreation Department Men's City League basketball game on Thursday night.

Brett Wyman (12 points) and John Succi (11 points) also finished in double figures for NHSSC. Old Ferry Landing got a team-high 23 points from Sean Sullivan and other solid games from Dave Haley (21 points), Pat Casey (18 points) and Mike Murphy (11 points).

In Men's City League action, Mike Lynch scored 21 points and Travis Grieb added 19 to lead Neat Photo to a 92-69 win over Eliasberg T-shirts. Paul Valentine scored a game-high 22 points in defeat and teammates Ben Coons (18 points) and Aymail Ismail (14 points) were other leaders.

PHS reserve boys hoop falls short at Merrimack

MERRIMACK ? The Portsmouth High School boys basketball reserve team dropped to 5-6 on the season on Thursday with a 63-60 loss at Merrimack. The Clippers were led by Nathan Amundsen (13 points, seven rebounds), Kevin Adair (12 points, 11 rebounds), Sam LeCompte (12 points) and Kobie Taylor (11 points).

Rondo, Garnett named NBA All-Star starters

NEW YORK (AP) ? Kobe Bryant has been voted to his NBA-record 15th consecutive All-Star start, leading four Los Angeles players into next month's game.

Lakers teammate Dwight Howard and the Clippers' Chris Paul and Blake Griffin will join Bryant in the Western Conference lineup for the Feb. 17 game in Houston. Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, the MVP of last year's game, rounds out the five.

Kevin Garnett held off Chris Bosh in fan balloting, giving the East two Boston Celtics and two Miami Heat players. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade will represent the defending champions and receive passes from Boston's Rajon Rondo. New York's Carmelo Anthony is the other starter.

Schilling elects to sell famous bloody sock

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling ? whose video game company underwent a spectacular collapse into bankruptcy last year ? is selling the blood-stained sock he wore during the 2004 World Series.

Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, says online bidding begins around Feb. 4. Live bidding will take place Feb. 23.

The sock previously had been on loan to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It has been at Heritage's Dallas headquarters for several weeks and will be displayed at the auction house's Manhattan office before it is sold, according to Ivy.

He said the sock is expected to fetch at least $100,000, though he described that as a conservative estimate.

O's sign Showalter, Duquette to extensions

BALTIMORE (AP) ? Buck Showalter was tired of hearing about his contract. Ever since the end of the most successful season in 14 years, the Baltimore Orioles manager was pestered about the contract.

Showalter would tell everyone that he had a deal for the 2013 season, and he had more job security than most American workers. He wasn't worried.

Now, Showalter has more job security than almost any American worker including almost all his players, and so does the Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette.

On Wednesday, the Orioles announced extensions for both. Showalter's is a five-year extension; Duquette's a four-year one. They'll be under contract through the 2018 season with the Orioles.

Source: Cardinals hire Arians as head coach

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ? A person with knowledge of the situation says the Arizona Cardinals have filled the NFL's final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because there has been no official announcement.

The 60-year-old longtime assistant went 9-3 as Colts interim head coach while Chuck Pagono was undergoing treatment for leukemia last season.

Arians arrived in Arizona on Wednesday night, had dinner with top team officials, then interviewed on Thursday and met with reporters to indicate his extreme interest in the job. He was offered and accepted the job Thursday night. Arians also was a finalist for the Chicago job that went to Marc Trestman.

Jaguars hire Seattle's Bradley as head coach

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ? The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as head coach Thursday, the latest move in the team's rebuilding project.

He joins general manager Dave Caldwell, who led the coaching search after being hired last week.

Bradley spent the last four seasons in Seattle, where his defense improved each of the last three years and finished in the top 10 in points and yards the last two. This season, the Seahawks ranked first in the NFL in points allowed (15.3), fourth in yards (306.2) and tied for fourth in takeaways (31).

The Jaguars were 30th in the league in total defense in 2012.

Judge dismisses Vilma's lawsuit against Goodell

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A federal judge has dismissed New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma's defamation lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in connection with the bounty case.

U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan in New Orleans said Thursday the bounty matter "feels as protracted and painful as the Saints season itself, and calls for closure."

Goodell initially suspended Vilma for all of the 2012 season, and three other players received shorter bans. But Paul Tagliabue, Goodell's predecessor as commissioner, heard a final round of player appeals and threw out the suspensions last month.

Leaf kicked out of drug treatment center

HELENA, Mont. (AP) ? Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is in prison after threatening a staffer and violating his therapeutic plan at a drug treatment center.

Leaf was serving nine months of a five-year sentence at the Nexus Treatment Center after pleading guilty to burglary and criminal possession of dangerous drugs.

Montana Department of Corrections documents released Thursday say Leaf told his roommate he wanted to drag a program staffer by his hair. Leaf also wrote that he wanted to throw the staffer against the wall and smash his glass into the man's head.

MLS: Revs take Farrell with No. 1 pick

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Louisville defender Andrew Farrell was selected by the New England Revolution with the top pick in Major League Soccer's draft on Thursday.

The 20-year-old was a first-team All-American last season as a junior, when he shifted from midfield to the back line. New England acquired the top pick from Toronto a day earlier.

Connecticut midfielder Carlos Alvarez was taken by Chivas USA with the second pick. From East Los Angeles, Alvarez was with the U.S. Under-20 team in 2008 and Mexico's Under-20 team the following year.

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