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Salford Reds made the trek to London optimistic of a win to secure their first points of the season. Coach Shaun McRae made a number of changes following last week's disappointing defeat to Catalan Dragons with the inclusion of Matty Smith at half-back and Stuart Littler in the pack the most notable. All the early play came from Quins with the Reds defence being sternly tested.  

l Miami is hopeful that its run to the semifinals and 20 wins will be enough to attract at least a bid from the NIT, if the NCAA Tournament doesn't come calling. Malcolm Grant and Durand Scott , Miami guards, said they would welcome a chance to keep playing. "I think it would be good for us," Grant said.

I think it would be good for us   -Malcolm Grant

 

Highland's Derrick Hill cleared 7 feet 1 inch for a new Indiana indoor track and field record at the Patriot Invitational at Anderson University on Saturday. Among other highlights for the Scots: Sam Nunn was first in the 55-meter dash in a time of 5.58 seconds. Lawrence Cotton was second in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet 8.  

It's a good thing Kyle Singler is playing his best basketball of the season. Singler scored 27 points to help the Blue Devils push ahead in the second half to beat Miami 77-74 in Saturday's semifinals, sending them back to the championship game for the 11th time in 13 years. The top-seeded Blue Devils (28-5) trailed by three at halftime against the league's last-place team before rallying to reach Sunday's final, where they will defend their title against Georgia Tech. "We have been there, but if an

We really haven't had a good first half in this tournament   -Kyle Singler

 

Kawhi Leonard scored 16 points, including eight straight free throws down the stretch, and snatched 21 rebounds as the San Diego State men's basketball team defeated UNLV 55-45 Saturday in the Mountain West Conference Tournament championship. The win gives the Aztecs an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament — the team's first appearance since 2006 and third under coach Steve Fisher. The Aztecs closed the game on a 16-5 run — most of those points coming from Leonard, who was named the tournament's Mos  

There were no dancing girls during An Evening with David Sedaris. Nor was there any strobe lighting. Musical accompaniment did not feature, and back-projected images were entirely absent.  

In his first interview since announcing his intention to step down in the summer after three years at the helm, Mr Sants also reveals that the FSA is to expand by more than 10pc and hire another 460 staff to perform its new investigatory role. The expansion will be funded by a £41m increase in the regulator's budget to £455m. "There is an unacceptably high level of market abuse in the UK," he says on insider dealing and market manipulation.  

BBC Radio 5 live sports extra's Friday night rugby league commentary comes from the DW Stadium as Wigan take on Hull FC. The Warriors lost their unbeaten record last weekend when Bradford staged a superb comeback at Odsal while Hull also have four wins from their five games so far with new signings Craig Fitzgibbon and Mark O'Meley looking impressive. Commentators Stuart Pyke and Graham Colley will be joined from 1955 GMT by Warrington and England forward Adrian Morley who returns after a successful c  

Luke Adamson, Salford's highly-rated young forward, believes tomorrow's basement abattle with the Catalans could be a major turning point in the Reds season. Adamson is backing himself and his team-mates to deliver on home soil and secure a much-needed first win of the season for Shaun McRae's Salford side. Adamson is adamant Salford are stronger and better equipped this term than the team who came up to Super League 12 months ago and initially struggled.  

Cinematical has just received the first set of exclusive stills from the film Barry Munday , which will enjoy its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival on Saturday March 13th at 2pm at the world famous Paramount theater. One of the films we've been looking forward to the most at this year's fest, Barry Munday stars Patrick Wilson as a suburban wanna-be ladies man who loses one of his testicles after being attacked in a movie theater ... and, to make matters worse, learns that he's facing a