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• NEW YORK -- Verizon and ESPN have launched a new interactive way for fans to build and follow tournament brackets during the NCAA mens basketball tournament.
(FOXSports.com)
• Can the Texans make the playoffs without Mario Williams? ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Free agent defensive end Mario Williams has agreed to a deal with the Buffalo Bills, a source told ESPN late Thursday morning. The source said it was a six-year deal.
(KHOU)
• The head of the organizing committee bidding to bring a Winter X Games to Whistler says ESPN officials were blown away by what they saw in a site visit earlier this month.
(Calgary Herald)
• The Lakers have had an eye on Sessions for several months, and they made the deal shortly before dealing veteran point guard Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill, sources told ESPN The Magazines Ric Bucher.
(ESPN)
• Sporting Lisbon held off a dramatic Manchester City fightback to lose 3-2 but edge the English side out of the Europa League at the Etihad Stadium on away goals.
(UEFA Europa League - ESPN Soccernet - ESPN Soccernet)
• The Orlando Magic seem to be going to extraordinary measures to hold onto their superstar center.
(USA Today)
• The NCAA mens basketball tournament will give sports viewers plenty of hoops to feast on in the coming weeks. But before that happens, ESPN has a more serious subject to address: Earvin Magic Johnsons disclosure on Nov.
(Los Angeles Times)
• NEW YORK -- Mike DAntoni has resigned as coach of the New York Knicks, sources confirmed to ESPN Wednesday. DAntonis resignation was first reported by Yahoo! Sports.
(Abc Local Web)
• It took a while for everyone to get used to seeing women reporting from the sidelines at sporting events.
(WebProNews)
• Tiger Woods said Thursday his strained Achilles tendon is improving and he will play in next weeks Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, then the Masters, April 4-8, ESPN.com reported. The legs good now, Woods said on The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio.
(Palm Beach Post)