Yahoo! News Search Results for womens basketball Last Downloaded: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:17:04 GMT.   Sports briefs (Greene County Daily World)  There will be a coed softball tournament to raise money for the Sullivan and Greene County chapter of Toys for Tots, Saturday, October 4-5 in Dugger. Teams will consist of seven men and three women.   Youth Sports Calendar: 09.02.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)  Alamo Academy Baseball Training Center is registering for a baseball-specific strength and conditioning and baseball skill specific program that runs 12 weeks. There is also registration for "All You Can Hit" Sundays with live batting practice from 5-5:45 p.m. every Sunday. Fee: $10 per player.   Kent County tourists impressed by Beijing Olympics (Dover Post)   Three Kent County men recently visited Beijing, China and took in sights such as the Olympics and the Great Wall of China. They were also able to learn about Chinese culture, experience a different way of life and see first-hand the amazing hospitality of the citizens of Beijing.   Yahoo! News Search Results for ncaa basketball Last Downloaded: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:36:42 GMT.   Auburn University's Korvotney Barber fails to gain basketball medical hardship year from NCAA (Mobile Press-Register)  AUBURN — The college basketball career of Auburn's Korvotney Barber's will end after this season. The NCAA denied the senior forward's request for a medical hardship waiver and an extra year of eligibility, an Auburn spokesman said Wednesday.   NCAA player scores 82, sets RP basketball scoring record (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)  High school basketball player Keith Agovida of Jose Rizal Light Bombers unleashed a record-setting shooting binge never seen before in Philippine basketball as he scored 82 points in a 127-49 rout of Mapua Friday.   NCAA clears 2 Kansas freshmen to join basketball team (GMA News)  LAWRENCE, Kan. - Twin freshmen Markieff and Marcus Morris have been cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center to enroll in classes at Kansas and join the defending NCAA champion Jayhawks.   Yahoo! News Search Results for nba Last Downloaded: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:36:42 GMT.   Don't count on Olympics hangover for NBA stars (USA Today)  Now that Team USA has won Olympic gold for the first time since 2000, players can turn their attention to the NBA season, which tips off Oct. 28.   Carter helps NBA launch British youth hoops initiative (CBS Sportsline)  The NBA is bringing its resources and star power to Britain to spearhead an ambitious initiative to make basketball a mainstream sport ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.   NBA sends Chalmers, Arthur home from rookie program (CBS Sportsline)  Former Kansas stars Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were sent home Wednesday from the NBA's mandatory rookie transition program for violating unspecified league rules.   Yahoo! News Search Results for wnba Last Downloaded: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:17:04 GMT.   Defending WNBA champion Mercury trying to keep playoff hopes alive (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)  PHOENIX -- Last year, the Phoenix Mercury were in the midst of a postseason run that saw them breeze through the Western Conference playoffs on the way to their first WNBA championship.   Jones, Thompson named WNBA Players of the Week (Miami Herald)  Asjha Jones of the Connecticut Sun and Tina Thompson of the Houston Comets were selected as the WNBA's top players for the period ending July 27.   WNBA: Sun to take on surging Sky (The Norwich Bulletin)   If there’s a hotter team than Connecticut in the WNBA right now, Chicago certainly qualifies. Despite dropping to Seattle, 70-62, Thursday, the Sky (11-18) have won three of four since the Olympic break heading into Mohegan Sun Arena tonight (7 p.m.), within reach of Indiana (14-15) for the East’s fourth and final playoff spot. powered by zFeeder