Getting rid of coach Kelvin Sampson might not be the solution to Indiana’s problems. It’s a move that might just create a bigger mess.

The story lines of Thursday’s Gatorade Duels at Daytona qualifying races included the usual suspects up front, Dale Earnhardt Jr. going 2-for-2 in his Hendrick Motorsports debut and Toyota scoring its first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory with Denny Hamlin.

Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 37 points and Jason Terry added 24, helping the Dallas Mavericks put aside talk of whether Jason Kidd is about to become their teammate and beat the Portland Trail Blazers 96-76 on Wednesday night.

Tony Crocker scored 22 points to lead Oklahoma to a 76-64 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night.

Jason Kidd appeared headed to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday -- until Devean George's contract got in the way.

Here are the high school basketball scores from Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

Courtney Paris scored 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and Jenna Plumley broke out of a shooting slump with four 3-pointers and 18 points and No. 10 Oklahoma beat No. 20 Texas A&M 68-55 on Tuesday night.

As basketball's traditional rivalries go, Texas-Kansas still has a way to go to be considered among the nation's best. It would be very difficult, however, to find two teams who have played more exciting games the last few years. Monday night was just the latest installment of what has quickly become the Big 12's marquee matchup.

Andre Miller scored 21 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their fourth straight win, 84-76 over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.

Here are the high school basketball scores for Monday, February 11th.

On Sunday, Jimmie Johnson began the defense of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship by capturing the pole for the 50th running of the Daytona 500.

Vince Carter got off the floor -- literally -- to help the slumping New Jersey Nets post one of their most impressive wins of a disappointing season.

Adrian Peterson stood in front of the car he'd just won as MVP of the Pro Bowl. He wiggled the keys, leaned against the red roof and soaked in the acclaim.

Here are the H.S. Basketball playoffs scores/schedule for this week (will update as needed)

Here are some high school basketball scores from Saturday night (2/9)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a smashing debut in his Hendrick Motorsports ride, getting a boost from his new teammates to power past Tony Stewart to win the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night.

The Dallas Cowboys hired Reggie Herring as linebackers coach Saturday, just over one month after the former Arkansas interim coach was named Texas A&M defensive coordinator.

Richard Roby and Marcus Hall each scored 19 points, helping Colorado snap a six-game slide with a 72-58 win over Oklahoma on Saturday.

Every time he bends over to catch his breath, Donald Sloan sees "Not" on top of his left shoe and "Tired" on top of his right shoe.

Iowa State found out on Saturday what the rest of the Big 12 already knows: You can only keep D.J. Augustin down for so long.

Darrell Arthur scored 23 points, and Russell Robinson had 22 and helped fuel a 17-6 spurt in the second half that pulled No. 4 Kansas away from stubborn Baylor and carried the Jayhawks to a 100-90 victory Saturday night.

Going over the scouting report of Oklahoma State in the locker room before its game Saturday, Kansas State had a surprise visitor: senior guard Clent Stewart.

Here are the high school basketball scores for Friday, February 8, 2008

Former Sherman Bearcat Kirby Hocutt has been named the new Director of Athletics at the University of Miami.

The Southeastern Oklahoma State softball team (4-1) will take to the road again as they head west to play in the CBS Insurance Classic hosted by Abilene Christian in Abilene, Texas.