Dr. Sam Dixon, the women`s basketball head coach, was nominated for the position of assistant coach for the US Basketball`s 2006 FIBA Americas U20 Championship for Women Team. The whole coaching staff was selected by the USA Basketball Women`s Collegiate Committee. "I`m really proud and humbled to represent our country," Dixon said.

A new Internet superstore, S9 Wireless, is offering over 4,500 accessories for sale.

Two new referral categories have been added to XO Communications Inc. for its small and medium sized business hosting brand, Concentric.

According to Disney chief executive Robert Iger, 125,000 digital copies of films were sold through Apple Computer Inc.`s iTunes store by The Walt Disney Company in less than a week, generating $1 million.

The right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison this week after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust. Before the verdict, Irving conceded he had erred in contending there were no gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He intends to appeal.

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No other rookie has made more impact on his team than Chris Paul. Paul ?slipped? all the way to the forth pick of the draft, where New Orleans was quick to grab him. Guiding his team to an improbably 15-17 record, Paul has asserted himself as one of the brightest tars in a league that is lacking in true point guards.

Milton Friedman, who many consider to be one of the greatest figures in the economics profession, died of heart failure on Thursday at age 94

The Yankees are used to being in the spotlight. The New York team is the highest payroll team in professional sports, with players earning a total of nearly $200 million.

Dan Dicau is one of the most interesting stories in the league. After a breakout season last year, Dicau isn?t getting much playing time in Boston which have many people puzzled considering the other alternatives the Celtics have at that position.

The biggest keys to the Hornets success this season have been the play of rookie point guard Chris Paul and David West. The two have given the Hornets more than anyone expected them too. While Paul is a leading candidate for wining the Rookie of the Year Award, West is bound to get consideration for Most Improved Player.

Turkey`s unemployment rate is about 10 percent, but in the southeast the figure is closer to 60. Compared to the rest of Turkey?s population, the Kurds are most severely affected by poverty.

Student entrepreneurs start new site offering college-approved styles for dorm rooms at affordable prices below retail.

I take offense to people talking about how even Michael Jordan could never do what Bryant did a week ago. I say that the reason why Jordan never managed to score more than 80 points was because he wasn?t as selfish as Bryant. Plus he could depend on his teammates, which Bryant can?t.

Gerald Wallace spent his first three seasons in the NBA sitting on the bench in Sacramento. Everyone knew that this kid had a lot of talent, but when you are playing behind Peja Stojakovic minutes are scares. A year ago, Wallace finally got the opportunity in Charlotte when Bernie Bickerstaff selected him in the expansion daft.