AP - A look at Thursday and Friday's matchups in the NCAA tournament's round of 16 (seedings in parentheses):

AP - Kari Lehtonen stopped 20 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers stayed close in the playoff race with a 5-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.

AFP - Internet search titan Google and athletic-gear superstar Nike have teamed up to create an online arena for football lovers, Google said.

InfoWorld - Salesforce.com at the EclipseCon 2006 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday will announce it is joining the Eclipse Foundation, becoming the open source tools organization's first member from the hosted applications arena.

AP - The only spark at Mellon Arena came on Chad Kilger's penalty-shot goal. It was the only offense on a dark night in Pittsburgh.

AP - They will attend the Hall of Fame coach's wake. Then, they will attempt to make history on the basketball court named after the man and his wife.

AP - Megan Moody made sure Tulsa's first appearance in the NCAA tournament wasn't a one-game affair. The senior scored 20 points and the Golden Hurricane converted seven free throws in the final minute to hold off North Carolina State 71-61 in a near-empty arena on Saturday night.

AP - The slumping Philadelphia Flyers found out only minutes before Saturday night's game against the Atlanta Thrashers that star center Peter Forsberg would be held out because of a knee injury.

AP - Philadelphia center Peter Forsberg was held out of the Flyers' game against Atlanta on Saturday night because of a sprained right knee.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Los Angeles, California (AHN)—Hours before a first-round game in the national college basketball championship, police evacuated San Diego State University's Cox Arena when a bomb-sniffing dog signaled a possible problem at a hot dog stand. College spokesman...

AP - Alabama's Jean Felix quickly brought the focus back to basketball with every 3-pointer he swished. Felix was nearly perfect in scoring a career-high 31 points for the Crimson Tide, which beat Marquette 90-85 in a thrilling first-round NCAA tournament game on Thursday that was delayed 70 minutes after bomb-sniffing dogs detected something suspicious at San Diego State's Cox Arena.

AP - Ron Artest is the most popular man in any room he enters these days. Restaurants, car dealerships, Arco Arena — they're all filled with well-wishers and autograph-seekers who can't quite believe what he's done to the Sacramento Kings.

AP - The arena for the first-round NCAA men's tournament game between Alabama and Marquette was temporarily evacuated Thursday after bomb-sniffing dogs found a suspicious package about two hours before tipoff.

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter San Diego, CA (AHN) - The arena for the first-round NCAA men's tournament game between Alabama and Marquette was temporarily evacuated after bomb-sniffing dogs found a suspicious package about two hours before tipoff. Fans and officials were told to gather...

AP - Hundreds of people were evacuated from Cox Arena, site of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, on Thursday two hours before the first game was to start after a bomb-sniffing dog detected a suspicious package.

Reuters - Police evacuated a San Diego college arena on Thursday, hours before a first-round NCAA championship basketball game, after a bomb-sniffing dog signaled a potential problem at a hot dog stand.

AP - Ben Howland knows what it's like to nearly knock off a No. 2 seed in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. He was coaching lightly regarded Northern Arizona against Cincinnati in 1998, when the Lumberjacks led much of the way only to lose on a late 3-pointer.

AP - Splitsville for Phil Collins and his wife, Orianne. The British rock star and his Swiss-born wife, who were married in 1999, announced in a joint statement Wednesday that they've separated.

AP - A red carpet led the way onto the court at the Huntsman Center, the arena where Boston College hopes to take its first step on the road to the Final Four.