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Hawks top Mavs, clinch home-court in 1st round

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Josh Smith scored 23 points and the Atlanta Hawks clinched home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, racing to a 23-point lead in the opening quarter on the way to a 106-89 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night.

CNNSI.com

ATLANTA (AP) Having already exceeded expectations, the Atlanta Hawks weren't about to let home-court advantage slip away in the final game of the regular season.

CNNSI.com

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne was considered by most as the best defensive back available in the NFL draft.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

For a draft with the top two picks decided weeks in advance, the early part of Thursday's first round sure has been unpredictable.

ESPN.com

NEW YORK -- My feelings are a little hurt. Either Jerry Jones doesn't read my blog or he just doesn't think I know what I'm talking about. I know for a fact I wrote, right here a few hours ago, that the Dallas Cowboys needed to stay boring tonight, keep…

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

ESPN Dallas’ Todd Archer reports there is a “good chance” the Cowboys will make LSU defensive tackle Michael Brockers the 14th overall pick in tonight’s draft. Brockers was a defensive tackle in LSU’s 4-3 scheme. He would play defensive end in D…

Jeff Caplan, ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd, the fourth-oldest player in the league this season and the oldest set to enter the postseason, will do so with at least seven full days of rest.

ESPN.com

I was thinking this morning about the Dallas Cowboys' draft and I remembered the scene in "The Wire" in which Proposition Joe tells Stringer Bell that boredom is what kills more cops than bullets and liquor. "You keep it boring, String,&q…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will be fighting the cap penalties imposed on his team before a mediator next month, but he said Wednesday that the penalties didn’t hinder his team in free agency. The Cowboys had $5 million knocked off of this year’s cap as…

ESPN.com

Hey, so ... what's everybody watching tonight? Is "Parks & Recreation" new? Ah, I'm just kiddin'. Let's have some links. Dallas Cowboys Sure, the Cowboys could draft a pass-rusher tonight (or tomorrow night) and improve their future prospe…