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West's 30 points help Pacers beat Heat again

Associated Press, ESPN.com

David West scored 30 points and Paul George added 15 on Friday night, leading Indiana to a 102-89 victory over Miami.

CNNSI.com

A 102-89 rout gave Indiana its second win over Miami this year. Even without Danny Granger, the Pacers are contenders who continue to gain confidence, says Chris Mannix.

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

Heat won't lose any sleep following their latest defeat in Indy, writes Brian Windhorst.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

LeBron James is making $17,545,000 to play for the Miami Heat this year. That's quite a lot of money, but it's not the most money in the league; Kobe Bryant ($27,849,149) is the league's highest-paid player this season. Actually, nine players are being …

nba.com

The Miami Heat's LeBron James and the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in January.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Dave Wannstedt has landed a new job in a surprising place: Tampa Bay, as special teams coach. Wannstedt, the former head coach of the Bears and Dolphins, was added to Greg Schiano’s staff today, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. It’s surprising that Wan…

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

In his new role of captain of the Eastern Conference for All-Star Saturday, Dwyane Wade is applying some peer pressure to Miami Heat teammate LeBron James to take part.

Joe Frisaro, MLB.com

Kevin Mattison will be with the Marlins in Spring Training after all. After clearing waivers, the Marlins on Friday outrighted Mattison to Triple-A New Orleans. The 27-year-old also will be at Spring Training as a non-roster invite.

ESPN.com

We are getting to the very best players in "Walker’s Fab 40." For the second year in a row, we rank the top 40 players in the AFC East. Throughout Friday we will complete our rankings. Here are Nos. 5-8: No. 8: Mike Pouncey, C, Miami Dolphins …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Former Bills CB Mickey Washington serves on the NFLPA’s Former Players board of directors with former Bills teammate Cornelius Bennett. Ted Ginn has moved on to San Francisco and says he has no regrets about his time with the Dolphins. Patriots RB Danny…