AP - John Smoltz showed off a new slider he's been working on, tossing six innings of one-run ball in Atlanta's 4-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.

AP - Toronto at Montreal (7 p.m. EST). The Canadiens beat the Maple Leafs 5-1 on Thursday night, and both teams trail Atlanta for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

AP - Vince Young got his championship. Another Texas team is eager to win a title of its own.

AP - Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in such cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages.

AP - Glen Davis has a good-natured quip for just about any subject, whether it's his attention-grabbing nickname (Big Baby), ample appetite (he's a Charles Barkley-esque 310 to 320 pounds) or similarities to another former LSU star (Shaquille O'Neal).

Reuters - The Atlanta Falcons on Friday gave head coach Jim Mora a three-year contract extension through the 2009 season, the club said on its website.

AP - Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in such cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages.

AP - Despite a second-half collapse that ruined a shot at the playoffs, the Atlanta Falcons gave coach Jim Mora a three-year contract extension Friday that runs through 2009.

AP - Kenton Paulino beat West Virginia at its own game, hitting a 3-pointer as time expired to give Texas a 74-71 victory over the Mountaineers on Thursday night in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

AP - The No. 1 seeds will have to wait another year to have their own Final Four. LSU's 62-54 victory against overall No. 1 seed Duke on Thursday night means 2006 will be the same as the previous 27 NCAA tournaments. Since seeding started in 1979, there has never been a Final Four with all four No. 1 seeds.

AP - Peter Bondra scored 1:03 into overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 6-5 win over New Jersey on Thursday night and a four-game season sweep of the Devils.

AP - No need for LSU and Big Baby to cry in this NCAA tournament. Glen "Big Baby" Davis, a shot-blocking freshman and the rest of the Tigers are one win away from the Final Four after J.J. Redick and top-seeded Duke stumbled again in the round of 16.

AP - Now that March Madness is in full swing, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from the NCAA tournament:

AP - At the grand opening of a Wal-Mart in a black suburb of Atlanta, civil rights leader Andrew Young danced with store clerks, bouncing to the song "We Are Family."

AP - Play in the NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes tonight with games in Atlanta and Oakland. The Atlanta games feature Duke against LSU and Texas against West Virginia.

AP - J.J. Redick has a short memory.

AP - Welcome back, Allen Iverson and Jermaine O'Neal. Bye for now, Alonzo Mourning.

AP - Toronto at Montreal (7:30 p.m. EST). Both teams are chasing Atlanta for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

AP - New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada broke his nose Wednesday when he was hit in the face by a ball while playing catch.

AP - West Virginia's 1-3-1 zone defense and fondness for having its 6-foot-11 center shoot 3-pointers make the Mountaineers a difficult NCAA tournament draw — even for a coach who already survived the challenge in the regular season.