http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966558.html Guard Manu Ginobili will return to San Antonio's lineup when the visiting Spurs play New Jersey on Saturday. Head coach Gregg Popovich said Ginobili, who has missed more than a month with a broken left hand, is likely to come off the bench and play "not many" minutes. Ginobili was injured at Minnesota on January 2. In five games this season, he has averaged 17.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966555.html For the most part, the NBA's coaches do an outstanding job picking the reserves for the NBA All-Star Game. With so few slots available there are always a number of players who are going to feel slighted but you can almost always defend the ones picked. That changed a bit this time around with three big names selected that have no business being in Orlando in late February. Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Boston's Paul Pierce and the Suns' Steve Nash will a http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966554.html Cleveland Cavaliers rookie point guard Kyrie Irving will miss at least the next two games as he continues to recover from a concussion. Head coach Byron Scott said Irving is getting better, but will be held out of games Friday against Milwaukee and Saturday against Philadelphia. "We're still going through the NBA protocol, but he'll be out tonight and tomorrow," Scott said Friday. "We'll just go from there. He's making improvements, http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966553.html For the most part, the NBA's coaches do an outstanding job picking the reserves for the NBA All-Star Game. With so few slots available there are always a number of players who are going to feel slighted but you can almost always defend the ones picked. That changed a bit this time around with three big names selected that have no business being in Orlando in late February. Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Boston's Paul Pierce and the Suns' Steve Nash will a http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966521.html The Cleveland Cavaliers inked guard Ben Uzoh to a 10-day contract Friday, a move necessitated by the absence of first- overall pick Kyrie Irving due to a concussion. The 23-year-old averaged 16.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 12 games with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. Uzoh, a Tulsa product, appeared in 42 games with the Nets last season, turning in 3.8 points, 1.6 assists and 1.5 rebounds per contest. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966515.html The flavor of the day in Gotham faces another tough test on Friday, when Jeremy Lin and the Knicks play host to Kobe Bryant and the Lakers at Madison Square Garden. Lin has exploded from obscurity over the past week, averaging 25.3 points and 8.3 assists during a three-game winning streak for New York. Most recently the Harvard product recorded 23 points and 10 assists as the Knicks downed the Washington Wizards, 107-93, in the nation's capital on Wednes http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966514.html The Boston Celtics may have seen their longest winning streak of the season come to a halt on Thursday. But, a trip north of the border to face the Toronto Raptors could get them back on track. Boston saw its five-game winning streak stopped on Thursday, as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Celtics, 88-87, in overtime at TD Garden. Ray Allen paced Boston with 22 points and All-Star reserve Paul Pierce added 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Kevin Garnett p http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966509.html Portland hopes a Western Conference-worst New Orleans team proves to be a bit of a tonic after the Blazers dropped consecutive games in Rip City. A controversial goaltending call on All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge allowed Oklahoma City to force overtime and ultimately win Monday's game with Portland in the Rose Garden and the Blazers followed that up with a 103-96 to Houston on Wednesday. Jamal Crawford netted 21 points to go with six assists and Ger http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966505.html The Orlando Magic try to stay hot tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Hawks to the Amway Center. This, of course, is the first meeting between these Southeast Division rivals since Atlanta knocked the Magic out of last year's playoffs in six games. Orlando, though, enters tonight's tilt playing some of its best basketball of the season, having won four of its last five games. On Wednesday, Ryan Anderson scored 27 points, Dwight Howard added 25 and both http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966504.html The Minnesota Timberwolves will have Kevin Love back in the lineup tonight versus the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center after serving a two-game suspension for stomping on Houston's Luis Scola during the third quarter of Saturday's 100-91 win. Love, who leads the Wolves in both scoring (25.0 ppg) and rebounding (13.7), missed Tuesday's 86-84 win over Sacramento and Wednesday's 85-80 loss at Memphis. The All-Star forward should provide a big lift for a Minnesota team