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ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Xavier Cooks scored 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Winthrop down Division III member Ferrum College 66-47 on Saturday to win its fifth-straight season opener.Ferrum led early until Winthrops Joshua Davenport tied it at 20 with a dunk and sparked 12-0 run the Eagles rode to a 30-22 halftime lead. Cooks jumper put the Eagles up 49-37 midway through the second half and Winthrop continued to steadily pull away.Winthrop shot 45 percent from the field but made only 2 of 21 3-point attempts. Cooks made all five of his free-throw attempts and the Eagles finished 12 of 15 (80 percent) from the line.Josh Dudley scored 17 points for Ferrum, which was outrebounded 41-24 and shot 32 percent from the field. DAndre Mullen had three steals. Equipacion Real Madrid Niño . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. Camiseta Real Madrid Personalizada . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. http://www.nuevacamisetadelrealmadrid.com/camiseta-lucas-vazquez-nino.html . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. Camiseta Toni Kroos . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Camiseta Real Madrid Niño . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Three weeks after his 30-day suspension ended, San Diego general manager A.J. Preller is mixing with his fellow general managers at baseballs annual GMs meeting.Major League Baseball suspended Preller without pay on Sept. 15 after a league investigation showed the Padres had withheld medical information from trade partners, including a July deal that sent All-Star left-hander Drew Pomeranz to Boston.I think you always learn from everything, Preller said Tuesday. We own the issues that came up, and now going forward, youve got to learn from them and get better.There arent any apparent signs the wrongdoing is affecting Prellers communication with other teams. Preller said the Padres have had active discussions with teams. Weve had teams inquire about some of our players.MLB gave the Red Sox the right to rescind the trade, but they passed because, according to Commissioner Rob Manfred, Pomeranz was healthy and the trade deadline had passed, so Boston could not have acquired anyone else.Thats over and done with at this point, so we need to move forward, Red Sox manager Dave Dombrowski said.Dombrowski said there must be open communication between all clubs, including the Padres, if youre going to do your job properly.Preller said he and the Padres have learned their lesson.Weve definitely focused on making sure the issue never comes up again, he said. As far as medical record keeping, I think the intent is to be best in class. From our standpoint, were pretty confident were going to have the personnel in place and the process in place so theres no confusion going forward on where were at and where we sstand on things.ddddddddddddWhile Preller was serving his suspension, President Mike Dee departed in what the club said was a mutual decision. Managing partner Peter Seidler said the move was unrelated to Prellers suspension or the medical records issue. San Diego lost 94 games and tied for last place in the National League with the Cincinnati Reds.Across the room from where Preller spoke Tuesday, Los Angeles Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi was coy with reporters asking about the teams prominent players who became free agents, including closer Kenley Jansen.Zaidi said his top priority is retaining the big four of those free agents, but he wouldnt say who they were. He likely was referring to Jansen, third baseman Justin Turner, pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick, although second baseman Chase Utley also is a free agent.Joe Blanton and J.P. Howell, part of Los Angeles bullpen, also became free agents.Certainly the first part of our offseason is going to be driven by retaining our own guys, Zaidi said. We obviously have a good number of free agents. Once we get through the early period and some of that sorts itself out, we might have a second phase to the offseason filling out holes based on how that retention works out.Los Angeles led the major leagues with a payroll of about $255 million in 2016, down from a record $270 million last year.Free agency is an expensive proposition period, Zaidi said, but theres a lot of competition for good players. This is how free agencys supposed to work. ' ' '