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DENVER -- A person with knowledge of the situation says the Denver Nuggets have traded Kosta Koufos to the Memphis Grizzlies and have also dealt their first-round pick in Thursday nights draft to the Utah Jazz. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deals hadnt been announced. The Nuggets didnt want to pay another young prospect to sit on their bench. So, they traded Frenchman Rudy Gobert, whom they selected with the 27th pick, to the Jazz for cash and the 46th pick, the person said. They also traded Koufos to the Grizzlies for forward Darrell Arthur and the 55th pick, opening the way for JaVale McGee to start for them in 2013-14. . -- Manager Bob Melvin shuffled the Athletics batting order and got the type of production he was looking for from the top of the lineup. . -- The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets will forever be tied together for making the same spectacular misjudgment on budding NBA sensation Jeremy Lin. http://www.seahawksauthoritystore.com/A ... ks-Jersey/. Terrance Broadway threw for 227 yards and Hunter Stover kicked three field goals as the Ragin Cajuns won an unprecedented fourth straight New Orleans Bowl with a 16-3 triumph over Nevada. .C. -- Marcus Paige and his North Carolina teammates have endured so many wild swings -- big wins, surprising losses, NCAA drama -- that no one can blame their Hall of Fame coach for wondering whats next. . Nine years later, he might have finally figured it out. He had only five rounds in the 60s in his previous eight trips.The Chicago Blackhawks will be forced to rely on their backup goaltenders for the next three weeks. Blackhawks coach Joe Quenneville announced Tuesday that goaltender Corey Crawford will miss three weeks with a groin injury. Crawford sustained the injury Sunday night against the Florida Panthers. He left the game in the first period and ddid not return after stretching out to make a kick-save.dddddddddddd The Blackhawks will turn to Antti Raanta to fill in for Crawford as regular backup Nikolai Khabibulin is out with a leg injury and has not played since November 16. Raanta is 3-0-1 this season and made 29 saves for in relief of Crawford on Sunday night. ' ' '