Leading Off: Pictures of the Week (Feb. 4-10)

Marquette's Steve Taylor Jr., left, leaps for a rebound against Villanova's Daniel Ochefu in Philadelphia. Villanova won 70-52.

United States' Ted Ligety races during the slalom portion of the Alpine combined competition at the Alpine skiing world championships in Beaver Creek, Colo.

LeBron James dunks in front of Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin in Cleveland.

Adrian von Gunten with his horse Mombasa during the Race of the White Turf in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP in his car during day four of Formula One Winter Testing in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

Austin Nichols (4) of the Memphis Tigers grabs a rebound against Joe Kuligoski of Jacksonville State. Memphis won 74-48.

Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank crashes during the downhill portion of the Alpine combined at the world championships in Beaver Creek, Colo.

David Alaba of Muenchen scores his team's second goal against Sven Ulreich of Stuttgart during the Bundesliga match.

Adrien Theaux of France during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Downhill in Beaver Creek, Colo.

Ekow Essuman (left) of British Lionhearts during his welterweight fight against Sofiane Tabi of Algeria Desert Hawks in London.

Andreas Zampa of Slovakia races during the Super-G on the Birds of Prey racecourse in Beaver Creek, Colo.

Jaroslav Halak of the New York Islanders makes a save against the Edmonton Oilers at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders won 3-2.

Anna Holmlund of Sweden takes 2nd place, Sofia Smirnova of Russia takes 3rd, Marte Hoeie Gjefsen of Norway takes 6th and Andrea Limbacher of Austria takes 8th during the Freestyle Skiing World Cup Ski Cross in Arosa, Switzerland.

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors shoots a layup against Al-Farouq Aminu of the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

Bode Miller of the U.S. crashes during the super-G competition in Beaver Creek, Colo. Miller did not finish the race.

Philadelphia Flyers' Mark Streit (32) collides with New York Islanders' Thomas Hickey during their game in Philadelphia. New York won 3-2 in a shootout.

Canada's Candace Crawford wipes out during the mixed worlds team skiing event in Vail, Colo.

Benjamin Brady holds the Lombardi trophy next to his dad, Patriots quarterback Tom, on a duck boat during the New England Patriots victory parade.

Matt Carlino of the Marquette Golden Eagles falls to the floor after being upended by Ryan Arcidiacono of the Villanova Wildcats at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Villanova won 70-52.

James Harden shoots against against the Phoenix Suns' P.J. Tucker at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix.

The Team GB women's endurance team of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell, Elinor Barker, Katie Archibald and Ciara Horne train during a Team GB Cycling Media Day at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England.

Slovenia's Tina Maze does a cartwheel after finishing her run during the alpine slalom competition in Beaver Creek, Colo.