Two of the best words in sports.It took a while, but this series finally turned into the close, good battle we expected.And Tuesday brought the announcement that the NBA and the players union averted a lockout by reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. That was UCLA’s first three-pointer of the game after eight misses in the first half but it was followed immediately by a Lee Humphrey three-pointer and a 17-4 Florida running, dunking, bumping, rebounding extravaganza that blew the game open.”We knew our post guys were not going to get any shots,” Florida Coach Billy Donovan said “We tried to use Al Horford in the first half as a passer. But the representatives of “the people” already have been named.So Felipe Fuentes is designated to step into the Assembly shoes of Richard Alarcon, who served three months of his term before filling the Los Angeles City Council seat left by Fuentes’ former boss, Alex Padilla, who moved to the state Senate by defeating Cindy Montanez (in a rare election with actual choices), who was going to run for Padilla’s council seat but, like Fuentes, dropped out of the race when the powers that be designated Alarcon. San Francisco St., [505] 983-9880) and whiled away the afternoon reading and catnapping.

There are no real connections established amid the forgettable dialogue, and it remains unclear how or why the group became friends in the first place or what continues to bind them together.The diary is not particularly interesting or revelatory, and no one is imaginative enough to start at the end — not that it would have helped other than to mercifully shorten this movie.– K.C.”Walking on the Sky,” unrated Adult situations Running time: 1 hour, 38 minutes. WAR, according to Daniel Alarcon, is a battle for language. This year’s murder rate is nearly double that of Brown’s first year in office. The chips can be scanned from several feet away and through a wallet or purse, depending upon the strength of the electronic reader, which can be purchased for a few hundred dollars.”The government shouldn’t be forcing people to carry documents that are going to broadcast their identity,” said Nicole Ozer, technology policy director with the Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a sponsor of Simitian’s bill.The bill passed the Senate last month with bipartisan support and no industry opposition.

By the classic definition, there’s only one rocker on “Idol” now — and his initials are S.M.– Ann Powers*Gina Glocksen may have gotten the best parting gift of any departing “Idol” yet: a crash course in musical credibility. Right-hander Joaquin Benoit and the Texas Rangers agreed to a one-year contract worth $775,000…. As a father, what I think of the movie is between myself and Mark.”Mark’s earliest memory of his father is the image of a man with a camera on his shoulder. He allows them to reach their potential because he’s not trying to make a great athlete in his freshman year. But I also thought we would regroup and be ready to play in the second half.”We came out in the second half and did not move the basketball. Only family members will be allowed in that area, though other visitors will be able to leave flowers and other items in special niches on its perimeter.Each individual part of Murdoch’s design is executed in cool, spare forms.