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Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
NHLDALLAS -- The Dallas Stars have activated center Mike Ribeiro a month after he injured his throat in a game against the New York Rangers.Ribeiro came off injured reserve Monday while defenseman Mark Fistric went on the list with a knee injury.Ribe ...
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Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.The smiles might soon disappear.Pro football is headed into the great unknown. Barring a quick -- and totally unexp ...
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Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Two Oklahoma hoopsters cited for shopliftingNORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma freshmen basketball players Andrew Fitzgerald and Steven Pledger were cited for shoplifting at a department store in Norman, just hours after the Sooners upset Texas on Saturday.Po ...
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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
COLLEGE BASKETBALLAUSTIN -- Brittainey Raven scored a game-high 22 points to help No. 17 Texas rout Texas Tech 81-51 on Sunday.Raven hit four 3-pointers as the Longhorns shot 50 percent from behind the arc. Kat Nash and Cokie Reed each scored 13 poin ...
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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
Stricker wins, moves to No. 2 in world rankingLOS ANGELES -- Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open on Sunday for his fourth victory since May to move to No. 2 in the world ranking.Starting the final round with a six-shot lead at Riviera, Stricke ...
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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
MIAMI -- Sean Payton put in an MVP-like performance.From the sideline.The New Orleans coach made all the right calls in the Super Bowl -- even one that didn't look so good at first, well, it turned out just fine. Thanks in large part to Payton's brav ...
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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
MIAMI -- Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own.After 43 years of futility and one of the finest quarterbacking performances ever delivered in a Su ...
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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
MIAMI, Fla. -- The ultimate underdogs, they ain't. Not anymore. The Saints are Super Bowl champions now.Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarrassing past, carrying an entire city to the top with it.Put away those ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
MIAMI -- Hoosiers and Who Dats.And, oh yes, the two best teams in the NFL also happen to be on hand for Sunday's Super Bowl.Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis Colts are 5-point favorites to spoil the ending of the New Orleans football r ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
MenNo. 7 Georgetown 103, No. 2 Villanova 90: WASHINGTON -- Austin Freeman scored 25 points, Jason Clark had 24, and Georgetown forced 16 first-half turnovers in a victory Saturday that ended Villanova's 11-game winning streak.Georgetown (17-5, 7-4) l ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
NASCARDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. secured the front row for the Daytona 500 on Saturday.Martin, the only driver to top 191 mph during qualifying, earned his first Daytona 500 pole. Earnhard ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
Sapp charged with domestic battery in Fla. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Former football star Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday following an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Beach hotel, police said.Sapp was charged with one count of misdemea ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
MIAMI -- Drew Brees had done his homework, as usual.Asked what he thought about the New Orleans Saints' use of the fleur-de-lis on their helmets and uniforms, Brees responded with a brief history lesson.He rehashed how Louisiana had adopted the symbo ...
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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
NFLFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Reggie Wayne gave the Indianapolis Colts quite a scare Friday when he pulled up short on a pass route, though he's still expected to play in Sunday's Super Bowl.The four-time Pro Bowl receiver left practice 20 minutes earl ...
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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
Irvin's lawyer says claim of rape is 'civil extortion'MIAMI -- A woman claims in a lawsuit filed only days before the Super Bowl that former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin sexually assaulted her at a South Florida hotel, an allegation labeled a fa ...
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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- Dustin Johnson made a hole-in-one and Steve Stricker had seven birdies to brighten an otherwise dreary day at rainy Riviera and finish atop the leaderboard Friday at the Northern Trust Open.Johnson's 8-iron from 152 yards landed betwee ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Faced with record levels of red ink into the foreseeable future, Washington is spending $2.5 million to create buzz for the census -- by advertising during the Super Bowl.The Census Bureau is hoping to exploit the strong ratings from th ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
By STEVEN WINEAssociated PressFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he hopes the pessimism from the players' union regarding labor talks doesn't become a self-fulfilling prophecy.Speaking on Friday at his annual Super Bowl-week ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- The stage is set for the first ladies of racing. Now all Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have to do is show up.Oaklawn Park threw some serious money at the two champion females who have yet to meet, enticing them with a $5 million ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have invested in their future.Ace Justin Verlander and the Tigers finalized an $80 million, five-year contract on Thursday, a deal that avoids a salary arbitration heading.Verlander's deal includes a $500,000 signing bon ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- Dustin Johnson was determined to get off to a good start in the Northern Trust Open, so for the first time, he decided against trying to drive the 10th green at Riviera and instead laid up with a 4-iron.He made par, which never hurts. ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
DALLAS -- Tom Hicks, the financially strapped owner of the Dallas Stars, is exploring a possible sale of the NHL team.The Hicks Sports Group said Thursday it has retained Galatioto Sports Partners to look for new investors and explore the idea of sel ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Everywhere there were players laughing and smiling.Along the back wall of the dressing room, Steve Mason was wearing a goofy-looking hard hat, a symbol that maybe the Columbus Blue Jackets were ready to finally laugh away their trou ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Colts coach Jim Caldwell says injured star Dwight Freeney is rapidly improving as the Super Bowl approaches.The All-Pro defensive end has not practiced since tearing a ligament in his right ankle in the AFC title game.Indiana ...
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Published Friday, February 05, 2010
MIAMI -- Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints' top-ranked offense will be like nothing the Indianapolis Colts have faced in these playoffs.Meanwhile, the Saints' big-play defense has demonstrated a penchant for making clutch stops and producing game ...
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