June 19, 2013
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NHL, players’ union have no plans to talk
NEW YORK — All is quiet between the NHL and the players’ association, and there is no sign the sides will talk even by phone before Christmas. “Nothing today,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly ...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Greenberg
O’s give Greenberg minor league deal
Adam Greenberg is getting a chance to resume his baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles. The 31-year-old returned to the major leagues for one at-bat in October, more than seven years after ...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Is this season’s NFL rookie class the best ever? Could be
As the guy who drafted Peyton Manning, Bill Polian knows something about quarterbacks. Polian calls this year’s class of rookie QBs the best since 1983, when guys named Elway, Marino and Kelly w...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Leagues, NCAA poised to challenge state over betting
NEWARK, N.J. — Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey’s plans to allow sports gambling. That comes after a judge on...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ross, D’backs agree to $26 million, 3-year pact
PHOENIX — Cody Ross and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a $26 million, three-year contract Saturday that includes a club option for 2016. Ross, who turns 32 on Sunday and lives in nearby Scot...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) sits on the bench during last week's game against the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta. The Giants stand 8-6 and hope to regain the magic that saw them get hot late in the season on the way to the Super Bowl title.
Some surge, some stumble toward playoffs
Some teams surge toward the playoffs. Look at Denver, Seattle, Washington and Green Bay. Others struggle to stay in the mix: try the Steelers, Bengals, Giants and Bears. This penultimate week...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Source: Red Sox, Pirates near deal
PITTSBURGH — The Boston Red Sox are pursuing another burly right-hander to shore up their bullpen. A person familiar with the talks said the Red Sox and Pirates are close to completing a trade t...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Phelps
AP selects Phelps as top male athlete
Now that he’s away from the pool, Michael Phelps can reflect — really reflect — on what he accomplished. Pretty amazing stuff. “It’s kind of nuts to think about everything I’ve gone through,”...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Source: Cubs reach deal with RHP Jackson
CHICAGO — A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a four-year, $52 million contract with right-hander Edwin Jackson. The person spoke...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Hawaii's Bryan Maneafaiga (43) scores a touchdown against Nevada on Oct. 9, 2004, in Honolulu. Maneafaiga was an undersized 180-pound running back trying to make the Hawaii football team. Twice, once in pre-season and once in the fall, he failed school drug tests, showing up positive for marijuana use. What surprised him was that the same tests turned up negative for steroids. He'd started injecting stanozolol, a steroid, in the summer to help bulk up to a roster weight of 200 pounds.
Steroids loom in major-college football
WASHINGTON — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes — witho...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Simeon Career Academy's Jabari Parker puts on a Duke University cap after announcing he will be attending Duke during a news conference at his high school on Thursday in Chicago.
Top prep prospect Parker picks Duke
CHICAGO — Jabari Parker still had just about everyone guessing. Then, he pulled out that blue T-shirt with a white “D,” and, finally, it became clear. The prized prospect from Chicago’s Simeon C...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Favor Hamilton
Former Olympian: I led double life as escort
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she coped with depression and a troubled marriage by turning to a life of prostitution. In a series of posts to her Twitter account, Favor Hamilton a...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Colts hoping Pagano returns to sideline
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts hope head coach Chuck Pagano will be back on the sideline next week. While no official announcement has been made by the team, interim coach Bruce Arians and o...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Louisville's Kevin Ware (left) battles Florida International's Tymell Murphy for a loose ball Wednesday in Louisville. Louisville won 79-55.
No. 5 Louisville rolls over FIU
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Peyton Siva’s career highs of five 3-pointers and 12 assists helped No. 5 Louisville roll past Florida International 79-55 on Wednesday night. It was the first meeting between ...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bradford takes the hits for St. Louis Rams
ST. LOUIS — Sam Bradford has never cared much for numbers and statistics. So the St. Louis Rams quarterback was surprised to find out he has been sacked in 30 successive games, the longest curre...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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