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Amar'e leaves team after brother's death
Galleries Web links Amar'e Stoudemire left the to be with his family after his older brother Hazell was killed in a car wreck in Florida early Monday morning. Stoudemire flew to Florida Monday morning. He missed Monday night's game against the Jazz and his status for the Knicks' other three games this week is unclear. "My thoughts and prayers and everything are with him," coach said. "Whatever he needs to take, he'll take. And we'll get him back as soon as possible." According to the report, Hazell, 35, crashed his 2007 into the back of a tractor trailer on Route 27 in Lake . The report said Stoudemire was traveling at "a high rate of speed" and struck the other vehicle while trying to pass...
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Slavery protections for animals? Judge to decide
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge for the first time in U.S. history heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller called the hearing in San Diego after Sea World asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that names five orcas as plaintiffs in the case. PETA claims the captured killer whales are treated like slaves for being forced to live in tanks and perform daily at its parks in San Diego and Orlando, Fla. "This case is on the next frontier of civil rights," said PETA's attorney Jeffrey Kerr, representing the...
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Fans bet $94M on Super Bowl at Nevada casinos
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade. The Gaming Control Board says unaudited tallies show 184 sports books won a little over $5 million on the football action. New England was about a 3 point favorite, but the Giants won 21-17. It was a different story for Nevada casinos when the same two teams played in the 2008 Super Bowl. The Patriots opened as 14-point favorites four years ago, but Giants backers bet the line down to 12 points and got paid when New York earned a 17-14 win. Nevada casinos lost the most money ever on the Super Bowl...
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Big Ten mulling college football playoff plan with on-campus games
CHICAGO The Big Ten not only is ready to listen to proposals regarding a national four-team football playoff, league and school officials are kicking around an intriguing idea. Sources told the Tribune that a Big Ten plan would remove the top four teams from the BCS bowl pool and have semifinal games played on the college campus of the higher seed. That would do away with the facade of neutral sites such as New Orleans, Miami and Pasadena, Calif., and ease travel concern for fans. The championship game then could be bid out, like the Super Bowl. The concept of the Big Ten even entertaining playoff proposals seemed laughable as recently as two months ago. But in the wake of a low-rated...
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Timberwolves' Love suspended for 2 games
MINNEAPOLIS — Emotion got the best of Kevin Love on Saturday night against the Rockets, and now he and the Minnesota Timberwolves have to pay the price. Love, his team's leading...
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Dirks' standout play makes him a star in D.R.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The sounds of Estadio Quisqueya can be deafening. Oversized noisemakers rattle throughout the historic stadium and the horns -- no matter the size -- produce equally piercing volume. Games are won, voices are lost and the heartbeat of the ballpark isn't just felt in the stands, but also heard thanks to pulsing beats played in between innings. Through it all, you can still make out one of the most popular chants at this year's Caribbean Series, and that's music to Andy Dirks' ears every time he hears it. "An-dee, An-dee, An-dee." The Detroit outfielder is a rock star in the Dominican Republic. He can't walk out of the hotel room where he is living this...
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Boston U beats Harvard 3-1 to reach Beanpot final
BOSTON (AP) — Wade Megan scored a pair of second-period goals and Kieran Millan stopped 29 shots to lift top-ranked Boston University to a 3-1 win over Harvard in the opening round of the 60th Beanpot tournament Monday. The Terriers (17-8-1) advanced to their 26th championship game in 29 years and will face the Boston College-Northeastern winner next Monday night to decide the annual showdown between the area's four college hockey powers. Matt Nieto had the other goal for BU,...
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NFL Power Index
FINALCURRENTLASTTEAMRATINGRATINGGreen Bay15-2-0105105New Orleans14-4-0104104N.Y. Giants13-7-0103101New...
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Sidney Crosby practices with Penguins
MONTREAL-Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby practiced Monday but said he is no closer to returning from a concussion and neck injury that have sidelined him for most of the season. Coach Dan Bylsma felt with Jordan Staal and Simon Despres...
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Giants' Victor Cruz picks IMG to negotiate endorsements
Giants star wide receiver Victor Cruz has signed with the IMG Worldwide of New York to handle endorsements, speaking engagements and other marketing, IMG said Monday. TYSON TRISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz in a game against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium....
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Stevan Jovetic intends to honour new Fiorentina contract
The Montenegrin forward has been linked with Real Madrid and Arsenal in the past but he claims that he has no desire to leave the Artemio Franchi Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Parma £22.50 Draw £31.00 Fiorentina £30.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Parma £23.80 Draw £31.00 Fiorentina £31.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Parma £23.00 Draw £32.00 Fiorentina £32.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Parma £22.00 Draw £31.00...
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Liverpool's Kenny Dalglish insists Luis Suarez 'should never have been away' after return from racism ban
The Scot hailed the Uruguay international after he made his return from suspension against Tottenham, whilst also praising the performance of his side at Anfield Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Man Utd. £18.00 Draw £34.00 Liverpool £40.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Man Utd. £18.00 Draw £33.00 Liverpool £38.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Man Utd. £18.30 Draw £36.00 Liverpool £43.30 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Man Utd. £18.20 Draw £33.00 Liverpool £40.00 By David Lynch at Anfield...
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Storm signs Ann Wauters to fill void in middle
The Storm's 2012 outlook is beginning to get clearer after coach Brian Agler's trip to Europe. Traveling with Karen Bryant, the team's president and CEO, Agler reached deals to fill holes on the team's frontline and backcourt. One was announced Monday, with the Storm signing Belgium center Ann Wauters to a multiyear contract worth the WNBA maximum of $103,000 this summer. The 6-foot-4 Wauters is now playing in Spain with Storm posts Lauren Jackson and Jana Vesela. Jackson plans to miss the opening half of...
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Plainfield E zeroed in on No 1 sectional seed
Updated: February 6, 2012 7:54PM Before Friday’s huge Southwest Prairie Conference boys basketball game between Minooka and Plainfield East, Bengals coach Branden Adkins discussed his team’s potential for gaining the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A Aurora East Sectional. Considering strength of schedule, he thought his Bengals’ one-loss resume was a little bit better than Metea Valley’s one-loss resume. Take care of business that night, as well as Saturday night against Naperville North, and the Bengals should be voted No. 1. I countered with the thought there are more coaches in the sectional who see...
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Boys Basketball: Curie, Orr are logical contenders
Updated: February 6, 2012 7:35PM Simeon star Jabari Parker has two state championships but no city titles. The phenom is hungry to add that line to his basketball resume, and the Wolverines’ odds of doing so look good. They are the top seed in the city tournament, which tips off with 16 first-round games Wednesday. Curie and Orr are most...
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Suarez's return fails to spark Liverpool
AFP - Luis Suarez's return from an eight-match suspension failed to inspire Liverpool as they were held to a goalless draw by Tottenham at Anfield on Monday. Suarez received a rapturous reception from Liverpool fans when he came on in the 66th minute - his first action for six weeks - after serving a ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra. But the Uruguay striker was left frustrated as third-placed Tottenham secured a point in the absence of their manager Harry Redknapp in a scrappy contest. All the hype...
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Granada beat Malaga in Andalusian derby
AFP - Inigo Lopez grabbed a late winner for Granada to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation with a 2-1 home victory over local Primera Liga rivals Malaga on Monday. Earlier Odion Ighalo had put Granada ahead before Salomon Rondon equalised an entertaining and hard fought Andalusian derby which saw Malaga end the match with 10 men after...
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Column: Banning Tour de France champ is like getting Al Capone for tax evasion: unsatisfying
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Stripping Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France victory on the supposition that he may have eaten a dodgy food supplement is like jailing Al Capone for tax evasion: Yes, Contador's accusers secured a conviction, but the verdict missed the point. Was this justice? Strictly speaking, it was. But it didn't feel that way. In their defense, the three judges at the Court of Arbitration for Sport — whose ruling on Monday struck another body blow at cycling — faced a devilishly difficult task. Pretty much the only indisputable fact in this most complex and contentious of cases was that the banned performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol was found in the...
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Cycling great Eddy Merckx assails Contador's doping ban, saying it's 'very bad' for the sport
MADRID - Eddy Merckx wonders if someone is trying to "kill cycling." The cycling great deplored the decision Monday to strip Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Contador's claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat. The Spaniard, who also won cycling's premier race in 2007 and 2009, joined Floyd Landis as the only riders to lose a Tour title. "It's very bad for cycling. It's bad for everybody. It's like someone wants to kill cycling," Merckx, a five-time Tour de France winner, told The...
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Wade Megan's 2 goals lift BU back into Beanpot final with 3-1 victory over Harvard
BOSTON - Wade Megan scored a pair of second-period goals and Kieran Millan stopped 29 shots to lift top-ranked Boston University to a 3-1 win over Harvard in the opening round of the 60th Beanpot tournament Monday. The Terriers (17-8-1) advanced to their 26th championship game in 29 years and will face the Boston College-Northeastern winner next Monday night to decide the annual showdown between the area's four college hockey powers. Matt Nieto had the other goal for BU, which won for the...
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Hughes to have shoulder examined after collision in Australia
Twins infielder Luke Hughes will return to Minnesota to have his right shoulder examined later this week after injuring himself on a recent collision at home plate during the Australian winter league semifinals. Hughes, 27, hit seven home runs in 96 games for the Twins last...
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Scuffle erupts at weigh-in for Sonny Bill bout
HAMILTON: Sonny Bill Williams has clashed with heavyweight boxing opponent Clarence Tillman III a day early as their weigh-in today descended into a pushing match. Tillman shoved Williams in the chest at the pair's weigh-in in Hamilton as the heated atmosphere between the two erupted into a physical altercation. Williams in turn shoved Tillman back, with...
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QPR provocateur Joey Barton dodges legal action over John Terry racism case tweets
JOEY Barton will not face legal action regarding his Twitter remarks about the John Terry racism case. After Terry was stripped of the England captaincy by the Football Association Barton, a prolific user of social networking site Twitter, made a series of pointed observations on the case. Terry is facing charges of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand - charges the Chelsea defender has always denied. Recommended Coverage Barton blows up...
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NFL and NBC quick to apologise after Sri Lankan singer M.I.A. flips the bird during Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show
THE NFL and a major US television network are apologising for another Super Bowl half-time show. There was no wardrobe malfunction, nothing like that glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple eight years ago that caused an uproar and government scrutiny. Instead, it was an extended middle finger from British singer M.I.A. during yesterday's performance of Madonna's new single, Give Me All Your Luvin. Recommended Coverage Brady's wife blames Welker for loss THE Patriots say there's no finger-pointing after their Super Bowl loss but supermodel Gisele Bundchen thinks otherwise. Madonna's growing old filthily MADONNA is not...
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Cricket: Pakistan Defeat Not All Doom and Gloom for Strauss
Dubai. England captain Andrew Strauss stressed a 3-0 hammering inflicted by Pakistan was not all doom and gloom for his team, hoping they learn from their mistakes and move on. Pakistan thumped England by 71 runs in the third and final Test here on Monday to seal an emphatic 3-0 win -- the first whitewash in all Tests between the two countries. Strauss, under whom England had not lost a Test series since their 1-0 defeat in the Caribbean...
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Football: Dalglish Stirs Up Suarez Debate Again on Return
Liverpool. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish hailed the return of Luis Suarez after an eight-game ban and once again insisted that he should not have been suspended in the first place. Suarez, hit with the punishment after a Football Association board found him guilty of making a racist comment to Manchester Unitedâs Patrice Evra, was given a rapturous reception from Liverpool fans when he came on as a 66th minute substitute against Tottenham at Anfield on Monday. But the controversial Uruguay strikerâs first taste of action since December 26 ended in frustration as Liverpool were held to a goalless...
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Flood's return another boost for England
"I place as much importance on how players conduct themselves in training during the week as on what they do at the weekend," said Stuart Lancaster, the caretaker coach, in confirming that the 32-man squad for Saturday's meeting with Italy in Rome, bolstered by the return of the World Cup midfielder Toby Flood, would be encouraged to engage in a full and frank exchange of views. "When we do a 15 v 15 session, I try to ensure that...
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Post-Patriots, O'Brien turns attention to Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — White placards with a set of rules were affixed to the glass doors of the players' entrance at the Penn State football building about the time Bill O'Brien agreed to become the school's next football coach. Rule No. 1 on the sign the Nittany Lions see when they walk in? "Know Your Role/Do Your Job," in bold capital letters Starting today, O'Brien should finally be doing just that full time in Happy Valley. There's no rest for the former New England Patriots offensive coordinator, two days after losing the Super Bowl 21-17 to the New York Giants. "I'll be there Tuesday. I'm going to do everything I can to help New England on Sunday, then I'll be in State College as...
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After Giants' surreal touchdown, debates on the strategy
INDIANAPOLIS — On a night that featured a variety of surprising moments - including a safety, several critical dropped passes and Tom Coughlin, the 65-year-old New York Giants coach, embracing rapper Flavor Flav in celebration - the most bizarre moment Sunday surely was Super Bowl XLVI's final touchdown. The setup seemed standard enough. The Giants were trailing by two points, there was just more than a minute remaining, and the Giants had the ball on the New England Patriots' 6-yard line. Eli Manning took the snap, handed the ball to Ahmad Bradshaw, and as Bradshaw began his surge, the game suddenly turned on its head. It was like opposite day. The Patriots defenders, trained their...
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Sportsmakers: Soccer coach Bob Bradley committed to Egypt, despite turmoil
Bob Bradley insisted he is "totally committed" to coaching Egypt's national team, despite the turmoil in the country following the riot at a game last week that left more than 70 dead. The federation president who hired Bradley last year and his board were dismissed by the prime minister in the aftermath of Wednesday's rampage. But Bradley, a former U.S. national team coach, is sure that he will lead Egypt into African Cup of Nations qualifying. "I'm totally committed," Bradley told broadcaster Al-Jazeera. "When a tragedy like this occurs, it's important that people can come together and can be strong, and in my role as coach of the national team, I want to do...
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Sports court strips Alberto Contador of 2010 Tour de France title
GENEVA — Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title on Monday, when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test. The 29-year-old Contador, who also won the Tour in 2007 and '09, tested positive for clenbuterol during a Tour rest day in July 2010. Contador's ban was backdated to Jan. 25, 2011 — making him eligible to return Aug. 6. "Unlike certain other countries, notably outside Europe, Spain is not known to have a contamination problem with clenbuterol in meat," the Court...
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Capitals' Brooks Laich 'day-to-day'
The Capitals await word on the severity of Brooks Laich's left knee injury, a setback that comes at a crucial time in the team's hopes for a fifth straight Southeast Division title. Coach Dale Hunter said Laich's injury was "not major"...
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