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Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears have signed kicker
Robbie Gould to a five-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday.
Terms of the deal, which runs through the 2013 season, were not disclosed.
Gould, a Penn State product, made 31-of-36 field goals in... |
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ATLANTA (AP) -The early reports that Herschel Walker's new book would reveal he has lived with a multiple-personality disorder sparked a wave of surprise and even disbelief from many who know the former football star. Family members, including Walker's father and brother, said they had no hint ... |
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Green Bay, WI (Sportsbooks) - The Green Bay Packers released wide
receiver Koren Robinson on Friday.
Robinson, who signed as a free-agent in September 2006, served a year-long
suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He was reinstated
by the league in O... |
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Provo, UT (Sportsbooks) - BYU senior running back Manase Tonga has been
ruled academically ineligible to compete during the 2008 season.
The announcement was made Monday by head football coach Bronco Mendenhall.
Tonga will redshirt the 2008 season. He was suspended from the school ... |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -A University of Florida football player is recovering after being shot in the shoulder while at a Tampa area-park. Florida coach Urban Meyer says Gator defensive lineman Matt Patchan is expected to fully recover. Patchan was shot Friday night. Details of the shooting are not... |
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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) -Joe Paterno wants football recruits to consider Penn State on its merits, not on whether the Hall of Fame coach will be around for the length of their stay. Speaking before an Alumni Club function in suburban Philadelphia on Saturday, the 81-year-old Paterno cited Penn S... |
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Arlington, TX (Sportsbooks) - Ramon Vazquez's solo home run in the 10th
inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a 13-12 win over the Seattle Mariners in
the opener of a three-game set.
The Rangers blew a four-run lead in the ninth, but came back to post their
sixth win in seven con... |
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Flushing, NY (Sportsbooks) - Odalis Perez did it all for Washington, going
3-for-3 at the plate with a pair of runs batted in, and earning the victory on
the mound, as the Nationals downed the New York Mets, 10-4, in the opener of a
four-game set at Shea Stadium.
Perez (1-3), who had ... |
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Chicago, IL (Sportsbooks) - Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-5 with a double and
a two-run homer, part of an electric offensive outing that saw the Chicago
Cubs cruise past the San Diego Padres, 12-3, in the opener of a four-game
set at Wrigley Field.
Carlos Zambrano (6-1) made ano... |
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Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - LeBron James scored 21 points and dished out
13 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away down the stretch to beat the
Boston Celtics, 88-77, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series after
four games.
Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel Gibson each ... |
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New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - The New York Knicks have called a news
conference for 1 p.m. (et) Tuesday to introduce Mike D'Antoni as their next
head coach.
Late Saturday, the Knicks agreed in principle for D'Antoni to take over as
coach, and the New York Post reports D'An... |
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Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - LeBron James scored 21 points and dished out
13 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away down the stretch to beat the
Boston Celtics, 88-77, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series after
four games. Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel Gibson each t... |
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San Jose, CA (Sportsbooks) - The San Jose Sharks relieved Ron Wilson of
his head coaching duties on Monday, a little over a week since the club bowed
out in the second round of the playoffs.
"Ron helped foster a new era in San Jose Sharks hockey with some record-
setting regu... |
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Dallas, TX (Sportsbooks) - Pavel Datsyuk recorded his first career playoff
hat trick as the Detroit Red Wings took a commanding three games to none
series lead with a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of the Western
Conference finals at American Airlines Center.
Henrik ... |
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -With the latest technology and the oldest mind games, coach Ron Wilson led the San Jose Sharks to more victories than any NHL club over the past four seasons. Not enough of those victories came in the postseason to please general manager Doug Wilson, who's making big chan... |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Indiana University told the NCAA on Monday that its own self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls made by Kelvin Sampson before he resigned as basketball coach. Sampson said he had been judged be... |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -The head of the sports agency representing O.J. Mayo denied any illegal activity involving the Southern California star on Monday, a day after ESPN reported Bill Duffy Associates gave cash to an event promoter who provided gifts. ``We are in contact with the NCAA and the Pac-1... |
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NEWPORT HARBOR, Calif. (AP) - Bill Rankin, a basketball star at UCLA during World War II and after, has died after a long fight with Parkinson's disease. He was 84. Rankin's daughter, Cindy Elliott, told The Associated Press he died Sunday night at his home on Balboa Island. Rankin played gua... |
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