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East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbooks) - New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard
suffered a torn knee ligament in the Super Bowl, the team said Tuesday.
Ballard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the fourth
quarter of Sunday's win over the Patriots.
Fellow tight en... |
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Metairie, LA (Sportsbooks) - The New Orleans Saints officially hired
Steve Spagnuolo as their new defensive coordinator on Tuesday.
Spagnuolo spent the last three seasons as head coach in St. Louis, but was
fired on January 2 after the Rams finished the 2011 season with a ble... |
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Austin, TX (Sportsbooks) - Former All-Pro running back Ricky Williams has
decided to retire after 11 NFL seasons.
The 34-year-old Williams was a star at the University of Texas and a heralded
first-round pick of the New Orleans Saints. He spent the majority of his
pro career w... |
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Memphis, TN (Sportsbooks) - The ongoing game of musical chairs in college
athletics has its newest player.
Memphis is expected to join the Big East in all sports for the 2013-14 season,
completing the conference's goal of having 12 football members.
The Big East will host a teleconfe... |
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Harrisburg, PA (Sportsbooks) - Prosecutors want the conditions of Jerry
Sandusky's bail to be modified to prevent the former Penn State assistant
coach from leaving the walls of his house unless it is to receive medical
treatment.
Court papers filed Tuesday by the attorney ... |
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New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Major League Baseball suspended two New York
Mets minor leaguers Thursday.
Charles "Dock" Doyle and Scott Moviel both received a 50-game suspension after
second violations of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program
for a drug of abuse.
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Kansas City, MO (Sportsbooks) - The Kansas City Royals have agreed to terms
on a one-year contract with outfielder Alex Gordon, the team announced
Thursday.
Gordon notched career-highs in batting average (.303), runs batted in (87),
home runs (23), and stolen bases (17) in... |
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Arlington, TX (Sportsbooks) - The two-time defending American League
champion Texas Rangers have agreed to a two-year contract with outfielder
Nelson Cruz, the team announced on Thursday.
The 31-year-old Cruz batted .263 with 29 home runs and a career-best 87 runs
batted i... |
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San Francisco, CA (Sportsbooks) - Free agent pitcher Rich Harden will
reportedly miss the entire 2012 season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Harden had a torn capsule in his
right shoulder repaired last week by noted sports surgeon Dr... |
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Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbooks) - The Suns saw a 21-point lead evaporate, but
Steve Nash's short jumper with five seconds remaining lifted Phoenix over
Milwaukee, 107-105.
Nash, who celebrated his 38th birthday Tuesday, ended with 18 points and 11
assists for the Suns, who have w... |
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Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for second all-
time on Boston's scoring list as he scored 15 points to go with nine assists
and eight rebounds in a 94-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats at TD Garden
on Tuesday.
"It was a relief. So much was hanging o... |
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Miami, FL (Sportsbooks) - Dwyane Wade and LeBron James had 26 and 24
points, respectively, as the Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers,
107-91, at American Airlines Arena.
Chris Bosh added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Heat, who have won three
in a row and eigh... |
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Nashville, TN (Sportsbooks) - Alexander Edler scored in the sixth round of
a shootout Tuesday night, lifting the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 win over the
Nashville Predators.
Edler challenged Pekka Rinne from the left side, skating deep into the zone
and flipping a shot past his r... |
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Denver, CO (Sportsbooks) - David Jones scored twice as the Colorado
Avalanche took down the slumping Chicago Blackhawks, 5-2, at Pepsi Center.
Kyle Quincey, Peter Mueller and Gabriel Landeskog each had a goal for the
Avalanche, who snapped a five-game slide. Jean-Sebastien ... |
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Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbooks) - Bryan Little scored the eventual game-
winning goal midway through the second period, and the Winnipeg Jets hung on
to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1, on Tuesday.
Chris Thorburn also lit the lamp for the Jets, who snapped their two-game
lo... |
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Columbus, OH (Sportsbooks) - William Buford netted a game-high 29 points
and added seven rebounds as No. 3 Ohio State fought off a resilient Purdue
team, 87-84, on Tuesday.
"I like the fact that we made the plays we had to make down the stretch to win
the game," said Ohio State ... |
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Lexington, KY (Sportsbooks) - Anthony Davis had 16 points, six rebounds and
four blocks, as No. 1 Kentucky cruised to a 78-58 win over No. 8 Florida on
Tuesday. Doron Lamb scored a team-high 18 while Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Wildca... |
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