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San Diego, CA (Sportsbooks) - The San Diego Chargers announced the signing
of free agent cornerback Donald Strickland to a two-year contract on Friday.
Strickland, 29, saw his playing time diminish with the New York Jets last
season, appearing in 11 games with only two starts. He f... |
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Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns shifted their focus at the
tight end position on Friday, signing unrestricted free agent Benjamin Watson
to a multi-year contract and also releasing Steve Heiden.
Financial terms of the deal for Watson, a former member of the New Engla... |
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Green Bay, WI (Sportsbooks) - The Green Bay Packers signed nose tackle Ryan
Pickett to a long-term extension through the 2013 season on Friday.
Pickett, 30, who has spent the last four seasons of his nine-year career with
the Packers, totaled 47 tackles and one pass defensed while serv... |
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Just 10 weeks ago the future couldn't have looked brighter for Oregon football. Sure, the Ducks had just lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, but the team was back in Pasadena for the first time since 1995. And Oregon was going into the 2010 season as the reigning Pac-10 champions, returning ve... |
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Eugene, OR (Sportsbooks) - Oregon Ducks quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was
suspended for the entire 2010 season after pleading guilty to charges of
second-degree burglary on Friday.
Ducks head coach Chip Kelly made the announcement at a press conference
after Masoli's cou... |
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -Thanks to its track and field program, Miami's football team just got a late recruiting boost. Two-sport standout Latwan Anderson - the 15th-ranked football recruit by Rivals.com in the 2010 signing class - has signed a letter of intent with the Hurricanes' track progra... |
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DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) -Becoming a coach isn't on John McDonald's radar just yet, but while he's playing he enjoys being a mentor to his fellow Toronto Blue Jays infielders. ``I would hope the younger players would use a player like me as a source of knowledge,'' said the 35-year-old McDonald, prim... |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Jake Peavy's first spring training outing looked more like a regular-season start. He was that sharp, and showed no signs of fatigue from jamming at his late-night ``Woodjock'' charity concert Thursday that drew some 1,200 people. The Chicago White Sox also looked impressiv... |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -Shortstop J.J. Hardy and second baseman Orlando Hudson, the Minnesota Twins' new double play combination, are getting acquainted. The two are being paired during spring training so they can learn each other's tendencies around the middle of the infield. Even though they h... |
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Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbooks) - John Salmons scored 24 points and hit a pair
of important free throws with less than 20 seconds to go, and the Milwaukee
Bucks continued their impressive homestand with a 95-87 win over the Utah
Jazz.
Salmons continued to provide a spark for Milwau... |
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Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbooks) - Kevin Durant poured in 32 points and
pulled down 12 rebounds, as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the lowly New
Jersey Nets, 104-102.
Durant's 30-point game was his 36th this season, breaking Spencer Haywood's
franchise mark set from the 1972... |
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New Orleans, LA (Sportsbooks) - Carmelo Anthony put up 32 points to go with
12 rebounds, and Denver pulled away late for a 102-95 win over New Orleans.
Chauncey Billups recorded 21 points and seven assists for the Northwest
Division-leading Nuggets, winners of five straight.
Nen... |
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Anaheim, CA (Sportsbooks) - Pekka Rinne stopped 31 shots for his fourth
shutout of the season as the Nashville Predators downed the Anaheim Ducks,
1-0, at the Honda Center.
Shea Weber scored the lone goal off assists from Jason Arnott and Ryan
Suter for the Predators, who... |
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Buffalo, NY (Sportsbooks) - Josh Harding stopped a season-high 43 shots, as
Minnesota escaped from Buffalo with a 3-2 win at HSBC Arena.
Andrew Ebbett, Andrew Brunette and Guillaume Latendresse lit the lamp for the
Wild, who halted a four-game losing streak.
"Last night (a 5-1 loss... |
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Newark, NJ (Sportsbooks) - Ilya Kovalchuk posted a goal and two assists and
Martin Brodeur stopped 34 shots as New Jersey clipped Pittsburgh, 3-1, at
Prudential Center. Patrik Elias and Andy Greene also scored for the Devils,
who have won two in a row and climbed to within two poin... |
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Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Tre'Von Willis finished with 18 points and
made critical free throws down the stretch, as UNLV upended No. 14 BYU, 70-66,
to reach the championship game of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
Willis finished 6-of-6 at the line, while Chace Stanback ... |
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Reno, NV (Sportsbooks) - Jared Quayle scored 16 points to lead the top-
seeded Utah State Aggies to an 85-55 romp over the fourth-seeded Louisiana
Tech Bulldogs in the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.
Brady Jardine posted 13 points for Utah State (27-6), w... |
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