INDIANAPOLIS – Philadelphia finally got things right on the final night of the season. The 76ers looked like the high-scoring, solid defensive team the brass envisioned when it traded for Andrew Bynum. On a night Jrue Holiday and Spencer Hawes played fewer than 10 minutes, Dorell Wright scored 23 points …
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was late in the third period of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals last year, and the Sharks trailed Chicago 2-1 when forward Ryane Clowe launched what looked to be a game-tying shot at a wide-open net on the power play. Looks, as the …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Panthers quarterback Cam Newton practiced for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery on March 19. Newton worked in 7-on-7 drills during the team’s final day of minicamp practice Thursday. Newton says he felt sluggish on his first day back, adding, “My mind was moving faster than …
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HONOLULU – Cole Dickerson scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the first half and San Francisco beat East Tennessee State 67-49 in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic Tuesday. The Dons (6-6) also got 15 points from Cody Doolin and 10 from Tim Derksen to snap …
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NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were benched by the Yankees for Game 3 of the AL championship series at Detroit on Tuesday night, the latest attempt by New York to reverse a deep hitting slump that threatens to knock New York out of the postseason. “We talked …
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – R.J. Price scored 25 points to lift Radford to a 68-66 victory over Virginia Tech on Sunday. Price made 9-of-17 from the floor and hit 5-of-13 from beyond the 3-point arc, as the Highlanders (5-3) rallied from a six-point deficit with a little more than two minutes …
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored a goal each to give the Netherlands a 2-0 halftime lead over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup on Saturday. Van Persie converted a penalty kick three minutes into the match after Arjen Robben was brought …
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It’s hunting season for theNew England Patriots, and head coach Mike Vrabel is on the lookout for “rats.” Speaking to the media Thursday, Vrabel was asked about reports that second-year receiver Ja’Lynn Polk would miss the entire season with a shoulder injury that requires surgery. New England Patriots head coach …
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Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon won’t be on the field for the first four games of the season. The Texans won’t be activating Mixon off the non-football injury list before the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday, which makes him ineligible to play the first four games. “We will …
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Micah Parsons and the Cowboys are entrenched in a contract standoff. A few weeks ago, the star pass rusher went public with his desire to be traded to another team as talks on a potential long-term deal appeared to stall. But last week, longtime Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry …
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