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Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have waived tight end
Kevin Everett, who has made a remarkable recovery from a serious neck injury
he suffered in the 2007 regular-season opener.
Everett was hurt on September 9 against Denver while trying to make a tackle
during ... |
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San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers signed long snapper
David Binn to a new four-year contract Monday that will keep him with the team
through 2011.
The 36-year-old Binn, entering his 15th NFL season, is the Chargers' all-time
leader in games played.
"David has be... |
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Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - 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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Provo, UT (MySportsbook) - 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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San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Roy Oswalt threw eight innings, retiring
the final 14 batters he faced, as the Houston Astros continued their momentous
May with a 7-3 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Lance Berkman continued his hot stretch, going 3-for-4 with a two-run homer
for ... |
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Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers placed shortstop
Rafael Furcal on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 6, on Monday due
to a lower back injury.
Furcal did not travel with the team to Milwaukee, where they will begin a
three-game series against the ... |
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St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Rays activated pitcher
Gary Glover off the 15-day disabled list Monday.
Glover, who had been sidelined since April 26 with right shoulder tendinitis,
pitched the eighth inning in Tampa Bay's 7-1 home win over the Yankees on
Monday. He is ... |
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FIRST TEAM - Kevin Garnett, f, Boston, 52 (24); Kobe Bryant, g, L.A. Lakers, 52 (24); Marcus Camby, c, Denver, 37 (14); Bruce Bowen, g-f, San Antonio, 36 (13); Tim Duncan, f, San Antonio, 33 (12). SECOND TEAM - Shane Battier, f, Houston, 29 (9); Chris Paul, g, New Orleans, 26 (10); Dwight Howar... |
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Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - 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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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -Although the San Jose Sharks ended another disappointing playoff run last week, coach Ron Wilson was optimistic about his future. After all, his Sharks had done just about everything a good team can do, except win a Stanley Cup. Wilson's only glaring failure still cost hi... |
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Detroit 2 1 2-5 Dallas 1 1 0-2 First Period-1, Detroit, Datsyuk 6 (Zetterberg, Rafalski), 9:27. 2, Dallas, Grossman 1 (Modano, Morrow), 15:13. 3, Detroit, Datsyuk 7 (Holmstrom, Rafalski), 15:50. Penalties-Kronwall, Det (hooking), 1:33; Niskanen, Dal (holding), 7:37; Hudler, Det (hooking), 7:... |
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Detroit 2 1 2-5 Dallas 1 1 0-2 First Period-1, Detroit, Datsyuk 6 (Zetterberg, Rafalski), 9:27. 2, Dallas, Grossman 1 (Modano, Morrow), 15:13. 3, Detroit, Datsyuk 7 (Holmstrom, Rafalski), 15:50. Second Period-4, Dallas, Richards 3 (Eriksson, Lundqvist), 3:47. 5, Detroit, Hudler 3 (Kronwall... |
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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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