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Big East newbies see their names in lights in Times Square
The Big East is taking Manhattan — at least for a day — and the conference's new teams were able to see their names in lights in New York City. The Big East used the Times Square marquee from sponsor...
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Seahawks WR Mike Williams loses targets, but gains influence among younger...
SEATTLE, Wash. — In the first half of the Seattle Seahawks' 30-13 Monday night win over the St. Louis Rams, rookie receiver Doug Baldwin had one reception on two targets for a grant total of four...
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Luke Donald named PGA Tour Player of the Year
The interesting thing about the post-Tiger world of the PGA Tour is that everything is always up for grabs. Majors, scoring titles and awards are never penciled in before the final announcement and...
View ArticlePGA Tour’s Shots of the Year #5: Steve Marino at the Sony
It takes a pretty magnificent shot to make this list when the player didn't even win the award, but when Steve Marino pulled three-wood on the 18th hole in the final round of the Sony Open, you knew...
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James Harrison’s understated reaction to being suspended
Earlier today, James Harrison became the first NFL player ever suspended for a helmet-to-helmet hit. It was an unprecedented course of action for the league, and the world waited to see how the...
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School’s fan marketing includes Facebook, its own app
Everyone wants to be involved in social media, using Facebook and Twitter to market their products, engage with customers or just get people excited about what they're selling. That's true of...
View ArticleHere’s Retired Ronaldo slicing through Hamburg defenders to score
Zidane and Retired Ronaldo held their annual UN match against poverty, this time playing on the same side (along with the likes of Luis Figo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro and Claude Makelele) against...
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Steve Kerr tells Dan Gilbert to “get over it,” calls out the NBA for the...
By pretty much any possible standard, the NBA has mishandled the Chris Paul situation in New Orleans, creating a state of affairs in which they only deal that could be deemed acceptable would put Paul...
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Ten outlandish ‘facts’ from Scott Boras’ Prince Fielder book
Scott Boras has put his voluminous ode to Prince Fielder's abilities out on the street and ESPN's Jerry Crasnick has the details. "Encased in a silver aluminum antimicrobial binder," Crasnick writes,...
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Superlatives: The best upsets of 2011
The best (and worst) of the year. Today: Counting down the season's biggest surprises. 10. Colorado 17, Utah 14. If the Pac-12 had given Utah its pick of opponents with the South Division title on the...
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Puck Previews: Wings visit Pens; John Stevens era (for now) begins
Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished....
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Richard Petty Motorsports interested in hiring Kurt Busch
After his release from Penske Racing, it seemed that there would be a slim chance that Kurt Busch would be in a competitive ride in 2012. Those chances may be a lot fatter than initially figured....
View ArticleMoses parts ‘Red Sea’ of hoops fans in amazing pregame ritual
Every high school in America claims to have the best fans. It's practically a requirement. Yet, if Prep Rally had to hand out an honor for most creative prep hoops fan section in the nation, it would...
View ArticleVideo: Holiday gift ideas from your friends, the San Jose Sharks
Looking for unique gifts for your friends and family? Why not spring for a teal tutu, courtesy Douglas Murray and Antti Niemi of the Sharks Sports and Entertainment Holiday Shopping Network? Or, if...
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Big West’s new dilemma: Invest in hoops or be left in the dust
San Diego State plays in a frequently jam-packed 12,000-seat arena, pays its head coach more than $800,000 per year and is shooting for its third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance this March. UC...
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Homeward bound: Gus Malzahn takes a pay cut for a promotion… at Arkansas State?
Well, here's something I didn't expect to be writing today: Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn is about to take a 30 percent pay cut to become the head coach at Arkansas State. Batten down the...
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Flames: Vilified Felix about to make good on preseason promise
Each week the Noise highlights 12 somewhat obscure, unobvious names who he believes are destined to torch the competition. For those playing the Flames home edition, each player must be started in...
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After losing Giroux, Flyers show they’re not 1-man team
WASHINGTON, DC — The Philadelphia Flyers' visit to the Washington Capitals could have been a depressing evening for Wayne Simmonds. His inadvertent knee to the head of Claude Giroux on Saturday night...
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Strikeforce lives! A big month is on the way
In the cage, Frank Mir just pulled off what might be the best comeback of the month. Outside, it's looking like Strikeforce is ready to shock naysayers and move briskly into 2012. You just never know...
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Nagatomo, Javier Zanetti show how classy people celebrate goals
Yuto Nagatomo scored the only goal in Inter's win over Genoa on Tuesday and after celebrating with the rest of his teammates, he went up to Javier Zanetti and the two bowed to each other. They didn't...
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