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From Young to Smith, 49ers QB legacy is complicated
Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young knows very well what it's like to come into the San Francisco 49ers environment as the first-round heir apparent to a quarterback history established by Joe...
View ArticleTop 2013 recruit throws down massive jam with ankle injury
If you haven't heard of Solomon Poole before, don't worry. You will. A star point guard for Jacksonville (Fla.) Terry Parker High, Poole is one of the top-10 recruits in the Class of 2013. The junior...
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Peugeot withdraws from 24 Hours of Le Mans
Peugeot, a major player in sports car endurance racing, has announced that it has pulled out of racing this season for financial reasons. The French company is Europe's second biggest carmaker. From...
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Headlinin’: Neither torn ACL nor meniscus kept Josh Chapman from Alabama’s...
Making the morning rounds. • Well, "debilitating knee injury" is all in the mind. Alabama defensive lineman Josh Chapman started seven of the Crimson Tide's last eight games in 2011 on a torn ACL and...
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Scott Gomez’s inability to score a goal depriving Montreal fans of free booze
The Montreal Canadiens were shut out by the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night, which means center Scott Gomez had now played 16 games this season without scoring a goal; meanwhile, there are 613...
View ArticleVideo: Big Baby Davis pulls down his shorts, earns a tech
In his five NBA seasons, Orlando Magic forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis has earned a reputation as one of the league's most outsized characters. The nickname helps, as does the weight, but he also has a...
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Aaron Rodgers watched Miss America, but hasn’t called her
It turns out that Aaron Rodgers was watching the Miss America pageant on Saturday night, and heard about Miss Wisconsin/Miss America Laura Kaeppeler asking him to call her. While relaxing at the Green...
View ArticleJoe Magrane and his talented daughter were on American Idol last night
Of all the things I thought I might wake up to this morning, Joe Magrane appearing on "American Idol" as his daughter Shannon tried out for the judges ranked somewhere down by Dan Schatzeder eating bug...
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Michigan’s AD still hates the idea of a playoff
Count Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon among those who are against a playoff in major college football. In an interview with Wolverine Nation, Brandon said that no version of a playoff would be...
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Roddick retires in Melbourne after aggravating hamstring injury
A meeting of tennis' old guard ended prematurely Thursday night in Melbourne when Andy Roddick was forced to retire from his match against Lleyton Hewitt with a hamstring injury. Roddick took a tumble...
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Do NHL players, alumni deserve larger slice of the Winter Classic revenue pie?
Like the All-Star skills competition, the NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game is starting to create more buzz and memories than the main event. In 2010, Mario Lemieux's return to the ice basically created...
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Someone tattled to the Ravens about Joe Flacco riding a skateboard
It's a story straight out of suburbia: A nosy neighbor sees someone riding around on a skateboard and makes a call to an authority figure in an attempt to stop such rebellious behavior. The one key...
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Blindsided? Penn State trustees ‘barely remembered’ spring briefing on Sandusky.
For the rest of America, the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal erupted suddenly last November, when the Pennsylvania Attorney General dropped the indictment that would would quickly engulf Penn State,...
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New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged women might be offended
Students at a new Utah high school are facing disappointment after their choice for a new school mascot was rejected for one of the strangest reasons possible: Board members deemed it might be seen as...
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Pro-Canucks, Anti-Bruins propaganda uses Jon Stewart’s cynicism for 10-minute...
In case you were wondering about the severity of the psychological scarring suffered by some Vancouver Canucks fans after losing the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins: It apparently runs "I'll make a...
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Creighton, Wichita State tighten their grip on the Valley race
If either Creighton or Wichita State were feeling generous on Wednesday night, they might have tanked their games at Missouri State and Northern Iowa to strengthen the Missouri Valley Conference's...
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Terrell Owens signs with an Indoor Football League team
Terrell Owens' return to the Dallas area won't be as triumphant as he hoped. The former NFL star announced Wednesday that he signed to play for an Indoor Football League team in the Dallas suburb of...
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Report: Browns want to trade up to draft Robert Griffin III
There will be two coveted quarterbacks in April's NFL draft: Andrew Luck of Stanford, and then, the perhaps slightly less-coveted Robert Griffin III of Baylor. Luck will most likely be drafted first by...
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Willie O’Ree still spreading love of hockey 54 years after breaking NHL’s...
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- When Willie O'Ree stepped on to the ice for the Boston Bruins at the Montreal Forum the night of Jan. 18, 1958, it didn't even hit him that he was doing something historic. Despite it...
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FIFA declares there must be beer at 2014 World Cup whether Brazil likes it or...
If there's one thing FIFA is good at, it's making money. If there's two things FIFA's good at, it's making money and doing it in spite of whatever pesky laws happen to be in a locality they plan on...
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