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The high-pitched wail of 20,000 kids at an Ajax match
Ajax and AZ Alkmaar finally played their Dutch Cup round of 16 match to completion after the first attempt was abandoned after a pitch invader attacked AZ keeper Esteban. And, as promised, they didn't...
View ArticleDogs bark Darth Vader’s theme in Volkswagen Super Bowl teaser (video)
In the annals of Super Bowl commercials past, one genre stands paws and shoulders above the rest: dogs acting like humans. It's with an eye toward history, and one toward last year's popular "kid...
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Pepe sort of apologizes for Messi hand stomp
Though Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal, Pepe stepping on Lionel Messi's hand and going unpunished for it is the only moment from the...
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Puck Headlines: Zdeno Chara talks All-Star Draft; streaking ‘fan’ video;...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • From our resident digital...
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Tiger Woods not happy about former coaches’ book about him
These days, it takes a lot to ruffle Tiger Woods' feathers publicly. Steve Williams, his former caddie, turned against him and Tiger barely spoke a bad word about the looper. Anything that came out in...
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Leroux and Sesselmann bring cross-border presence to Canadian and American teams
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Olympic sports involve athletes competing for countries, so we typically think of them as different nationalities going head to head. Things aren't always that simple, though, and the...
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Brad Marchand sees NHL hypocrisy in his suspension, lack thereof for Nick...
Boston Bruins honey badger Brad Marchand will be sprung from his cage against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, as his five-game suspension for clipping Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo...
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Fausto Carmona — err, Roberto Heredia — arrested in Dominican Republic for...
For years, ballplayers from the Dominican Republic have had to deal with the suspicion that they're all older than the age on the back of their baseball card. Now they'll have to battle doubts about...
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Statistically speaking: 19 minutes later, Philly star’s shot deemed game-winner
A Philadelphia teen drilled a game-winning shot with just 2.6 seconds remaining … then had to wait 19 minutes to learn that his shot actually was a game-winner. Incredibly, that 19 minute delay didn't...
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Freestyle skiing star Sarah Burke dead at 29
Sarah Burke, a women's freestyle skiing pioneer who was instrumental in getting the sport onto the schedule for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, died Thursday due to injuries suffered in a crash earlier this...
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Kyle and Kurt Busch join forces in Nationwide Series
Kyle Busch announced Thursday that he and brother Kurt Busch will team up to compete in the Nationwide Series in 2012 for Kyle's team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, with full-season sponsorship from Monster...
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The 7 Ugliest NHL All-Star Game Jerseys
The Seven is an arbitrary list of randomly connected hockey subjects that will run every Thursday on Puck Daddy. Agree to disagree. Last year's NHL All-Star Game jerseys will be this year's NHL...
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Court Report: Channing Frye, please report to the bench
Alvin Gentry adjusted his starting five on Wednesday - replacing Channing Frye and Jared Dudley with Markieff Morris and Ronnie Price - in what he described as an effort to get more scoring out of his...
View ArticleVideo: Quentin Richardson plays defense from the bench
There's an old basketball cliche that certain veteran players provide a great presence on the bench and in the locker room. That's a nice way of saying that they're not very good at basketball...
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Early Exits: This year’s most baffling draft jumpers
Wednesday was the drop-dead date for underclassmen declaring for the NFL Draft, and they're coming out this year in record numbers: Altogether, the league has approved 66 names on the board with at...
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Will Syracuse don its most hated rival’s colors?
Even at a time when teams routinely forgo traditional school colors in favor of alternate jerseys that attract recruits and sell merchandise, there are some rules that should never be broken. Kentucky...
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David Beckham unveils new Galaxy shirt, says he won’t retire after new deal...
As part of a very David Beckham day that began with a sit-down interview broadcast live on Youtube from the Googleplex, the LA Galaxy held a press conference to officially announced Beckham's two-year...
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Can Olympic qualifying be Alex Morgan’s breakthrough tournament?
VANCOUVER, B.C.—The American roster for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament is full of recognizable names like Hope Solo, Heather Mitts, Shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach, players who have excelled...
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Puck Previews: Senators seek franchise road record at Sharks; The Stanley Cup...
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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Pressing Questions: The Chicago White Sox
It's going to be culture shock for the White Sox beat writers this spring, as the team downshifts from Ozzie Guillen's spice rack to Robin Ventura's vanilla personality. Ventura's dialect will be a...
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