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Wright, Mets agree to $138M; Hanson traded
David Wright agreed to the richest contract in Mets history Friday and Tommy Hanson was traded to the Angels on a busy day in baseball when dozens of players were dumped by their teams. Houston ...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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IOC ready to take Armstrong’s bronze medal
LONDON — His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling’s record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports silverware: an Olympic medal. Twelve years after Armstrong won ...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Survey: Bonds, Clemens likely miss in Hall vote
NEW YORK — Baseball’s all-time home run king and the most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated Press shows that Barry Bonds and Roger...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Falcons overcome Saints
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons raced to a 17-0 lead and the defense made it stand up, picking off five of Drew Brees’ passes and ending his NFL-record touchdown streak with a 23-13 victory Thursday ...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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NBA to sanction Spurs for resting regulars
MIAMI — The San Antonio Spurs will be punished by the NBA for their decision to send four top players home and not make them available to play in Miami against the Heat on Thursday night. Miami won...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Upton, Braves finalize $75.25 million deal
ATLANTA — Free agent outfielder B.J. Upton and the Atlanta Braves have finalized a $75.25 million, five-year contract. Upton joins the Braves after spending his first eight major league seasons ...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Roger Clemens, pitching for the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals in July 2007, joins Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa on the Hall of Fame ballot.
Bonds, Clemens, Sosa top Hall of Fame ballot
NEW YORK — The most polarizing Hall of Fame debate since Pete Rose will now be decided by the baseball shrine’s voters: Do Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa belong in Cooperstown despite dr...
Nov 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bonds, Clemens join Hall ballot
NEW YORK — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations can block the former stars...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Baseball union leader Marvin Miller speaks to reporters after rejecting a proposal to end a baseball strike on July 16, 1981, in New York. Miller died Tuesday. He was 95.
Miller empowered baseball union
NEW YORK — Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, te...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz makes a play in 2009. He received a 25-game suspension Tuesday following a positive test for an amphetamine.
MLB suspends catcher for 25 games
PHILADELPHIA — Add catcher to the Philadelphia Phillies’ needs this offseason. All-Star Carlos Ruiz was suspended Tuesday for the first 25 games of next season following a positive test for an a...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Broxton seeks deal, maybe with Reds
CINCINNATI — A person familiar with the negotiations says reliever Jonathan Broxton has been involved in “substantial talks” with the Cincinnati Reds over a multiyear deal. Broxton also is talki...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak looks up at the scoreboard with less than two minutes left in Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. The Titans' disappointing effort against the Jaguars only served to dim their already fading hopes for a playoff berth.
Titans try to regroup after loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces after adding another disappointing first to their resume. Instead of getting a win to stay close in the...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Newton leads Panthers
PHILADELPHIA — Cam Newton returned to his rookie form to outshine a seventh-round draft pick starting his first game since high school. Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to l...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Longoria agrees to deal adding $100 million
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria wants to be with the Tampa Bay Rays for his entire big league career. The slugging third baseman agreed Monday to a 10-year contract that adds six guaranteed...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Source: Red Sox, Gomes agree to terms
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with outfielder Jonny Gomes on a two-year contract that would reportedly pay him $10 million.The Red Sox have not announced the deal. But a baseball...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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