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Newbys include both winners, losers from sports in 2012
Forget the Oscars or the Emmys. It’s time for the Newbys — my awards for the people, moments and mishaps in sports from 2012. We’ll skip the lame banter on the red carpet and long-winded acce...
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Rafael Nadal battles Novak Djokovic at the Italian Open on May 21 in Rome. Nadal pulled out of this week's exhibition in Abu Dhabi with a stomach virus.
Stomach bug delays Nadal’s return
MADRID — Rafael Nadal’s return to competition has been delayed by a stomach virus. The Spaniard was scheduled to play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Thursday after missing seven mon...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Manning, Peterson, Pagano make 2012 a year to remember
DENVER — From Peyton Manning overcoming four neck surgeries to Adrian Peterson’s rebound from a shredded knee to Chuck Pagano’s fight with leukemia, this has been the Year of the Comeback in the NF...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rondo thrives in first full game against Nets
NEW YORK — Rajon Rondo lost his cool, and any chance at history, in the second quarter when Boston last met Brooklyn. This time, the second period featured some of the best basketball the Celtic...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant (81) makes a catch over Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Mark Barron on Nov. 9 in Tampa, Fla. After everything he's endured, the 29-year-old Avant is not your ordinary professional athlete.
Avant rises from gangs to a man of Christ
PHILADELPHIA — Jason Avant raises his hands to the sky after every reception in celebration for much more than catching a ball. Playing football for the Philadelphia Eagles doesn’t define Avant....
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Seattle isn’t just sleepless, it’s loud too!
That dull roar still rumbling between your ears a day later is not your imagination. It’s the echo from the 49ers-Seahawks game Sunday night, when an already notoriously loud hometown crowd outd...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press San Diego Chargers' Junior Seau does a celebration dance after one of his seven tackles in the Chargers' 24-3 win over the Houston Texans, Sept. 15, 2002 in San Diego. Seau, the one-time fierce linebacker of his hometown Chargers, shot himself in the chest on May 2 leaving no note and so many in football shaken. He was 43.
Paterno, Miller mark 2012 sports deaths
He went to work where a statue of him stood outside the stadium, his place of business for more than a half century. He would not live to see the statue hauled away. The other never had a statue er...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky (center) is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau (left) and a deputy after being sentenced Oct. 9 in Bellefonte, Pa.
Sports year review: Sad sagas and stories of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong abandoned his fight against doping allegati...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano speaks during a news conference Monda in Indianapolis. Pagano returns to the team after undergoing successful leukemia treatment.
Pagano back after cancer treatment
INDIANAPOLIS — Chuck Pagano stepped to the podium Monday, hugged his team owner, thanked his family for its support and wiped a tear from his eye. He might, finally, turn out the lights in his o...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) talks with Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy (12) after a game, Sunday in Denver. Denver won 34-12.
Denver coach says Manning is his MVP
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Rarely one to talk publicly about the big picture or much beyond winning the next game, Denver coach John Fox weighed in on the interesting race for Most Valuable Player. That...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Syracuse's Siriki Diabate (18) defends against Louisville during a game Nov. 10 in Syracuse, N.Y.
An African connection for Syracuse sports
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One is a wiry 6-foot-10 and swoops down the basketball court, manning the middle of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s famed zone defense. The other stands a foot shorter but has been ju...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson (16) loses his shoe as he runs for a first down against Iowa defensive back Nico Law (21) during a game at Michigan Stadium Nov. 17 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michigan’s Robinson could be CB
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Denard Robinson’s position is a secret for the final game of his college career. It perhaps provides a preview of his unclear future in football. The three-year starting qu...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) scrambles with the ball as Tennessee Titans defensive end Kamerion Wimbley (95) misses a tackle at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., on Sunday. The Packers defeated the Titans 55-7.
Titans hope to erase ugly loss in season’s finale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — c Adams couldn’t stand to watch all of the Titans’ 55-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. The owner, who turns 90 on Jan. 3, plans to talk with Munchak and his front of...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Titans hope to erase ugly loss in season finale
BY TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans and Mike Munchak have one more game to give owner Bud Adams reason to think the coach really can turn around this ...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Indianapolis Colts interim coach Bruce Arians calls a play during the second quarter against the Detroit Lions on Dec. 2 at Ford Field in Detroit. Arians will willfully turn the reins back over when recovering Chuck Pagano returns today.
NFL’s ‘nice little story’ in Indy gets even better
The Colts were a nice little story six weeks ago. That’s when a team that started 1-2 and had “rebuilding” written all over it responded to the loss of rookie coach Chuck Pagano with one of thos...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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