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NEW YORK (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal says he’s satisfied being the most dominant Los Angeles Lakers player, and has no problem with former teammate Kobe Bryant passing him on the NBA’s career scoring list. “He’s still playing; I’m not playing, so it was good,” O’Neal said of Bryant moving into fifth place in NBA scoring [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish. Uh-uh, Tom. Not in this city, and not in this game. Indianapolis is a Manning town, whether it’s Peyton or Eli pulling out the wins. And the Super Bowl is suddenly the province [...]
(AP) – There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday party. The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. It was almost as if they were together in their prime again, and what a time that was. Dundee died in his apartment in [...]
(AP) – A Super Sequel. Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, the Patriots and Giants are going at it again at the Super Bowl – this time in Indianapolis. Brady and Belichick. Eli and Coughlin. Both teams rolling through the playoffs. Yep, here we go again. New [...]
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history who was fired in November over a child sexual abusescandal involving an assistant that rocked America, died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 85. Paterno won adoration from fans of the highly successful and profitable Penn State football program [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali’s fists made him famous, but his plight as a social activist was perhaps his biggest fight. At the Muhammad Ali Center, visitors see the three-time world heavyweight champion railing against war, segregation and poverty. They also see the softer side of a man embracing spiritual growth. On Saturday, the [...]
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—The Chicago Bears decided they needed big changes but not a clean sweep. So they followed the Indianapolis Colts’ lead, dismissing their general manager and keeping their coach. The Bears fired GM Jerry Angelo on Tuesday and made it clear coach Lovie Smith is safe following a dramatic collapse marked by season-ending injuries to Jay [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a perfect 42-0 in the ring and has dodged significant jail time several times in domestic violence cases in Las Vegas and Michigan. But his courtroom streak came to an end Wednesday when a Las Vegas judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a reduced battery domestic [...]
CHICAGO (AP)—It seemed like something out of a movie script the moment the Chicago Bulls took Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the draft. The latest twist? A maximum contract extension. That’s just another milestone in a rapid and steady rise for the point guard from the city’s South Side to stardom with [...]
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)—Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. Vanessa Bryant filed papers in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana. A representative for the couple released a statement saying, “The Bryants have resolved all issues incident [...]
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