Professional Football | February 4, 2012
Marquee QBs, teams ready for Super fight
INDIANAPOLIS — MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.
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Professional Football | February 4, 2012
Tough one to call
Area football coaches have mixed feelings when it comes to the outcome of Sunday’s Super Bowl.
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Professional Football | February 4, 2012
Kickers chose other paths
INDIANAPOLIS — Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
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Professional Football | February 4, 2012
PAYING FOR THE PAIN
Dorsett joins list of players suing NFL for damages
The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career.
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Professional Golf | February 4, 2012
Levin shoots 63, leads Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Spencer Levin took the Phoenix Open lead with a hard-charging approach. He figures that’s the best way to stay there, too.
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Professional Football | February 4, 2012
Doleman among HOF hopefuls
INDIANAPOLIS — Chris Doleman is not one of the four Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists who won a Super Bowl. He doesn’t believe that should affect his chances of being elected to the shrine.
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Professional Football | February 3, 2012
NFC on 14-year coin flip streak
INDIANAPOLIS — One word from Giants special teams captain Zak DeOssie will begin the Super Bowl.
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Professional Basketball | February 3, 2012
Oilers’ Gagner has 8-point game
EDMONTON, Alberta — Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey and ... Sam Gagner?
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Professional Baseball | February 2, 2012
Pirates sign pitcher Cruz
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league contract and will invite him to spring training.
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Professional Hockey | February 2, 2012
Pens’ streak snapped at 8
TORONTO — It was only a week ago when Clarke MacArthur was demoted to Toronto’s fourth line. Now he’s scoring big goals again as the Maple Leafs make a push for the playoffs.
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Other Professional Sports | February 2, 2012
Legendary boxing trainer Dundee dead at 90
There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday party.
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Professional Football | February 2, 2012
Patriots’ super surge
INDIANAPOLIS — The New England Patriots don’t talk much about their 10-game winning streak, a long run of success that is highly unusual for anybody but hardly surprising for them.
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Professional Hockey | February 1, 2012
Crosby with soft tissue neck injury
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby’s concussion-like symptoms may not be due to a concussion after all.
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Professional Hockey | February 1, 2012
Pens rally for 8th win in a row
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is on such a roll, he doesn’t even need his stick to score.
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Professional Football | February 1, 2012
Steelers interview Haley for OC
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have interviewed former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley for the team’s vacant offensive coordinator position.
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Professional Football | February 1, 2012
Patriots’ defense peaking at right time
INDIANAPOLIS — Long plays, loose coverage and lingering injuries turned the New England Patriots’ defense into one of the most generous in the NFL.
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Professional Hockey | January 31, 2012
Streaking Penguins surge into second half
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins milled quietly about their dressing room deep inside Consol Energy Center on Monday, slowly getting back to work following a welcomed few days off for the All-Star break.
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Professional Baseball | January 31, 2012
Rangers award manager new deal
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ron Washington felt he was the right guy for the job when the Texas Rangers hired him as their manager, despite his inexperience in that role and the rebuilding effort that was just getting started.
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Professional Football | January 31, 2012
Gronkowski misses practice
INDIANAPOLIS — New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski did not practice Monday because of his high left ankle sprain.
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Professional Football | January 31, 2012
Giants, Pats revisit ’07
INDIANAPOLIS — That was then. This is now.
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Professional Hockey | January 30, 2012
Crosby also dealing with neck injury
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby isn’t just dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion. A California doctor says the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star also is recovering from a neck injury.
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Other Professional Sports | January 30, 2012
Minto suffers KO loss
VERONA, N.Y. — Brian Minto’s left jab was working.
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Professional Football | January 30, 2012
Patriots arrive in Indy for Super Bowl week
INDIANAPOLIS — Even the usually dour Bill Belichick was joking around as the New England Patriots arrived in Indianapolis for Super Bowl week.
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Other Professional Sports | January 30, 2012
Djokovic edges Nadal in Aussie Open final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso the way a prize fighter would after a desperate, last-round knockout.
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Professional Hockey | January 30, 2012
Gaborik’s hat trick leads Team Chara to 12-9 victory
OTTAWA — Marian Gaborik got the best of New York Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist, and Zdeno Chara scored the winning goal for the NHL All-Star team named after him.
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Professional Football | January 30, 2012
Giants’ front 4 aiming at Brady
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Defense for the New York Giants starts with the front four.
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Professional Football | January 30, 2012
Marshall catches 4 TDs as AFC claims 59-41 win
HONOLULU — While everyone was playing at half-speed and ready to extend their Hawaiian vacation, Brandon Marshall played as if it was his last game.
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Professional Golf | January 30, 2012
Snedeker wins shocker at Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO — Brandt Snedeker sat in the media center, resigned to the fact that his 67 in the final round Sunday at Torrey Pines would not be good enough to catch Kyle Stanley in the Farmers Insurance Open.
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Professional Golf | January 30, 2012
Tiger falters in final round at Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods talked all week about his improved ball control — then it let him down when he needed it most.
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