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AP Photo/Paul Connors Arizona State held on to its NCAA Tournament hopes with an overtime win over seventh-ranked Stanford. By Adam Rittenberg Arizona State can't turn back time, sprinkle in several top-shelf nonconference opponents and elevate its ...
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Charlie Riedel/AP By BEN SHPIGEL PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The doors swung open and out sauntered Pedro Martínez. His entourage - trainers, coaches, club officials, photographers, video cameramen - filed in stage left as he shook hands, waved, ...
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AFP - Plans to stage English Premier League (EPL) games overseas are not a good idea, according to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.

Typo in Court Papers Spurs Erroneous Reports on 2001 Drug Test of Slugger Barry Bonds
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AP - A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.

AP - After two Arizona State starters had fouled out, James Harden knew it was up to him to carry the Sun Devils.

You wonder now, after everything that happened in Washington on Wednesday, just how far the feds will go with Roger Clemens, who denies everything the way Barry Bonds always has.
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AP - If the Carolina Hurricanes are going to make a playoff run, they're going to have to do it without their captain and leading scorer.

AP - The Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks were the last NBA teams to play before the All-Star break.

AP - Leaving the Miami Dolphins' training complex at the end of this past season, Zach Thomas stopped to grab a souvenir.

AP - The wind rattled through the eucalyptus trees at Riviera, the temperatures were starting to fall, and K.J. Choi rarely looked so comfortable. It helped that he was only on the practice range, having finished a bogey-free round in the Northern Trust Open that left him atop the leaderboard.

AP - Hendrick vs. Gibbs. Jimmie, Jeff and Junior vs. Tony, Denny and Kyle.

(02-14) 19:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, the year before he set baseball's single-season home run record, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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AP - In the Roger Clemens primary, the Republicans nominated the Rocket. The Democrats went with the other guy.

Knoxville, TN (Sports Network) - Sylvia Fowles had 17 points and 14 rebounds, as seventh-ranked LSU rallied from a 19-point deficit early in the opening half to stun No.
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Steve Nash scored 24 points, dished out 13 assists and pulled down six rebounds in Phoenix's 109-97 victory over the short-handed Dallas Mavericks in the league's final game before the All-Star break.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - It's too early to say, publicly at least, who will be the Opening Day center fielder. The Red Sox have a Plan B if Daisuke Matsuzaka cannot accompany the club to Japan.
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By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Of the many things that interest Jimmie Johnson, history isn't one of them. Specifically, any kind of NASCAR history that says the odds are against him winning three championships in a row.
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By Marc Stein The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping that Kobe Bryant gets clearance from the league to miss Sunday's All-Star Game in New Orleans after announcing Thursday that Bryant has a torn ligament in his right pinkie.
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By AP Ruslan Fedotenko scored two of the team’s four power-play goals and the Islanders beat the host Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-4, Thursday night for their second victory in a row.
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