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Commish David Stern warns if Supersonics leave, league will not return to city.
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By Bob Bensch Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Quarterback Pat White ran for a 50- yard touchdown with 1:36 left in the game last night to give West Virginia University a 38-31 win over Louisville.
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Sam Hornish Jr. is leaving Indy for NASCAR in 2008.
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AP - Czech tennis player Jan Hernych says he was approached in Russia last year and asked to lose first-round matches at ATP tournaments in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

By VIV BERNSTEIN BOILING SPRINGS, NC, Nov. 8 - Rick Scruggs, the basketball coach at Gardner-Webb University, was not near a television Sept.
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AP - David Beckham was recalled to England's national team Friday for what could be Steve McClaren's last games as coach.

By Terry Bannon What do you do when you're facing the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, one with few weaknesses, one that has been getting better as the season has gone along?
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By Brian Hamilton SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Going strictly by historical precedent and given the general direction things are headed, maybe the Notre Dame band should shelve the alma mater and the fight song and rehearse "Nearer, My God, To Thee" for a while ...
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AP - Sean Avery had been all talk. Until Thursday night, that is.

AP - Don Shula used softer language Thursday, but stuck by his belief the New England Patriots' success this season is diminished by the spying scandal that prompted stiff punishment from the NFL in September. In an interview with The Associated Press, Shula laughed when asked if the Patriots deserve an asterisk if they finish 19-0.

Don Shula, coach of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only team in NFL history to go undefeated in a season, softened his comments about the Patriots' pursuit of perfection yesterday.
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AP - Taylor Twellman's acrobatic goal put the New England Revolution in the MLS championship game for the third straight year in search of an elusive first title.

MLB GMs set new policy in light of coach Mike Coolbaugh's tragic death in July.
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Top player says he may have been deliberately poisoned before match.
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Charlie Weiss' and Bill Callahan's teams are in the midst of dismal seasons.
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Roger Clemens may finally retire with consulting move to Houston.
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Atlanta would like to bring pitcher Tom Glavine back after five-year absence.
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Auburn, Ala. - Whether it is for job openings real or imagined, like clockwork every fall in recent seasons Tommy Tuberville's name is featured on hot lists of top Division I college football coaches.
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By Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY LAWRENCE, Kan. - John Zook lives in retirement outside Atlanta, several states and more than half a lifetime removed from the University of Kansas and the college football program he once captained.
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AP MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Freshman Derrick Rose had 21 points to help No. 3 Memphis beat Richmond 80-63 on Tuesday night in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, spoiling the Spiders' hopes of scoring the first upset of the young season.
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