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AP - Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask stopped 35 shots for his first NHL shutout in his fourth start and Marc Savard scored to give Boston a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.

Reuters - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Hines Ward have overcome their injuries and are fit to play in the Super Bowl, head coach Mike Tomlin said Saturday.

AP - Freshman Willie Warren scored 29 points and No. 4 Oklahoma closed the game on a 13-2 run to beat Iowa State 78-68 on Saturday for its ninth straight win.

By DAVE ANDERSON It’s pro football’s lonely list: the teams that have never even been to a Super Bowl. But now that the Arizona Cardinals are finally there, maybe there’s hope for the Forlorn Five - Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville and New ...
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By KAREN CROUSE TAMPA, Fla. - When he was a Buffalo Bills defensive end, Bruce Smith had a way of inflicting pain with a smile, which must have made his hits all the more jarring.
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By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY MELBOURNE, Australia - The women’s final had finished in less than an hour, and Serena Williams was walking down the hall in Melbourne Park lined with photos of past Australian Open champions, including herself.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Alex Ovechkin scored twice in the third period to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings in a clash of division leaders at the Verizon Center.
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Shumpert's late jumper lifts Georgia Tech to first ACC win, 76-74 over No. 6 Wake Forest
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AP - Iman Shumpert hit a pull-up jumper with one second remaining to lift Georgia Tech to its first Atlantic Coast Conference win, a 76-74 upset of No. 6 Wake Forest on Saturday.

AFP - Manchester United went five points clear at the top of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford here Saturday.

By BRYAN CURTIS About one-third of the nation is expected to tune into the Super Bowl, a gargantuan audience that is nothing new for the National Football League.
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Ovechkin scores 2 goals in third period, Capitals hand Red Wings 5th straight defeat, 4-2
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By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Seeking to win his second Super Bowl title in five seasons ... Chosen 11th overall in the 2004 draft by the Steelers after Eli Manning (No.
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Blair has 23 points, 22 rebounds; No. 3 Pittsburgh hands Notre Dame fifth straight loss, 93-80
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AP - DeJuan Blair had 23 points and a career-high 22 rebounds and No. 3 Pittsburgh rallied from a rare halftime deficit to beat Notre Dame 93-80 on Saturday, the Fighting Irish's fifth straight loss.

Joe Torre reveals plenty of Yankee secrets, including some unflattering stories about Bernie Williams, in his new book, 'The Yankee Years.
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The class of the NFL? Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals lost four of their last six regular-season games. By HARVEY ARATON Analysis, updates and debate throughout the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl XLIII.
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TAMPA -- It's the NFL's corporate version of a heavyweight fight. The league and the NFL players' association have both ramped up their rhetoric this week in advance of the negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreements that should begin in ...
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Serena Williams wins 10th Grand Slam title, moves back to No. 1 in Australia
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AP - Serena Williams always selects a special outfit to bring to Australia for a victory celebration. Every second year, she gets to wear it.