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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
The Los Angeles Lakers decided not to use their amnesty clause before the start of this season, but that doesn't mean they aren't planning to exercise it at some point.
While the Lakers enjoy having Ron Artest Metta World Peace on their roster, and he's very popular with his teammates, general ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers star guard Kobe Bryant opened Monday night's contest against the Philadelphia 76ers 23 points behind Shaquille O'Neal for fifth place on the NBA's career scoring list. It only took him one half to pass his former teammate.
Bryant nailed a long jumper to give him 24 points on ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Yep, that's conservative radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh in the upper right of the above photo relaxing in New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's suite during Super Bowl XLVI last night. And if you look closely he's clearly going to town on his nose with his right index finger (If the above ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
The Jacksonville Jaguars recently hired Mike Mularkey as their new head coach and it didn't take long for the first scandal to hit the team's new head man. Mularkey's son was among three former University of North Carolina athletes arrested for possession of cocaine on Friday.
Shane Michael Mularkey was arrested ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who has come across like a massive tool throughout this whole Peyton Manning saga, just tweeted about his veteran quarterback's health at 1:25 a.m. eastern time.
Irsay had the following to say regarding reports that Manning had been cleared to resume his football career: "Peyton has ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been medically cleared by two doctors - including the man who performed the most recent surgery on the signal-caller's neck - to resume his NFL career.
Dr. Robert Watkins was one of two men who evaluated Manning and decided he could go back to playing ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, who oversaw some of the biggest fights in boxing history and trained both Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, died Wednesday in Tampa, Florida at the age of 90. Dundee was the genial, whip-smart motivator who was behind virtually all of Ali's career.
He attended Ali's 70th ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem made his UFC debut with a splash on December 30 with a first-round knockout of former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Apparently Overeem didn't stop there, as he got into a tussle a few days later and has now been charged with misdemeanor battery in Las Vegas.
According to ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
The University of Texas hasn't done so well in football over the past two seasons. The Longhorns have gone 13-12 in that span including a 6-11 record in the Big 12. After back-to-back disappointing seasons some believed long-time head coach Mack Brown's job could be in trouble.
Clearly that's not the ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox have been looking for starting rotation help all offseason and now they've started to make moves to add some guys there.
The Red Sox have now made offers to both Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt, the two best starters left on the free agent market. After moving ...
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