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Phelps using hyperbaric chamber to aid recovery

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:49:10 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Phelps is the latest athlete to use a hyperbaric chamber to aid his recovery from training....

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Donovan says Kentucky has champions' 'disposition'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:13:22 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Florida coach Billy Donovan handicapped what could be the national title game in April....

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Column: There's still a game in there somewhere

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:30:46 +0000

The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take ...

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Durant's shot lifts Thunder past Warriors 119-116

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:09:17 +0000

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Kevin Durant came hard off the screen, took the pass and launched a jumper that banked off the glass and through the net....

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Officials: Longo's husband arrested over EPO buy

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:19:36 +0000

PARIS (AP) -- French police officials familiar with the operation say the home of cycling great Jeannie Longo was raided on Wednesday and that her husband was arrested on suspicion that he bought doses of the banned performance-enhancer EPO....

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Billups lost for season with torn Achilles tendon

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:11 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles' 107-102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night....

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Pettersen chases Tseng in Australia

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:43:11 +0000

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Suzann Pettersen of Norway opens the LPGA season Thursday with her sights set on the formidable task of overtaking top-ranked Yani Tseng....

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Sochi Olympics downhill course gets high marks

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:58 +0000

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) -- Didier Cuche called it "magnificent." Bode Miller was highly critical. Aksel Lund Svindal said upon first glance that the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was "what downhill is all about."...

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Tottenham manager Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:40 +0000

LONDON (AP) -- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion Wednesday, removing a key barrier to his chances of becoming the next coach of England's national team....

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Baseball Hall to begin drug education program

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:35 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Baseball Hall of Fame is starting a drug education program for students and young adults - in the same year Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will appear on ballot for the first time after careers tainted by steroid accusations....

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Dems recruiting former Giant Carson for House bid

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:32 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats are recruiting Hall of Fame football player Harry Carson to run for a House seat from New Jersey....

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At long last, Memphis Tigers join Big East

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:36 +0000

At long last, Memphis is part of the Big East....

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Spanish federation to sue French TV for Nadal skit

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:50 +0000

MADRID (AP) -- The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal....

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Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:55 +0000

HAVANA (AP) -- Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt....

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Durant's shot lifts Thunder past Warriors 119-116

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:34:38 +0000

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Kevin Durant hit a go-ahead bank shot with 14.2 seconds remaining, and the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder overcame career performances by Monta Ellis and David Lee to beat the Golden State Warriors 119-116 on Tuesday night....

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