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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Taiwanese-American Lin had launched his sensational run with the Knicks by coming off the bench on February 4 to score 25 points in a victory over New Jersey. He was then installed as a starter for New York, who went on to win their next six games.The point guard from Harvard, an elite college better [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Fernandez-Castano, ranked 48th in the world, has never previously played in the company of Woods and said that while it was a privilege to be drawn against him in the Arizona desert the 14-times major champion was beatable.It’s a great opportunity, and you have to look at it that way, the 31-year-old from Madrid told [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Ginobili was injured in the second half of the Spurs’ win over the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday. The team said he would remain in San Antonio for treatment.The game was only the fourth back for the Argentine, who had missed 22 with a broken left hand.San Antonio, winner of its past 10 games heading into [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
The National Basketball Association’s reigning Most Valuable Player missed five consecutive games with lower back spasms but showed little effect of the layoff, contributing six assists and five rebounds.Chicago raced to a 35-17 first quarter advantage and led by 21 points in the third quarter before Atlanta pulled within six with three minutes to play [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Dr. Richard Steadman, who has worked on the knees of numerous Olympic skiers, performed the surgery at his Vail, Colorado, clinic.It is another setback for Oden, the number one overall pick in the 2007 draft, who has been plagued by knee problems throughout his career and has not played a game since 2009.This is not [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
As the lowest-ranked player in the elite field of 64, South African Els has the daunting task of taking on British world number one and defending champion Luke Donald in Wednesday’s opening round.I’m really fortunate to be here, triple major winner Els told reporters at Dove Mountain’s Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on Monday. Being the last [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
The #Athletics have officially agreed to terms with Manny Ramirez on a minor league contract for the 2012 season, the team said on its Twitter account. Ramirez will report to spring training as a non-roster invitee by the end of this week.Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the Athletics but earlier reports said [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
A finalist for NHL’s general manager of the year award the past two seasons, Poile has been in his post since the franchise was launched in 1998 and helped guide the team to the playoffs in six of the last seven seasons.The consistent success of the Predators on the ice is directly attributed to his [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
After going winless in seven games around the All-Star break, Ottawa has earned nine of a possible 10 points in their last five games to put their playoff hopes back on track and move within two points of the first place Boston Bruins in the Northeast division.Every team goes through a rough patch, said Anderson, [...]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
After going winless in seven games around the All-Star break, Ottawa has earned nine of a possible 10 points in their last five games to put their playoff hopes back on track and move within two points of the first place Boston Bruins in the Northeast division.Karlsson also added a pair of assists while Spezza, [...]
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