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Celtics-Magic pregame: quick notes

6:04 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

-- Welcome to the Garden where the Celtics are preparing to take on the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic. The locker rooms open up at 6:30 p.m., but in the meantime, here are some some quick notes about the......

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LeBron James takes his lumps in Cleveland, New Orleans

5:51 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

This hasn't been a great week for LeBron James. First, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that city officials there have rejected a proposed 10-story mural of the basketball star -- saying it crosses the line from civic art into a......

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 Tags  LeBron James   NBA   NFL  

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ATP Tour won't reopen Agassi doping case

5:32 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

LONDON (AP)-- The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997. Agassi revealed in his recent autobiography that he failed a 1997 drug test, a......

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 Tags  tennis  

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CCRI women's soccer team loses, 1-0 in first playoff round

6:52 PM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

CCRI women's soccer team was defeated by Paradise Valley Community College, of Phoenix, 1-0, in the first round of the NJCAA National Tournament Thursday at Tyler, Texas. Amy Eyden's goal in the 25th minute was the difference. The Knights will......

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 Tags  college soccer  

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Shockey says LeBron couldn't make an NFL practice squad

1:18 PM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James, NFL player. Just a fantasy, says New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey. The Cavaliers' All-Star forward caused a stir this week by saying he could be "really good" if he committed himself to playing......

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South African runner will keep her gold medal

1:13 PM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday. However, the question of......

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World Cup refs or World Series umps -- which are worse?

9:11 AM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff in Paris after an obvious handball by Thierry Henry produced the winning goal. Ireland's government and opposition leaders united in demands for......

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