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    AAF suspends operations; Polian "disappointed"

    Michael RothsteinESPN Staff Writer After 8 weeks of games and less than one season into Alliance of American Football's existence, league owner Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all operations, league co-founder Bill Polian confirmed to ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Tuesday. "I am extremely...
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    Candid Anthony Davis says Celtics part of trade list

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    Kansas routs Central Michigan, snaps 46-game road skid

    MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Freshman Pooka Williams rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns as Kansas snapped the second-longest road losing streak in college football history at 46 games, winning 31-7 at Central Michigan on Saturday. Central Michigan quarterback Tony Poljan was intercepted four...
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    Captains to pick teams for NBA All-Star Game after format tweak

    Brian Windhorst ESPN Senior Writer The NBA All-Star Game is switching formats this season, as two captains will select the teams without regard to which conferences the players play in, the league announced Tuesday. The players who win the fan vote from each conference will be the captains...
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    Kyrie Irving to Celtics, Isiah Thomas to Cavs

    Cavaliers send Kyrie Irving to Celtics in deal including Isaiah Thomas, Nets 2018 pick 10:21 AM CT Jeff Goodman and Adrian Wojnarowski The Boston Celtics have acquired All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers for point guard Isaiah Thomas, forward Jae Crowder, center...
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    Reports: Kevin Garnett returning

    Updated: June 30, 2012, 4:20 PM ET ESPNBoston.com Kevin Garnett is returning to the Boston Celtics after considering retirement, according to multiple reports. The forward will receive a three-year, $34 million deal, according to Yahoo! Sports. "The decision came down to whether KG wanted to...
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    Isiah Thomas dismissed by FIU

    Updated: April 6, 2012, 5:48 PM ET ESPN.com news services MIAMI -- Isiah Thomas arrived at Florida International knowing he was taking a risk. Three years later, the school didn't see enough reward. The Basketball Hall of Fame player was fired on Friday by FIU, after his teams went 26-65...
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    Shaun White five-peats in SuperPipe

    By Colin Bane XGames.com ASPEN, Colo. -- Shaun White scored the first perfect score in Winter X Games history in Men's Snowboard SuperPipe finals on Sunday, winning his fifth consecutive gold medal -- a first in Snowboard SuperPipe. The victory comes after a left ankle sprain that plagued him...
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    Brock Lesnar retires after UFC 141 loss

    ESPN.com LAS VEGAS (AP)-- Brock Lesnar took one last kick to his stomach and crumpled at the side of the cage, unable to fight back when Alistair Overeem pounced. Lesnar had been finished by a 6-foot-5 Dutch kick boxer in the first round at UFC 141. A few minutes later, the UFC's former...
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    Ron Santo elected to Hall of Fame

    By Bruce Levine ESPNChicago.com It took 32 years, but Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo was elected posthumously to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday with 93.8 percent of the vote from the Golden Era committee. Nominees needed at least 75 percent of the vote to be elected (12 or more)...
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    Tenative NBA deal reached

    NEW YORK (AP)-- NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day. Neither side provided many specifics but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear. "We want to play basketball," NBA...
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    Mike Krzyzewski ties Bobby Knight for most career Division I men's wins

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP)-- Mike Krzyzewski hustled off the court, just as he has done so many times during three-plus decades at Duke. The Hall of Fame coach tried to turn this one into just another victory, and it didn't work. This time, Coach K caught his college coach on the career wins list...
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    Report: Oklahoma wants Big 12 reform

    ESPN.com news services If the University of Oklahoma is to stay in the Big 12, it will do so only if the conference adds regulations on ESPN's Longhorn Network and ousts commissioner Dan Beebe, according to a report in The Oklahoman Tuesday. The Oklahoman, citing a high-ranking Big 12...
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    Joe Mauer has mild pneumonia

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-- Twins catcher Joe Mauer is likely to miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia. Mauer received the diagnosis at the Mayo Clinic on Thursday and doctors recommended medication and two weeks' rest. The Twins have 14 games remaining before...
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    Manny Ramirez facing battery charge

    WESTON, Fla. (AP)-- Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez was arrested and charged with battery Monday after a domestic dispute at his South Florida home, police said. Ramirez, 39, and his wife were arguing in their bedroom when he slapped her face, causing her to hit her head on their bed's...
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    Backup QBs help Texas edge BYU after Garrett Gilbert pulled

    [/B]AUSTIN, Texas (AP)[/B] -- Texas has seen something like this before: A quarterback named McCoy leading a late rally to win, pumping his fists all the way. From 2006-2009 it was Colt McCoy, who won an NCAA record 45 games. On Saturday night, it was Colt's younger brother Case coming off the...
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    Michigan scores with 2 seconds left, stuns Irish

    ESPN.com In the first prime-time game at Michigan Stadium, matching up storied programs trying to restore their luster, new Michigan coach Brady Hoke could have chosen to kick a field goal to force overtime. But Hoke gave Robinson a shot, and it proved to be good idea. "Coach took a stab,"...
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    OU coach: End of rivalry not unlikely

    By Jake Trotter ESPN.com Archive Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops could see the Sooners moving to the Pac-12 Conference without Texas. And in the event of conference realignment, Stoops didn't rule out OU discontinuing its historic football series with the Longhorns either. "I don't think it's...
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    Texas shakes off slow start in win against Rice

    ESPN.com AUSTIN, Texas -- Freshman Jaxon Shipley caught a touchdown pass on a trick play and Fozzy Whittaker scored twice in the fourth quarter as Texas shook off a slow start for a 34-9 season-opening win over Rice on Saturday night. Shipley, the younger brother of Texas career receptions...
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    Dale Earnhardt Jr. extended five years

    Charlotte, N.C. (AP)-- NASCAR's most popular driver will stay with the most dominant race team at least through 2017. Hendrick Motorsports on Thursday announced a five-year contract extension with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend trying to clinch his first...
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