| A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds
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 AP - Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.
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| Garciaparra comes back to Red Sox to retire
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 AP - Six years after he was traded away for the final pieces of Boston's World Series puzzle, Nomar Garciaparra finally got a friendly farewell from the Red Sox.
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| Crosby's gold-medal Olympic stick, glove found
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 AP - The stick and glove Sidney Crosby used to give Canada its Olympic gold medal are back where they belong.
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| Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Tulsa Shock
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 AP - Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger.
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| Healthy Harangody leads Notre Dame over Seton Hall
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 AP - Luke Harangody had 20 points and 10 rebounds in a healthy performance off the bench, and Notre Dame shut down Seton Hall's high-octane offense for a 68-56 victory in the second round of the Big East tournament Wednesday night.
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| R Morris wins NEC, earns second straight NCAA bid
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 AP - Dallas Green deflected a potential game-winning shot then sank two free throws with 7 seconds left as Robert Morris beat Quinnipiac 52-50 on Wednesday night for its second straight Northeast Conference championship.
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| Vikes player says he didn't know of banned drug
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 AP - Minnesota Vikings lineman Pat Williams echoed teammate Kevin Williams in telling a judge he didn't know an over-the-counter weight-loss supplement contained a substance banned by the NFL.
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| Mattingly, Dodgers have talked about manager's job
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 AP - On his first day as Dodgers interim manager, hitting coach Don Mattingly said Wednesday that the team has made overtures about him eventually becoming Joe Torre's permanent replacement.
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| Lakers struggling to escape late-season funk
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 AP - The euphoria from Kobe Bryant's latest game-winning shot didn't last much longer than it took for the celebratory streamers to fall from the Staples Center roof onto the Toronto Raptors' heads.
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| Texas-Pan American tops Utah Valley 56-53
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| AP - Nick Weiermiller scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left, to lead Texas-Pan American to a 56-53 victory over Utah Valley in the first round of the Great West Conference tournament on Wednesday. |
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| Lyon crush Madrid's Champions League final dreams at the Bernabeu
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 AFP - Real Madrid's massive summer spending was all in vain as their dream of playing the Champions League final at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium was shattered Wednesday by Lyon.
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| Sagan speeds to Paris-Nice third stage
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 AFP - Slovakian youngster Peter Sagan of the Liquigas team won the shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race in central France here on Wednesday.
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| NHL GMs propose rule change on hits to head
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| AP - NHL general managers will recommend a rule change on blindside hits to the head, looking to protect players and punish those responsible in a game that has become faster and rougher. |
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| Henin cruises into Indian Wells second round
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 AFP - Justine Henin says her 2004 Indian Wells triumph seems a long time ago, but she made it look like yesterday with a dominant first-round victory in the WTA hardcourt tournament.
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| Ping waives settlement on square grooves
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| AP - The 20-year-old Ping wedges with square-shaped grooves will no longer be allowed on the PGA Tour starting March 29 under an agreement reached Monday with Ping executives. |
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