May 20, 2013

NFL Pre-Season: Luck sharp as Colts beat Rams 38-3

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(Colts quarterback Andrew Luck celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass against the Rams in the first half Sunday in Indianapolis. St. Louis lost 38-3. Photo by The Associated Press.) (PhatzRadio / AP) —- INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck knows life in the NFL can’t be this easy for a rookie. The No. 1 overall draft pick [...]

Franchitti, Dixon likely to contend for Indy 500 checkers

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(Picture courtesy of SI) (PhatzRadio/ SI) – Will she stay or go? Heading into the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, this is the question that looms over the race and the entire IndyCar Series: Will Danica Patrick stay in IndyCar beyond 2011 or will this be her final appearance in America’s most [...]

IndyCar offers $5 million bonus for win in finale by outsider

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The Indianapolis-to-Charlotte/Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 “double” has been dead for seven years, but there could be a successor of sorts this year: A Charlotte to Sin City special. The Izod IndyCar Series confirmed its 2011 season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an enticing twist: A $5 million reward to any driver from another series [...]

Blues-Avalanche game postponed as storm wreaks havoc on sports

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(AP) — The St. Louis Blues saw plenty of snow and ice, but no Avalanche. The Blues’ game against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night was postponed because of a storm cutting a frigid path across much of the nation. A makeup date has not been set for the NHL game, which would have been [...]

Team MVPs: Best players from each NFL club in 2010 season

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By Nate Davis, USA TODAY Who were the NFL’s prime performers from the 2010 season? USA TODAY’s Nate Davis reviews the team MVPs for all 32 clubs (based on regular-season performance only): *** Arizona Cardinals: WR Larry Fitzgerald. Somehow he managed to reel in 90 catches for 1,137 yards and six touchdowns while toiling on [...]

Jets, Packers seize hope from NFL’s lowest seed

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The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets became just the fourth and fifth teams seeded at No. 6 in the NFL playoffs to reach the conference championship game since the NFL expanded to a 12-team playoff format in 1990. And both face long historical odds if they are going to follow the path of [...]

NFL wild cards set to offer stiff competition as playoffs begin

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They’re called wild cards for good reason. You never know when one might deliver a winning hand. Especially this season. With the NFL playoffs about to begin, it would be premature to leap to the conclusion that the coming weeks will simply be used to sort out who gets to lose to Tom Brady and [...]

The Bell Tolls: ‘Little brother’ Jaguars ready to confront Colts

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Little brother is headed to Indianapolis this weekend, on quite the mission. The Jacksonville Jaguars, in last place in the AFC South a mere six weeks ago, can capture the franchise’s first division crown since 1999 and make a monumental statement about shifting power on Sunday by accomplishing one not-so-easy task: defeating the desperate Indianapolis [...]

Angry Hines Ward: NFL doesn’t care about players

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward (FSY) lashed out Wednesday at the NFL for what he calls its hypocritical stance on player safety, arguing the league recently toughened its stance only because it wants to expand to an 18-game season. Ward said there is considerable confusion among players about which hits are [...]

NFL Replay: Offensive revival helps Bears disprove doubters

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Lovie Smith might have seen this coming all along. His Chicago Bears, 8-3, issued one of the strongest statements of Week 12 with a victory against the Philadelphia Eagles that seemed more convincing than the 31-26 score. It was Chicago’s fourth consecutive win, securing sole possession of first place in the NFC North and maybe, [...]