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In a photo finish, James Graham (8), aboard Ive Struck A Nerve, glances over at his competitors as his horse gets a nose in front of Code West, and Palace Malace(6) to win the Risen Star Stakes at Faire Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.(Photo: Lou Hodges Jr., AP) Story Highlights Normandy Invasion, the favorite, [...]
(PhatzRadio / AP) —– Replacement officials probably can’t start the regular season as poorly as they did the preseason. At least, the NFL is hoping they don’t. In the very first exhibition game of 2012, referee Craig Ochoa announced that New Orleans won the coin toss. Except Arizona had. Ochoa immediately made the correction, but [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. District Judge David Doty has agreed to listen to arguments in the NFL Players Association’s collusion lawsuit against the league. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed Thursday that the hearing in Doty’s federal courtroom in Minneapolis is scheduled for Sept. 6. The NFLPA filed a petition May 23 to reopen the Reggie [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A field goal-filled shutout couldn’t compete with a thrilling finish for television viewers. TV ratings dipped for this year’s BCS title game, Alabama’s 21-0 win in a rematch against Southeastern Conference rival LSU. The Crimson Tide went up 15-0 late in the third quarter on five field goals while the Tigers’ [...]
(PhatzRadio / Sporting News) — NEW ORLEANS—Ugly doesn’t begin to describe it. But it most certainly defined it—in such a profound way that even the men who run this crazy, controversial contraption we call the Bowl Championship Series are giving in. Years from now, this BCS National Championship Game won’t be remembered so much for [...]
(PhatzRadio/ Golf.com) – PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — All week, the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass looked like it might come down to the handful of highly ranked players who were in position to enhance their careers. As it turned out, the tournament came down to 44-year-old, 75th-ranked, slightly arthritic David Toms trying to play [...]
(Phatzradio) – As the NBA trade deadline comes to a close, a flurry of last minute activity has been reported as contending teams strike deals to improve themselves for the stretch run. Thursday, the Boston Celtics traded guard Nate Robinson and center Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Jeff Green and Nenad [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as many expected would happen all along, labor negotiations between the NFL and the players’ union are heading right down to the wire – and possibly beyond. In the first real indication of what’s been going on behind closed doors, the federal mediator overseeing talks said Thursday the two sides made [...]
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NFL: Roger Goodell files motion to dismiss Jonathan Vilma’s suit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has filed a motion to dismiss defamation claims made against him by suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma in connection with the league’s bounty investigation. The motion filed Thursday comes in response to claims Vilma made in a lawsuit filed in May in federal court in New Orleans. [...]