May 23, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Knee problem knocks Hear the Ghost out of Triple Crown

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Story Highlights Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was not as positive about it as co-owner Ted Aroney Hear the Ghost was the second favorite for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (PhatzRadio / AP) — ARCADIA, Calif. — San Felipe winner Hear the Ghost will miss Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby and the May 4 Kentucky Derby with the start [...]

College Sports: Big East completes football-basketball breakup

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(Commissioner Mike Aresco said the seven Catholic schools leaving will get the Big East name.Jessica Hill/AP) NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East made its split official Friday, with seven basketball schools breaking away from the football-playing members in a deal that takes effect on July 1. Commissioner Mike Aresco told The Associated Press that [...]

NFL: Joe Theismann says Tim Tebow is in ‘no man’s land’

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This Nov. 11, 2012 file photo shows New York Jets’ Tim Tebow on the field before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawksin Seattle. Rex Ryan acknowledged Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 that he had higher expectations for the seldom-used Tebow in the Jets’ wildcat-style offense. And, so did the NFL’s most popular and maligned [...]

Boxing: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him off life support and two of the fighter’s aunts said later that relatives had agreed to wait two more days. Dr. Ernesto Torres said doctors had [...]

Penn State Scandal: Penn State brings in victim fund veteran Feinberg

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The lawyer who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major victim compensation efforts has been hired by Penn State in its effort to settle personal injury claims related to former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s molestation. Penn State said Thursday that it retained the Washington, D.C., law firm led [...]

NASCAR: A.J. Allmendinger says NASCAR struggles took their toll

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — If A.J. Allmendinger’s treatment program goes as well as he hopes, the former Penske Racing driver thinks he could be eligible for NASCAR reinstatement as soon as September. But he won’t have a top ride waiting for him after being fired from Penske Racing’s No. 22 Dodge last week. “I’ll [...]

Penn State Scandal: Lawyer – Jerry Sandusky says NCAA sanctions ‘unjust’

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Jerry Sandusky is distraught over the NCAA penalties issued to Penn State’s football program for the school’s handling of his child sexual abuse scandal and maintains his innocence as he awaits sentencing, his defense lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Joe Amendola told the Associated Press in a phone interview that Sandusky told [...]

Penn State Scandal: Safety Buckley first Penn State player to transfer

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Backup Penn State safety Tim Buckley has become the first player to transfer from Penn State in the wake of NCAA sanctions, while the future of a more prominent player, star tailback Silas Redd, remains in question. Redd, a 1,200-yard rusher who would be a focal point of O’Brien’s reconfigured [...]

Olympics: Swimming world champion, 26, dies in Arizona

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Alexander Dale Oen of Norway competes in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke heats during Day Nine of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 24, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (July 23, 2011 – Source: Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — STOCKHOLM – Alexander Dale Oen, a world champion [...]

Cycling: Lance Armstrong case rolls on, as it should

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Lance Armstrong attends the 2011 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge on August 6, 2011 in Bourne, Massachusetts. (August 5, 2011 – Photo by Gail Oskin/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The news that the federal government was dropping its case against Lance Armstrong, sneaking up on us as it did on the Friday afternoon of [...]