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Today's Sports News: Super Bowl-winning trio gets back to Pittsburgh Injury fill-ins keep Super Bowl teams patched up Griffin, record-tying 4 Celtics picked as reserves Inter up to third in Italian league after Bari win Pettitte to announce retirement Friday `Old' guys mentor runaway WRs LeBron James scores 51 as Heat slip by Magic Steady Steelers stay on the four-decade plan Settlement talks between Mets, Madoff trustee end McDyess buzzer-beater gives Spurs win over Lakers Washington State edges Oregon State 67-64 Armstrong not entered in US race but door is open Brunette scores twice in 4-3 win over Avalanche Anderson, Mannarino survive at S.African Tennis Open 4 tied for lead in chilly Phoenix Open UFC champ Velasquez has shoulder surgery Mayweather trial reset in Vegas guard scuffle case McDreamy gains credibility with podium finish Police recover Olympic skeleton champion's medal Super Bowl-winning trio gets back to Pittsburgh Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:32 pm PST AP - Larry Foote left Pittsburgh to play for his hometown team after winning his second Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Full Story Top Injury fill-ins keep Super Bowl teams patched up Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:04 pm PST AP - Coming out of college two years ago, Ramon Foster wasn't good enough to be drafted by an NFL team. Full Story Top Griffin, record-tying 4 Celtics picked as reserves Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:26 pm PST AP - Blake Griffin is going to his first All-Star game, and Kevin Garnett matched an NBA record Thursday with his 14th straight selection as one of a record-tying four Boston Celtics headed for the midseason event. Full Story Top Inter up to third in Italian league after Bari win Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:33 pm PST AFP - Inter Milan moved up to third in the Serie A table after labouring to a 3-0 victory at rock bottom Bari on Thursday. Full Story Top Pettitte to announce retirement Friday Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:18 pm PST AP - Andy Pettitte is going ahead with his decision to retire, leaving the New York Yankees with two huge holes in what appears to be a rather wobbly starting rotation. Full Story Top `Old' guys mentor runaway WRs Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:22 pm PST AP - Hines Ward — soon to be all of 35 — stroked his whiskers and pondered the suggestion. Yes, he liked being called a mentor. Full Story Top LeBron James scores 51 as Heat slip by Magic Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:15 pm PST AP - LeBron James had 51 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, including a 23-point first quarter, to lead Miami to a 104-100 victory over Orlando on Thursday night. Full Story Top Steady Steelers stay on the four-decade plan Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:50 pm PST AP - Instead of focusing on the eight Super Bowl trips and six Lombardi trophies, Steelers defensive line coach John Mitchell likes to talk about these numbers: four and nine. Full Story Top Settlement talks between Mets, Madoff trustee end Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:13 pm PST AP - A lawyer for the trustee trying to recover money for the victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme says negotiations have ended to settle a lawsuit filed against the New York Mets owners and their affiliated companies. Full Story Top McDyess buzzer-beater gives Spurs win over Lakers Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:00 pm PST Reuters - Antonio McDyess beat the buzzer by tipping in Tim Duncan's missed shot to lift the San Antonio Spurs to an 89-88 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Full Story Top Washington State edges Oregon State 67-64 Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:36 pm PST AP - Ireti Amojo and Sage Romberg scored 17 points each and Washington State erased a 10-point first-half deficit to defeat Oregon State 67-64 on Thursday night. Full Story Top Armstrong not entered in US race but door is open Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:08 pm PST AFP - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has not entered the Tour of California, but changes in the event's drug test program revealed Wednesday open the door for him to do so. Full Story Top Brunette scores twice in 4-3 win over Avalanche Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:45 pm PST AP - Andrew Brunette scored twice and Jose Theodore stopped 38 shots, helping the Minnesota Wild hold off a rusty Colorado Avalanche squad for a 4-3 win on Thursday night. Full Story Top Anderson, Mannarino survive at S.African Tennis Open Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:32 pm PST AFP - Normality returned to the shock-strewn South African Open Thursday with remaining seeds Kevin Anderson and Adrian Mannarino reaching the quarter-finals. Full Story Top 4 tied for lead in chilly Phoenix Open Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:09 pm PST AP - Bubba Watson started play with a ski cap and kept his hands warm between shots with mittens. Ben Crane wore two hats and three pair of pants. And Phil Mickelson played his final nine hole in short sleeves. Full Story Top UFC champ Velasquez has shoulder surgery Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:05 pm PST AP - UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez could be out eight months after recent surgery to repair his torn rotator cuff. Full Story Top Mayweather trial reset in Vegas guard scuffle case Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:41 am PST AP - Floyd Mayweather Jr. won't face trial until at least April on a misdemeanor charge in a November scuffle with a security guard outside Mayweather's Las Vegas home. Full Story Top McDreamy gains credibility with podium finish Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:33 pm PST AP - It was no fluke when Patrick Dempsey led laps overnight in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Full Story Top Police recover Olympic skeleton champion's medal Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:24 pm PST AP - Police have recovered the Olympic gold medal that was stolen a week ago from the Southern California home of the women's skeleton winner in the 2002 Salt Lake City games. Full Story Top

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