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Today's Sports News:
Webb, Peterson help Vikings upset Eagles 24-14
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:14 pm PST
AP - Considering everything else the Minnesota Vikings have endured this season, it was silly to think two extra days sitting around a hotel room would bring 'em down. Full Story 		Top

NBA-best Spurs rout Bryant and reeling Lakers
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:24 pm PST
AP - Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili were on the bench before the final horn, and not because of their bad shooting nights. That's how easy it was for the San Antonio Spurs. Full Story 		Top

Ohio State players apologize for NCAA problems
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:21 pm PST
AP - Star quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four Ohio State teammates suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season apologized on Tuesday for selling championship rings and memorabilia and taking discounts from a tattoo parlor. Full Story 		Top

Man. United's Ferguson issues title warning
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:10 pm PST
AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson did his best to dispel any doubts about Manchester United's challenge for the Premier League title by insisting his side were on course for glory despite dropping points in a 1-1 draw away to Birmingham. Full Story 		Top

Iowa outlasts Missouri 27-24 at Insight Bowl
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:25 pm PST
AP - Micah Hyde ran around, even behind the Missouri Tigers. Fill-in freshman Marcus Coker ran right over them. Full Story 		Top

Vick, Brady, 4 rookies make Pro Bowl
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:44 pm PST
AP - Michael Vick's sensational comeback season made a big impression throughout the NFL, not just in Philadelphia. Full Story 		Top

Crosby extends scoring streak to 25 games
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:00 pm PST
AP - Sidney Crosby extended his point streak to 25 games with a power-play goal in the first period of Pittsburgh's 6-3 win against Atlanta on Tuesday night. Full Story 		Top

Rookie Joe Webb leads Vikings to shock win over Eagles
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:46 pm PST
Reuters - Untried rookie quarterback Joe Webb led the Minnesota Vikings to a shocking 24-14 upset victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday. Full Story 		Top

Ex-Tigers general manager Bill Lajoie dead at 76
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:58 pm PST
AP - Longtime baseball executive Bill Lajoie, whose eye for talent helped build the Detroit Tigers team that won the 1984 World Series championship, died Tuesday. He was 76. Full Story 		Top

Billups helps Nuggets end 3-game skid
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:45 pm PST
AP - Chauncey Billups scored 18 points and the short-handed Denver Nuggets snapped a season-high, three-game losing streak by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 95-77 on Tuesday night. Full Story 		Top

No. 23 Texas outlasts Cincinnati
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:06 pm PST
AP - Chassidy Fussell scored 20 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left, to help No. 23 Texas beat Cincinnati 80-77 in the Maggie Dixon Surf 'n Slam Classic on Tuesday night. Full Story 		Top

Justice will be done, says upbeat Contador
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:58 am PST
AFP - Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador issued an optimistic Christmas Day message on Saturday declaring he would be cleared over a doping charge and that 2011 would be an historic year for him. Full Story 		Top

Kesler scores 2 in Canucks' 6-2 rout of Flyers
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:04 pm PST
AP - Ryan Kesler scored twice early in the second period and added an assist in the third as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 on Tuesday night. Full Story 		Top

Henin not expecting miracles after elbow injury
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:10 pm PST
AFP - Former world No.1 Justine Henin admits she is probably six months away from recapturing her best form, as she prepares for her second Antipodean comeback in as many years. Full Story 		Top

Recapping the round: memories of golf in 2010
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST
AP - Framed photographs large and small hang in every room and adorn the walls of every corridor inside the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, memories of Arnold Palmer and more than a half-century he devoted to golf. Full Story 		Top

St-Pierre dominates Koscheck at UFC 124
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:36 pm PST
AP - Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre outpointed trash-talking Josh Koscheck on Saturday night at UFC 124, winning 50-45 on all three judges' cards in front of a UFC-record 23,152 fans at Bell Centre. Full Story 		Top

Japan's Kameda defends WBA flyweight title
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:26 am PST
AFP - Japan's Daiki Kameda defended his World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight title on points against Romania's Silvio Olteanu on Sunday. Full Story 		Top

Kanaan finds new ride with de Ferran's team
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:36 pm PST
AP - All Tony Kanaan really wanted was a full-time ride in the IndyCar Series. Team owner Gil de Ferran delivered his gift a few days early. Full Story 		Top

Sports in 2010: Anything but trivial
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:53 am PST
AP - In the greater scheme of things, sports shouldn't really matter. Not like famine, war, natural disasters or the multitude of other agonies people suffer every day around the world. Full Story 		Top


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