3 Feb 2012 at 10:24pm
AP - MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:06pm
AP - Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short — or even wipe out — the 2011 season.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:04pm
AP - University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who missed three games earlier this season because of NCAA sanctions, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence because of back problems.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:37pm
AP - Josh Hamilton shed no tears, used no prepared statement as he apologized and shared few details about his relapse with alcohol. Still, it was clear he was upset by what he had done.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:38pm
AP - Spencer Levin holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle on the par-4 17th and shot an 8-under 63 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the suspended second round of the Phoenix Open.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:29pm
AP - Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics to a 91-89 win over the struggling New York Knicks on Friday night.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:55pm
AP - He was always being compared to someone. That's what happens when you're the youngest son of a great quarterback and the baby brother of an even better one. It wasn't until he compared himself to Tom Brady, though, that people began taking Eli Manning seriously.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:30pm
Reuters - A British woman stalked and harassed New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, convincing him to pay her $6,000 after what her lawyers called an inappropriate relationship, prosecutors and others familiar with the case said on Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:37pm
AP - Paul George hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:05pm
AP - Chay Shegog had 20 points and Candace Wood added 14 points, leading No. 23 North Carolina to a 64-56 win over Virginia on Friday night.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:58pm
AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:51pm
AP - Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Friday night.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:22pm
AP - Yani Tseng has a tradition on Chinese New Year to give her house a thorough cleaning. She decided to start with the trophy cabinet, which was no small project. A photo she posted on Facebook shows a cabinet crowded with crystal.
19 Jan 2012 at 1:59pm
AP - A mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" is going to prison for one to four years for the attempted sexual assault of a woman at his home in April 2010.
2 Feb 2012 at 3:31pm
AP - He saved a young Cassius Clay when he was in trouble in England, convinced Sugar Ray Leonard that he could somehow overcome the fearsome Tommy Hearns. Angelo Dundee worked thousands of corners, and had just as many stories about fighters and the games they played in the ring.
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3 Feb 2012 at 11:06pm
The Heat cooled the surging Sixers 99-79 on Friday. It was one of those nights where everything worked for Miami, writes Zach Lowe, including a new lineup that put the game away.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:06pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) With LeBron James running the show, Miami ran the Sixers out of their building.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:01pm
The final Missouri chapter of the heated Border War between Kansas and the Tigers will be tight, predicts Seth Davis, who makes his selections on a tasty slate of weekend matchups.

3 Feb 2012 at 11:25am
Rob Gronkowski's injury is the biggest Super Bowl unknown. But 'Gronk' isn't the only player who will be a major factor for the Pats, writes Peter King as he makes his XLVI prediction.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:06pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) With LeBron James running the show, Miami ran the Sixers out of their building.

3 Feb 2012 at 6:03pm
UConn coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:31pm
The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:49am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NFL is increasing the number of Thursday night games so more of its teams can play in prime time.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:06pm
BOSTON (AP) Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics
to a 91-89 win over the struggling New York Knicks on Friday night.

3 Feb 2012 at 10:05pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices on Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:45pm
Mike Murphy, who has escorted five Giants head coaches on and off the field since 1991, says the occasional splash of a Gatorade shower is one of the perks of being the team’s chief of security.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:30pm
Berj Najarian, the Patriots’ director of football/head coach administration, is the gatekeeper to Coach Bill Belichick and a key figure in the team’s inner circle.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:32pm
Planning for the New York-area Super Bowl in 2014 remains in its earliest stages, but Al Kelly, chief executive of the host committee, visited Indianapolis for a fact-finding tour.


3 Feb 2012 at 8:37pm
Drew Brees, representing the N.F.L.'s Play 60 initiative, wants kids to exercise and challenged some at a Super Bowl event to video game sprints.


3 Feb 2012 at 7:59pm
During Super Bowl week in Indianapolis, a curling demonstration allows visitors the chance to kneel at the hack and learn the meaning of bonspiel.


3 Feb 2012 at 8:27pm
Ranking the Giants' coaches for the 1934, 1938, 1956, 1986, 1990, and 2007 N.F.L. Championship teams.


3 Feb 2012 at 9:17pm
There are several cigar-related events in Indianapolis this week. On Thursday, the puffing was for a good cause at Super Cigar Lounge IV.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:31pm
Federal prosecutors closed an investigation of the seven-time winner of the Tour de France nearly two years after they began looking into allegations of illegal doping.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:40pm
The Rhodes Trust confirmed that it had put on hold the candidacy of the quarterback, Patrick J. Witt, upon learning that a fellow student had filed a complaint against him.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:40pm
Paul Pierce scored 30 points, leading the Celtics back from a 12-point second-half deficit to beat the Knicks, who lost for the 11th time in 13 games.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:27pm
The super combined was introduced to the World Cup in 2006, but it might not exist beyond next season.


3 Feb 2012 at 9:14pm
On college football’s signing day, Georgia Coach Mark Richt lost one top recruit because of an immigration issue. He gained another after visits to a church and a jail.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:27pm
Venus Williams, who has not played an official match since last year’s United States Open, will sit out the opening singles matches but is scheduled to play doubles.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:58pm
Five people were killed on the second day of clashes between protesters and the police as demonstrators questioned the ruling military council’s ability to run the country.


3 Feb 2012 at 10:39pm
Ricky Rubio, drafted in 2009, joined Minnesota for this season after playing professionally in his native Spain.


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