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Kobe's late jumper ends Lakers' 3-game slide
Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to...

Terrell Owens meeting with Cincinnati Bengals about joining WR corps
Terrell Owens is headed to Cincinnati to see if the Bengals are interested in adding him to their stalled-out pa...

Mike Dunleavy out as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers
Mike Dunleavy was shocked that he was fired as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, barely a month after...

Joe Nathan of Minnesota Twins has torn elbow ligament
Twins reliever Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, leaving the team without a...

Cleveland Browns release former Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson
The Browns released former Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson one day after the acquiring Seneca Wallace in a t...

Carl Edwards receives 3 weeks' probation for Brad Keselowski wreck
Carl Edwards will not be suspended for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski's car during last weekend's NASCAR...

Kansas City Chiefs sign ex-New York Jets RB Thomas Jones to deal
Kansas City signed running back Thomas Jones to a two-year deal worth $5 million, a league source told ESPN NFL ...

Rafer Alston says he's happy with decision to leave Miami Heat for family rea...
Rafer Alston is content with his decision to leave the Heat, because it wasn't about losing his starting job.

Source: LaDainian Tomlinson schedules visit with Minnesota Vikings
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Stephen Strasburg of Washington Nationals throws two scoreless innings in spr...
Top draft pick Stephen Strasburg has made his spring training debut for the Washington Nationals, pitching two s...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic director: Conference expansions could end ...
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the Big Ten could create changes in m...

New York Yankees won't discuss extensions for Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and...
Hal Steinbrenner says the New York Yankees won't alter their policy against contract extensions and will deal wi...

Michael Vick wins award on day Philadelphia Eagles pick up option
Dozens of protesters lined up outside a banquet hall where Michael Vick received an award on the same day the Ea...

Embattled Marion Jones to join WNBA's Tulsa Shock
The WNBA's Tulsa Shock will hold a news conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET to announce the signing of former tra...

Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees 'at ease' with relationship with Canadian ...
Alex Rodriguez says he is "at ease, no matter what" with his relationship with a Canadian sports doctor embroile...