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Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd
Haley has been named the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Haley was fired by the Chiefs on December 12 after a 5-8 start to his third
season at the helm. The Chiefs were 19-26 in Haley's bri... |
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(MySportsbook) - Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams is planning to
retire, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.
The former NFL rushing champion assumed a reserve role with the Ravens this
past season, gaining 444 yards and scoring two touchdowns while backing up Ray
Ri... |
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New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Giants celebrated another Super
Bowl title Tuesday with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan
and a ceremony at City Hall Plaza.
Thousands of fans lined the streets as players, coaches and team personnel
rode floats from t... |
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Fort Lauderdale, FL (MySportsbook) - The Atlantic Coast Conference has
announced its scheduling format once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league.
Syracuse and Pittsburgh were announced as new members in September, giving the
ACC 14 members. There is no exact timetable for when... |
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Ruston, LA (MySportsbook) - Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis was
found dead at his off-campus apartment on Thursday morning.
The 21-year-old was in his third year at Louisiana Tech.
The cause of death is not yet known and an autopsy is pending.
"Tyrone was a valuable par... |
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Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The University at Buffalo has named Lou Tepper
as its defensive coordinator.
Tepper has more than 35 years of Division I coaching experience, including a
six-year run as head coach at Illinois. He guided the Fighting Illini to a
record of 25-31-2 from 1... |
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Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle Mariners have signed relief
pitchers Shawn Camp and Hong-Chih Kuo to one-year contracts.
Camp appeared in a team-high 67 games for the Toronto Blue Jays last season,
posting a 6-3 record with one save and a 4.21 ERA. Camp induced 12 ground... |
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Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs designated infielder Blake
DeWitt for assignment on Monday.
The 26-year-old batted .265 with five home runs, 11 doubles and 26 RBI in 121
games during his first full season with the Cubs in 2011.
DeWitt arrived from the Dodgers at th... |
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Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers have signed left-handed
pitcher Joe Beimel and first baseman/outfielder Conor Jackson to minor league
contracts with invitations to spring training.
Beimel went 1-1 with a 5.33 earned run average over 35 relief appearances with
Pittsbu... |
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Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Kevin Garnett had 24 points and nine rebounds as
the Boston Celtics handled the Memphis Grizzlies, 98-80, at TD Garden.
Paul Pierce added 21 points while Ray Allen and Chris Wilcox each netted 12 as
the Celtics won their fourth straight game and remained perfect... |
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Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - LeBron James had a game-high 30 points to go with
nine rebounds as the Miami Heat outlasted the Toronto Raptors 95-89 at
American Airlines Arena on Sunday.
The Big Three accounted for 67 of the team's 95 points as Dwyane Wade scored
25 points and Chri... |
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Glendale, AZ (MySportsbook) - Lauri Korpikoski netted a pair of goals,
including the game-winner in the third period as the Phoenix Coyotes skated
past the San Jose Sharks, 5-3, on Saturday.
Radim Vrbata finished with a goal and an assist while Martin Hanzal and Raffi
Torres sc... |
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Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Brad Boyes netted the game-winning goal in
the first round of the shootout to cap a comeback as the Buffalo Sabres
rallied to top the New York Islanders, 4-3, at Nassau Coliseum.
Boyes picked up the puck and moved in slowly on Isles netminder Al ... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Kurtis Foster scored two power-play goals
and collected an assist, as the New Jersey Devils fended off a valiant
comeback effort by the Philadelphia Flyers to escape the Wells Fargo Center
with a 6-4 win Saturday afternoon. When Foster struck ... |
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Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The National Hockey League fined Philadelphia
Flyers center Zac Rinaldo $5,000 on Saturday.
The fine stems from two plays during Saturday's game against New Jersey, which
the Devils won, 6-4.
The first came for a late hit on Devils center Jacob Josefso... |
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Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - Jamie Benn scored the winner in the shootout as
the Dallas Stars took a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.
In the second round, Benn cut out to the right before coming back to the
middle and snapping a wrister into the left side of the net... |
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Durham, NC (MySportsbook) - Early in the season, all Reggie Johnson could do
was look on as his Miami-Florida Hurricanes got off to a disappointing 5-4
start.
Recovering from offseason knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus,
Johnson made his season debut on December 17.... |
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Durham, NC (MySportsbook) - Reggie Johnson scored a career-high 27
points to go with 12 rebounds as the Miami-Florida Hurricanes shocked
No. 7 Duke in overtime, 78-74. Austin Rivers and Ryan Kelly both had a
chance to tie the game with three-pointers in the fina... |
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