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Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have signed free agent
linebacker Andra Davis to a multi-year contract.
Davis spent last season with Denver after a seven-year run to begin his pro
career with Cleveland, which made him a fifth-round selection in 2002 out of
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Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears made a pair of moves
Tuesday, signing cornerback Tim Jennings to a two-year contract while
releasing fullback Jason McKie.
Jennings spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Colts after the
team selected him in ... |
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St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Rams announced the signing of
veteran center Hank Fraley on Tuesday.
Fraley is entering his 11th season in the NFL after spending the previous four
campaigns with Cleveland. Terms of the deal were not released.
"Hank is a talented veteran... |
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Columbus, OH (MySportsbook) - Ohio State has extended the contract of head
football coach Jim Tressel an additional two years.
Under the terms of a previous extension signed in 2008, Tressel had been under
contract at Ohio State until January 2013. The new deal calls for the 57-year-
ol... |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Ohio State has added two more years to Jim Tressel's contract. The Buckeyes football coach had his original contract, signed in 2008, extended through the 2014 season. Tressel, who is 94-21 in his nine years in Columbus, makes around $3.5 million a year, depending on ince... |
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) -Idaho has agreed in principle to give football coach Robb Akey a new contract. Athletic director Rob Spear says details are still being worked out on a new deal for Akey, who led the Vandals to a 9-5 record last season. Akey has told The Idaho Statesman he's agreed to a new f... |
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -Like a kid with boundless energy, the first thing Ubaldo Jimenez wants to do every morning is grab a ball and glove and go play catch. The days in between starts are wrenching for the Colorado Rockies' flamethrowing ace. And the offseasons? They would be downright dreadful... |
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NEW YORK (AP) -John Smoltz is embarking on a career as an analyst for Turner Broadcasting and the MLB Network, although he's not quite ready to say he's thrown his final major league pitch. ``I know the question comes up: Does that mean you retired?'' the 42-year-old Smoltz said Tuesday. ``Offi... |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -Former Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis was remembered as an electrifying on-field presence and a larger-than-life personality in a memorial service Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Davis, 69, spent 14 of his 18 major-league seasons with the Dodgers. He was part of ... |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed former Arizona guard Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract. Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced the deal on Tuesday. Shakur is being called up from the Thunder's NBA Development League affiliate in Tulsa, where he was averaging 20.... |
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(MySportsbook) - The reigning NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers shoot for a
third straight 50-win season tonight in California's capital against Pacific
Division foe Sacramento.
The Lakers won their third straight game last night in Oakland when Kobe
Bryant scored 29 points and ... |
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(MySportsbook) - The playoffs are likely a foregone conclusion for the
Phoenix Suns, who resume a season-long seven-game homestand tonight against
the Western Conference's worst team, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Suns improved to 2-2 on their latest residency on Sunday wh... |
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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday said he was disappointed by a two-game suspension issued for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell. In a brief interview with reporters in South Florida, the two-time MVP first said he was sorry that the hit resulted in an injury... |
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Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced on Tuesday
that forward Ryan Malone underwent a minor procedure on his left knee.
Malone, who has compiled 21 goals and 44 points in 65 games for the Bolts, is
slated to miss 10-to-14 days. His rehabilitation time wil... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - After months of haggling over carriage
fees and other points of contention too boring to rehash, Versus is finally
back on DirecTV.
DirecTV dropped Versus a month before the NHL season began due to an argument
over how much Comcast -- the telecommunicatio... |
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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -Illinois State has suspended a member of its men's basketball team after he was charged in an alleged sexual assault. The McLean County Clerk's office says 22-year-old Bobby Hill was charged Tuesday with criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Hill faces... |
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -David Gonzalvez says it seems so long ago that Richmond finished his freshman season with an 8-22 record. For him, it's like it took place in another lifetime. That's understandable, since by all accounts Gonzalvez was a different person then. A self-described ``jerk'' as ... |
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CHICAGO (AP) -DePaul is serious about restoring a once-proud program and is prepared to make its next men's basketball coach one of the richest in the Big East. Athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto says whoever gets the job could have a salary that ``would definitely be in the top half and it ... |
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