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28 Jan 2009 15:38

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Sports: David Beckham prefers having fun to tons of money

  • I am under contract and I have a lot of respect for Galaxy. But the possibility to play at Milan is something special. I knew I would have fun but I didn’t expect to have so much fun.
  • David Beckham • on staying with AC Milan as opposed to coming back for another season with Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy. He’s under contract with the Galaxy and is supposed to be back in the Pacific time zone in March. What, is the U.S. not good enough for you, Mr. Posh Spice? • source
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27 Jan 2009 10:22

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Culture, Sports: The gender gap: Who watches the Super Bowl?

  • 45.8 million viewers were over 18 and male in 2008. In case you forget, the Giants/Patriots game was the most-watched Super Bowl in history, with over 97 million eyes glued to the tube. source
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26 Jan 2009 14:52

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Sports: Duke’s at No. 1 in men’s hoops again; how common is that?

  • 111 weeks at No. 1 for Duke all-time. This week was their first top showing since 2006. source
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26 Jan 2009 11:15

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Sports: Kentucky coach faces reckless homicide charges in player’s death

  • One of his players died after collapsing. High school football coach David Jason Stinson of Louisville, Ky. will be arraigned in the heat-related death of 15-year-old Max Gilpin. Gilpin, an offensive lineman, died three days after collapsing during a late-summer practice. Stinson, who’s been re-assigned to non-coaching and non-teaching duties in the wake of the incident, has many supporters among the student body, and proclaims his innocence. source
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25 Jan 2009 11:14

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Sports: Tennessee’s Pat Summit: Another influential women’s hoops icon

  • 45 of the coach’s players have become coaches themselves source
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25 Jan 2009 11:02

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Sports: Kay Yow, N.C. State women’s hoops coach, leaves a strong legacy

  • 34 number of seasons Yow, who long suffered from breast cancer, coached the Wolfpack source
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23 Jan 2009 11:00

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Offbeat, Sports: A 100-0 loss in girls’ basketball? Pssh, we really won!

  • My girls never quit. They played as hard as they could to the very end. They played with all their hearts at 70-nothing, 80-nothing and 100-nothing.
  • Jeremy Civello • Dallas Academy athletic director, on a 100-0 high school girls’ basketball loss that he’s way too freakin’ optimistic about. The Texas school, which deals with students with a variety of learning problems, pulled the team from the league shortly thereafter, and the opposing team calls the score an embarrassment – on their part. • source
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23 Jan 2009 10:10

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Sports: A record number of NBA fans really like Dwight Howard as an all-star

  • 3.1 million fans voted for the Orlando Magic’s Superman dunker source
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22 Jan 2009 08:33

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Sports: How’s Tom Brady doing with that knee injury?

  • Anyone who’s come back from injuries that require surgery, it’s just a process. There’s some good days, some bad days, and you just got to keep plugging through them. That’s life.
  • Tom Brady • The New England Patriots’ star quarterback, on his recovery from season-ending knee surgery. The Patriots have missed him; after an undefeated 2007 regular season, they went 11-5 in 2008 but missed the playoffs. • source
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21 Jan 2009 23:50

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Sports: Virginia Tech gives Wake Forest a wake-up call

  • 16-1 The Demon Deacons’ record after the Hokies defeated them 78-71. They were the only unbeaten team in college basketball. source
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