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3/17/2008

Panthers give Smith more help at WR, add Hackett

Free agent wideout D.J. Hackett agreed to two-year, $3.5 million deal with Carolina on Monday as the Panthers continued to upgrade their receiving corps.

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Padres, Dodgers close out China trip

Now that Major League Baseball has completed its first trip to China, its looking ahead to a repeat visit after the Los Angeles lost to the San Diego Padres 6-3 in the finale of a two-game exhibition series.

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Tourney No. 1 UNC tops in ESPN/USA Today poll

North Carolina kept the No. 1 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll for the third straight week.

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3/16/2008

North Carolina clinches No. 1 seed with ACC title

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Padres, Dodgers close out China trip

Tiger moves into five-way tie at Bay Hill

Two spectacular shots allowed Tiger Woods to get into the mix Saturday at Bay Hill. What followed was a series of spectacular crashes that put him in a five-way tie for the lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

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3/15/2008

After 10 years, Providence fires Welsh

Tim Welsh is out as Providences basketball coach after his third losing season in four years.

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Ducks Pronger suspended 8 games for stomping

Anaheim Ducks captain Chris Pronger was scheduled to have a phone hearing with the NHL either Friday night or Saturday morning over an incident involving Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler.

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Bowen banned one game; streak over

Bruce Bowen of San Antonio, who has the longest active consecutive games played streak in the NBA, wont play tonight after he was suspended Friday.

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Vonn completes U.S. sweep of World Cup titles

Lindsey Vonn has complete the first American sweep of mens and womens ski titles in 25 years by winning the overall World Cup.

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3/14/2008

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Darlingtons repaving results in big jump of speed

Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle and Ryan Newman not only found a smoother surface this week at Darlington Raceway, they found about 18 more mph.

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No. 2 UCLA buries Cal behind long-range barrage

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3/13/2008

Owner of Bonds 762nd HR to sell ball to help dad

Jameson Sutton has decided to sell the baseball Barry Bonds hit for career homer No. 762 in hopes of paying part of his fathers cancer bills. The ball could fetch $1 million.

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Beckett may miss Japan trip, but Schilling may go

Josh Becketts sore back probably will keep him from going to Japan with his teammates. Curt Schillings ailing shoulder may not stop him from making the trip.

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Beckett may miss Japan trip, but Schilling may go

Daly a no-show, wont play in Palmer Invitational

John Daly was a no-show Wednesday morning for the pro-am round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and wont play in the tournament beginning Thursday.

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3/12/2008

Stalled by extreme fatigue, Baldelli to start on DL

Tampa Bays Rocco Baldelli will begin the season on the disabled list because of a condition that the 26-year-old outfielder says leaves him extremely fatigued after short workouts.

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Nova sinks Syracuses NCAA hopes with 3s

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Prosecutor suspended after letting Martin off easy

A Denver city prosecutor was suspended when Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin was allowed to keep his drivers license despite receiving two tickets for going over 100 mph on a city street and a freeway.

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Goodyear wont use Atlanta tires in Texas race

Goodyear officials will not use the controversial Atlanta tire at Texas Motor Speedway for the Samsung 500 on April 6.

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3/11/2008

Harmon, disgusted by shenanigans, cuts Daly

John Daly has been cut loose by swing coach Butch Harmon, who said Tuesday he was not going to waste his time with a two-time major champion who is more interested in drinking than working on his golf game.

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Bulls discipline Duhon over comments on benching

Add another item to the laundry list of issues the disappointing Chicago Bulls have had to face this season.

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Lakers regain top spot

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Goodyear wont use Atlanta tires in Texas race

Goodyear officials will not use the controversial Atlanta tire at Texas Motor Speedway for the Samsung 500 on April 6.

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Warriors pick up Nelsons option for next season

Don Nelson, who has Golden State on a 52-win pace in the cutthroat Western Conference, will be back on the Warriors bench next season as well.

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Fitzgerald signs 4-year, $40M deal with Cards

Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald signed a blockbuster four-year, $40 million contract with the Cardinals on Tuesday.

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Forde Minutes: Bring on the postseason euphoria

The big boys are all set to tip off their Champ Weeks. Who will be cutting down the nets? The Minutes knows, although hes just hoping the refs dont have anything to do with it.

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Source: Yanks OK with NHL hosting stadium finale

An executive with knowledge of the Yankees thinking tells 1050 ESPN New Yorks Andrew Marchand that the team will not stand in the way of a proposed plan for the final event at Yankee Stadium to be an NHL game.

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Prosecutor suspended after letting Martin off easy

Olson to return to coach Arizona next season

Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson will return to Arizona for the 2008-09 season after taking a season-long leave of absence.

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Wade to miss rest of season

Heat coach Pat Riley announced Monday that Dwyane Wade, the All-Star guard and 2006 NBA finals MVP who has battled left knee pain throughout the year, will miss the rest of the season.

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