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                    MILWAUKEE &#8212; If Brett Favre plans to show for the Green Bay Packers&#8217; training camp, he&#8217;ll need permission from the NFL. And as of Friday evening, he had not petitioned the league for reinstatement. 
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                    ASHBURN 
London Fletcher heard the plea as he walked off the Washington Redskins practice field. A girl in the crowd wanted one of his nearly pristine white-and-black gloves.
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                    Wide receiver Devin Thomas, the Redskins&#8217; top draft pick, has been carted away from practice after pulling his right hamstring at training camp. 

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                    ASHBURN 
Clinton Portis is known for his fun-loving personality, not his love of workouts. 
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                    Jason Taylor characterized his split from the Dolphins as amicable as he was officially introduced as the newest member of the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
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          <title>Jason Taylor traded to Skins</title>
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                    ASHBURN &#8212; Jason Taylor wanted out of Miami, and Bill Parcells seemed only too happy to trade the &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; defensive end. 

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                    SOUTHPORT, England &#8212; Padraig Harrington enjoys few moments more than the walk down 18th fairway of a century-old links course, especially with a four-shot lead in the British Open and the engraver putting the final touches on the oldest trophy in golf. 

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                    SOUTHPORT, England &#8212; Gusts that approached 50 mph required Greg Norman to manufacture shots from his 53-year-old memory Saturday in the British Open, which he called among the toughest tests he has ever faced in golf. 

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                    GREEN BAY, Wis. &#8212; Brett Favre stuck to the script, declining to address his public rift with the Green Bay Packers in an appearance at Lambeau Field on Saturday. 
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                    SOUTHPORT, England  &#8212; Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open. Greg Norman wasn&#8217;t the guy anyone had in mind. 
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          <title>JIM LITKE: Perfect honeymoon snapshot at the Open</title>
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                    SOUTHPORT, England
Even greatness comes with an expiration date. A man can&#8217;t play golf at 53 the way he did at 23. Or even 43. 

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                    From sunny San Diego to bleak and blustery Royal Birkdale, the expression on Rocco Mediate&#8217;s face didn&#8217;t change. 

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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Marquee starters were long gone. So were nearly all the other pitchers.
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                    Despite shaking up the sports world by taking his rift with the Green Bay Packers public, Brett Favre still hasn&#8217;t said unequivocally that he wants to play in 2008.
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                    MILWAUKEE &#8212; Brett Favre finally is speaking for himself: He wants to play but doesn&#8217;t feel welcome in Green Bay, so he&#8217;s asking to be released. 
The quarterback&#8217;s first substantial comments on his latest retirement decision reversal come in an interview with Fox News on &#8220;On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.&#8221; 

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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:13:01 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Brett Favre&#8217;s fans came to his defense Sunday, rallying outside Lambeau Field to pressure the Green Bay Packers to reinstate him as the starting quarterback. 

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                    TOULOUSE, France &#8212; One day after doping hit cycling yet again, a team that knows the perils of drug scandals all too well sped to victory Saturday as the daunting climbs of the Pyrenees awaited Tour de France riders. 

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                    PITTSBURGH &#8212; Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney faces an uphill climb in trying to acquire majority control of one of pro sports&#8217; best-known franchises now that his four brothers have hired an investment firm to field offers for their shares of the club. 
In a curious twist, Art Rooney Jr., a Pro Football Hall of Fame nominee for his drafting skills who was fired by Dan Rooney 21 years ago, may decide if the team stays in the Rooney family&#8217;s control. 
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                    GREEN BAY, Wis. &#8212; Packers coach Mike McCarthy was grilled about rumors of a Brett Favre comeback Wednesday &#8212; not by the media, but by kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay. 
Standing at a podium to announce a $100,000 donation to the club in conjunction with the team, McCarthy was asked by 11-year old Miranda Black of nearby Oconto Falls the biggest question in the state these days: &#8220;Um, is Brett Favre coming back?&#8221; 

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                    MILWAUKEE &#8212; Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia was traded Monday from the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for four prospects. 
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                    WIMBLEDON, England  &#8212; Rafael Nadal, grass stains on his white shirt and a Spanish flag tucked under his arm, scampered through the Centre Court stands to celebrate his first Wimbledon title with hugs and handshakes. 
Roger Federer sat in his changeover chair, protected from the night&#8217;s chill by his custom-made cream cardigan with the gold &#8220;RF&#8221; on the chest. Alone with his thoughts, alone with the knowledge that he had come so close to becoming the first man since the 1880s to win a sixth consecutive championship at the All England Club. 

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                    CINCINNATI &#8212; Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer that started Cincinnati&#8217;s comeback, and the Reds held on to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Sunday, completing a four-game series sweep. 
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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time. 

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                    BETHESDA, Md. &#8212; Tom Pernice Jr. was easy to ignore Saturday in the AT&T National until he wound up in the lead. 
All he did was make 15 pars on an explosive afternoon of birdies and bogeys at Congressional, and his lone complaint was that he made only two putts longer than his shadow. One was from 4&#189; feet for par, another from 7 feet for birdie. 

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                    WIMBLEDON, England &#8212; Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams dialed down her celebration. 

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                    GREEN BAY, Wis. &#8212; Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he&#8217;s considering coming out of retirement as &#8220;all rumor.&#8221; 
Favre responded Wednesday to the ESPN report by telling his hometown newspaper Web site, SunHerald.com in Gulfport, Miss., that &#8220;it&#8217;s all rumor.&#8221; 
The paper reported that Favre sent a text message saying there&#8217;s &#8220;no reason&#8221; for a media frenzy. 
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                    WIMBLEDON, England &#8212; Lest anyone forget that Roger Federer has, indeed, lost at Wimbledon, the BBC filled time during a rain delay Wednesday by rolling tape of his 2002 first-round exit against Mario Ancic. 
That, of course, was the last time Federer stepped on a court at the All England Club &#8212; or anywhere on grass, for that matter &#8212; and walked away without winning. 
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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. 
The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and the shrine. 
&#8220;We are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan,&#8221; Hall spokesman Brad Horn said. &#8220;We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections.&#8221; 

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                    WIMBLEDON, England &#8212; One prematch glance Tuesday at the data displayed on those fancy, new digital scoreboards at staid, old Wimbledon provided a pretty persuasive case for why Venus Williams might be considered the woman to beat. 
The entry under career record at the grass-court Grand Slam: &#8220;55-7.&#8221; The listing of her best result: &#8220;WINNER 2007, 2005, 2001, 2000.&#8221; 

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          <title>Williams sisters win on &#8216;Graveyard&#8217;</title>
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                    While Roger Federer glided to another victory on Centre Court, and Rafael Nadal won despite a scary stumble on Court 1, the Williams sisters found themselves playing back to back Monday on cozy, clattery Court 2, known as the &#8220;Graveyard of Champions.&#8221; 

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                    LeBron James will get another shot at Olympic gold, and this time, he&#8217;ll have reigning MVP Kobe Bryant. 

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                    Tiger Woods will still be part of the PGA Tour playoffs for the FedEx Cup, but only in name. 
Woods, who said Wednesday he will miss the rest of the year because of surgery to repair a torn knee ligament, is atop the FedEx Cup standings with a 6,755-point lead over Phil Mickelson. 
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                    Tiger Woods walked tenderly out of Torrey Pines with a U.S. Open trophy he was destined to win on a left leg worse than anyone imagined. A group of children called out to him and Woods looked over and waved. 
It turned out to be a most symbolic gesture. 
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                    SAN DIEGO &#8212; Tiger Woods cradled the silver U.S. Open trophy in his right hand and limped toward the edge of the Pacific bluffs, each step as much a burden as the 91 holes he played at Torrey Pines for a major that might have been his most amazing yet. 
Out of competition for two months because of knee surgery, he won the toughest test in golf. 
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                    SAN DIEGO &#8212; Tiger Woods wasn&#8217;t sure if his left knee would allow him to finish 72 holes of the U.S. Open. After yet another defining moment at Torrey Pines, he was thrilled to get a chance at 18 more. 
Down to his last stroke, Woods holed a 12-foot birdie putt that curled into the right side of the cup on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate, who could only watch on TV as Woods delivered another epic moment in an Open loaded with them. 
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                    SAN DIEGO &#8212; The U.S. Open went prime time, and so did Tiger Woods. 
With unbearable pain and three unforgettable shots, Woods turned in one of his most memorable performances in a major Saturday by holing two long eagle putts, chipping in for birdie and somehow taking a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood. 
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                    SAN DIEGO &#8212; Even with a sore knee, Tiger Woods hit his stride Friday at the U.S. Open. 
It started with his feet on a concrete cart path and a shot that went under a tree and over a bunker to 18 feet for birdie. What followed was flawless golf and a 30 on the front nine at Torrey Pines that gave Woods a 3-under 68 and left him one shot behind Stuart Appleby going into the weekend. 
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                    BOSTON &#8212; Mike Lowell hit his second grand slam of the season, a streaking J.D. Drew hit a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox kept rolling at home with a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. 
The Red Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 games at Fenway Park. Their 28-7 home record is the best in the majors, but their 14-20 mark away from home is the worst of the six division leaders. They open a six-game road trip on Friday night in Cincinnati. 
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                    SAN DIEGO &#8212; Tiger Woods grimaced and pursed his lips, unable to disguise the pain Thursday in the U.S. Open. 
No, it wasn&#8217;t his left knee, though that was still tender from surgery. 
It was more the three-putt to end his round at Torrey Pines and leave him four shots behind a pair of surprising leaders and one behind Phil Mickelson. 
Nothing torments Woods more than that. 
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                    John Smoltz had the labrum in his right shoulder repaired on Tuesday, and the Atlanta Braves said it will be months before the pitcher knows if his career can resume. 

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                    When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting. 

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                    Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run on Monday night, completing his long ascent and becoming the sixth player in history to reach that milestone. 

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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    PARIS &#8212; Early in the second set of the French Open final, not quite halfway into what would wind up as Roger Federer&#8217;s worst loss in 173 career Grand Slam matches, he watched intently as Rafael Nadal pushed a forehand wide to end a lengthy exchange. 
Federer saw the ball land out, punched the air and yelled. Neither the exact words &#8212; English? French? Swiss German? &#8212; nor the precise sentiment &#8212; delight? relief? &#8212; could be discerned. That he would be so moved was noteworthy in itself. 
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                    BALTIMORE &#8212; If Manny Ramirez celebrated his 500th home run deep into the night, it sure wasn&#8217;t evident by his performance against the Baltimore Orioles. 
Ramirez hit his 501st homer, had three hits and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox continued their hitting revival at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles in a 9-4 victory Sunday. 
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                    FORT WORTH, Texas &#8212; Phil Mickelson made a 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational over Tim Clark and Rod Pampling, who led by two strokes going to the back nine Sunday. 
It was the 34th career victory for Mickelson, who began the final round with a one-stroke lead. But like he did the day before, Mickelson fell behind before regaining the lead on his final putt of the day. 
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                    FORT WORTH, Texas &#8212; Phil Mickelson was already frustrated by his slow start in the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational. 
Then he finally saw a scoreboard. 
&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t see the first five holes how anybody was doing,&#8221; Mickelson said. &#8220;I walk up to the sixth tee and I see I&#8217;m three or four shots back. That was kind of rude awakening.&#8221; 

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                    FORT WORTH, Texas &#8212; The frustration was evident on Phil Mickelson&#8217;s face during a slow start in the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational. 
Lefty was feeling a lot better &#8212; and still in the lead alone &#8212; when he finished the third round Saturday with a 17-foot birdie putt from the front edge. 
&#8220;A nice way to finish the round,&#8221; Mickelson said. 
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                    BALTIMORE  &#8212; Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs, Brian Burres pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 Saturday night for their fourth straight victory. 
Burres (4-4) allowed two runs, walked two and struck out three in 6 2-3 innings as the Orioles won for the seventh time in eight games. The left-hander had lost three consecutive decisions following a 3-1 start. 
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                    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. &#8212; Sergio Garcia, the best player without a major, got the next best thing Sunday. 
Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island-green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship. 
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                    WASHINGTON &#8212; Dan Uggla has no explanation for his sudden power surge. 
Uggla&#8217;s second home run on Sunday was a go-ahead drive in the eighth inning that lifted the Florida Marlins to their seventh straight win, 5-4 over the Washington Nationals. 
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                    SALT LAKE CITY &#8212; The Utah Jazz had plenty of chances to crumble and nearly did. 
They let a 12-point slip away in the last four minutes and faced overtime against league MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of wilting, Utah played its toughest defense of the playoffs and pulled out a 123-115 victory on Sunday, tying the Western Conference semifinals 2-2. 
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                    It may be too late for the White Sox to get a refund for the sensitivity training they were ordered to put manager Ozzie Guillen through two summers ago. The man seems more determined than ever to talk his way out of a job. 
&#8220;Those people are gonna make me a lot of money later. Because as soon as I&#8217;m done,&#8221; Guillen said Thursday, referring to reporters, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be the only manager they remember.&#8221; 
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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Mike D&#8217;Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history. 
The Knicks released a statement Saturday night saying they had agreed in principle with D&#8217;Antoni and that a press conference would be held once the contract had been completed. 
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                    WASHINGTON &#8212; Dan Uggla drove in five runs, Andrew Miller allowed two hits in seven innings and the Florida Marlins routed the Washington Nationals 11-0 on Saturday night for their sixth straight win. 
The Marlins&#8217; winning streak is their longest since they won nine in a row from Aug. 20-29, 2005. Florida (22-14) is eight games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 18, 2005. 
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                    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. &#8212; Paul Goydos doesn&#8217;t have a Q-rating, an endorsement deal or a top-30 finish in the last 16 months. What he does have for the first time in his career is a 54-hole lead &#8212; in The Players Championship, no less. 
Seemingly immune to the mounting pressure and a course getting tougher by the day, Goydos seized the lead Saturday with a 10-foot birdie on the island-green 17th and a great escape on the closing hole for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot lead over Kenny Perry. 
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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Mike D&#8217;Antoni is set to become coach of the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in its history. 
A person within the NBA told The Associated Press on Saturday that the Suns coach has accepted an offer from the Knicks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made. 
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                    ASHBURN &#8212; Jason Campbell has so many things running through his head that it is a wonder his helmet is not spinning when he stands behind the center. 
Campbell, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, has a new offense to learn. That&#8217;s a major issue, but Campbell says it&#8217;s not a major problem. 
&#8220;It&#8217;s similar to what we ran my last year at Auburn,&#8221; Campbell said. 
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                    WASHINGTON &#8212; The Washington Nationals are prospering in their new ballpark. 
Tim Redding allowed one run over 6 1-3 innings, Boone homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday. 
Redding (4-2) closed out an 11-game homestand, Washington&#8217;s longest of the season, by helping the Nationals to their sixth victory in seven games. Washington finished the homestand 8-3. 

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                    WASHINGTON &#8212; The Atlanta Braves simply cannot win a one-run game. 
Felipe Lopez&#8217;s bases-loaded hit to left with no outs in the 12th lifted the Washington Nationals to a 3-2 victory over the Braves on Wednesday, dropping Atlanta to 0-9 in games decided by the slimmest possible margin. 
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                    The receiver known as &#8220;Showtime&#8221; was given jersey No. 85. He&#8217;s the kid who grew up in the shadow of the University of Michigan, yet attended Michigan State. 
The tight end whose nicknames range from &#8220;Bone Crusher&#8221; to &#8220;Freddie Franchise&#8221; to &#8220;Problem Solver&#8221; to &#8220;Fast Freddie&#8221; got No. 86. He&#8217;s the Toledo guy who&#8217;s never been forgiven by Ohio State fans for spurning the Buckeyes to attend Southern California. 

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                    Chris Long&#8217;s marathon victory tour stopped in St. Louis on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Rams took him with the second pick of the NFL draft.

It&#8217;s been a whirlwind for the Virginia defensive end, fast separating himself from his previous life as the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Fox TV analyst Howie Long.
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                    King James lost his crown.

All right, so it was his burgundy headband that went flying when LeBron James took a shot to the noggin from DeShawn Stevenson, their simmering feud nearly boiling over. James kept his cool, allowing the flagrant foul to spark him and his Cleveland Cavaliers.



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                    NEW YORK &#8212; Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday&#8217;s NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections. 
Yawn. 
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                    NEW YORK &#8212; The anxiety, uncertainty and lack of control that go with being a top NFL prospect can be maddening. Jake Long sits back and laughingly scoffs at it. And why not: Long already knows where he&#8217;s going, and when. 
The Miami Dolphins made the Michigan tackle a very rich young man by signing him to a five-year contract worth $57.75 million, $30 million of it guaranteed. He will be the first name announced at Saturday&#8217;s NFL draft. 

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                    IRVING, Texas &#8212; The Tennessee Titans finally washed their hands of suspended cornerback Adam &#8220;Pacman&#8221; Jones on Wednesday, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys. 
Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple confirmed the teams had an agreement, but no terms had been filed with the NFL office, which already had closed for the day. 

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                    ATLANTA &#8212; John Smoltz became the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach 3,000 career strikeouts, but was outpitched by John Lannan in the Washington Nationals&#8217; 6-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. 
Smoltz fanned Felipe Lopez in the third inning, the veteran hurler&#8217;s fourth of the game, to reach the mark. He struck out 10 for the second straight start and for the 45th time in his 20-year career. 

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                    MIAMI &#8212; Hanley Ramirez hit two home runs Sunday and was happy to be overshadowed by teammate Scott Olsen. 
With the Florida Marlins&#8217; rotation struggling, Olsen allowed only three hits in seven innings and won his third start in a row Sunday, beating the Washington Nationals 6-1.
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                    BALTIMORE &#8212; Adam Jones singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning, capping a late comeback that gave the Baltimore Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. 
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