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 The MVP quarterback for the Super Bowl champion Giants Eli
Manning married college sweetheart Abby Mc Grew during an intimate ceremony at
a resort on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
The New York Daily News reported that after the wedding
ceremony Eli Manning and his bride kicked off their honeymoon; they began the first day of the rest of...
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 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds became baseball's home run king after he slammed his 756th homer on Tuesday night to surpass Hank Aaron, who set the notorious record 31 years ago with the Milwaukee Brewers. With one of his team mates struck out in the fifth inning, Bonds hit a 3-2 pitch of Washington Nationals' Mike Bacsik into...
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 The Philadelphia Phillies transferred second baseman
Tadahito Iguchi from the Chicago White Sox to take the place of all-star Chase
Utley, lost to a broken right hand that needs surgery.
The Phillies acquired the Japanese from Chicago on Friday for low Class-A Lakewood
pitcher Michael Dubee, the son of Phillies pitching Coach Rich...
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 The New York Yankees are beginning to resemble the team everyone became familiar with for the past decade. Alex Rodriguez hit a double in the seventh inning to ignite the Yankees to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.Roger Clemens kept New York close with a magnificent display of pitching , and...
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 Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle’s leadoff man, signed a five-year contract that will earn him $90 million three days after he was named MVP of the All-Star game."Getting to play for one team their entire (Major League) career is not something many players get to do," Ichiro said at a news conference. "Having that choice made me...
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 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 748th career home run despite his team loss against the Red Sox and moved within seven of tying all-time leader Hank Aaron's mark.Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield became the pitcher to give up a home run to the 42-year-old Bonds."I was fortunate enough to pitch to him where a home...
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 The Boston Celtics had a great run on Tuesday night when they managed to defeat the sluggish Detroit Pistons 88-79 in the first game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.Kevin Garnett led with 26 points and nine rebounds, while Paul Pierce scored 22, taking their team to their straight 15th victory on their home floor, as they are trying...
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 The Minnesota Timberwolves owner, Glen Taylor, criticized his former star player, Kevin Garnett, saying that he gave up on the team last season.Taylor, a big fan and friend of Garnett during his 12 years in the NBA, said that the All- Star forward and former MVP, took himself out of the lineup, as he missed the last five games last...
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 LeBron James went into overdrive when the game went into overtime.
James scored 12 of his 31 points in both extra sessions, to go
along with a career-high 19 rebounds and eight assists, carrying the
Cleveland Cavaliers past the pesky Charlotte Bobcats, 113-106 on Friday
night.
"That's my time, that's when my team looks for...
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 The Boston Celtics seem to bring out the best in the Charlotte Bobcats.
Jason Richardson had 34 points along with nine rebounds, and the
visiting Bobcats handed the Celtics' just their fourth loss of the
season, 95-83 on Wednesday night.
The league-best Celtics (29-4) had their nine-game winning streak stopped and fell to 16-2 at...
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 Manu Ginobili replaced All-Star Tim Duncan in order to help San Antonio Spurs to edge the Dallas Mavericks 97-95, as they are undefeated at home until now.As Duncan suffered a bruised right knee and ankle sprain on Sunday in the game against Portland, Ginobili had his first start of the season and scored a season-high 37 points, despite...
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 The NBA and its fans will be heading to the desert next winter, after
league commissioner David Stern announced on Thursday that Phoenix has
been selected to host the 2009 All-Star Game for the third time.
"Phoenix is one of the great sports and entertainment destinations,
so it is only natural that it will once again become...
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 The undefeated Huston (3-0) played against Dallas, coming to the game with their hopes high, as they tried to defeat the league’s best. For the first 44 minutes the Rockets were keeping up with the game, having big chances to nail the opponents.With their new coach, Rick Adelman, Huston acted really well in the first part of the game,...
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 The Boston Celtics made a major move on Tuesday in their attempt put the franchise on its track to glory by acquiring 10-times All-Star Kevin Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves.Garnett, the 2004 league MVP, also thinks this move it’s a decisive one and that, after spending his first 12 years in the league with the Timberwolves, his...
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 Luis Scola is finally coming to the NBA. Although being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2002 NBA Draft the Argentinean power forward never played for the Texans as the parts couldn’t reach an agreement. The 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) and 104 kg (230 lb) power forward was introduced as the newest member of the Houston Rockets on...
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 Surrounded by a couple hundred people, Dwyane Wade made a formal free throw at an official opening of a refurbished basketball court at a city park. According to Miami Heat’s guard that was his first shot made after he had surgery on his left shoulder May 15.Despite this sign of slight progress it will take a while before Wade fanes will...
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 Detroit Pistons top priority for this summer is the resigning of its point guard Chauncey Billups. The 31-year-old has opted out of the final year of his six-year contact with the Pistons, thus becoming a unrestricted free agent.Pistons officials said that this is no surprise for them. Joe Dumars, Pistons’ president of basketball...
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 The San Antonio Spurs and their fans celebrated the team's fourth NBA championship filling the banks of San Antonio's famed River Walk with black, white and especially the gold of the team's championship trophy."I'm so happy - I feel very blessed and it's a privilege to play with a great team," said French point guard Tony...
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 Many think San Antonio isn’t pretty at all. In fact, nobody can deny that, it’s true. But the fact that the Spurs don’t care at all about being pretty is also true. They weren’t after the Best Looking title after all. The only attribute they eagerly strived for was Most Likely to Succeed.The San Antonio Spurs won over the Cleveland...
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 After Billy Donovan agreed to coach Orlando and backed off returning to the Florida Gators, Magic acted quickly and hired Stan Van Gundy as head coach.Florida was eager to re-hire Donovan, who spurned a five-year, $27.5 million contract with Orlando.On Thursday, Donovan apologized to the Magic, his family and Florida. "I feel...
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 The Detroit Red Wings solved two of their offseason main issues by re-signing goal keeper Dominik Hasek and up-and-coming forward Jiri Hudler.Hasek will play at least one year for the Red Wings earning $2 million in base salary and possibly $2 million more in bonuses.Hudler, a restricted free agent, agreed for a two-year contract that...
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 The Carolina Hurricanes renewed its goal keeper contract. Cam Ward’s new contract was signed for three years and it’s worth US$8 million.Ward’s earnings according to the new contract will be $2 million in 2007-08, $2.5 million in 2008-09 and $3.5 million in 2009-10."Cam is one of the cornerstones of our team moving forward,"...
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