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Read More: Villegas takes Honda for a spin, wins by 5 – Boston Globe
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Read More: Celtics scuffle, but tough it out – Boston Globe
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AP – Kurt Busch was running out front with three laps to go when things really got interesting.
Read More: Kurt Busch wins again at Atlanta after 2 crashes
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:48 am
AP – Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said he’d be excited about the team’s 70-game winning streak, if that was where the Huskies wanted to stop.
Read More: No. 1 UConn ties record with 77-41 rout of Orange
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:48 am
AP – Reebok Canada is offering a $10,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the stick and gloves Sidney Crosby used to score in overtime in Canada’s Olympic championship victory over the United States.
Read More: Reward offered for return of Crosby's Olympic gear
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies are more focused on winning a 16th Big East tournament title than breaking their own NCAA record for consecutive victories.
Read More: UConn on verge of breaking its own win streak
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Being on the ice when the team he captained for the previous 10 seasons tied his new club in the final seconds of regulation wasn’t how Saku Koivu envisioned his first game against the Montreal Canadiens.
Read More: Habs beat Ducks 4-3 in shootout after late rally
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AFP – FA Cup holders Chelsea strolled into the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Stoke on Sunday, while Aston Villa staged a stunning second half fightback to join them in the last four with a 4-2 win against Reading.
Read More: Chelsea ease into FA Cup semi-finals, Carew treble fires Villa
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Shekinna Stricklen scored 20 points and No. 4 Tennessee beat No. 19 Kentucky 70-62 on Sunday to win the SEC tournament and possibly wrap up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Read More: Stricklen, No. 4 Lady Vols top Kentucky 70-62
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AFP – Seven-time Tour of France winner Lance Armstrong believes, at 38, he has little chance of beating arch-rival Alberto Contador of Spain to win an eighth title this year.
Read More: Armstrong downplays Tour de France chances
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Kevin Harvick got tired of watching Kyle Busch win so many truck races.
Read More: Harvick wins NASCAR truck race at Atlanta
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AP – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra has put in a final workout before her 2010 debut in Saturday’s New Orleans Ladies at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
Read More: Rachel Alexandra has final work before 2010 debut
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Vince Carter had 25 points, Dwight Howard finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Lakers 96-94 on Sunday to hand Los Angeles its first three-game losing streak of the Pau Gasol-Kobe Bryant Era.
Read More: Magic get revenge, top Lakers in finals rematch
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AFP – Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claimed her first WTA title over the weekend after battling back to win her second match of the day.
Read More: Russia's Pavlyuchenkova lands first WTA title
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AP – Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points — his third consecutive game with at least 30 points — and the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-106 Sunday night for their third straight victory.
Read More: Carmelo scores 30 to lead Nuggets past Blazers
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AP – Carl Edwards was 156 laps off the lead when he apparently decided it was time to settle a score with Brad Keselowski.
Read More: NASCAR drivers Edwards, Keselowski still feuding
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Camilo Villegas was the star attraction at a youth golf clinic in his native Colombia two days before the start of the Honda Classic.
Read More: Villegas runs away to win Honda Classic
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Posted under Sports on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
AP – Dodgers catcher Russell Martin is expected to miss opening day after an MRI revealed a pulled groin.
Read More: Dodgers' Martin out with pulled groin
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Posted under Sports on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Read More: Australian Darchinyan retains WBC, WBA titles – USA Today
