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Officials investigate irregul

LONDON (AP) _ Tennis officials are investigating suspiciousbetting patterns on a match in which top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ofRussia retired with an injury aga

Baseball

Lowe heats up, but Dodgers go cold

These games happen, Lowe said. All in all, it was a much better game than the previous five or six (starts), but we just came up short. With rains coming down i

Left hander Dontrelle Willis to start opening day for Florida Marlins

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) _ New Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez knew long ago Dontrelle Willis would likely be his first opening day starter. And throughout spr

Roger Clemens no closer to decision about future

HUMBLE, Texas (AP) _ Roger Clemens was greeted by a group of autograph-seeking fans as he walked off the 18th green during a pro-am event at Redstone Golf Club

Bonds' pursuit of Aaron, implications for baseball top thing to watch in 2007

Don't expect too many cheers this season as Barry Bonds pursues Hank Aaron's home run mark of 755, perhaps baseball's most important record. But expect controve

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Nba

Lakers lay a licking on Spurs

LOS ANGELESThere would be no blown lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers saw to that. Bryant scored 22 points,

Sparks defeat Mercury behind Candace Parker

PHOENIX -- Candace Parker had some jitters in her WNBA debut. It sure didn't show. Parker scored 34 points, the most in a WNBA debut, and grabbed 12 rebounds to

Paul Pierce helps Celtics prevail in another Game 7

Twenty years earlier there was another thrilling shootout in another seventh game of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Boston -- Larry Bird vs. Dominique Wil

Clippers get seventh pick in the draft lottery

The Clippers, who were slotted sixth heading into the lottery, fell to the seventh overall selection after they were bumped by Chicago. From that position, they

Victory feels like series-clincher for Lakers

We love it! the too-cool Staples Center fans giddily chanted with their victory song. We love it! We love it! We love it! Oh, will the Lakers forever love this

Soccer

Keogh maintains the feel-good factor

Republic of Ireland 1 Serbia 1 : Giovanni Trapattoni lauded Andy Keogh's two-goal contribution in Portugal and the Wolves striker repaid the compliments when he

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Football

NFL draft may leave New York; AEG hopes to land it in L.A.

Even though the NFL hasn't played a game in Los Angeles in almost 14 years, there's a chance the city could land one of pro football's marquee events. The leagu

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Hockey

NHL is ready for its Stanley Cup close-up; is the public?

Declared dead after the lockout of 2004-05, the league is now being hyped as prime for the mass-market breakthrough it has yearned for since Commissioner Gary B

Golf

McGinley endures PGA horror show

From a position of dominance overnight, Paul McGinley is in danger of merely making up the numbers after a nightmare PGA Championship third round at Wentworth t

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