Saturday, June 7th, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 87.
McKay died Saturday of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md. The broadcaster who considered horse racing his favorite ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Dwight White, part of the Steel Curtain defense that led the team to four Super Bowl championships in the 1970s, has died following surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. He was 58.
The team announced White's death Friday.
Team president Art Rooney II is calling ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Moises Alou wants to set the record straight -- again.
Months after being quoted as saying he would not have caught the foul ball that Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached for in the eighth inning of the 2003 National League Championship Series, Alou said he would have indeed caught the ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant and six others have been indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges involving an incident at a Georgia nightclub Feb. 3 in which a pregnant woman was shot and killed.
The Early County Times in Georgia first reported the indictments stemming from the altercation in ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa judge has sentenced former NFL running back Troy Hambrick to five years in prison for selling crack cocaine. The former Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals player was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday.
Hambrick pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to one count ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
ESPN plans to expand its "SportsCenter" franchise has given Hannah Storm an opportunity to return to sportscasting.
Storm, who spent five years (2002-2007) as a host on CBS' "The Early Show," will join the all-sports network this summer as a host for the network's new live weekday morning "SportsCenter." She will ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Papa John's makes amends with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James Thursday by offering 23-cent pizza in Ohio.
Papa John's announced that 86 stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown are in on the deal, each prepared to sell more than 900 pies on Thursday.
Papa John's agreed the deal as an apology to ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Angela Moyer is yet another woman who is rumored to have had an affair with Roger Clemens, according to reports Wednesday.
According to The Daily News, Moyer was amongst a bevy of attractive women that Clemens hung out with during his career. Clemens reportedly flew the women around the country on ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday -- a day marred by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles.
The cheers for the winner's decisive victory were cut short when Eight Belles, the runner-up, was ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire.
The field of 20 horses was galloping out around the first turn at Churchill Downs when Eight Belles ...
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