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Prosecutors won’t charge cyclist Lance Armstrong
(AP)

  • FILE - In this July 17, 2009, file phot, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong reacts as he answers questions of reporters prior to the start of the 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200 kilometers (124.3 miles) with start in Vittel and finish in Colmar, central France. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.


    • Super matchups everywhere with Pats-Giants
    (AP)

  • New York Giants' Eli Manning throws during practice, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Giants will face the New England Patriots in the NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.


    • NFL’s ratings, revenue, popularity grow and grow
    (AP)

  • The Vince Lombardi Trophy is seen before a news conference for NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short — or even wipe out — the 2011 season.


    • UConn’s Calhoun taking indefinite medical leave
    (AP)

  • FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun reacts to a call during an NCAA college basketball against Notre Dame, in South Bend, Ind. Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence, the school announced Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Hall of Fame coach, who turns 70 in May, has been suffering for several months from spinal stenosis, a lower back condition that causes him severe pain and hampers mobility, the school said Friday in a news release. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)AP - UConn’s Jim Calhoun doesn’t mince words when it comes to his health.


    • Rangers’ Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse
    (AP)

  • Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton pauses during a baseball news conference at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Josh Hamilton shed no tears and used no prepared statement as he apologized and shared few details about his relapse with alcohol. Still, it was clear he was upset by what he had done.


    • Rest of TV world idolizing NFL’s appeal to viewers
    (AP)

  • AP - A close score Sunday between the New England Patriots and New York Giants likely will break the record set by last year’s Super Bowl for the largest audience in U.S. television history of 111 million people.

    • Pats, Giants kickers wandered onto Super Bowl path
    (AP)

  • New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski practices an onside kick on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.


    • Woman accused of stalking Yankees general manager
    (Reuters)

  • Reuters - A British woman stalked and harassed New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, convincing him to pay her $6,000 after what her lawyers called an inappropriate relationship, prosecutors and others familiar with the case said on Friday.

    • Raptors maul struggling Wizards
    (Reuters)

  • Reuters - The Toronto Raptors bounced back from a pair of blowout losses with a comfortable 106-89 win over the struggling Washington Wizards at the Air Canada Center on Friday.

    • No. 23 North Carolina women beat Virginia 64-56
    (AP)

  • AP - Chay Shegog had 20 points and Candace Wood added 14 points, leading No. 23 North Carolina to a 64-56 win over Virginia on Friday night.

    • U.S. prosecutors drop probe of Lance Armstrong, team
    (Reuters)

  • Reuters - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program.

    • Blue Jackets snap skid, beat Ducks in OT
    (AP)

  • Anaheim Ducks left wing Niklas Hagman, center, of Finland, passes the puck as Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Marc Methot, left, and left wing Vaclav Prospal, of the Czech Republic, put pressure on him during the first period of their NHL hockey game on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Anaheim. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Derick Brassard scored his second goal with 1:05 left in overtime, and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped their six-game skid with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.


    • Spencer Levin takes Phoenix Open lead
    (AP)

  • Spencer Levin points to the crowd as they cheer his tee shot at the 16th hole during the second round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Levin posted an 8-under par 63 for his second round and leads the tournament at 14-under par. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Spencer Levin holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle on the par-4 17th and shot an 8-under 63 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the suspended second round of the Phoenix Open.


    • MMA’s ‘Iron Mike’ gets prison in Vegas sex case
    (AP)

  • Michael 'Iron Mike' Whitehead, left, talks with his attorney William Terry, while waiting in Clark County district court, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Las Vegas. A judge in Las Vegas will decide whether the mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's 'The Ultimate Fighter' will go to prison for attempted sexual assault of a woman in April 2010 at his home. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - A mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter” is going to prison for one to four years for the attempted sexual assault of a woman at his home in April 2010.


    • Dundee was an ambassador for boxing
    (AP)

  • FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1964, file photo, with flailing arms and legs, new heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay is lifted off the ring floor in Miami Beach by one of his handlers when Sonny Liston was unable the answer the bell for the seventh round. Another Clay handler, left, climbs through the ropes as trainer Angelo Dundee, right, reacts. Dundee, the trainer who helped groom Muhammad Ali (Clay) and Sugar Ray Leonard into world champions and became one of boxing's most recognizable figures, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. He was 90. (AP Photo/hlv, File)AP - He saved a young Cassius Clay when he was in trouble in England, convinced Sugar Ray Leonard that he could somehow overcome the fearsome Tommy Hearns. Angelo Dundee worked thousands of corners, and had just as many stories about fighters and the games they played in the ring.


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