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Monday, June 12th, 2006

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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)

  • AP - University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who missed three games earlier this season because of NCAA sanctions, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence because of back problems.

    • 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, 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.


    • 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.


    • Pierce, Allen carry Celtics past Knicks 91-89
    (AP)

  • Boston Celtics' Ray Allen looks for an opening around New York Knicks' Tyson Chandler during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics to a 91-89 win over the struggling New York Knicks on Friday night.


    • Brady, Manning vie to prove who’s ‘elite’ QB now
    (AP)

  • New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws during practice on Thursday, Feb. 2, 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 - He was always being compared to someone. That’s what happens when you’re the youngest son of a great quarterback and the baby brother of an even better one. It wasn’t until he compared himself to Tom Brady, though, that people began taking Eli Manning seriously.


    • 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.

    • Pacers tops Mavs for 1st win in Dallas in 8 years
    (AP)

  • Dallas Mavericks' Rodrigue Beaubois (3), of Guadeloupe, dunks as Indiana Pacers' Danny Granger (33) looks on in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Paul George hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night.


    • 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.

    • 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.


    • Iginla scores, Flames beat Blackhawks 3-1
    (AP)

  • Chicago Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery, right, follows the puck as teammate Nick Leddy checks Calgary Flames' Krys Kolanos during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)AP - Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Friday night.


    • Yani Tseng ready to begin encore to 12-win season
    (AP)

  • FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2011, file photo, Yani Tseng, of Taiwan, holds up her championship trophy on the 18th hole after the final round of the LPGA Taiwan Championship at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Tseng has a tradition on Chinese New Year to give her house a thorough cleaning, and decided to start with the trophy cabinet_she is coming off a blockbuster season in which she won 12 times around the world, including the first four tournaments she played. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)AP - Yani Tseng has a tradition on Chinese New Year to give her house a thorough cleaning. She decided to start with the trophy cabinet, which was no small project. A photo she posted on Facebook shows a cabinet crowded with crystal.


    • 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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