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Peter Berlin: Manchester City keeps rolling, a rash of red cards and more

Yo — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:14:19 +0000

Five things we learned from Saturday’s action in the Barclays Premier League:
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Jim Trotter: For fans, Hall of Fame focus will always be on who didn’t make it

Yo — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:14:19 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — When the Hall of Fame voting is announced each year, there is typically a loud and immediate uproar about the finalists who did not earn a spot in Canton. This year is no exception.
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Bryan Armen Graham: Wing Bowl, a Philadelphia tradition like no other

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:54 +0000

It’s 4:45 a.m. and thousands of people are waiting in sub-freezing temperatures to enter a 20,000-seat arena for a competitive-eating contest that’s been sold out for weeks.
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Brian Cazeneuve: Olympic swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale combines his passions

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:53 +0000

Garrett Weber-Gale has a lot on his plate these days … and in his bowls and sauté pans. The swimmer who won Olympic gold medals and four world championships on relays with the likes of Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte has assembled a new all-star cast of teammates for a Gold Medal Dining Experience.
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Joe Lemire: Prince Fielder heads home and his father hopes to join him

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:52 +0000

NEW YORK — Cecil Fielder was in the air on a cross-country flight for most of Tuesday, but when he landed that afternoon, he powered on his cell phone and immediately started receiving calls.
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Bryan Armen Graham: Wing Bowl, a Philadelphia tradition like no other

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:13:24 +0000

It’s 4:45 a.m. and thousands of people are waiting in sub-freezing temperatures to enter a 20,000-seat arena for a competitive-eating contest that’s been sold out for weeks.
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Garrett Weber-Gale to host dinner benefitting USA swimming foundation

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:21 +0000

Loretta Hunt: Strikeforce fighters do not want to be considered inferior to UFC fighters

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:21 +0000

Tim Kennedy wasn’t the least bit insulted when Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold used his Jan. 7 post-fight interview to ask that UFC contenders be brought in to challenge him next. Kennedy agreed with him.
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Alexander Wolff: Middlebury, MIT emerge as unlikely D-III college hoops powerhouses

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:20 +0000

Of all the schools to rise to the summit of small-college basketball, they’re surely two of the unlikeliest.
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Sam Amick: Martin agrees to sign with Clippers

Yo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:20 +0000

Kenyon Martin has agreed to a one-year deal with the Clippers worth $2.5 million, two sources confirmed to SI.com.
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