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document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong\'>Prosecutors won\'t charge cyclist Lance Armstrong (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:43:11 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-0.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=d02uNPIlG7qI2H_Gtg7N0g--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lance Armstrong is used to winning, but his most recent victory was unlike any he had experienced before.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_preview\'>Super matchups everywhere with Pats-Giants (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:24:18 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.285dc99382ab4bd6ab40dbea6b86d245-285dc99382ab4bd6ab40dbea6b86d245-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=nMkYSgLb3kjeS46_m0L37g--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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 &mdash; Eli, and Peyton, too.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_midas_touch\'>NFL\'s ratings, revenue, popularity grow and grow (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:06:47 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_midas_touch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.499e7457d28d461a8d9d04bf4e43e814-499e7457d28d461a8d9d04bf4e43e814-0.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=EIiMsbgNTpiGw.kFdWYxOw--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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 &mdash; or even wipe out &mdash; the 2011 season.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkc_uconn_calhoun\'>UConn\'s Calhoun taking indefinite medical leave (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:20:06 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkc_uconn_calhoun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.5f707167830d4db9aef1c8318f5c50e8-5f707167830d4db9aef1c8318f5c50e8-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=KxZmudIj26k41tMcc19RNw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - UConn\'s Jim Calhoun doesn\'t mince words when it comes to his health.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_rangers_hamilton\'>Rangers\' Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:44 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_rangers_hamilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.9ca4f8c268b744c1868822e6aecb7de2-9ca4f8c268b744c1868822e6aecb7de2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=0CLsBLf8d8zUpt_ielkMBQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_tv\'>Rest of TV world idolizing NFL\'s appeal to viewers (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:14:31 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_tv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.79e36fecdbc04040b524b5dbdb5da321-b4d280fdedd74c4abec7f3b67a4ebd98-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=rOupZGwLOOxpSuUmMcGZ3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In a photo made with a fisheye lens, fans pose for photos in front of a sign for Super Bowl XLVI on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The New England Patriots will face the New York Giants in NFL football\'s Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)" border="0" /></a>AP - The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_colts_manning\'>Irsay again insists he has no problem with Manning (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:28:38 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_colts_manning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.d620b06529f747358c65341f5849a9d2-d620b06529f747358c65341f5849a9d2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=EPwQUVTxNOG7e8W5lwyJUQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Indianapolis Colts\' Peyton Manning watches as students exercise at Frederick Douglass School during a BOKS function Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jim Irsay is trying to put a happy face on an ugly public spectacle.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/sp_nm/us_stalking_yankees\'>Woman accused of stalking Yankees general manager (Reuters)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:30:17 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('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.<p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_lakers_nuggets\'>Bynum, Bryant lead Lakers past Nuggets 93-89 (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:30:36 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_lakers_nuggets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.e8320fbe43654e168b4da7c0e2cf1414-e8320fbe43654e168b4da7c0e2cf1414-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=AEb7WL2eZapDp7EJ7s3UwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl argues with official Bill Kennedy (55) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Andrew Bynum scored 22 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a season-high six-game trip with a 93-89 victory over the weary Denver Nuggets on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkw_t25_virginia_ncarolina\'>No. 23 North Carolina women beat Virginia 64-56 (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:09 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('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.<p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/sp_nm/us_armstrong_investigation\'>U.S. prosecutors drop probe of Lance Armstrong, team (Reuters)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:11 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('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.<p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_blue_jackets_ducks\'>Blue Jackets snap skid, beat Ducks in OT (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:43 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_blue_jackets_ducks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.238bc8b0f41340e8bd6aea77b768697e-238bc8b0f41340e8bd6aea77b768697e-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=4ehUNnKtJahpiC4tj24nbw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_qatar_masters\'>Lynn, Day take early 2nd-round lead at Qatar (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:55:07 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('AP - Jason Day and David Lynn have taken the clubhouse lead in the second round of the wind-shortened Qatar Masters on Saturday, one shot ahead of a quintet that includes Lee Westwood.<p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120119/ap_on_sp_ot/mma_iron_mike_charges\'>MMA\'s \'Iron Mike\' gets prison in Vegas sex case (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:59:36 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120119/ap_on_sp_ot/mma_iron_mike_charges"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120119/capt.bed4cfa3f7204a65afda15a7f085a8b5-bed4cfa3f7204a65afda15a7f085a8b5-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=aeeOnVfKk8zRowR7_J_6DQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_dundee_appreciation\'>Dundee was an ambassador for boxing (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:31:06 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('<a target=_blank href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_dundee_appreciation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.78bd3b7af7ce4496bb1a6d8ef6b3385a-78bd3b7af7ce4496bb1a6d8ef6b3385a-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=iHS.lg2zGwMW58aSXoWQHg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_kansas_speedway_changes\'>Road course planning done at Kansas Speedway (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:20:38 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('AP - There are more changes in the works at Kansas Speedway.<p>&nbsp;');


document.write('<p><a class=news_title target=_blank href=\'http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_rio2016_golf_course\'>Rio 2016 delays picking golf course designer (AP)</a><br>');
document.write('<span class=news_pubdate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:35 GMT<br><br></span>');
document.write('AP - The designer of the Olympic golf course for the 2016 Summer Games won\'t be announced until March.<p>&nbsp;');

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