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Kentucky starts it second straight week — and fourth this season — as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press’ college basketball poll. The Wildcats were again a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Syracuse, which got the other No. 1 votes, and Ohio State both moved up one place to second and third. Missouri, which had been No. 2, dropped to fourth after its loss to Oklahoma State. North Carolina, Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State and undefeated Murray State round out the top 10. The Racers, the lone remaining unbeaten [...]

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The PGA Tour heads to Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the European Tour stays in the Persian Gulf region for the Commercialbank Qatar Masters this week. On Sunday, Kyle Stanley blew a 3-stroke lead with one hole to play at the Farmers Insurance Open, then lost the playoff to Brandt Snedeker. Stanley’s chance at redemption begins this week; he, as well as Snedeker, is in the field in Phoenix. Stanley should talk to Robert Garrigus about final-hole meltdowns and how to forget about them. At the 2010 St. Jude Classic, Garrigus also blew a 3-stroke lead at [...]

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While Ferrari’s engineers put the finishing touches to the Italian team’s 2012 car ahead of its launch and test debut next month, drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will be intensifying their own preparations at a pre-season training camp in the Canary Islands. Alonso and Massa spent Tuesday at Ferrari’s base in Maranello having seat fittings in the new car and meeting team principal Stefano Domenicali and other engineers to discuss its development. They will now jet off to the island of Lanzarote for a spot of physical training, alongside Ferrari young drivers Jules Bianchi and Davide Rigon. The duo [...]

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CHESTER, Pa. – The Philadelphia Union have traded Sebastien Le Toux tothe Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for allocation money. Per MLS and club policies, the terms of Tuesday’s trade were not disclosed. Le Toux was selected by the Union in the 2009 MLS expansion draft andquickly became the most productive offensive player on the team, scoring 14goals with 11 assists in 2010. For his efforts, Le Toux was voted to the MLSBest XI and was named Philadelphia’s first-ever All-Star selection. He startedevery match last season, scoring 11 goals with nine assists. Team manager Peter Nowak says the allocation money gives [...]

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The 2012 NHL All-Star Game is in the books and as always it was an exciting event that showcased the skills of some of the best and brightest the league has to offer. Though there were 42 vets selected to participate in the game itself, the League’s selection committee also chose 12 rookies to take part in the weekend’s activities. That is what we are going to do here today. Considering that we had a short week in the fantasy realm due in large part to those All-Star festivities, we figured that we would point out a handful of rookies [...]

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Aaron Rodgers says some Pro Bowlers embarrassed themselves Posted by Michael David Smith on January 31, 2012, 5:03 PM EST Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers thinks it’s time for the players in the Pro Bowl to step up their play. Rodgers, who started for the NFC in Sunday’s game, said he thought there were some players on the field who looked foolish with their lack of effort. “I’ll be honest with you,” Rodgers said on his radio show on ESPN 540. “I was a little bit disappointed. I felt like some of the guys on the NFC side embarrassed themselves.” Rodgers [...]

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SANTANDER, Spain – Spain will begin its Davis Cup defense againstKazakhstan without Rafael Nadal. New captain Alex Corretja included 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro, MarcelGranollers, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marc Lopez in the team for theFeb. 10-12 series. Nadal, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco all madethemselves unavailable for the first-round matchup in Oviedo after leading Spainto its fifth title in December, over Argentina. Almagro says he was “proud” to be included after initially saying he wasuncertain whether he would return for the first time in nearly two years. Ferrero last played in 2009, while Lopez will make [...]

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