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Posted: 10:40 AM ET April 13, 2012 By Matt Norlander | Senior College Basketball Blogger Is he lying this time too? Motivated by Kansas’ defeat at the hands of Syracuse in 2003-s national title game — stay with me here — Zach Tomaselli decided he’d try to hurt the program by latching on lie after lie after lie after lie in the case against alleged sexual molester Bernie Fine. According to Tomaselli now — and it’s this time he’s telling the truth, just like the last time he was telling the truth — he made everything up. Everything about every [...]

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So Bubba Watson is the 2012 Masters champion. Watson’s rise to prominence is impressive, as is, certainly, the variety of shots he’s able to pull off. What do you think the future holds for him? Do you see Bubba being a golfer who can remain at a high level for a long time, who can win more majors? Or do you think Watson just hit his high point and is unlikely go this way – major champion – again? Vote in the poll, and leave your comments. See also:Do Masters champions get to keep the green jacket? MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article [...]

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Bahrain – (F1/Newsfeed) — Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel leapt back into the limelight – and the lead of the world championship – with victory in Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The world champion took the lead from the start and immediately out-paced McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and team mate Mark Webber. But it did not take long for the strength of the Lotus team threat to make itself felt. First it was Romain Grosjean who came thrusting up to pass Hamilton’s McLaren on the seventh lap. Then team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who started 11th, moved up to [...]

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PITTSBURGH — Dealing with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ unexpectedly early playoff ouster is tough enough for general manager Ray Shero and coach Dan Bylsma. What follows could be tougher still – sorting out what went wrong while figuring out how to keep their core of stars together. Shero said Tuesday this will be “a big summer” for the Penguins, who plan to go about business as usual even though a new collective bargaining agreement still must be worked out. And big probably translates into busy. “We have a lot of things moving forward that we have to work on — decisions [...]

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State and federal law officials have opened an investigation to determine if New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis violated wiretapping laws after allegations that a rigged device in his stadium suite allowed him to listen to opposing coaches’ conversations. “The FBI invited us to come into their investigation,” Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said Tuesday. “We assigned a trooper that works with the FBI to follow their investigation. These are allegations at this point. We deal with facts. We’ll look at everything to determine if there is anything to follow and see if state laws [...]

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – IOC President Jacques Rogge says he has received assurances that the London Olympics remain within budget despite claims of major cost overruns. With the games less than five months away, London organizers delivered their latest progress report Wednesday to the International Olympic Committee executive board. Rogge says “we were reassured” that the public sector budget stands at $ 14.6 billion. That includes a contingency fund of $ 785 million. Last week, a British oversight committee said the Olympics risked going over budget because of rising security costs, which now exceed more than $ 1.6 billion. Rogge says [...]

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Huntington (CFB/Kercheval) – Well, it didn’t take long for Marshall coach Doc Holliday to enforce disciplinary action for one player involved in a weekend arrest. Via a school statement, Holliday announced defensive back Phillip Warren “has been dismissed from the football program due to a violation of team rules and policies.” Additionally, Holliday said “Linebacker Stefone Grace, running back Martin Ward and defensive back Corie Wilson will all be disciplined internally.” Holliday added he would not comment further on the matter. The four Thundering Herd players were connected to an incident outside a local bar over the weekend. According to [...]

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ARLINGTON (MLB/) – Derek Jeter is hitting the way he did in his prime and CC Sabathia looks more like his old self with each outing. No wonder the New York Yankees are starting to get on a roll. Jeter had four hits to stretch his hitting streak to 13 games, Sabathia pitched a season-high eight innings and Alex Rodriguez belted a three-run homer in a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night. “I keep kidding him that it’s like 1999 again – three hits every day. He’s amazing,” Rodriguez said of the 37-year-old Jeter. “He’s playing like [...]

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