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Brett Favre is on Tom Brady's side, says Patriots QB didn't cheat
Broncos fan gets team logo tattooed on the inside of his lip
Pujols, Trout star as Angels beat skidding Rockies 2-1 in 11 (Yahoo Sports)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After Mike Trout made two spectacular defensive plays look ordinary, Albert Pujols’ pedestrian fly ball allowed the Los Angeles Angels to finish their homestand with another dramatic win.
Deadline looms for Brady's appeal of 4-game suspension (Yahoo Sports)
Tom Brady’s challenge to his four-game suspension by the NFL is set to begin. The suspension was issued Monday for his part in the deflation of footballs below the league-mandated minimum for the AFC championship game. His agent, Don Yee, said shortly after the suspension was announced that the appeal would be filed. The New England Patriots have not said if they’ll appeal their penalty – a $1 million fine
Rangers head to NHL conference finals to face Lightning (Yahoo Sports)
It would seem there are two certainties ahead for the New York Rangers. First, they will see some very familiar faces in the lineup of their opponent in the Eastern Conference finals: Tampa Bay’s Brian Boyle, Anton Stralman and, if he recovers quickly enough from an appendectomy, former captain Ryan Callahan. The series opens Saturday at Madison Square Garden, which former Lightning players Martin St. Louis, Dan Boyle and Dominic
Warriors whip Grizzlies 98-78, take 3-2 series lead (Yahoo Sports)
Down and out just days earlier, the Golden State Warriors suddenly look alive and well again. Stephen Curry turned in an MVP-worthy performance, Klay Thompson snapped out of his shooting funk and the Warriors rolled past the Memphis Grizzlies 98-78 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series. ”It’s like wine,” Warriors forward Draymond Green said about learning how to stop Memphis. ”It gets
Spike Lee says film about Chicago violence is 'not a joke'
CHICAGO (AP) — Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee has defended his choice to make a movie about violence in Chicago titled “Chiraq.”
Rockies manager Weiss has appendectomy (Yahoo Sports)
Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss had an appendectomy Wednesday night following two days of stomach discomfort. A club spokesman said Wednesday that the 51-year-old Weiss left Angel Stadium right before batting practice with athletic trainer Keith Dugger to get a follow-up exam. Bench coach Tom Runnells will guide the team in Weiss’ absence. The Rockies begin a four-game series up the freeway at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night.
Sports broadcast antitrust case may proceed as class action
A federal judge on Thursday said television viewers may pursue a class-action lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, Comcast Corp, DirecTV and other broadcasters of illegally restricting their ability to watch their favorite sports teams play. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan said the viewers suffered from “a dearth of choice in the market for baseball and hockey broadcasting,” and that it made sense for them