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Headlines from Yahoo! News: Sports News
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· Azarenka routs Sharapova to win Australian title
(AP)
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 AP - Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking.
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· US women's soccer team qualifies for Olympics
(AP)
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 AP - The final goal in the game that put the U.S. women's soccer team into the Olympics was scored by Alex Morgan, the super-sub who made her name at last year's World Cup.
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· James, Wade lead Heat over Knicks, 99-89
(AP)
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 AP - LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Miami Heat beat the 3-point-obsessed New York Knicks 99-89 on Friday night.
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· Manning, Irsay insist they are on same page
(AP)
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 AP - Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay insist they are just fine after a week filled with complaints and comments suggesting a rift had developed following one of the most miserable seasons in team history.
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· Coll. of Charleston's Cremins takes medical leave
(AP)
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 AP - Bobby Cremins' assistant says the veteran basketball coach hasn't looked well the past few weeks and Friday evening the College of Charleston announced Cremins will miss the rest of the season because of a medical problem.
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· Broncos hire Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinator
(AP)
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AP - John Fox and Jack Del Rio are together again.
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· Browns hire Brad Childress as OC
(AP)
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AP - Pat Shurmur brought in a close friend to help him fix Cleveland's broken offense.
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· Selig expects expanded playoffs to start this year
(AP)
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AP - Commissioner Bud Selig expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season.
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· Streaking Nuggets roll over Raptors
(Reuters)
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Reuters - The streaking Denver Nuggets capitalized on a slow start by the visiting Toronto Raptors to complete a wire-to-wire 96-81 win at the Pepsi Center on Friday in a contest between teams heading in opposite directions.
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· Clemson women lose 15th straight to No. 5 Duke
(AP)
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 AP - Clemson coach Itoro Coleman doesn't expect to endure many more blowouts from No. 5 Duke.
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· William Clarke wins 2nd stage of Tour Down Under
(AP)
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AP - Little-known Australian William Clarke won the second stage of cycling's Tour Down Under on Wednesday, defying the peleton in one of the boldest individual breakaways in the history of the World Tour event.
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· Canadiens' 7-2 win ends Red Wings' win streak at 7
(AP)
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 AP - David Desharnais had two goals and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens ended Detroit's seven-game winning streak with a 7-2 victory over the Red Wings on Wednesday night in the NHL's final game before the league's All-Star break.
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· Stanley leads at Torrey as Mickelson heads home
(AP)
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 AP - Phil Mickelson doesn't lack faith in his game. He just doesn't have an explanation for a shoddy start to his season.
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· MMA's 'Iron Mike' gets prison in Vegas sex case
(AP)
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 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.
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· Jennings takes unanimous decision over Byarm
(AP)
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AP - Bryant Jennings used a fine mix of looping head shots and effective counters to win a 10-round unanimous decision against Maurice Byarm in a heavyweight bout on Saturday night.
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· Justin Wilson back in a car after back injury
(AP)
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AP - Justin Wilson's wife had quite enough of the driver being home all the time during the six months he was sidelined with a broken bone in his back.
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· Danny Boyle offers glimpse of Olympic opener
(AP)
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 AP - There's a nod to Shakespeare, a big bell and ... nurses?
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