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Headlines from Yahoo! News: Sports News
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· Lakers hit midway mark with 96-91 win over Dallas
(AP)
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AP - Andrew Bynum had a huge smile on his face after he grabbed a rebound of his own miss and got fouled on an attempted putback.
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· Thunder hand Celtics 5th straight loss, 119-104
(AP)
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AP - The Boston Celtics can only hope their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder is a microcosm of their season: a dreadful first half and a gutsy second half.
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· No. 2 Syracuse beats South Florida 56-48
(AP)
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AP - Scoop Jardine scored 15 points to help No. 2 Syracuse overcome a 13-point first-half deficit and beat South Florida 56-48 on Wednesday night.
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· Lin, Knicks rout Hawks 99-82, head to Miami
(AP)
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AP - Not much heat from the Hawks for Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks.
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· Woods survives, Donald doesn't at Match Play
(AP)
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AP - Tiger Woods had to play a left-handed shot out of the desert. Retief Goosen holed out from 156 yards and didn't even win the hole. Dustin Johnson twice won a hole after taking a penalty drop.
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· MAC commissioner says Temple, Big East talking
(AP)
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AP - Temple and the Big East are talking about the Owls rejoining the conference as soon as next season.
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· Steelers' Hines Ward in plea deal as DUI charge dropped
(Reuters)
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Reuters - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a drunken driving charge against Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, who instead pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to probation.
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· Wake Forest transplant recipient returns to field
(AP)
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AP - The Wake Forest baseball player who received a kidney from his coach has returned to the field a year after the transplant saved him from a disease that could have resulted in kidney failure.
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· Clippers beat Nuggets 103-95 to end 2-game skid
(AP)
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AP - Chris Paul scored a season-high 36 points, Blake Griffin added 27 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 103-95 Wednesday night to snap a two-game skid in their last game before the All-Star break.
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· No. 21 UNLV stops Boise State streak, wins 75-58
(AP)
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AP - Chace Stanback scored 19 points, reserve Justin Hawkins added 13 and No. 21 UNLV beat Boise State 75-58 on Wednesday night, ending the Broncos' three-game winning streak.
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· Hoy leaves crowd dreaming of Olympic cycling gold
(AP)
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 AP - Chris Hoy and Britain's cycling team rounded off the Track World Cup at London's new Olympic Velodrome on Sunday, leaving the cheering home crowd more confident than ever of gold at this year's Summer Games.
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· Stastny scores twice as Avs rout Kings, 4-1
(AP)
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AP - Paul Stastny scored two goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 32 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday night for their first season sweep of the Kings in nearly two decades.
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· PGA Tour gets FedEx renewal through 2017
(AP)
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AP - The PGA Tour is keeping the FedEx Cup for at least five more years with a significant sponsorship renewal.
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· Dawson eager to finish business in Hopkins rematch
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Evergreen boxing champion Bernard Hopkins will return to the ring in April for a rematch against Chad "Bad" Dawson, who vowed on Wednesday to finish the job he started in their controversial title fight last year.
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· Junior's confidence on the rise at Daytona
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AP - Dale Earnhardt Jr. left Daytona frustrated and furious last July.
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· UK emergency services hold big Olympics test
(AP)
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AP - Police escorted bloodied passengers up to ambulances, cordoned off the street near a stricken London subway station and rushed off to find an half-exploded knapsack.
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