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Plaxico Burress' season is over as Giants suspend him
The New York Giants fined and suspended Plaxico Burress on Tuesday for four games -- the rest of the regular season -- after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve...Tags: Assault, Chicago White Sox, Michael Phelps, Boone Logan, Plaxico Burress
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Focus on Phelps, again
Over the years, Michael Phelps has mastered the art of playing coy.
He has been answering reporters' questions since he was 15, and he knows exactly how much information his answers should reveal. When asked recently whether he thinks he'll be named...Tags: Michael Phelps, Major League Baseball, Casino and Gambling, Tom Cruise, Athletes
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Phelps named SI's Sportsman of the Year
From staff reportsRodgers Forge native Michael Phelps was named the 2008 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated today, becoming the first Olympian to earn the honor since speedskaters Bonnie Blair (United States) and Johann Olav Koss (Norway) shared it in 1994. The...Tags: Michael Phelps, Brett Favre, National Football League, Swimming, Periodicals
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Michael Phelps named sportsman of the year by Sports Illustrated
NEW YORK (AP) _ Michael Phelps achieved another unprecedented feat: the first swimmer honored as Sports Illustrated's sportsman of the year. Phelps broke Mark Spitz's iconic record with eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in August and became the...Tags: Brett Favre, Michael Phelps, Periodicals, Saturday Night Live (tv program), National Football League
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Even as SI muddies waters, Phelps' prize clearly visible
In the interest of building some modicum of suspense, the people at Sports Illustrated have assembled a large group of candidates for the magazine's Sportsman of the Year award, which will be announced Tuesday. It is an eclectic group that includes...Tags: Michael Phelps, Kevin Garnett, U.S. Open Golf, Periodicals, History
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Bucks activate scoring leader Redd
The Milwaukee Bucks activated scoring leader Michael Redd, sidelined nearly a month by a sprained right ankle, before their game Saturday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Redd averaged 21.3 points in the first four games this season before...Tags: Milwaukee Bucks
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Chinese scholars say French president's meeting with Dalai Lama threatens business ties
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Business ties with France will likely suffer if French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, a leading Chinese government-backed scholar was quoted Saturday as saying. Statements by Feng Zongping,...Tags: Heads of State, National Government, European Union, Diplomacy, George Bush
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China warns players to be honest about their ages
Associated Press WriterChina is ordering its basketball players to stop faking their birth dates, local media reported Friday, turning the spotlight back on allegations of systematic altering of athletes' ages. Sports authorities have sometimes been accused of altering...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Multi-Sport Events
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Banged-up Steelers re-sign Davenport
.The Steelers re-signed running back Najeh Davenport and released rookie cornerback Roy Lewis on Thursday. Davenport spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Pittsburgh but was released in June. He was re-signed in October after Willie Parker injured a knee,...Tags: Winter Olympics, A.J. Burnett, Pittsburgh Steelers, Death and Dying, Joe Torre
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Piqued at planned meetings with Dalai Lama, China blames France, EU for summit cancellation
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China said Thursday French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet with the Dalai Lama — hated by Beijing — left it no option but to pull out of an upcoming China-European Union summit. Sarkozy's decision "deprived the EU-...Tags: Wen Jiabao, Heads of State, Barack Obama, National Government, Democracy
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Ex-Illini coach faces secret taping count
A former University of Illinois gymnastics coach has been charged with secretly videotaping a gymnast in a campus locker room. John Valdez, who coached Justin Spring at the Beijing Olympics, was charged Tuesday with one count of unauthorized videotaping,...Tags: Prosecution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Luol Deng slowly works himself back into shape
Special to the TribuneSAN ANTONIO — The Bulls may have achieved two victories Monday night at Utah. Not only did they register a thrilling 101-100 triumph over the Jazz on Larry Hughes' jumper at the buzzer to improve to 2-3 on the West Coast portion of their circus...Tags: Larry Hughes, San Antonio Spurs, AT&T Corp., Chicago Bulls, Andres Nocioni
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