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Power Rankings: Capital City

Filed under: Eastern, Western, NHL Fans, NHL Power RankingsWe seem to be establishing a top tier of teams that will stay there every week. One of them doesn't appear ready to give up the No. 1 position, as the Capitals hold on to that again this week. However, the middle of the...
>> nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Scouting Notes: The Curious Case Of Madison Bumgarner

Filed under: Giants, Prospects, Advanced Scouting, Spring TrainingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- You have to take spring training performances with a large grain or salt, good or bad. No one is going to be too concerned with an ace pitcher who struggles in mid-March. However, for many young...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Hunter, Baseball Need History Lesson

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Filed under: MLBAround the turn of the 16th century, the first ship loaded with enslaved Africans arrived at a large island in the Caribbean that its European "discoverer," Christopher Columbus, named Hispaniola in 1492. The ship was piloted by Spaniards. A few years afterward...
>> kevin-blackistone.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Report: Calhoun Will Return to UConn

Filed under: ConnecticutConnecticut coach Jim Calhoun will remain on the Huskies sideline through 2014 after agreeing to an extension with the school, according to an Internet report. The 67-year-old coach confirmed he and the school agreed on a four-year extension with the school...
>> ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Justice Comes for Darrent Williams

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Filed under: Broncos, NFL Police BlotterHopefully, peace comes now to the family and friends of Darrent Williams. His killer, Willie D. Clark, is no longer alleged, but guilty. Can we now ask all professional athletes to pause and learn from this? To avoid putting yourselves and your...
>> nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Marquette Finds Way With Hayward, Upsets 'Nova

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Filed under: Marquette, Villanova, Big East TournamentFanHouse Big East senior writer Brett McMurphy is in New York breaking down every game of the Big East tournament. NEW YORK TABLOID HEADLINE MARQUETTE REMAINS LAZAR SHARP START SPREADING THE NEWS NEW YORK - Think the Big East coaches...
>> ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Mickelson a Study in Intrigue, Uncertainty

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Filed under: PGADORAL, Fla. -- Nobody does intrigue quite like Phil Mickelson. On the golf course or off, the 37-time PGA Tour winner has a knack for turning simple things into head-scratching moments of d'oh. Thursday's opening round of the World Golf Championship's CA...
>> golf.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Kansas Tops Tech for Victory No. 2,000

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Filed under: Kansas, Texas Tech, Big 12, Big 12 TournamentKANSAS CITY, Mo. - For more than a moment Thursday, No. 1 Kansas was reminded of their one-and-done exit from last year's Big 12 tournament. This time it wasn't Baylor that kept hanging around. This time it was No. 9...
>> ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Loss May Jeopardize Syracuse's Top-Seed Hopes

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Filed under: Syracuse, Big East Tournament NEW YORK -- Monday, Syracuse lost its No. 1 ranking. Did the Orange also lose a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament Thursday? "I don't think so, I don't," Syracuse sophomore guard Scoop Jardine said after the Orange's 91...
>> ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Report: Tiger to Return at Bay Hill

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Filed under: PGA, Golf Odds and Ends Ari Fleischer, the former presidential advisor to George W. Bush, is joining Team Tiger. At least, according to a report in the New York Post, that's the latest step in Tiger Woods' impending return to the PGA Tour. It would not be as strange...
>> golf.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

As Delhomme Visits, Holmgren Downplays Quinn Rumors

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Filed under: Browns, NFL Free Agency, NFL Rumors, NFL QuarterbacksBrowns president Mike Holmgren said Thursday that quarterback Brady Quinn has not played enough to clearly determine his future, and added that reports the team was "shopping" Quinn were overstated. "You...
>> nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Jerry Jones Smells Title: King of the Ring

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Filed under: Sports Business and Media ARLINGTON, Texas -- When you get past the Botox and the BS, when you ignore a run of futility that has produced merely one NFL playoff victory in 14 years, the new conclusion about Jerry Jones is quite flattering. Seems he's one hot mess as...
>> jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Ross Pearson Live Chat

Filed under: UFCRoss Pearson, the lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 9, will join us here at MMAFighting.com to discuss his upcoming fight against Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night 21 on March 31 in Charlotte, N.C. Join us for a live chat with Pearson on Thursday, March 11 at 4PM ET.
>> www.mmafighting.com/2010/03...
 

Thursday & Long: Organizations Under New Management

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Filed under: Browns, Redskins, Seahawks, NFL Free Agency, NFL AnalysisThe Redskins are making Albert Haynesworth a 3-4 defensive end? The last quarterback standing in Cleveland will be...none of them? And did the Seahawks really think about trading the No. 6 pick in the draft for a...
>> nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Rings the Thing for Cameron, Beltre With Red Sox

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Filed under: Red Sox, Spring TrainingFORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston general manager Theo Epstein made what were, for him, a couple of unusual moves this winter. He signed a couple of high-priced free agents to short-term contracts. Adrian Beltre was enticed away from Seattle for one year...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Joshua Clottey: 'I'll Cut Off The Ring' Against Manny Pacquiao

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Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO ARLINGTON, Texas -- During January's kickoff ceremony for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight slated for this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium, team owner Jerry Jones gave Pacquiao jersey No. 3; Clottey was given No. 13. That number...
>> boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Manny Pacquiao's Secret Weapon for Joshua Clottey: Abdullai Amidu

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Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO ARLINGTON, Texas -- For Manny Pacquiao, the secret to beating Joshua Clottey is no longer that. The Filipino superstar's trainer, Freddie Roach, revealed a source of his supreme confidence that has resulted...
>> boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Roethlisberger's in More Trouble Than You Think

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Filed under: Steelers, FanHouse Exclusive, NFL QuarterbacksJudging by the relatively tame media coverage associated with Ben Roethlisberger's alleged sexual assault down in Georgia, you'd think that the case isn't that serious. You'd be wrong. Big Ben is in a huge mess...
>> nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Following the Nets: Getting to 10

Filed under: Nets DALLAS -- For a few teams, reaching the 10-win plateau was a piece of cake. Take the Phoenix Suns for example. On Nov. 17, they became the first team to win 10 games this season and it took them a mere 12 games to do it. For others it was a struggle. The Minnesota...
>> nba.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

At Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament, Hope Comes 8 Bits at a Time

The first half of the 88 competitors arrive shortly before 10 a.m. on the first Saturday in March. We're meeting at the Badger Bowl, an old bowling alley four miles outside of downtown Madison, Wisc. It's a brilliant sunny morning, snow piles block out several parking places...
>> ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Merlin Olsen: NFL's Greatest DT Ever?

Filed under: Rams, NFL Hall of FameSome players are considered "throwbacks.'' Merlin Olsen was a glimpse of the future. Olsen, who died Thursday at age 69, came out of Utah State in 1962 as the seventh overall pick in the NFL draft, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive tackle...
>> nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Jose Reyes to Begin Season on DL

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Filed under: Mets, NL East, MLB InjuriesThe New York Mets will be in territory that was quite familiar in 2009 when the 2010 season opens. They will be without their star shortstop, as Jose Reyes will be on the disabled list once again. The two-time All-Star left the Mets' Spring...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Brian Giles Retires From Baseball

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Filed under: MLB TransactionsAfter four hitless at-bats in two Cactus League games with the Dodgers, Brian Giles has apparently seen the writing on the wall. He announced his retirement from baseball Thursday. Giles, 39, was once one of the better sluggers in baseball. Despite dabbling...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

Rockies Extend Todd Helton Through '13

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Filed under: Rockies, MLB TransactionsTodd Helton and the Rockies agreed to a two-year contract extension Thursday that will keep the first baseman in Colorado through the 2013 season, the team announced. Helton will make $8.9 million over the two additional seasons, according to the...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 

76ers Reportedly Close to Firing Jordan

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Filed under: 76ers, NBA Rumors, NBA CoachesIf you believe the latest scuttlebutt coming out of Philadelphia, Eddie Jordan is a dead man walking, serving out his final days as head coach of the 76ers until inevitably being fired at the end of the season. In fact, some reports suggest...
>> nba.fanhouse.com/2010/03...
 
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