Sixers C Jason Smith Suffers Torn Acl (ap)
Philadelphia 76ers center Jason Smith sustained a knee injury that could cause him to miss a significant portion of the upcoming season. Smith, a second-year player out of Colorado State, tore the ACL in his left knee Wednesday during what the team called “normal basketball activity.” Smith averaged 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds as a rookie.
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Favre Ready For Camp, Goodell Yet To Act (ap)
Brett Favre’s agent says the three-time MVP understands he would be walking into a media frenzy by showing up for the Green Bay Packers’ training camp, but he’s willing to deal with that rather than have retirement forced on him. “He’s prepared to deal with it,” James “Bus” Cook told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Euro-mental Approach Holds Key To Penalty Success (reuters)
Penalty shoot-outs have becomepart and parcel of tournament football yet some coaches andplayers still seem to consider defeat by spot-kicks as no defeatat all.
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Franchitti in, Wheldon out at Target Chip Ganassi Racing (PA SportsTicker)
INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) - Scott Dixon will have a new teammate for the 2009 IndyCar Series season.
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White Sox Win On Pierzynski’s Hr In 10th (ap)
A.J. Pierzynski led off the 10th inning with his second homer of the game and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 Wednesday night for their seventh straight win. Masa Kobayashi (4-4) pitched a perfect ninth before Pierzynski drove the first pitch of the 10th out to left-center for his seventh homer.
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