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Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games
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 AP - Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior.
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Clijsters wins before 25-minute rain delay at Open
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 AP - Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open.
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NHL OKs Kovalchuk's second contract with Devils
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AP - The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils.
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Torres back in business as Spain cruise
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 AFP - Liverpool forward Fernando Torres scored a brace as world champions Spain began their European title defence with a convincing 4-0 win over Liechtenstein on Friday in their opening Group I qualifier for the Euro 2012 finals.
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Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl
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AP - Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins.
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3 more UNC starters not on team flight to Atlanta
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AP - Three more North Carolina defensive starters are not traveling with the team for Saturday's game in Atlanta against LSU, meaning the 18th-ranked Tar Heels could be without 15 players amid an ongoing NCAA investigation.
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Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has surgery on foot
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AP - Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot.
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Texans releasing last original player in PK Brown
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 AP - Houston coach Gary Kubiak got his toughest cut out of the way first.
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Granderson, Gardner lead Yanks to 7th straight win
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 AP - Curtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner sparked the offense from his leadoff spot and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Friday to match a season high with their seventh straight victory.
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Guard Delonte West returning to Celtics
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AP - Delonte West is returning to the Boston Celtics.
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Missouri State routs Eastern Kentucky 31-9
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AP - Senior quarterback Cody Kirby accounted for three touchdowns, Chris Douglas ran for 128 yards and Missouri State routed Eastern Kentucky 31-9 on Friday.
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Petacchi wins tragedy-hit cycling Tour of Spain stage
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 AFP - Italy's Alessandro Petacchi won the seventh stage of the Tour of Spain here on Friday but the action was overshadowed by the death of a Team Sky masseur.
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Avalanche sign F Chris Stewart to 2-year deal
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AP - The Colorado Avalanche remain committed to their youth movement, signing forward Chris Stewart to a two-year deal.
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Sixth seed Schiavone pulls a "Federer" in US Open win
(AFP)
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 AFP - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone advanced to the fourth round of the US Open on Friday by defeating Ukraine's 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 7-5.
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Johnson, Day atop leaderboard in Boston
(AP)
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 AP - Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat up on the course and beat the weather at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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Fighting words: UFC chief to speak at Oxford club
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AP - The distinguished Oxford University debate club has featured such speakers as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Malcolm X.
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Pacquiao focuses on Margarito, not Mayweather rant
(AP)
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 AP - Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao dismissed a derogatory online video posted by Floyd Mayweather Jr., calling it an "uneducated message" and choosing to instead focus on his upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito.
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Newman on outside of Chase spot
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AP - Ryan Newman is about out of time to make the Chase field.
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WADA reports breakthrough in gene doping tests
(AP)
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AP - Two groups of scientists have developed tests for gene doping in what the World Anti-Doping Agency hailed Friday as a major breakthrough in fighting the next frontier in cheating in sports.
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