ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Even during a bye week for the Michigan football team, Brady Hoke finds himself in the middle of another strange off-field situation. Hoke spent much of his Wednesday news conference addressing comments made earlier this week by university President Mark Schlissel. In a meeting with the …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Remember when Marcus Camby complained that the NBA should give players a stipend for the league’s new dress code? Or when Latrell Sprewell demanded a new deal because he has a family to feed? I certainly do and it still bugs me to this day. When I’m pinching …
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Fort Worth, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Hoping to keep pace in the race for the Big 12 Conference crown, the 10th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs will play a home game this Saturday against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas Tech opened the season with a pair of victories, but then went on …
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Flowery Branch, GA (SportsNetwork.com) – Fifth round draft pick Ricardo Allen was among the final roster cuts made by the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. Allen, a cornerback out of Purdue, was selected 147th overall by the Falcons in May but failed to impress enough to make the final roster. He …
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Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – Danielle Robinson had 20 points and eight assists and the San Antonio Stars defeated the Seattle Storm in overtime, 87-82, on Thursday night. Danielle Adams hit a 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds left in regulation to tie the game. She added five of her 10 points in …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Chris Sale showed no rust in a return from his first ever trip to the disabled list. The talented left-hander should be less restricted on Tuesday night when the Chicago White Sox resume a three-game series with the visiting Cleveland Indians. A flexor muscle strain in his pitching …
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FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU coach Gary Patterson remembers the big plays, the ones against his team in those close Big 12 losses to Oklahoma. There were long touchdown runs by the Sooners in both games they won by a combined 10 points, and a 24-yard TD pass on third-and-23. …
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New York, NY – New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The New York Rangers avoided arbitration with forward Derick Brassard, agreeing to terms with the restricted free agent on a multi-year contract Sunday. No terms were disclosed by the club, but the New York Post reported it’s a five-year pact worth …
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Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – The Cleveland Indians activated center fielder Michael Bourn from the 15-day disabled list on Friday. Bourn landed on the DL July 6 with a strained left hamstring. He is batting .267 with seven triples and 21 RBI in 66 games this season. The 31-year-old Bourn takes …
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Nigeria says defender Uwa Echiejile is out of the World Cup with an unspecified injury. The team said in a statement on Saturday from its training base in the United States that the Monaco left back had a muscle tear and needed three weeks to recover. It …
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