FORT WORTH, Texas – Jimmie Johnson has won all six of hisNASCARSprint Cup championships with Chad Knaus on his pitbox. While the No. 48 is out of contention for this year, Knaus plans to still be there next season for a shot at a seventh title as Johnson’s crew chief. …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – The Cleveland Cavaliers hope to endure without star guard Kyrie Irving when they visit the Brooklyn Nets Saturday at Barclays Center. Irving missed his first game of the season Thursday with a bruised left knee and didn’t travel to Brooklyn. The Cavs rallied without him in an 87-81 …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Perceived upgrades at the quarterback position and the head coaching job have people excited about Minnesota Vikings football again. The Vikings franchise was set back years by 2011 draft bust Christian Ponder and the former first-round pick’s inability to handle things at the NFL level eventually cost Leslie …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Elbert Drungo Jr., who played 120 games over nine seasons with the Houston Oilers and a season with Buffalo, has died. He was 71. Drungo died Saturday at home after battling cancer the past six years, his wife, Deborah, said Monday. The Houston Oilers drafted Drungo in …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Colombia was already without Radamel Falcao. Now Uruguay is without Luis Suarez. Instead of a matchup between two of the world’s top strikers, the Round-of-16 game between Colombia and Uruguay at the World Cup will be a test of which team copes best without its talisman. …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Adrian Peterson, the 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player, was indicted in his native Texas for reckless or negligent injury to a child, his attorney confirmed Friday following several media reports. Peterson was taken into custody Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Texas at 1:06 a.m CT, according to NFL.com. …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – The Denver Nuggets put an eight-game losing streak in the rearview mirror by winning their last four games. They will try to stay in the win column Saturday versus the Orlando Magic at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets will try to complete a perfect three-game homestand versus the …
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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Cliff Lee hurled eight innings of scoreless ball and struck out 10 to help the Philadelphia Phillies blank the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-0, on Monday in the opener of a four-game set. Lee (3-2) was the tough-luck loser in his last start against the Atlanta …
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Of all the critiques of President Obama’s handling of Libya, one of the most damning is that he has failed to define victory—perhaps the most important step to justify military action to the American people. This is an essential job of the commander in chief. It is also relatively straight-forward …
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The good news came in March. The February unemployment rate dipped slightly below 9 percent to 8.9 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, with nonfarm payroll increasing by 192,000 jobs. But before we pop the Champagne and toot our patriotic Made-in-China horns we need to keep in …
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