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  • Andre Iguodala scored 24 points, Elton Brand added 21, and Philadelphia's reserves performed well to help the 76ers to a 119-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
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  • Sixers lose to Timberwolves
  • Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will miss the team's next two games.
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  • Super Bowl 44
  • The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H."
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  • Super Bowl 44
  • Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.
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  • Super Bowl 44
  • Peyton Manning's receivers came up short in Sunday's Suyper Bowl.
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  • Super Bowl 44
  • Louisiana native Tracy Porter played a crucial role in the New Orleans Saints' magical run to a Super Bowl title and their victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
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  • Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.
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  • Reserve Thaddeus Young scored 17 points, Willie Green added 15, and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 102-95 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.
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  • All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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  • On a day when a fierce snowstorm blanketed the nation's capital, No. 7 Georgetown buried second-ranked Villanova under a barrage of free throws.
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  • Thaddeus Young made his first seven shots and finished with 19 points, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 101-94 win over the short-handed New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.
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  • Standing at a podium and delivering a Hall of Fame speech, former Temple coach John Chaney stopped mid-story and veered into some advice he wished he had given Jay Wright last April.
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  • Elton Brand scored 26 points, and Andre Iguodala had 25 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the Philadelphia 76ers rally for a 106-103 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
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  • Sixers lose to Timberwolves
  • Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will not play against the Chicago Bulls because one of his children is ill.
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  • The Sixers win...but it was close.
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  • Roger Federer experienced quite a range of emotions these past two Australian Opens.
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  • Tom Brookshier
  • Tom Brookshier, an All-Pro defensive back who played on the Philadelphia Eagles' 1960 championship team, has died. He was 78.
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  • A.I. vs. Kobe delivered the throwback duel fans paid to see.
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  • Nancy Kerrigan
  • Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's father was remembered by family and friends at a funeral in Massachusetts.
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  • Jose Contreras
  • Veteran pitcher Jose Contreras has finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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  • Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 18 points, hitting a 12-footer with 22 seconds left, and the Milwaukee Bucks held on to beat Philadelphia 91-88 on Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing skid against the 76ers.
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  • Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton are done for having guns in the locker room.
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  • Nancy Kerrigan
  • The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been charged with assaulting their 70-year-old father, who was found dead over the weekend in the family's Massachusetts home.
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  • NFC Championship Football
  • Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?
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  • Elton Brand scored 23 points, and Thaddeus Young had 22 points and 10 rebounds in the Philadelphia 76ers' 107-97 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night.
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  • Geno Auriemma even has to wonder at times if No. 1 Connecticut is really as great as its ever been or if the opposition is just that bad.
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  • Thaddeus Young and Lou Williams sizzled instead of sulking after getting bumped from the starting lineup, combining for 33 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a surprising 92-81 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.
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  • All Star Iverson
  • Allen Iverson was voted to start in the All-Star game Thursday, while Steve Nash and Tim Duncan made late moves to claim starting spots for the Western Conference.
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  • Former 76ers guard Andre Miller scored 24 points and Jerryd Bayless had 14 of his 18 in the fourth quarter, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 98-90 victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
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  • Sixers lose to Timberwolves
  • Jonny Flynn had a career-high 29 points and nine assists.
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  • Scottie Reynolds wasn't interested in talking about his 27 points. He is a mature senior star now and the play he wanted to talk about after Villanova's seventh straight win was an offensive rebound.
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  • Gaines Adams
  • Gaines Adams died Sunday after going into cardiac arrest. He was 26.
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  • Sam Dalembert made a $100,00 donation to help relief efforts in Haiti, then had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 98-86 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
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  • The Philadelphia Union have selected Oregon State forward Danny Mwanga with the first overall selection in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
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  • David Lee scored 24 points and hit the game-winning layup with 13.3 seconds remaining, Wilson Chandler added 18 points and the New York Knicks salvaged the finale of a three-game trip with a 93-92 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.
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  • Phila. is one of 18 U.S. finalists for World Cup
  • City advances to next phase of selection process in bid to host 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
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  • Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand scored 18 points each, Allen Iverson added 16 and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a four-game home losing streak with a 96-92 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.
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  • Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.
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  • Eagles-Cowboys Wild Card
  • No. 5 will return to Philadelphia for a 12th season.
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  • Old master Kurt Warner and playoff newcomer Aaron Rodgers staged a passing duel to rival any other.
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  • Jayson Williams
  • Williams will serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver
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  • Elton Brand matched a season high with 25 points and was one of six double-digit scorers for the Philadelphia 76ers in a 104-94 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
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  • Allen Iversons first game back as a Sixer
  • Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson could skip the All-Star game if he's voted an Eastern Conference starter because of his arthritic left knee.
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  • Chris Bosh made the go-ahead three-point play with 8.4 seconds left, and had 29 points and nine rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 108-106 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
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  • Eddie Jordan's stay in Philadelphia could be a short one.
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  • The sure thing was looking shaky for Alabama.
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  • Texas quarterback Colt McCoy hurt his passing shoulder on the Longhorns' first drive of the BCS championship game Thursday night, knocking him out of the biggest - and final - game of his record-setting college career.
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  • Gilbert Arenas
  • NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Gilbert Arenas without pay Wednesday, saying the Washington Wizards guard is "not currently fit to take the court."
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  • Allen Iverson and Ed Stefanski
  • The Philadelphia 76ers guaranteed guard Allen Iverson's contract for the rest of the season on Tuesday.
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  • ESPN is looking to ride one of the next big waves in consumer electronics. Tell us in our poll, will you jump in?
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  • Tiger Woods, Vanity Fair cover
  • The February issue of Vanity Fair features famous golfer Tiger Woods on its cover, but in a way we have never seen him before: bare-chested and biceps bulging.
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  • Jayson Williams
  • Former NBA player Jayson Williams was taken to a hospital with minor injuries Tuesday after his SUV struck a tree.
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  • Eagles-Cowboys Week 17
  • Attending the first Dallas Cowboys playoff game in the team's new $1.2 billion stadium in Arlington will cost as much as $500 a ticket.
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  • Former Redskins head coach Jim Zorn
  • Jim Zorn was fired by the Washington Redskins early Monday, the first step in yet another team overhaul under owner Dan Snyder.
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  • Sixers defeat Nuggets
  • Allen Iverson scored 17 points, Elton Brand added 16 and the Philadelphia 76ers held off a furious rally to beat the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets 108-105 on Sunday night.
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  • Alphonso Dawson scored 15 points and Jawan Carter added 14 to lead Delaware to a 62-58 win over Drexel on Saturday.
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  • 2010 Rose Bowl
  • Ohio State's bowl woes are over, thanks to a sturdy defense and a quarterback who finally played up to his enormous potential.
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  • Penn State in the Capital One Bowl
  • After a sloppy start on a muddy field, Penn State finished with a flourish to win the Capital One Bowl.
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  • Tiger Woods celebrates with wife Elin Nordegren after winning the 88th PGA Championship golf tournament at Medinah Country Club in this Aug. 20, 2006 file photo, in Medinah, Ill.
  • AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods.
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  • Clark already has left a lasting imprint on the Penn State record books.
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