COLUMBIA, S.C. – Steve Spurrier believes South Carolina can still win the Southeastern Conference, so he wants his Gamecocks to quickly regroup from their stunning loss to Missouri last week. The coach said the SEC’s East Division is full of good teams — including the Kentucky team the two-loss Gamecocks …
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Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – Russell Wilson and the Seahawks were in midseason form Friday as Seattle crushed the Chicago Bears, 34-6, in the third preseason game for both clubs. Wilson threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in leading the Seahawks to points on all five of his drives …
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Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – Candice Dupree scored 26 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 83-62 rout of the Chicago Sky in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. Diana Taurasi deposited 19 points and handed out a playoff career-high 11 assists for the Mercury, who last reached …
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Christian Ponder’s descent from first-round draft pick to third-string quarterback has been formalized, with the release of the first depth chart of the season by the Minnesota Vikings. After losing the starting job to Matt Cassel last year and watching the team draft Teddy Bridgewater, Ponder entered the final year …
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Manchester, England (SportsNetwork.com) – David Silva has signed a new five- year contract with Manchester City to remain with the reigning Premier League champions until 2019, it was announced Tuesday. Silva joined City from Valencia in 2010 and has guided the Citizens to two Premier League titles, the FA Cup …
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The race to save the Euro lumbers on. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have done a deal for a new European intergovernmental agreement. It’s not an EU agreement, formally, but that’s the way it will work in practice. Nations will have to vet their budgets with …
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Too bad Frank Capra’s not with us anymore. If the great director could make a movie about the last week in politics, it could be called “It’s a Wonderful Country.” Even without Jimmy Stewart’s homespun patriotism, it would be a cornball corker. From the federal courts to the halls of …
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Editor’s note: The outrage over an Illinois school administrator’s decision to cancel a girls’ basketball team’s trip to Arizona has attracted nationwide attention. George Fornero, superintendent of District 113 in Illinois, which oversees Highland Park High School, defended the decision by Assistant Superintendent Suzan Hebson and said it was not …
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September 11, 2001 –the sunniest day that felt as long as a year of darkness. A few days later as I gave a eulogy for my friend the fire chaplain, Father Mychal Judge. I looked down at the first pew and I saw former President Bill Clinton wiping away tears. …
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