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MONTREAL -- The Bruins beat the Canadiens last night, 3-1, before 19,591 at the Bell Centre, but they received a huge scare in the first period when $37.5 million strongman Zdeno Chara was injured while blocking a Sheldon Souray slap shot.
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HOUSTON (Sports Network) - Houston Rockets All-Star guard  Tracy McGrady will not play in Thursday's home game versus  Minnesota because of a strained hip flexor and groin strain.
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With 1 minute 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter of last night's 106-100 Celtics victory over the Bobcats, Wally Szczerbiak went down with a sprained right ankle and did not return. Given how quickly the ankle swelled up after the veteran was helped from the court by teammates, Doc Rivers suspects the forward will not be ...
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Center Tom Nalen of the Denver Broncos has been fined $25,000 for a cut block on San Diego's Igor Olshansky in the final minute of the Chargers' 35-27 win last Sunday night. Olshansky, who threw a punch and was penalized and ejected from the game, was fined $10,000.
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Boston center Kevin Garnett will miss the game against Miami because of a strained abdominal muscle, his second contest on the sideline.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Grizzlies' Pau Gasol was back at practice Friday but a foot injury will keep him sidelined a bit longer.
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BOSTON (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics placed forward  Tom Gugliotta on the injured list Tuesday with lower back pain.
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Zdeno Chara scores his first career shootout goal in his initial attempt, lifting the struggling Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.
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The NBA's second-leading scorer has played in every game for the Los Angeles Lakers this season despite having soreness in his left foot. He won't play in at least their next five, however. Kobe Bryant suffered a severely sprained right ankle Thursday night and the Lakers said yesterday they won't know exactly how long he'll be out for another 72 ...
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Lakers  center Vlade Divac was placed on the injured list Wednesday  with a sore back.
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Heat C Shaquille O&#39;Neal was held out of last night&#39;s game against the Celtics because of a calf injury. O&#39;Neal was injured in Sunday&#39;s win over Orlando, team spokesman Tim Donovan said.
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CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - Tests on the sprained left  ankle of Cleveland guard LeBron James revealed no further  damage and the All-Star is a listed as a game-time decision for  Friday night's game at the New York Knicks.
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Kevin Garnett sat out his fifth straight game last night because of an abdominal strain.
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BOSTON (Ticker) - The Boston Celtics on Wednesday placed forward Tom Gugliotta on the injured list with a right ankle sprain. Since being activated from the injured list on December 1, Gugliotta has appeared
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The in box was loaded Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after the Celtics' first defeat at home. Where is the backup point guard? Why did Doc Rivers have an ice-cold Paul Pierce take the final shot? Why didn't Pierce wait? What was Tony Allen thinking at the end of the game? Why was he even in the game? Why ...
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The New Jersey Nets Saturday placed guard Ron Mercer on the injured list. Mercer is scheduled to undergo left knee surgery on Monday and could be out of action for up to four weeks.
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As the leader of the Bruins' defense corps, Zdeno Chara automatically takes junior comrades under his wing. Since he stands 6 feet 9 inches, that's not hard to do.