Revised plan is to be spoilsports
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With 25 games remaining in the season, the Celtics have nothing to play for other than ping-pong balls, but that's not something coach Doc Rivers will attempt to sell his young team. Instead, he's motivating the players by focusing on improvement in practice and challenging them to play the role of spoiler.
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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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If the Giants hope to pull off the impossible and beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl, New York likely will have to follow a path set before it in some of the great sports upsets of all time.
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FTC officials say they're trying to get past nightmare scenarios described by fans and foes and may pursue a compromise plan.
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The NHLPA invited the league to the meeting in a letter sent Thursday to commissioner Gary Bettman. &quot;The letter also confirms that the NHLPA is working on a new proposal which it believes should provide the
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Lowell, who could have opted out of his contract because the team hasn&#39;t secured new stadium financing, agreed Friday to a revised deal in which the team guarantees the remaining $25.
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Unless there&#39;s an extenuating circumstance - see the University of Arizona last September - it&#39;s generally considered poor form to change football coaches in midseason.
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The NFLPA is considering reforming the rules governing conduct between agents and college players in the wake of reports about Reggie Bush.
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An NCAA committee recommended Wednesday reversing rules enacted last season to shorten football games because the changes resulted in fewer plays being run and confusion at the end of games.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package of academic reforms in place, the NCAA&#39;s next crusade will address what its president calls a dangerous drift toward professionalism and sports entertainment.
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The country isn't ready for another football league.
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Not like the pointless rankings calculation changes that have taken place the last couple years. The system thatâs been used to select the four major bowl match-ups since 1998 has been criticized in the past.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  A proposed rules package for fishing tournaments held in Wisconsin has been revised to address concerns raised by members of the Natural Resources Board, including costs, the spread of aquatic invasive species and tournament-related fish mortality.
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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Bowl Championship Series officials on Thursday announced major changes to the ranking formula that is used to decide the participants in college football&#39;s Division IA national championship game.
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The Revolution's playoff fate will likely be decided in the next two weeks.
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The Championship club have announced a press conference for noon when the news will be confirmed. The club claim they are to make a &#39;major announcement&#39; at the Walkers Stadium following the Foxes&#39; poor start to the season.
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The People have chose to brand the ball rather to send it to space.