Lions won&#39;t return this gift
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The Detroit Lions knew they were lucky to escape Ford Field with a 19-13 victory Sunday after a disputed call that prevented the Bears from scoring the tying touchdown with 1:33 remaining.
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France have kept the side which beat Australia last weekend for their game against Argentina next Saturday. &quot;We decided not to change an iota from a team which gave us complete
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Vikings owner Red McCombs backed away from some of the comments he made to SI. Contrary to what he told SI, McCombs said he has made no decision regarding the 2005 option on coach Mike Tice&#39;s contract.
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The NHL and the Players Association did not deliver an early Christmas present to fans across North America. The NHL Players Association and the league both rejected counter-proposals during a three-hour meeting in Toronto on Tuesday.
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If you&#39;re looking for nasty, for a football-style rivalry with two teams that just don&#39;t like each other, don&#39;t look here.
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MANCHESTER, England -- The Glazer family will not sell Manchester United, despite reports of potential billion-dollar takeover bids from China and United Arab Emirates.
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Football players aren&#39;t into moral victories. It goes against the grain of their rough exteriors and win at all cost mentality.
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Don't get taken when you're trying to give.
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Craig Levein hopes to give Leicester fans an early Christmas present when his side face local rivals Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
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DETROIT - If this was a yardstick game, the kind a team measures itself by, then the Detroit Lions need some more of them. There were more than 36 inches of separation between the Lions and the Philadelphia
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A season that began with so much bravado and promise for the Detroit Lions will end like so many others on Sunday -- with a whimper instead of roar.
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Owner Jerry Jones seems to not enjoy the decision to pull rookie Drew Henson during the Cowboys' 21-7 victory against Chicago on Thanksgiving.
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Christmas comes today, but the Nets don&#39;t have any new big men under their tree. And it&#39;s not even like the team was naughty this year.
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â Being a captain&#39;s pick was never an option. No way. Absolutely not. And if it had come to that, well, David Toms would have politely told Hal Sutton that wasn&#39;t what he wanted.
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The NFL has received and destroyed all materials it requested from the New England Patriots concerning videotaping of opponents' sidelines, and a league spokesman said the team was unlikely to face any further sanctions.
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It's the thought that counts, not the size of the gift, the Texas Ethics Commission has ruled, saying public officials don't have to tell anyone how much money they get as presents from political donors.
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Don't tell the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos that their Christmas Eve game didn't mean anything.