Crosby practices, not close to return
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Sidney Crosby returned to practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, almost three weeks after spraining his ankle in a crash into the boards.
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The Steelers had a routine practice yesterday, but rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger changed convention slightly by not wearing a glove on his throwing (right) hand during the two-hour workout.
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To look at the vote totals and see the wide smile on Bobby Crosby&#39;s face Monday afternoon, you&#39;d have thought the Oakland A&#39;s shortstop had aced his rookie season like he had all the answers in advance.
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Evgeni Malkin is already picking up the scoring slack created by Sidney Crosby's absence. Now he'll cover for his Pittsburgh Penguins teammate in the NHL All-Star game, too.
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Terrell Owens is going to have to practice more before he plays for Bill Parcells. Parcells said the receiver won't play in the Dallas Cowboys' second preseason game Monday night against the New Orleans Saints. Owens went through his fifth straight practice Saturday since missing 14 in a row because of hamstring problem.
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley missed practice again Thursday with a sore hamstring that has kept him out of two games, meaning he is unlikely to play Sunday in Cincinnati.
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There is no &quot;I&quot; in team, but there are two in Phil Mickelson. While the rest of his Ryder Cup teammates took part in a practice round Wednesday
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The Penguins signed Sidney Crosby to a five-year contract extension worth about $45 million that will keep in Pittsburgh through the 2012-13 season.
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The Eagles won&#39;t even begin their preparations for Sunday&#39;s game against the Baltimore Ravens until the players return to practice today, but Ravens linebacker Edgerton Hartwell already has fired the first salvos.
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Bill Belichick likened the Bartram Trail High School field the Patriots practiced on yesterday to an ice rink. The coach said he was so concerned about the conditions that he held out Richard Seymour entirely and held back several players from their normal rotation. Also, linebacker Ted Johnson missed practice with a tight leg.
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Sidney Crosby will show off his passing skills at the same place Jim Kelly did for years &#151; in front of shivering fans at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium. It'll be pucks instead of footballs and the home team will be the Sabres and not the Bills.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The pre-tournament hype surrounded a 17-year-old future star, Canada's Sidney Crosby.
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Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme missed practice again Thursday, increasing the chances Chris Weinke will start this week's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Sidney Crosby's line score had all zeroes, and that usually means a loss for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's strong play against Alexander Ovechkin and the rest of the Washington Capitals meant it didn't.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings  wide receiver Randy Moss missed Wednesday's practice with a  sprained right ankle and is listed as probable for Sunday's  playoff game at Philadelphia.
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Ryan Malone has a hat trick and Sidney Crosby adds a goal and three assists for Pittsburgh in a 7-4 win over the New York Islanders on Friday, the Penguins' fourth win in a row.
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Philadelphia receiver Terrell Owens, who has practiced fewer than half the Eagles' plays this week, was held out of a 25-minute walk-through at Alltel Stadium as a precaution Saturday, the day before the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. "We'll see how he does tomorrow," Eagles coach Andy Reid said.