Jagr plays 1st game since surgery
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Jaromir Jagr hit the ice with the New York Rangers on Friday night for the first time since his dislocated left shoulder was repaired nearly five months ago.
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Like most players involved in Saturday's rematch between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, Jermaine O'Neal just wants the game to be over. O'Neal will be playing for the first time since being suspended for his role in an ugly brawl with Detroit fans back on Nov. 19.
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Boston center Patrice Bergeron lost consciousness and was taken from the ice on a stretcher yesterday during the first period of visiting Philadelphiaâs 2-1 victory after he was hammered face-first into the boards by Flyers defenseman Randy Jones.
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The focus here the last couple of days has been on the health of Canada goalie Martin Brodeur and whether his jammed left wrist would be healed enough for him to suit up tonight at the Air Canada Centre for the World Cup of Hockey championship game against Finland.
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It was hardly a Willis Reed moment, but the Rangers and the early-arriving crowd at Madison Square Garden got a lift Sunday night when forward Sean Avery hopped onto the ice for the first time in a month.
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Ron Artest was back in the starting lineup for the Indiana Pacers last night after being benched for two games for asking for time off because of his busy schedule.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Morneau returned to the Minnesota Twins starting lineup Thursday, six days after bruising his right lung in a home plate collision.
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The Great One hit town yesterday and he sure was welcome. He made it feel a bit more like winter. Wayne Gretzky was a pretty fair player in his day, and his time as an executive have been equally well spent.
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Jaromir Jagr became the 12th player in NHL history to score 1,500 points, earning three assists to help the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 Saturday night.
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It's obvious that Bruins goalie Tim Thomas got a lift from playing in his first All-Star Game, though he quickly suppresses the grin that comes when he is asked about the weekend.
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Milwaukee star Michael Redd played for the first time in nearly 1 1/2 months when the Bucks played the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
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Pittsburgh Penguins star center Sidney Crosby sprained an ankle while crashing into the rear boards leg-first midway through the first period of a 3-0 home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night and will be sidelined indefinitely.
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Jaromir Jagr set a new National Hockey League record for goals by a European player, scoring twice as the New York Rangers blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
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Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik underwent surgery to close a deep gash on the right side of his neck and was in stable condition Sunday night after he was cut by a teammate's skate during a game.
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New Jersey guard Jason Kidd practiced with the team for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in July and he could be on the court Monday.
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Big Ben was back, but he wasn't back to normal. Wearing protective padding around his midsection, Ben Roethlisberger returned to Pittsburgh's lineup against the Jacksonville Jaguars last night, barely two weeks after an emergency appendectomy. He was far from effective, though, and Jacksonville's defense had a lot to with that.
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Philadelphia Flyers captain Peter Forsberg returned to the ice Saturday night after finally finding a skate to accommodate his surgically repaired right ankle, but a concussion knocked him out of the game against the Washington Capitals.