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NHL and NHLPA's special demands for CBA
Sean McIndoe May 19, 2012 – 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 18, 2012 7:01 PM ET Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The NHL wants to get away from extremely long-term contracts.
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Kobe leads Lakers past Thunder in 99-96 thriller (Yahoo! Sports)
LOS ANGELES (AP) With their Game 2 collapse still fresh in their minds, the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a sequel with the only game plan they’re confident will work against the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They got slow. They got into the paint.
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Saints’ Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamation (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , claiming the league’s top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma’s reputation and hindered his ability to earn a living playing football.
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Saints’ Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamation
By BRETT MARTEL | Associated Press – NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , claiming the league’s top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma’s reputation and hindered his ability to earn a living playing football. The suit in U.S. District Court in New Orleans claims Goodell, “relied on, at best, hearsay, circumstantial evidence and lies” in making comments about Vilma while discussing the NFL ‘s bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints
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Arbitrator hearing set for May 30 in Saints case (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW YORK (AP) An arbitration hearing into whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has jurisdiction to punish Saints players for the team’s bounties program has been set for May 30. The players’ union has asked arbitrator Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania to rule if the players should be punished for the system that the league says ran for three years.
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A New York – L.A. Final: No Boon For NHL
Is there a bigger Oklahoma City Thunder fan on the planet right now than NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman?
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VCU leaves CAA, announces move to Atlantic 10
By HANK KURZ Jr. | Associated Press – RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Commonwealth University went from “VCWho” to the biggest story of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament when it made an improbable run to the Final Four
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Lawmakers ask NFL to reconsider Saints penalties (Yahoo! Sports)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The Louisiana Legislature is asking the NFL to reconsider the penalties imposed on the New Orleans Saints because of its bounty program
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Baseball. Grayson Greiner Selected To USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
May 14, 2012 Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina freshman catcher Grayson Greiner has been selected to the roster for the 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, it was announced on Monday afternoon. It is the ninth time in school history for a player to be selected to the collegiate team and it is the third consecutive season a Gamecock has been named to the team
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Minn. governor signs $975M Vikings stadium bill (Yahoo! Sports)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Gov
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