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NFC blows out AFC 62-35 in Pro Bowl in Hawaii
A handful of shenanigans and plenty of points — yet still another ho-hum Pro Bowl. Whether the NFL's all-star game will return next season is ...
Players defend Pro Bowl after 62-35 NFC win
After a week in Hawaii and a blowout game, the NFL's all-stars are defending the Pro Bowl as a worthy reward for top players who don't make the Super ...
Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92
No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the ...
Clinton 'thrilled' to be back at work
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she is "thrilled to be back" at work after a monthlong absence due to illness, a concussion ...
Lewis, Ravens advance in playoffs by dumping Indy
After receiving rave reviews for its closing act in Baltimore, The Ray Lewis Retirement Tour heads to Denver for another show. When Lewis and the ...
Ray Lewis to retire after playoffs
It seems almost impossible to imagine the Ravens without Ray Lewis, who has anchored Baltimore's renowned defense ever since the team came into ...
Williams testified he wanted to stop bounties
Former New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams testified that he tried to shut down the team's bounty system when the NFL began investigating ...
Column: Sport loses one of its toughest in Ponting
The cricket ball that hit Ricky Ponting in the mouth surely regretted it. It probably wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. Because Ponting was ...
NFL, union try to change culture on concussions
A high-profile rookie quarterback gets slammed in the side of the head and his Super Bowl-winning coach describes him as "shaken up." An All-Pro ...
Cardinals beat Braves 6-3 in disputed wild card
Talk about a wild card. This one was just plain wild. Chipper Jones played his final game. The Atlanta fans turned Turner Field into a trash heap ...
Cardinals beat Braves 6-3 in disputed playoff
David Freese and the St. Louis Cardinals rediscovered their postseason touch. Chipper Jones and the Braves kept throwing the ball away. And the ...
Rasheed Wallace ends retirement to join Knicks
The quiet of Rasheed Wallace's retirement in North Carolina was interrupted last spring by a call from an old coach. "Out of the blue, coach Woody ...
Encore for Chipper as Braves return to playoffs
Chipper Jones would love nothing more than to end his stellar career as a champion, and the Atlanta Braves are doing their best to help the retiring ...
Braves back in playoffs with 4-3 win over Marlins
This time, the Atlanta Braves held onto their big lead and locked up a playoff trip with plenty of time to spare. It couldn't have felt any sweeter ...
Jones' HR in 9th caps big rally, Braves beat Phils
Chipper Jones rounded third base, took one look at his grinning teammates surrounding home plate and flung his batting helmet into the air before ...
On day Roddick says he'll retire, V.Williams loses
At a U.S. Open that will be remembered for goodbyes by Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters, another former No. 1 and Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams, ...
2003 champ Roddick says he'll retire after US Open
Andy Roddick's tennis career will close at the U.S. Open, the site of his biggest triumph. The 2003 champion at Flushing Meadows and former No.
Clijsters says goodbye with 2nd-round loss at Open
Preparing for what she knew would be her last professional tennis tournament, Kim Clijsters — four-time Grand Slam title winner; mother of 4-year-old ...
Muamba retires 5 months after cardiac arrest
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba retired from soccer Wednesday after suffering an on-field cardiac arrest in March during an FA Cup quarterfinal match ...