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Angels' Ryan Madson gets good news from MRI, but to open season on DL
TEMPE, Ariz. -- An MRI test has showed mild inflammation but no significant damage to Ryan Madson's surgically repaired elbow, a huge relief for the Angels reliever. However, Madson will not resume throwing for at least another week, and he is...
Tags: Sports, Sports Organizations, American League, Ernesto Frieri, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Will Ferrell pretends to be security guard, ejects Shaq from game
In a "this could only happen in Los Angeles" moment during Tuesday's Laker game against Phoenix, Will Ferrell put on a red coat and stood courtside, pretending to be a Staples Center security guard. Ferrell then went up to former Laker Shaquille O'Neal,...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Sports, Sports Organizations, Shaquille O'Neal, Staples Center
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LeBron James' blistering streak an NBA best
LeBron James is on quite a streak. In Tuesday's 117-104 win over Portland, the Miami Heat superstar became the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points on an incredibly efficient 60%-or-better shooting in six straight games. James, the...
Tags: Sports, Sports Organizations, LeBron James, Adrian Dantley, Miami Heat
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What sport should replace wrestling in the Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a Summer Games sport on Tuesday, meaning that effective with the 2020 Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling won't be a part of the festivities after being in every Summer Olympics since 1896....
Tags: Politics, Sports, Sports Organizations, Wrestling, FIFA World Cup
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U.S. wrestlers outraged over decision to drop sport from Olympics
To say U.S. wrestlers are unhappy about the IOC's decision to drop their sport from the Olympics is an understatement. “I don't think I've really accepted it yet,” said Cael Sanderson, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Games. “I'll...
Tags: Sports, Kurt Angle, Wrestling, Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee
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Jacques Rogge to meet with wrestling leader to discuss Olympics
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, under fire after the IOC's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics on Tuesday, says he will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to return to the...
Tags: Sports, Wrestling, Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee
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O.J. Simpson held Super Bowl party in his prison cell
O.J. Simpson, serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, had a problem many people had earlier this month: How to throw the best Super Bowl party. According to the New York Post, Simpson...
Tags: Sports, O.J. Simpson, Sports Organizations, Prisons, Football
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Former IOC president's son is modern pentathlon vice president
A lot of people are scratching their head today over the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics, starting with the 2020 Games. The sport many people believed should have been dropped, modern pentathlon,...
Tags: Sports, Sports Organizations, Wrestling, Pentathlon Swimming, Summer Olympics
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World of wrestling reacts to IOC's decision to drop sport
The fallout from the International Olympic Committee's stunning decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Games beginning in 2020 has drawn outrage from wrestling officials and competitors around the world. Former Olympic champion Cael Sanderson of the...
Tags: Sports, Sports Organizations, Wrestling, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games
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IOC votes to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics
In a stunning surprise, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Games since they began in 1896, from the Summer Olympics starting in 2020. Modern pentathlon was considered the most likely sport to be...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Sports, Sports Organizations, Wrestling, Sports Illustrated
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Elimination of Olympic wrestling shines light on IOC politics
As burning issues go in sports, the elimination of wrestling from the 2020 Olympics is a pilot light. What's more interesting is the strange politics and fractured logic that apparently still exist within the Olympic ruling body, the International...
Tags: Politics, Sports, Lobbying, Sports Organizations, Wrestling
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IOC will drop one sport from Summer Olympics on Tuesday
Grab your lucky rabbit's foot, modern pentathlon fans (all 12 of you). Your sport could be dropped from the Summer Olympics on Tuesday. That is when International Olympic Committee leaders will decide which sport to drop from the Summer Olympics...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Politics, Sports, Sports Organizations, Pentathlon Swimming
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