Archive for January, 2008
January 31st, 2008 | 
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AP – Tayshaun Prince’s 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left lifted the Detroit Pistons to a 90-89 victory over the Los Angles Lakers on Thursday night, overcoming Kobe Bryant’s big night.
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AP – NFL players will consent to a urine test for Human Growth Hormone once such a test is developed.
AP – Johan Santana and the New York Mets completed contract negotiations Friday, the last major step needed to finalize the team’s blockbuster trade with Minnesota.
AP – Kyle Turley said it is “near criminal” how some needy former NFL players are being treated. He blames Gene Upshaw, leader of the NFL Players Association.
AP – Chris Paul and David West were picked for their first All-Star game Thursday night, giving the hometown New Orleans Hornets a pair of players for the event.
AFP – Chris Paul, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire head the list of seven reserves added to the Western Conference team for the NBA all-star game, the league announced Thursday.
AP – Jesse Jackson criticized Major League Baseball on Thursday for sending investigators to the hometowns of umpires to ask neighbors questions that include whether the ump belongs to the Ku Klux Klan.
AP – Kevin Everett slowly unbuttons his suit jacket and sits down.
AP – A defiant Gene Upshaw said that if the NFL’s owners opt out of the current labor agreement later this year, the players’ union is ready for a strike or the decertification tactics it used to get free agency after the 1987 walkout.
AFP – Angola and Tunisia drew 0-0 Thursday and advanced to the 2008 African Nations Cup quarter-finals from Group D at the expense of Senegal and South Africa.
