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The Yankees have acquired first baseman Nick Swisher and Class AA right-hander Kanekoa Texeira from the White Sox.

In the locker room at halftime, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown forced his players to watch a horror flick — highlights of their defense in the first half. "We were watching film and it was as ugly as it looked," Mo Williams said. After allowing 61 points in a first-half track meet, the Cavaliers buckled down, held Denver to 38 after halftime and won their sixth straight, 110-99 over the Nuggets on…

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UCLA's five freshmen will have to wait. The Bruins' seniors aren't ready to completely hand over control just yet. With the outcome in doubt Thursday night, Darren Collison made two free throws with 21 seconds remaining and No. 4 UCLA survived a defensive struggle to beat Miami (Ohio) 64-59 in the 2K Sports Classic.

Clinton Portis' sprained knee showed no improvement Thursday, and the Washington Redskins running back appears unlikely to play in Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys.

The NFL's second-leading rusher left Redskins Park during practice, wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt and burgundy sweat pants as he stepped into his Maserati.

First, Trevor Hoffman. Now, Randy Johnson.

For all his success at Maryland, Gary Williams is one of 12 well-known Division I coaches feeling heat to win, Jeff Goodman says.

Somehow Jack Del Rio has escaped blame in Jacksonville. Not any more. He's on Jason Whitlock's list of 10 worst coaches this season.

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A cloudy — but dangerous — issue is hanging over the entire league.