American tennis star Andy Roddick says he feels fit for the first time in more than six months after winning his battle against the strength-sapping illness mononucleosis. World No. 8 Roddick said he fought against the illness for most of last year when he failed to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the French and [...]
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CBSSports.co Wisconsins Jordan Taylor thinks Minnesota has no regret for failing to get him or Jon Leuer even though both played in high school in the greater Minneapolis area. The Badgers know they wouldnt be the same without both. Taylor scored 22 points and Leuer added 16 to lead Wisconsin to a 68-60 upset of [...]
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CBSSports.co If this was Russell Wilsons football finale, he sure made the most of it. Wilson threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns, leading North Carolina State past No. 22 West Virginia 23-7 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday night. The Atlantic Coast Conferences leading passer this season now has to decide whether to [...]
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Already a spectacle in three short years, did the 2011 edition of the Winter Classic really need the star power of Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby? Tapping Ovechkin, the immensely talented yet somewhat mercurial Capitals captain, was pretty much a no-brainer. Hes flashy, brash and outgoing. But more than a few fans rolled their eyes [...]
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On the surface, it sounded completely silly. Really, it sounds silly. A 75-minute special dedicated entirely to a professional basketball player announcing his free-agent destination. This is what qualifies as riveting TV now? Yes, yes it does. Almost 10 million people watched “The Decision.” To put that into some kind of perspective, maybe the most [...]
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The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year deal with right-handed relief pitcher Takashi Saito. Saito was 2-3 with a 2.83 ERA in 56 appearances for the Atlanta Braves last season. He has a 17-13 career record with a 2.19 ERA in five major league seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston and Atlanta. The [...]
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CBSSports Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun warned his players what they would experience at Pittsburgh. The never-let-up defensive pressure. A very loud crowd thats only a few feet off the court and tries to intimidate unsuspecting teams. No, this isnt Hartford or Storrs or even Maui, and now the Huskies know what their coach was talking [...]
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CBSSports.com Air Force was struggling to run the ball and failed to convert a few great opportunities in the passing game. Instead of growing frustrated and losing focus, the Falcons kept plugging along. Their persistence paid off. Air Force cashed in when Georgia Tech muffed a punt in the second half of the Independence Bowl, [...]
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CBSSp Chris Osgood was too busy feeling the pressure from the Colorado Avalanche to put any on himself. That was precisely what he needed. Osgood tied a career high with 46 saves in the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 overtime victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night to become the 10th goalie in NHL history [...]
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CBSSports.co The Dallas Mavericks were already without their coach after knee surgery, then lost Dirk Nowitzki to his own knee injury. And the Mavericks just kept rolling on the road. Caron Butler scored 21 points and the Mavericks shook off the loss of Nowitzki in the second quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-93 [...]
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