Monday, February 18, 2013

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NCAA acknowledges 'missteps' in Miami case
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- The NCAA says that the information it collected as part of the Miami investigation through depositions performed as part of a former booster’s bankruptcy proceedings will not be part of the case against the Hurricanes.


AP Source: Pirates to give Hurdle extension
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle looks on during a baseball spring training workout on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Clint Hurdle is going to get a chance to finis h a turnaround he's started with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


Jerry Buss, Lakers' flamboyant owner, dies at 80
FILE - In this May 8, 2008 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss smiles at the Playmate of the Year luncheon at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Buss, the Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died. He was 79. Bob Steiner, an assistant to Buss, confirmed Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 that Buss had died in Los Angeles. Further details were not available. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA team to 10 championships from the Showtime dynasty of the 1980s to the Kobe Bryant era, died Monday. He was 80.


UPDATE 2-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies at 80
(Adds background) LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Jerry Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 10 National Basketball Association championships and making the team one of the most glamorous in American sports, died on Monday at 80, the team said on its official website. Buss, who matched superstar players with brilliant coaches and savvy executives, had been hospitalized recently for cancer. The official cause of death was kidney failure, said Lakers spokesman John Black. …


Kyle Larson poised for stardom in NASCAR
Auto racing driver Kyle Larson talks with reporters during NASCAR media day at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)


CORRECTED-Los Angeles Lakers' owner Jerry Buss dies at 80
(Corrects his age to 80 from 79) LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Jerry Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers and won 10 National Basketball Association championships, has died at 80, the NBA said on its official website on Monday. He had been hospitalized and treated for cancer but the immediate cause of death was kidney failure, according to his assistant, Bob Steiner, who was cited in the NBA post. (Reporting By Ronald Grover; Editing by Bill Trott and Sandra Maler)


Brewers' Gamel tears ACL again, out for season
PHOENIX (AP) -- Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second time in less than a year and will miss the season.


Dani Alves: I've been trying to lure Neymar to Barcelona for ages
Dani Alves: I've been trying to lure Neymar to Barcelona for agesThe Brazilian attacker has long been linked with a move to Camp Nou, and his compatriot has been attempting to convince him to make the switch.


India's dismal show decoded...
India, Feb. 18 — India’s campaign in the Women’s World Cup was a veritable disaster.By virtue of being the hosts, they were expected to at least go beyond the first round, in a tournament in which only one team from the two four-team groups was sent packing. Expectedly, there were no Indians in the International Cricket Council’s ‘Team of the Tournament’, which was announced on Monday.The 12-member squad includes four players from champions Australia, four from England, two from runners-up West Indies and one each from New Zealand and Sri Lanka. …


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