Philadelphia 76ers: Sixers get burned by Heat
PHILADELPHIA - They had already cleared the mental hurdle, coming to grips with a Saturday night showdown with the Miami Heat.The first of four meetings with the defending champs, all of which fall...
View ArticleAuto Racing: Danica brings new eyes to NASCAR and Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The big boys brought their little girls to see NASCAR's shining star.Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson all took their daughters to meet Danica Patrick this week at...
View ArticleAuto Racing: Danica brings new eyes to NASCAR and Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The big boys brought their little girls to see NASCAR's shining star.Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson all took their daughters to meet Danica Patrick this week at...
View ArticleDisappointing finish, but Danica shows she belongs
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Enough with the snarky comments about Danica Patrick.Sure, she gets more attention than her accomplishments warrant because she's a pretty face competing in a male-dominated...
View ArticleKnicks beat 76ers 99-93 to end 4-game skid
NEW YORK - Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points, Amare Stoudemire had a season-high 22, and the New York Knicks snapped their longest losing streak of the season at four games by beating the Philadelphia...
View ArticleTiger Woods, Rory McIlroy went head to head after WGC exit
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida Â- Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy responded to their surprise early exit from last week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship by going head to head in their own private...
View ArticleNFL: Top 10 lessons from this years combine
INDIANAPOLIS - Who's the best athlete? The best quarterback? How about the emergence of the read-option and whether it will impact this year's NFL draft and free agency? A rundown of 10 story lines,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Flyers: Hectic schedule mandates post-loss day of rest
VOORHEES, N.J. - It's not a romantic notion to the Flyers to contemplate the last time they had a full, non-game day practice at their Skate Zone training center. It was nearly two weeks ago, on Feb....
View ArticlePhiladelphia Phillies: Brown shines in win over Yankees
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Phillies don't have many position players with the potential to break through the ceiling of expectations these days.It's hard to imagine Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Sixers fall to Magic
PHILADELPHIA - If this is gut-check time, the 76ers just took a kick to the abdomen.Former Sixer Nikola Vucevic had a double-double, adding further insult to Orlando's 98-84 victory Tuesday night at...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers Notebook: Collins keeping an eye on former players
PHILADELPHIA - Orlando was in town Tuesday, a fact that became apparent to 76ers coach Doug Collins when one former member of the Sixers walked by their locker room on his way to the floor for warmups,...
View ArticleNFL: 49ers send Smith to Chiefs
Alex Smith is headed to Kansas City, the first major acquisition by the Chiefs since Andy Reid took over as coach.A person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the...
View ArticleUnion face tough decisions to get under MLS salary cap
CHESTER - With the deadline looming Friday for the Philadelphia Union to get its roster into salary compliance with Major League Soccer, John Hackworth's staff has some tough decisions remaining.It's a...
View ArticleCommentary: When will the Sixers learn?
PHILADELPHIA - The most ridiculous night of recent 76ers basketball began and ended the same way. It began and ended with the ignoring of seven feet and 285 pounds of the obvious.That's the way it's...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Sixers try to pick themselves up
PHILADELPHIA - The coach was talking about effort, his players were talking about silver linings and nobody wanted to discuss the wretched play that preceded it.That was Tuesday night, following the...
View ArticleNHL: Flyers blast Capitals
PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers would insist that adding Simon Gagne to their midst gave them an extra shot of energy Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center. Not that there's anything wrong with that dramatic...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Flyers Notebook: Reads assessment of rib injury: It hurts
VOORHEES, N.J. - Matt Read says he will only do what the Flyers' medical people tell him to do, which is apparently why he went out on the ice Wednesday for a little No Pain, No Gain kind of workout.In...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Phillies: Adams recovery going smoothly
CLEARWATER, Fla. - As far as Phillies coming off surgeries go, Mike Adams is kind of boring - no setbacks, no easing into it. He hasn't even complained about scar tissue tearing.After throwing free and...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Phillies: Howard doing all right against lefties
CLEARWATER, Fla. - There is one Phillie who has started every Grapefruit League game. In fact, he will be in the lineup Friday against the Yankees, as well.They don't give out participation...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Flyers: Gagne still working to regain form
VOORHEES, N.J. - One day after his unlikely step back into the past, Simon Gagne said he was still trying to come to terms with it. For Gagne, however, it's much more interesting to look ahead than...
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