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- Rangers, OF Cruz reach $16M, 2-year deal (AP)
Two-time defending AL champion Texas has avoided arbitration with another of its core players, agreeing Thursday to a $16 million, two-year contract with AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz. The deal came eight days before a scheduled arbitration hearing for Cruz and a day after slick-fielding shortstop Elvis Andrus completed a $14.4 million, three-year contract on the eve of his scheduled...
- Ex-BoSox pitcher Boyd: I played on coke (AP)
Former Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd says he probably pitched under the influence of cocaine "at every ballpark" during his 10-year career. "There wasn't one ballpark that I probably didn't stay up all night, until 4 or 5 in the morning, and the same thing is in your system," Boyd said in an interview with Jon Miller of WBZ radio in Boston.
- No. 7 Kansas rolls at No. 6 Baylor 68-54 (AP)
Whatever Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of his Kansas teammates did to motivate 7-foot Jeff Withey certainly worked. "In practice every day, punching him in his chest, jumping on him, trying to get him fired up," Taylor said. "He came out and played amazing." Withey, coming of a scoreless game, rebounded with a career-high 25 points for the seventh-ranked Jayhawks in another...
- No fracture for Henrik Sedin, may play (AP)
The Vancouver Canucks say Henrik Sedin has no broken bones in his right foot. Head coach Alain Vigneault said before Thursday night's game at Minnesota that a CT scan came back clean. Sedin took part in the morning skate, and Vigneault said he'd be a game-time decision to play the Wild. Sedin was hit in the foot in the last game at Nashville by a slap shot from Predators defenseman Kevin...
- Concussed Cavs G Irving being evaluated (AP)
Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving is being evaluated at the Cleveland Clinic as he recovers from a concussion. Irving missed his first game of the season Wednesday night with the concussion. He was kept out after the team diagnosed him with the head injury, which he sustained Tuesday night in Miami when he was accidentally kneed in the head by the Heat's Dwyane Wade.
- As Lin emerges, Asia adds Knicks games (AP)
Jeremy Lin is making the Knicks must-see TV in Asia. The NBA says Thursday its Asian TV partners have added Knicks games to their broadcast schedules following the emergence of Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. Sina in China will show Friday's game against the Lakers, while stations in Taiwan will televise Knicks games this month against Toronto,...
- Canada could support 2 more NHL teams (AP)
A new report released by the Conference Board of Canada says the country could support up to nine NHL teams, two more than the current number. Quebec City and Hamilton are the most suitable cities for having a team, according to the report by the non-profit organization that studies economic trends in the country.
- Armstrong: No charges should end rumors (AP)
As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over. The stress, the waiting, the whispers about whether he doped during his stellar cycling career, all of it ended when -- after nearly two years -- federal prosecutors closed an investigation of him last week without bringing any charges. "I'm happy.
- Ex-Wisconsin AD faces third allegation (AP)
Authorities have widened the investigation into a former Wisconsin athletic official John Chadima after a third adult male came forward with allegations of sexual impropriety. Campus police have deemed the third allegation "credible," chancellor David Ward said Thursday. His statement did not describe the nature of the allegations, and a campus spokesman, citing the ongoing investigation,...