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NHL suspends Bertuzzi for hit against Moore (Sports, 26 articles)
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The league suspended Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi for the rest of the season, including the playoffs, for hitting Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore on Monday night. The Vancouver Canucks' All-Star forward will lose at least $500,000 in salary and could miss more time next season for the vicious punch that sent Moore to the hospital with a broken neck, concussion and other injuries. Commissioner Gary Bettman knows the NHL's image has taken a beating in light of Vancouver Canucks winger Bertuzzi's sucker punch of Avalanche, who suffered a fractured neck and concussion. As society attempts to fight back against an onrush of violence in the 2000s, athletes are learning that the line between the rules of their games and the laws of their cities are starting to overlap. The Bertuzzi incident has elicited strong reactions from the league, the press and the public, although some inside the game are leery of feeding the firestorm. Within the organized chaos of high sticks and slashes and hockey fights, there are rules, there are boundaries, there are lines that shouldn't be crossed.
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CBC Sports Online: NBA: Game Recap: (Sports, 5 articles)
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Portland, which has won five of its last seven games as the host, also earned its fifth win in seven tries at home against the Kings.. The Sacramento star, hurt in last year's playoffs against the Mavericks, scored 16 points and had eight rebounds and five assists in his first game against Dallas since then, leading the host Kings to a 120-102 victory. Off the court Lakers: Coach Phil Jackson and the Los Angeles organization were fined $50,000 each by the league for comments he made about officiating after a loss Monday to the Jazz.
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Area hockey coaches appalled by Bertuzzi's actions (Sports, 15 articles)
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The view was better, especially when the play went into the far corner against the near boards, but their aggressive shouting and constant hockey talk made her tense. Oversized canvas bags with team logos stamped on the side litter the place as players line up at the snack bar for their post-game treat. Bill Bolton Arena's still working on his dream game - to complete three periods without making a controversial call or being the target of abuse.
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Cowboys acquire QB Henson from Texans (Sports, 4 articles)
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The Cowboys have agreed to trade a 2005 draft choice to Houston for the rights to Quarterback Drew Henson, and have agreed to terms on an eight-year contract with the former Michigan star, three sources close to negotiations said. The Texans, whose starting quarterback is David Carr, drafted Henson in the sixth round of last year's draft with the intentions of trading his signing rights. Chicago's Rex Grossman and Baltimore's Kyle Boller - first-round picks in 2003 - received signing bonuses of $4 million and $4.2 million, respectively.
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High School Sports (Sports, 5 articles)
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The Snohomish Panthers and Roosevelt Roughriders weren't picked by many to be in the Final Four of the Class 4A state girls basketball tournament. Roughriders pulled the biggest upset of the tournament to date by knocking off No. 2 Lewis and Clark of Spokane, 59-50. Andrea Sitton scored eight of her 20 points in the second quarter as defending champion Prairie opened a lead and advanced to the semifinals for the seventh straight year.
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Bruins gear up for playoffs (Sports, 4 articles)
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Last season, Samsonov played in just eight games, this year, 49 of 64, due to various injuries that have seriously limited his ice time. They picked up 2 points and moved into first place in the Northeast Division and third in the Eastern Conference as left wing Mike Knuble scored at 1:15 of overtime, lifting the Bruins to a 3-2 victory at HSBC Arena. Defenseman Sergei Gonchar backhanded a pass from the right circle that sailed by Boston blue liner Nick Boynton in the slot and right onto the stick of Knuble, who beat goalie Martin Biron for his 20th tally of the season.
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Ravens reach agreements with Wright, Brown (Sports, 6 articles)
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If the ruling goes as predicted - with his trade from the San Francisco 49ers being upheld, probably on Tuesday - Owens likely has two choices: play for the Ravens or pay them. Though the bonus was entirely paid by the 49ers, the Ravens may recoup more than $1 million in each of the next three seasons (the remaining years of the contract) because they now control the rights of the existing deal. Wright and Brown agreed to contracts with the Ravens yesterday, ending an eight-day period in which the team locked up four of its top six free agents.
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Morrow's late goal gives Stars tie in Philadelphia (Sports, 4 articles)
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Brett Hull broke a tie midway through the third period, and the visiting Detroit Red Wings stretched their unbeaten streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets last night . Jason Williams scored twice for Detroit, a winner of eight of 11 despite several injuries to key offensive players. The Red Wings have won 15 of 19 games between the clubs and now lead the Colorado Avalanche by three points in the race for the top playoff seed in Western Conference.
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Overcoming language barrier speaks volumes about OU's Villarroel (Sports, 4 articles)
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Villarroel scored 23 points, snatched 12 rebounds and played every minute of OU's 78-66 win over second-seeded Kansas State in the Big 12 women's tournament semifinals at Reunion Arena. UT women in Big 12 final, beating Baylor, 63-59 UT's defensive surge in the second half of the semifinal helped the top-seeded Longhorns (28-3) improve to 6-0 in games won by five points or fewer. Timeout: No hide nor hair of Bears Finding evidence of Baylor's existence at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament is a tough chore.
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Knicks sign Vin Baker for rest of season (Sports, 6 articles)
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The former All-Star signed Friday with the Knicks for the rest of the season, a day after winning his arbitration case against the NBA. At the end of practice yesterday, as the Knicks tried to further meld together, team president Isiah Thomas sat on a stationary bike, watching, listening and talking. Vin Baker , Thomas' latest obsession, was set free yesterday by Arbitrator Roger Kaplan, who ruled in favor of the Players Association over the NBA, saying Baker could sign with another team.
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Lee shoots 60 in LPGA Tour season opener (Sports, 10 articles)
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Carl Pettersson fired a four-under 68 on Friday to open a three-shot lead after the second round of the Honda Classic in Florida. Another Swede, Fredrik Jacobsen, is alone in fourth place at 136, two shots ahead of a group of nine players that includes Sweden's Jesper Parnevik. Annika Sorenstam is not at the Welch's/Fry's Championship in Tucson, Ariz., but her single-round LPGA Tour scoring record came under attack.
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Bold Eagles soar (Sports, 5 articles)
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Krauser scored 18 points as the sixth-ranked Panthers moved into the championship game for the fourth straight season with a 62-53 victory over Boston College. Pittsburgh (29-3) eliminated Boston College from the Big East tournament for the third year in a row and can earn its second consecutive title Saturday against Connecticut or Villanova. Smith , who finished off a pair of brilliant Agbai stops on Syracuse's Hakim Warrick with two huge defensive rebounds that put him on the foul line in the final 20 seconds, nodded in agreement.
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West Indies 311 v England 154-3 (Sports, 5 articles)
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The controversial dismissal of Mark Butcher in the gloomy light gave the West Indies the edge at the end of the second day. After Matthew Hoggard removed the final West Indian batsman - Edwards - with the 12th delivery of the day, the stage was set for a fascinating duel. Butcher and Nasser Hussain shared a 119-run stand before West Indies broke the partnership late on day two of the first Test at Sabina Park.
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Boykin's three-pointer saves day for Coppin in MEAC semis, 55-52 (Sports, 4 articles)
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Hours after the Coppin men survived against Delaware State, the Lady Eagles ran into the hottest team in the league and lost, falling to Hampton, 76-58, in the semifinal round at the Richmond Coliseum. Nothing seemed to be going right on offense for the All-Mid Eastern Athletic Conference swingman, who hasn't had much success in the league tournament since Coppin State started playing on Wednesday. Coppin (18-13) will meet Florida A&M, a 65-53 upset winner over No. 1 seed South Carolina State, at noon today, seeking its first MEAC crown since 1997.
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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Cliff Hawkins made sure Kentucky avoided the rarest of hat tricks. (Sports, 4 articles)
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Mario Moore scored 17 points and Julian Terrell matched a career high with 16 off the bench as Vanderbilt rallied for a 74-70 overtime victory over the fifth-seeded Bulldogs in a Southeastern Conference quarterfinal. The Commodores were down 41-30 with 16:15 remaining before scoring seven straight points in 30 seconds to get back in the game, including two on steals by Moore. The eighth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats eliminated their nemesis from the Southeastern Conference tournament, getting 23 points from Cliff Hawkins and using a late run to put away Georgia 69-60 Friday.
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The Atlantic Most Conference (Sports, 6 articles)
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An instant classic of a quarterfinal in the 51st annual Atlantic Coast Conference tournament climaxed when Jack buried North Carolina under a 17-foot jump shot with 1.4 seconds left. The ACC has had better players than the league has now the Basketball Hall of Fame would be half-empty without its representatives. The conference certainly has had more powerful teams, squads with four and sometimes five future pros, some with multiple No. 1 draft picks.
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High School Sports (Sports, 6 articles)
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The season ended yesterday for the defending state-champion Franklin boys basketball team, all talk of a repeat dead, all hope of a state trophy gone. South Kitsap (20-8), seeking its first boys basketball state title since 1950, will meet top-ranked Bethel (25-1) at 7 p.m. today in the semifinals. Top-ranked Bethel is in the Class 4A state-tournament semifinals after surviving a wacky game in which the Braves failed to score a field goal in the fourth quarter or overtime.
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Trainer Zito shooting for 3 in Kentucky Derby (Sports, 6 articles)
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Sitting on a bench in the middle of Gulfstream Park, Nick Zito reached over and knocked three times on a wood fence that frames the walking ring, as if to say: Lookin good, so far. Last year, of course, Funny Cide won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, thrusting his trainer , Barclay Tagg, into the national spotlight. A winner of five of six races, Read the Footnotes would reaffirm his status as the top 3-year-old with a victory in the $1 million Florida Derby tomorrow at Gulfstream Park.
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Plano, Allen think golf course purchase could fit cities to tee (Sports, 6 articles)
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The 16th annual production of Live From Plano will fling zingers at the Texas Legislature in " A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum. House Democrats and their run-for-the-border jaunts to Oklahoma and New Mexico will lead this year's topics - or targets, depending on your perspective. The cities of Plano and Allen are in talks to buy Chase Oaks Golf Club, with the hope of running it jointly as a public municipal golf course.
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Gunners block path to Ranieri's salvation (Sports, 5 articles)
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Chelsea could turn psychology to their advantage to end their winless streak against Arsenal and seize the prize of Real Madrid in a European semi-final Kevin McCarra Saturday March 13, 2004 The Guardian The Champions League quarter-final draw has authorised a double-or-quits wager. The fans, in triumph, would instantly be blessed with total amnesia on the topic of the 16 consecutive matches in all competitions that have gone by without a win over Arsenal since 1998. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger claimed his seventh manager's award while Dennis Bergkamp and Edu have jointly been named as player of the month.
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Pitt, UConn step it up (Sports, 5 articles)
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Gordon turned in his second straight 29-point performance to again overcome the absence of Emeka Okafor as the ninth-ranked Huskies moved into the championship game of the Big East tournament with an 84-67 victory over Villanova. Okafor was rested again due to a small stress fracture in his back and his absence gave Gordon another chance to shine. The explosive guard drained 10-of-15 shots and is 22 points shy of breaking former Georgetown star Allen Iverson's 1996 tournament record of 79 points in three games.
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Sprewell comes alive to send Minnesota past Sonics (Sports, 5 articles)
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Eddie Jones scored 19 points, and Rafer Alston hit two crucial 3-pointers in the final two minutes to help the Miami Heat escape with an 82-74 win tonight over the slumping Seattle SuperSonics. The Heat led by 16 points in the first half - thanks to Seattle tying a franchise record for futility - but had to rally down the stretch after falling behind. Those who were loyal to Gary Payton and Desmond Mason roundly criticized last year's trade that delivered the All-Star guard and shipped the snarling icon and crowd favorite out of Seattle.
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Roundup: First loss is big for Saint Joseph's (Sports, 5 articles)
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St. Joseph's first game as the nation's No. 1 team also was its first loss of the season, a shocking 87-67 collapse against unranked Xavier in the Atlantic-10 quarterfinals yesterday. They trailed Xavier by as many as 37 points, and the upset raised questions about how serious a contender the tiny Philadelphia school will be for the national championship. The Hawks came in with a 27-0 record, three victories from becoming the first team since 1991 to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated.
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Sheffield returns to Yankees lineup as DH (Sports, 4 articles)
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The Yankees don't care whether Gary Sheffield merely sprained his right thumb or tore ligaments in it last year while playing for the Braves. A Braves trainer was quoted in Thursday's Atlanta Journal Constitution saying Sheffield suffered last July 10 was a sprain and not a tear. That was the opposite of what Sheffield said and what the Yankees were told by their team doctor Stuart Hershon , who with Dr. Melvin Rosenwasser, examined Sheffield on Tuesday in New York.
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O's Tejada strains muscle in right leg (Sports, 4 articles)
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The Orioles have become so susceptible to injuries this spring that their shortstop got hurt yesterday while the third baseman fielded a ground ball. Head trainer Richie Bancells said Shortstop Miguel Tejada noticed cramping in the muscle, which runs down the shin and attaches to the foot, during batting practice but attempted to play. Center fielder Luis Matos was cleared to play after Dr. Chick Silberstein studied the results of Matos had undergone on his lower right leg.
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Missouri men beat A&M in Watkins' final game, 74-68 (Sports, 4 articles)
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E mail dsayles. Texas A&M's Kevin Turner had just dribbled the ball off his foot and out of bounds with five minutes left in a close game. Melvin Watkins took the podium at American Airlines Center on Wednesday afternoon for what would normally be a routine pre - Big 12 Tournament news conference.
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LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Matt Lottich prevented second-ranked Stanford from needing another dramatic victory. (Sports, 4 articles)
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Lottich converted a key three-point play with 2:19 remaining as the Cardinal pulled away for a 70-63 victory over Oregon in the Pacific 10 conference tournament semifinals. Stanford (28-1) has made a habit of winning games in the final minute this season and seemed on its way to another thriller after Oregon forged a 61-61 tie with just under three minutes remaining. Lottich followed with the decisive play, blocking Luke Jackson's 3-pointer and taking the ball to the other end for layup.
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Nelson attempts to clear air with Walker (Sports, 4 articles)
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The one thing that remained clear - and hasn't changed since James Naismith nailed up the first peach basket, really - is that Nelson has only one thing that Walker wants. The coach made Walker understood that more playing time will not come from rocking the boat or voicing concerns publicly. Is he just misunderstood and deserving of praise for carrying the Mavericks through the first half of the season when Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley couldn’t hit their mouths with the fork, much less the basket with the ball.
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