PORTO ALEGRO, Brazil – The pressure is all on France to beat Honduras in their opening World Cup match on Sunday, and coach Didier Deschamps hopes his relatively inexperienced squad is mature enough to handle the expectation level. Deschamps points to Spain’s 5-1 thrashing by the Netherlands on Friday, and …
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The 30-man preliminary U.S. World Cup roster announced Monday by coach Jurgen Klinsmann. A final 23-man roster must be submitted to FIFA by June 2: Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England), Nick Rimando (Salt Lake) Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla, Mexico), Matt Besler (Kansas City), John Brooks …
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Ajaccio, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Monaco postponed PSG’s title celebrations for another day as Dimitar Berbatov scored a brace to give the club a 4-1 win against already-relegated Ajaccio. Following a scoreless first half, Berbatov brought the match to life by scoring twice to stake Monaco to a 2-0 lead. Junior …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Montgomery County, Texas District Attorney Brett Ligon coined the phrase “modify behavior” in an effort to describe his approach in the Adrian Peterson child-abuse case. Now that the legal process has run its course, it’s time for the NFL and, perhaps more importantly, the armchair moralists to put …
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Buffalo Bills have released reserve offensive tackle Edawn Coughman. The team announced the move on Tuesday, a day after starting left tackle Cordy Glenn was cleared to take part in full-team practice sessions. Glenn had missed the first three weeks of training camp because of an …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will have to watch games on the league’s new network for opening week. The SEC announced on its Twitter page Thursday that Slive had successful back surgery two days earlier. The league says he had experienced back pain for several weeks and …
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Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – The Cleveland Indians activated catcher/infielder Carlos Santana from the seven-day concussion disabled list on Friday. Santana missed two weeks with post-concussion symptoms after he was struck in the head by a foul tip in a 4-2 loss to Baltimore on May 25. Prior to landing on …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico is reinstating two football players who were suspended from the team after being arrested in April on rape and kidnapping charges. The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/1kB9lM9 ) reports that Athletic Director Paul Krebs confirmed Tuesday that running back Crusoe Gongbay from Rockville, Maryland, and cornerback SaQwan …
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NEW YORK – Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s latest stop on his ballpark farewell tour turned testy over his unyielding support of the New York Mets’ ownership. With longtime friend and Mets chief executive officer Fred Wilpon sitting in the second row of the news conference room at Citi Field, Selig …
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Edgewater, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – Forward Trevor Booker has been signed to a multi-year deal by the Utah Jazz on Tuesday. The announcement was made through the Twitter account of the firm which represents Booker, ASM Sports. The 26-year-old Booker, who spent the first four years of his career with the …
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