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  Tide move into SEC title game, beat LSU

  Julio Jones left defenders grasping at his heels and Alabama's defense was typically immovable. The Crimson Tide is riding that combination to the SEC championship game for the second consecutive season.

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  Cardinals WR Boldin out against Bears

  Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin was inactive for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears because of a sprained right ankle.

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  Northwestern deals No. 8 Iowa first loss

  With Ricky Stanzi watching from the sideline on crutches, No. 8 Iowa ran out of magic.

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  Unbeaten Zenyatta beats boys in Breeders

  Zenyatta pawed the ground with her right front hoof and pranced past an adoring crowd jamming the grandstand as she made her way to the start of the Breeders' Cup Classic.

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  Mickelson holds off Els to win at WGC

  Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.

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  Djokovic ends Federer's run in Basel

  Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

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  Texans bench RB Slaton, start Moats

  Houston running back Ryan Moats will start in place of Steve Slaton on Sunday, and Indianapolis will be without cornerback Kelvin Hayden.

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  Pierce and Rondo lead Celtics past winless Nets

  The Boston Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to record an 86-76 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on Saturday.

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  Mickelson fends off Els for second HSBC Champions title

  World number two Phil Mickelson held off a charging Ernie Els to win the WGC-HSBC Champions by one shot on Sunday, his second success in three years at the $7 million tournament.

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  Magician Santoro produces final disappearing act

  Frenchman Fabrice Santoro brought down the curtain on a remarkable and atypical career by losing to American James Blake in the first round of the Paris Masters Sunday.

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  Federer beaten by Djokovic in home final

  World number one Roger Federer missed out on a fourth successive Swiss Indoors title when he lost to third-ranked Novak Djokovic in the final of his hometown tournament on Sunday.

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  Italy hammer United States to win Fed Cup

  Italy surged to their second Fed Cup title by destroying the United States 4-0 in the final on Sunday.

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  Haye shocks Valuev in WBA heavyweight title bout

  Briton David Haye clinched the WBA world heavyweight title with a points win over holder Nikolai Valuev of Russia on Saturday.

• Murray brushes aside Youzhny to win Valencia final

  Top seed Andy Murray dismissed unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2 in the final of the Valencia Open on Sunday to clinch a sixth title of the year on his return from injury.

• Haye beats Valuev for WBA heavyweight title

  David Haye certainly backed up his brash prediction.

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  Iverson leaves Grizzlies with permission

  Disgruntled Memphis guard Allen Iverson returned to his home in Atlanta after receiving permission to leave the team to attend to personal business.

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  Northwestern upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10

  With Ricky Stanzi watching from the sideline on crutches, No. 8 Iowa ran out of magic.

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  Junior: Nothing new to report on Patrick

  Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team.

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  Mickelson holds off Els to win at WGC

  Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.

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  Northwestern upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10

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  With Ricky Stanzi watching from the sideline on crutches, No. 8 Iowa ran out of magic.

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  Iverson leaves Grizzlies with permission

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  Disgruntled Memphis guard Allen Iverson returned to his home in Atlanta after receiving permission to leave the team to attend to personal business.

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  Cal RB Best taken to emergency room

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  California tailback Jahvid Best sustained a concussion and was taken to the emergency room after he leapt high into the air, flipped over a defender and landed on the back of his head in the end zone.

• Emelianenko defeats Rogers

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  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) -- Fedor Emelianenko stopped Brett Rogers in the second round in a Strikeforce M-1 Global heavyweight bout Saturday night.

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  Tide moves into title game with 24-15 win over LSU

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  No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game.

• Bernard Pollard Prefers To Be Treated As A Grown Man

  SyndContentImpl.value= Via PFT: Texans safety Bernard Pollard, formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs, says that he didn't appreciate how he was treated by Chiefs coaches. This, of course, is a theme as common as the day is long, but Pollard isn't broadcasting such common tropes as, "I wasn't given eno...

• Mark Miller v. Deray Davis Unceremoniously Cancelled

  SyndContentImpl.value= Over at Bloody Elbow I pointed out that the Mark Miller v. Deray Davis was canceled right before the fighters went out. The reason for cancellation? Lack of time. Here are my thoughts from the Bloody Elbow article: As impressed as I was overall by how smoothly things seemed ...

• Moats To Start Over Slaton

  SyndContentImpl.value= If you ve got Steve Slaton on your fantasy roster, you got problems. After fumbling last week then being benched for most of the game in favor of Ryan Moats, Slaton finds himsef on the bench this week, too.

• More Injury News From Around The League

  SyndContentImpl.value= Besides Cam Ward leaving Saturday night’s game with a lacerated leg, the Detroit Red Wings lost forward Jason Williams for at least eight weeks with a broken right fibula. Willams is fifth on the team with seven points and has average fifteen minutes a game for the Red Wings.

• College Football's Night Ends with a Bang Not a Whimper

  SyndContentImpl.value= This much excitement late at night usually results in a trip to the hospital, pregnancy, or bail being posted. All of this happened in a 15 minute span tonight in college football: —Houston hit a 51 yarder rocketed off the foot of their freshman kicker to win against Tulsa, b...

• Florida Phones In Vandy Victory

  SyndContentImpl.value= On a day when Iowa lost to Northwestern (the Vanderbilt of the Big Ten,) Florida should consider themselves lucky for escaping with a 27-3 victory against Vandy at home despitestruggling in the red zone in yet another conference game.

• Knicks Karma Katching Up With Them

  SyndContentImpl.value= One of my favorite parts about sports is that we can pretend things like karma and destiny really exist. And maybe they do, but nowhere else in life do we talk of these thigs in such certain terms.

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