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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_cavaliers_irving_concussion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.4fefeb5eea5244afaa1e01afd8376870-4fefeb5eea5244afaa1e01afd8376870-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=Jn_mHe5D2SFc8E8zlBQfig--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving is congratulated by teammates after the Cavaliers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 91-88 in an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Cleveland. Irving scored a team-high 20 points. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving is being evaluated at the Cleveland Clinic as he recovers from a concussion.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_cavaliers_irving_concussion Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_cavaliers_irving_concussion? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_f1_testing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.c7fd597d752f455f88951ea8cd9c94f3-a634f7567b9c44cfb1e97bdd829c99a9-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=dTxf2D64ZkHdkp9J9HKtIQ--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="CORRECTS NAME OF DRIVER - Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP drives during Formula One winter testing at the Circuito de Jerez, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. (AP Photo / Miguel Angel Morenatti)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new Mercedes car topped Formula One preseason testing for a second straight day, while Lotus was quickest of the season's new competitors.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_f1_testing Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_f1_testing? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.f19e1817c61648d58305a18792e30c27-f19e1817c61648d58305a18792e30c27-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=rDRJwfAl9n0LFZrbM0Ykpw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - This Sept. 24, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong talking to the media after the 2011 Xterra Nationals triathlon at Snowbasin Ski Resort, near Ogden, Utah. Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lance Armstrong says he's relieved by the end of a nearly two-year federal investigation into doping allegations against him, and that he always remained confident he would not be charged.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:26 GMT Reuters - Jeremy Lin's sudden rise from obscure reserve to the toast of Broadway could not have come at a better time for the New York Knicks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_nba_knicks_lin Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_nba_knicks_lin? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:16 GMT AP - It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_canadiens_church_ad Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_canadiens_church_ad? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:49 GMT AP - Lance Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:26 GMT AP - Next year's Winter Classic could set an attendance record. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_winter_classic Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_winter_classic? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:16 GMT AP - The owners of the New York Mets want the Supreme Court to get involved in their attempt to recover money from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_supreme_court_madoff_mets Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_supreme_court_madoff_mets? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_dubai_desert_classic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.ed9ac350f07c49e6ba4d0799dd65f75a-ed9ac350f07c49e6ba4d0799dd65f75a-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=gowIpLQy9NZPWLwiySQk8A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Rafael Cabrera-Bello from Spain plays a shot on third hole during the first round of Dubai Desert Classic, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rafael Cabrera-Bello made nine birdies in his first 11 holes to finish at 9-under 63 Thursday for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_dubai_desert_classic Yahoo! 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(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rafael Cabrera-Bello made nine birdies in his first 11 holes to finish at 9-under 63 Thursday for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_dubai_desert_classic Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_dubai_desert_classic? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_london2012_us_training"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.0510dd1877ab4f03b279c25ef184e58e-0510dd1877ab4f03b279c25ef184e58e-0.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=XIQoobupBu3HnUNOZEzlTA--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="A general view of the University of East London's new sports facility, on the university's campus in London Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A sparkling 21 million-pound ($33.2 million) gym at the University of East London that will be used by the U.S. Olympic team during the London games is just about complete. In a few weeks, it will be ready for everyone from stars like swimming's Michael Phelps and basketball's Kobe Bryant to U.S. athletes who are still relatively unknown, offering them privacy to lift, stretch, tune and scrimmage. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Think of it as "Colorado Springs East" — a training spot for U.S. Olympians in London.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_london2012_us_training Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_london2012_us_training? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_virginia_lacrosse_slaying"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.c9a6d74a26c945509cc0b3ad7ef1099f-c9a6d74a26c945509cc0b3ad7ef1099f-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=RbI6FDVOpPEyl3_hrK195A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="George Huguely V, arrives at the Charlottesville Circuit courthouse for his trial in Charlottesville, Va, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Huguely, is charged with the murder of fellow University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prosecutors will continue their case Thursday in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_virginia_lacrosse_slaying Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_virginia_lacrosse_slaying? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34 GMT Reuters - Retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been found guilty of doping in relation to a blood-doping scandal that engulfed his sport six years ago and has been banned for two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_doping_cycling_ullrich Yahoo! 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(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)" border="0" /></a>AP - Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_duke_ncarolina Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_duke_ncarolina? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_ullrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.4fa48d6f9e4c4678b9ca33ecc223de58-4fa48d6f9e4c4678b9ca33ecc223de58-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=jGMmaUuxiDXJP47uTOqoDQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2011 file picture former German cycling star Jan Ullrich participates in the Oetztal marathon cycling race over the distance of 238 kilometers in Soelden, Austria. Sport's highest court has banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years for doping, and stripped him of his third-place finish behind Lance Armstrong in the 2005 race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Thursday Feb. 9, 2012 that the 38-year-old German, who retired in 2007, was connected to the Opeation Puerto probe in Spain. Ullrich is banned hfrom cycling through August 2013. However, CAS rejected the International Cycling Union's request to impose a life ban and disqualify all Ullrich's results since May 2002. CAS said Ullrich's six-month ban for using amphetamines out-of-competition in 2002 should not be classed as a doping offense. A second offense can trigger a life ban. (AP Photo/dapd, Kerstin Joensson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sport's highest court banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years on Thursday and stripped him of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_ullrich Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_ullrich? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:03 GMT Reuters - Retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been found guilty of doping in relation to a blood-doping scandal that engulfed his sport six years ago and has been banned for two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_doping_cycling_ullrich Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_doping_cycling_ullrich? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:46 GMT Reuters - Retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been found guilty of doping in relation to a blood-doping scandal that engulfed his sport six years ago and has been banned for two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_doping_cycling_ullrich Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/sp_nm/us_doping_cycling_ullrich? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:34 GMT AP - Sport's highest court has banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years and stripped him of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for a doping violation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_ullrich Yahoo! News: Sports News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_ullrich? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_pebble_beach"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.a9c7fcebfc39448f8813ccf83ff0c923-a9c7fcebfc39448f8813ccf83ff0c923-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=d14iq3Bfc.hS3NSwWBAwIg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Tiger Woods, front right, walks with his coach, Sean Foley, front left, up to the 10th green of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club shore course during a practice round at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Padraig Harrington has been coming to the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for a half-dozen years, for reasons that cause some players to stay away.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_pebble_beach Yahoo! 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