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Quite understandably, Kevin love will sit out Minny’s final two games of the season. Per the Star Tribune: “Wolves forward Kevin Love’s season is now officially over. In a meeting with the love, coaches and medical personnel, it was decided that love, who sustained a concussion when hit by a JaVale McGee elbow in Denver [...]

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Pat Summitt, arguably the greatest Women’s College Basketball coach in history, has stepped down as the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols. Summitt will remain associated with the program as “head coach emeritus,” but will pass along the official job to her long tenured assistant Holly Warlick.
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Last year, the 59 [...]

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The NFL has released the 2012 Ravens schedule.
The Baltimore Ravens, who have earned the playoffs the last four-consecutive seasons under head coach John Harbaugh, open the 2012 regular season with a Monday night home game on Sept. 10 against AFC North rival Cincinnati, a team that also made the postseason in 2011. [...]

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Some horrible news for Brian Wilson and San Francisco Giants fans:
According to csnbayarea.com:
Head coach Bruce Bochy revealed that Giants closer Brian Wilson is “likely” looking at surgery, after MRI test results revealed structural issues in his throwing elbow. Wilson will seek for a second and most likely a third opinion.
Carl Steward of the San Jose Mercury [...]

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Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown made the right call in benching center Andrew Bynum against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
After the first-time All-Star jacked up an ill-advised three-pointer with a plethora of time remaining on the shot clock, Brown was quick to take him out of the game.
And it was the right [...]

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Published on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:01 AM PDT
Patti McGarvey/Special to the SunThe most challenging circumstances were not the wonderful 75 degree temperature, but the 15 mile per hour winds they battled when Kern Valley’s boys track team traveled to Cal City for the High Desert League meet on March 15.Loose dirt [...]

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Posted: March 21, 2012
The Mile High Messiah is heading to new York. Now that the Denver Broncos have Peyton Manning scheduled to start the 2012 season, Tim Tebow has been traded to the new York Jets.
NFL.com reports that the Jets traded a fourth and sixth round pick in order to add Tebow to the roster.
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If the situation in new York City really is as bad as what the chatter in the press has made it out to be, then the long-term or maybe even the short-term prospects for head coach Mike D’Antoni are not looking so good. 
It’s not often that a team makes an in-season coaching change. It’s rarer [...]

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the University of South Florida is going to the NCAA tournament with enough ammunition to take down first-round opponent California and inflict some wounds on Temple if they face each other.
All USF head coach Stan Heath has to do is take advantage of the criticism some have leveled against his team.
Some say USF is [...]

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By Ben Volin
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 10:21 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012
Posted: 8:19 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012
The hiring of Joe Philbin as head coach has many Dolphins fans excited about the prospect of signing Green Bay backup Matt Flynn to be the team’s new franchise quarterback.
The Dolphins would be happy to land Flynn in free agency this off-season, but he’s not the team’s [...]

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