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Banged-up Steelers re-sign Davenport
.The Steelers re-signed running back Najeh Davenport and released rookie cornerback Roy Lewis on Thursday. Davenport spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Pittsburgh but was released in June. He was re-signed in October after Willie Parker injured a knee,...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Baseball, Golf, Multi-Sport Events, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Longtime DP sportswriter Hessler dies
247-4636 | 247-4637Warner Hessler, a former Daily Press sports columnist and a staple of NFL press boxes for more than 30 years, died Tuesday. Mr. Hessler, 66, was diagnosed with cancer this fall. From football and hockey to fishing and boxing, Mr. Hessler covered the...Tags: Joe Gibbs, Periodicals, Hampton Roads, Baseball, Football
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Past 'Dancing' winners
The Associated PressA look at the winners of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" and what they've been up to since taking home the trophy: -- Kelly Monaco: The 32-year-old "General Hospital" star was the first celebrity to win the show's mirror ball trophy when only six...Tags: Jason Taylor, Television Industry, Dallas Cowboys, Dancing, Kristi Yamaguchi
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Good news for U.S. speedskating
Looking toward Vancouver: With 15 months until the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, it's a good time for some good news about U.S. speedskating. First, Shani Davis looks better than ever. The 2006 Olympic gold and silver medalist has won three of...Tags: World Cup, Multi-Sport Events, Eric Heiden, Speed Skating
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Athletic Shorts: Texas Names Successor
The Hartford CourantTexas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp was designated the head-coach-in-waiting by the university and is expected to take over when Mack Brown retires. Texas will more than double Muschamp's salary in January, from $425,000 to $900,000. ... Two doctors...Tags: Marathon, Employees, Defense, George Bush, Multi-Sport Events
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LPGA Latest To Cut Back
The LPGA Tour has become the latest pro sports organization to feel the crunch of the global economic downturn, reducing its number of tournaments from 34 this year to 31 for 2009. Prize money also will dip by about $5 million. SemGroup, which...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Dallas Cowboys, Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Football
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The 2 faces of Tahoe
Tribune reporter"I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords," Mark Twain wrote of Lake Tahoe in 1872. More than 136 years later, Twain's words still ring true, especially for skiers at the resorts that ring the lake like a crown. But...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Air Transportation Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Tickets
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2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS: Order tickets now!
Thinking about heading to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics? If you want tickets, better raise your hand now. Through Nov. 7, prospective buyers may submit online requests for specific events or packages to CoSport (cosport.com), the only company...Tags: Multi-Sport Events
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Charles F. Burrows
Charles F. Burrows, a metallurgist engineer who helped build the first warplane to drop an atomic bomb, died Oct. 25 at College Manor after suffering a fall at his home a month ago. The Timonium resident was 93. A specialist in metal coatings and...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Table Tennis, Nuclear Weapons, Metal and Mineral, Defense
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Powder points
Special to The Baltimore SunFall is fading, days are shorter and parts of Maryland are already seeing snow. That all means it's time to think about booking winter trips to ski country. The question, of course, is where to go. North America offers coast-to-coast regional options...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Transportation, Volcanoes, Air Transportation Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Terra Madre conference reveals Slow Food at crossroads
Around the Oval Lingotto, the massive sports complex built to host some of the events at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the buses were moving at a glacial pace. But last week it was 6,000 farmers, fishermen and food artisans from more than 132 countries that...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Charles, Prince of Wales, Dining and Drinking
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ESPN takes another shot at Breeders' Cup
On The MediaSeabiscuit, the movie, couldn't do it. NBC couldn't do it. Now ESPN, the worldwide leader in hype, will take another shot at restoring the glamour and popularity once enjoyed by horse racing. ESPN will air 14 races of this year's Breeders' Cup from...Tags: Television Industry, Tampa Bay Rays, Kings, Vin Scully, Multi-Sport Events
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