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Boxing great Frazier passes away after fight with cancer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow.
LSU, Oklahoma State lead BCS
LSU and Oklahoma State took control of the race to the BCS championship game - but don't count out Alabama yet.
PSU officials head to court on perjury charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Football coach Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials didn't do enough to try to stop suspected sexual abuse of children at the hands of a former assistant football coach, the state police commissioner said Monday.
Royals trade Cabrera to Giants
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Royals traded outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez on Monday, upgrading their rotation and clearing the way for hotshot prospect Lorenzo Cain to get a chance in center field.
Chiefs’ Johnson: ‘Looked like beginning of season’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - In a somber Kansas City Chiefs locker room, not long after a disheartening loss to a previously winless team, linebacker Derrick Johnson uttered the words everyone must have been thinking.
SUNDAY'S NFL CAPSULES
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Miami Dolphins are no longer winless. Matt Moore threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns, Reggie Bush had 92 yards rushing and another score and the Dolphins walloped the Kansas City Chiefs 31-3 on Sunday.
Chiefs’ four-game win streak ends with 31-3 loss
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs were coming off an exhilarating overtime victory, a hard-fought win over a division opponent that gave them a share of the AFC West lead.
LSU boots ’Bama, 9-6 in OT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - No. 1 LSU gained the inside track to the BCS title game, beating No. 2 Alabama 9-6 on Drew Alleman's 25-yard field goal in overtime after a fierce defensive struggle in which neither team reached the end zone Saturday night.
Iowa State edges Kansas 13-10
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Jeff Woody doesn't care how it looks. He and his Iowa State teammates won another football game, and for Woody, that's all that matters.
Penn State ex-coach, others charged in child sex case
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A former defensive coach who was integral for decades to Penn State's football success was accused Saturday of molesting eight boys, and two school administrators were charged with failing to tell police when a witness told them he saw a boy being sexually assaulted in the shower.
No. 3 Oklahoma State survives nailbiter
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Brandon Weeden threw for a school-record 502 yards and four touchdowns, and Joseph Randle scored the final, tiebreaking 23-yard touchdown with 2:16 remaining to lift No. 3 Oklahoma State to a 52-45 victory against No. 17 Kansas State on Saturday night.
Chiefs try to make McClain prophetic
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Nobody thought much of it when Le'Ron McClain sent the tweet bouncing across the Internet. The Kansas City Chiefs had lost three straight games, two in lopsided fashion, along with three of their best players to season-ending injuries.
No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Alabama clash Saturday
Johnny Rodgers remembers a day when the two best teams in the land played a game for the ages. Forty years later, he can go over the winning drive as if it happened yesterday.
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Perez’s go-ahead double lifts Royals over White Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - While Salvador Perez came up with the winning hit right after Nori Aoki made the game-saving catch.
Thunder end Spurs’ 19-game win streak
OKLAHOMA CITY - Kevin Durant scored 28 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat San Antonio 106-94 on Thursday night, ending the Spurs' winning streak at 19 games.
WSU’s Marshall named AP Coach of the Year
ARLINGTON, Texas - Gregg Marshall, whose Wichita State team was the first to reach the NCAA tournament undefeated in 33 years, has been selected The Associated Press' coach of the year.
Royals head home for opener against White Sox
It will take more than a couple of bitter, one-run defeats in Motown to make the Kansas City Royals feel any less optimistic about what could be a watershed season.
Thursday’s Royals-Tigers game postponed to June due to weather
DETROIT - Brad Ausmus is hoping he'll have a chance to use every position player on his roster before too long - no sense letting backups become rusty at the beginning of the season.
A LITTLE EXTRA
DETROIT - With the Detroit Tigers in a jam after a close play at first base, Brad Ausmus calmly made his way onto the field.
Heat stay on top of Eastern Conference with win over Bucks
MIAMI - LeBron James is dealing with a few aches and pains, which obviously is not the best news for the Miami Heat with two weeks left in the regular season.
Redskins add Jackson with three-year deal
WASHINGTON - The contrast couldn't have been greater for DeSean Jackson.
