Here are your top sports headlines for Monday, April 30, 2012: – Los Angeles Clippers rally from 27 down to shock Memphis Grizzlies 99-98 – Rajon Rondo ejected for bumping into referee – Briere nets winner, Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils in OT – Peyton Manning watches Todd Helton hit pinch-hit grand slam for [...]

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“It’s the most wonderful time, of the year”…NFL playoff time! The 2012 NFL playoff schedule has been set.  We’re almost exactly one month away from Super Bowl 2012, and the playoffs kick off this Saturday, January 7. Wild card weekend begins with a double-header on NBC as two AFC teams and two NFC teams take [...]

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Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two other former football players have filed a lawsuit against the NFL over brain injuries that they say left them struggling with medical issues years after their playing days were over. Lewis and Levens, Fulton Kuykendall, and Ryan Stewart, filed the suit against the National Football League as well as [...]

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The penalty has been assessed.  Ndamukong Suh, the Detroit Lions player who was ejected from the team’s Thanksgiving Day game for stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith of the Green Bay Packers, has been suspended for two games without pay by the NFL. If he starts serving the suspension right away, Suh would miss a road game against [...]

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American Idol season ten runner-up Lauren Alaina sang the National Anthem at the Packers-Lions game on Thanksgiving Day. She got a little bit lost in the middle for just a second, but regained her composure and finished strong. “It’s all about how you finish,” quipped Fox announced Joe Buck afterward. Hey, it could have been a [...]

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Well, Ndamukong Suh can be thankful that he got a little extra rest on Thanksgiving day. The Detroit Lions player was ejected during yesterday’s game against the Green Bay Packers for stomping on a player while he was down. (UPDATE: Suh has been dealt a 2-game suspension) With about 9 minutes left in the third [...]

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Did getting traded to the Philadelphia Eagles save Jerome Harrison‘s life? As team doctors were giving the newly-acquired running back his physical, they found a brain tumor that nullified the deal with the Detroit Lions. If that deal hadn’t been made, Harrison wouldn’t have had a physical. The brain tumor is now being treated, according [...]

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Usually in an NFL game, it’s the players who get a little carried away and start pushing and shoving. After yesterday’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions, though, head coaches Jim Harbaugh (49ers) and Jim Schwartz (Lions) got a little testy and mixed things up. The Niners rallied for a 25-19 [...]

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Now that Hank Williams Jr. has been censored relieved of his duties by ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports will turn to legendary running back Barry Sanders for this week’s Monday Night Football opening segment. No, Sanders won’t be belting out some fancy song and dance number. For now, a preview segment will be shown [...]

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Week 3 of NFL action came at you today, and what a day it was! Torrey Smith exploded out of the gate for the Baltimore Ravens as the rookie set an NFL record, scoring touchdowns on each of his first three NFL receptions. The Ravens went up 21-0 in the first quarter and never looked [...]

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It’s the end of December which means that the NFL’s version of the All-Star Game is just one month away. Today, the 2011 Pro Bowl roster was announced, and there are some familiar faces along with a few surprises. What Pro Bowl would be complete with Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who returns for a [...]

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Just two weeks after he was benched in the waning minutes of a loss to the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins have signed quarterback Donovan McNabb to a five-year contract extension worth $78 million. The timing couldn’t have been better as the Skins are about to face McNabb’s former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, on Monday [...]

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