Here are your top sports headlines for this Friday, March 16, 2012: – Tampa Bay Rays shave heads for charity – Jim Calhoun’s Huskies go meekly into the night – VCU wreaks NCAA tournament havoc – Crosby’s return a hit on Broadway as Pittsburgh Penguins top the New York Rangers

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The Associated Press has named soccer player Abby Wambach, whose magnificent header in the waning seconds of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals against Brazil led Team USA to an improbable victory, as 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. The soccer forward easily won the award, getting 65 of the 214 votes cast by members of the [...]

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OK, we’ve seen our fair of trick shots over the years, but this is impressive. University of Connecticut football backup QB Johnny McEntee has put together his own trick shot video, showing off his pinpoint accuracy. The UConn sophomore hits targets from long range, while wearing a blindfold, he even uses a football to open [...]

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Jimmer Fredette might be one of the best college basketball players in the country right now.  Sure he missed a dunk last night against Utah, but his best shot of the night came as time expired in the first half. Just as time expired, Fredette nailed a 40-foot buzzer-beater. Overall, the star had 47 points, [...]

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WNBA star Diana Taurasi will appear nude on the cover of ESPN The Magazine‘s 2nd Annual Body Issue, which will hit shelves on Friday. The Phoenix Mercury star’s will grace two magazine covers. One is shown above. The other shot shows a naked Taurasi posing with a basketball, with certain body parts strategically covered up. [...]

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It seems The White House decided it was about time to get a MySpace page. There isn’t much to it, in fact, it doesn’t even say “MySpace” anywhere on the page. The page highlight the latest blog post from the White House, which shows a video clip of President Barack Obama playing basketball with the [...]

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