- New York Giants like chances of repeating
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AP - Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.
- Belichick: Giving Giants TD gave Pats best chance
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AP - Bill Belichick gave clear instructions to his defensive unit: Let the runner score.
- Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title
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AP - Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test.
- Coughlin plans to be back with Giants in 2012
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AP - Tom Coughlin is looking forward to the parade and a couple weeks off to reflect on the Giants' second championship in five seasons. Then he will begin preparations for defending the title.
- NBA-best Thunder beat Blazers 111-107 in OT
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AP - Kevin Durant had 33 points, including a dunk with 2.9 seconds left in overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 111-107 on Monday night.
- Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC
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AP - For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
- Fans bet $94M on Super Bowl at Nevada casinos
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AP - Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade.
- KBO protest over Orioles poaching schoolboy pitcher
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Reuters - South Korean officials have sent a letter of protest to Major League Baseball (MLB) accusing the Baltimore Orioles of breaking protocols in signing 17-year-old schoolboy pitcher Kim Seong-min.
- Clippers' Billups goes down with Achilles injury, Anthony hurt
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Reuters - Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups was helped off the court after injuring his left Achilles during his team's overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday.
- Mercer beats East Tennessee State 54-46
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AP - Bud Thomas, Langston Hall and Travis Smith scored 11 points each to lead Mercer in a 54-46 victory over East Tennessee State Monday night, its eighth straight win.
- WADA urges Feds to hand over Armstrong info
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AP - The World Anti-Doping Agency urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.
- Ducks beat Flames 3-2 in 8th round of shootout
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AP - Niklas Hagman scored the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout and the Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary 3-2 on Monday night for their 14th straight home victory over the Flames.
- LPGA season begins with more events, optimism
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AP - A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.
- MMA's 'Iron Mike' gets prison in Vegas sex case
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AP - A mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" is going to prison for one to four years for the attempted sexual assault of a woman at his home in April 2010.
- Chavez Jr. retain belt against Rubio
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AP - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. retained the WBC middleweight title Saturday night, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio.
- Foyt released from Houston hospital
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AP - A.J. Foyt has been released from a hospital in Houston, where he was being treated for complications from knee surgery.
- Oly legacy officials to name stadiums after games
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AP - The Olympic Park Legacy Company has started taking bids for naming rights for major stadiums once the 2012 London Olympics are complete.