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University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence, the school announced on Friday.

The winner had been scheduled to be selected Friday after the eight bidders spent two days this week in Rio de Janeiro making final presentations.

THE Football Association have confirmed that John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy until after his racism court trial.

Occupy Boxing is a protest movement. Through blogs, Facebook and Twitter, it's revolutionizing how fans react to the actions of fighters and insiders.

Stuart Broad and James Anderson destroyed Pakistan's top order with the new ball to reduce their opponents to 53 for seven at lunch on day one of the final Test.

Edmonton Oilers' Sam Gagner tied an Oiler team record for most points in a game held by Wayne Gretzky and defenceman Paul Coffey.

Relapse The Dallas Morning News is reporting Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar.

Zach Parise scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally with 2:44 remaining, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night.

After riots at an Egyptian football match left more than 70 people dead and more than 1,000 injured, Fifa, football's world governing body, have demanded a full report into what took place.

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Big goal Flyers' Matt Read celebrates his second-period short-handed goal with teammates Andrej Meszaros and Harry Zolnierczyk against the Nashville Predators at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night.

The Hurricanes, who won all four meetings with the Bruins, are 15-25-9 against the rest of the NHL and are last in the Eastern Conference.

Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum were voted Thursday to the All-Star game , joining Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul to give the city of Los Angeles four starters.

Madonna speaks during a news conference for NFL footbal's Super Bowl XLVI's halftime show Thursday, Feb.

The Denver Broncos quarterback said Thursday he was told the NFL was going to be different than college football.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay plans to meet with Peyton Manning next week, but no decision will be made about the veteran quarterback's future until March at the earliest.

The player on the screen was a 6-foot-4, 246-pound bundle of fury, flying across the field in search of another target to attack.

Michael Ryder and Jamie Benn each had a goal and two assists as the Dallas Stars took a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah's C.J. Miles gets the ball striped by the Clippers defense during first half action of the Jazz versus Clippers game at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Drew Doughty scored a power-play goal with 1 second remaining in the game, lifting the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets Wednesday night after an eight-day break.