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Sweet Revenge - Manny Pacquiao finally got the decision he wanted. In his much-hyped rematch with Timothy Bradley, Pac-man got all three judges to declare him the winner. Unlike the first fight in June 2012, that ended in a controversial split decision, Pacquiao dominated Bradley to reclaim his WBO title.(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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Michael Pineda With Mystery Substance on Hand - Michael Pineda struck out seven over six solid innings in the New York Yankees’ 4-1 home victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. However, all anyone could talk about after the game is a pine tar-like substance on the right hand of the Bronx Bombers’ 25-year-old pitcher. Television cameras spotted the slick substance on Pineda’s hand in the third inning, and Red Sox manager John Farrell told ESPN that it wasn’t brought to his attention until the fourth inning. By the fifth inning, Pineda’s hand was wiped clean. Afterwards Pineda told reporters, “I don’t use pine tar. It’s dirt.”(Photos: AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Eli Manning Has Ankle Surgery - The New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning expects to be able to run again in about six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle Thursday, the team announced. Manning sprained his ankle in the final game of the 2013 season against the Washington Redskins.(Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Oscar Pistorius Faces Tough Questioning in Murder Trial - Prosecutor Gerrie Nel questioned former Oscar Pistorius face-to-face about the events before he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her through his bathroom door on Valentine’s Day last year. The Paralympic champion took the stand in his murder trial Thursday in South Africa. Pistorius denies he shot Steenkamp through his bathroom door. "If you spoke to Reeva, the two of you could have taken lots of other steps," Nel said, as reported by The Associated Press. "There was no time," Pistorius answered. "You knew that Reeva was behind the door and you shot at her knowing that she was behind that door," Nel responded. "That's not true, my lady," Pistorius said back to the judge.(Photo: Deaan Vivier - Pool/Getty Images)

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Doc Rivers Says Kevin Durant is MVP, Blake Griffin is Runner-Up - Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers is giving the MVP nod to Kevin Durant, while making sure to represent for his own player, Blake Griffin. "I think second because I'm coaching him," Rivers told ESPN of Griffin. "I think Durant has had the best year. I still think LeBron [James] is still the best player in the NBA but I think Durant has had an MVP year. I don't know who has had a better year. And I honestly think Blake would be right behind him." Griffin is averaging a career-high 24 points and 9.6 rebounds per game to Durant’s 32 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game. James is averaging 27 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per contest.(Photos: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images; Scott Halleran/Getty Images; Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Roger Staubach Says Johnny Manziel Should be No. 1 Pick in NFL Draft - Johnny Manziel already has a co-sign from a Hall of Fame quarterback. Roger Staubach, formerly of the Dallas Cowboys, told the NFL Network earlier this week that he’d tab Manziel with the first selection in the NFL Draft. "I think Manziel is a Russell Wilson-type player," Staubach said. "He doesn't have the height, [but] he has a strong arm and he throws with accuracy. I just think there's something about this kid—the quickness. Today in the league, the quarterbacks can fly. We weren't allowed to do that. I think Manziel is going to be a valuable player in the NFL."(Photos: Elsa/Getty Images; Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

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King James Says KD Has Been "Most Consistent" - When asked whether he thought Kevin Durant was the MVP front-runner entering the final games of the season, LeBron James saluted KD on a solid body of work during this 2013-14 season. "I would say he's the most consistent basketball player as far as the MVP this year, man," James told ESPN on Wednesday. "He's put up some great numbers." Durant is averaging 32 points and 5.6 assists per game to James’ 26.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.4 assists per contest this year. (Photos from left: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images, Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Indiana Pacers Reclaim No. 1 Seed in East - A 104-102 win over the NBA-worst Milwaukee Bucks combined with a Miami Heat 107-102 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night allowed the Indiana Pacers to reclaim the top spot in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers, who rested all five of their starters in the game, were led by Chris Copeland's 18 points. (Photo: AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

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Kansas' Joel Embiid Enters NBA Draft - After posting averages of 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, Kansas’ 7-foot freshman center Joel Embiid has entered his name into the 2014 NBA Draft. ESPN analyst Chris Broussard said that most NBA general managers love him and added that he will be the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 Draft pick if his back is healthy. Embiid, who injured his back in the second half of a February 15 game, says his back is feeling fine. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Kentucky's Julius Randle Disputes NBA Draft Report - There have been reports about Kentucky forward Julius Randle leaving school for the NBA, but the freshman took to his Twitter on Wednesday to set the record straight. “Idk (I don’t know) who reported what but I haven’t made up my mind about the draft yet. Haven’t even talked to my family about it. So it’s all false.” The 6-foot-9-inch, 250-pound forward averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game in helping to lead the Wildcats to the NCAA Championship game, which they lost to UConn on Monday night. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Brandon Spikes Takes Shots at New England Patriots - Buffalo Bills linebacker Brandon Spikes isn’t even waiting for the NFL regular season to begin taking shots at his former team, the New England Patriots. "Great games on the schedule for 2014, but it’s going to be like Christmas to hand the #Patriots #PatriotsNation a L…twice!" Spikes tweeted. "BILLSMAFIA It’s icing on my cake to hand the #Patriots two big L’s this year. #justwatch." Spikes, who spent his first four NFL seasons with the Patriots, even went as far as to tweet, “4 years a slave.” Spikes signed a one-year deal with Buffalo this off-season.(Photos from left: NFL via GettyImages, NFL)

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Commissioner and Team Officials Talked Work Environment - In lieu of last season's infamous bullying scandal involving Miami Dolphins players Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met with NFL union leader DeMaurice Smith and several teams' owners and officials at the league's New York City headquarters to discuss the league's working environment, including coaches setting standards for acceptable behavior and making their players accountable for those standards.(Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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Brooklyn Completes Regular Season Sweep of Miami - Brooklyn Nets forward Mason Plumlee blocked a last-second dunk attempt by LeBron James to help the Nets earn an 88-87 road victory on Tuesday and complete a regular-season sweep of the two-time defending Miami Heat. Can the Nets pull off the same if the squads meet in the playoffs?(Photo: Robert Duyos/Sun Sentinel/MCT/LANDOV)

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Shabazz Napier's Jersey Retired - When Kemba Walker led UConn to a memorable NCAA championship victory in 2011, the program saluted him by inducting his jersey number into their Huskies of Honor Wall. On Tuesday, just a day after leading the Huskies to a national title win, senior guard Shabazz Napier earned the same treatment as UConn retired his No. 13 jersey during a festive pep rally on the school's campus to celebrate the unlikely victory.(Photo: Bill Shettle/Cal Sport Media/CSM/Landov)

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Lawsuit Against Coach Geno Auriemma Dismissed - UConn coach Geno Auriemma has to be feeling great. Not only did he lead his Huskies to a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game on Tuesday, but a lawsuit against him was dismissed. According to the New York Daily News, Kelley Hardwick, the NBA's former director of security, alleged that Auriemma grabbed her and tried to kiss her in Russia during a 2009 basketball tournament. The Huskies have won nine national titles under Auriemma. (Photo: Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

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Steve Nash Passes Mark Jackson on NBA's Assists List - Despite injuring his hamstring against the Houston Rockets Tuesday, Steve Nash was able to slip past Mark Jackson for third on the NBA's all-time assists list. Nash, a former two-time league MVP, may not be able to play in the Los Angeles Lakers' final four games due to his aching hamstring, though. His Lakers fell to the Rockets 145-130.(Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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Ryan Braun Responds to Philly Boos With Three Home Runs - Ryan Braun produced three ways to respond to a hostile Philadelphia crowd on Tuesday. The left fielder had three home runs and seven runs batted in to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-4 victory. Notorious for icy receptions, the Philly crowd booed Braun likely for his 65-game suspension to end the 2013 season after his lying about his involvement in the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug scandal.(Photo: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)

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Jack Nicklaus Still Thinks Tiger Woods Will Break His Record - Tiger Woods hasn't won a major since his 2008 U.S. Open victory, and he is just coming off of back surgery that he had late last month. Still, golf legend Jack Nicklaus, who holds the record of 18 wins in golf's Grand Slam events, believes that Woods (14 major victories) will recover enough to break that mark and get to 19. "I feel very bad for Tiger. He's really worked towards my record," Nicklaus said Tuesday on "Mike & Mike" on ESPN Radio. "I still think he'll break my record."(Photos: Scott Halleran/Getty Images; Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Group Wants to Ban Michael Vick From Training Camp - When the New York Jets open training camp at SUNY Cortland this summer, Michael Vick is expected to be there preparing for his first season with Gang Green. If a group of Cortland residents has their way, Vick won’t be allowed on the school campus. A Change.org petition needing 5,000 signatures to warrant consideration has been started to ban Vick because of his conviction for dogfighting five years ago.  (Photo: Rob Carr/Getty Images)

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Coach Calipari Heading West? - Kentucky coach John Calipari was not having anything to do with rumors of him becoming head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. “I got the best job in the country,” Coach Cal said live on the air to CBS after his Wildcats fell to UConn 60-54 in the NCAA championship on Monday night. “I’m not going to even dignify that stuff.” The rumor started when former Wildcats star and NBA player Rex Chapman tweeted that Calipari coaching the Lakers is a “#DoneDeal.” The Lakers have also shot down these rumors, and Chapman himself said he was just "messin’ ’round." (Photos from left: Jamie Squire/Getty Images, NBA)

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Marcus Smart Announces He Will Enter 2014 NBA Draft - Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart is coming off a whirlwind sophomore season, which included him getting suspended for three games for pushing a Texas Tech fan in February. Still, the star guard believes he has grown enough to enter his name in the 2014 NBA Draft. Smart, who announced his decision to enter the Draft to the The Oklahoman newspaper, averaged 17.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists for Oklahoma State this year.  (Photo: Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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Manhattan College Keeps Steve Masiello as Head Coach - Manhattan College will retain maligned head basketball coach Steve Masiello under the condition that he completes his undergraduate degree at Kentucky, the school announced Monday as reported by ESPN. Last month, Masiello nearly led Manhattan to an upset of Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and was subsequently offered a coaching job with South Florida, but a background check revealed that he had not earned a degree from Kentucky as his resume incorrectly stated. Sources tell ESPN that Masiello will take the classes to earn his degree in the next couple of months. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Mark Jackson Addresses Future as Golden State Warriors Coach - Mark Jackson tells ESPN that his future as head coach of the Golden State Warriors relies solely on wins, and that he is “fine with that.” Reports have surfaced about Jackson’s job possibly being in jeopardy after suspicious moves involving the firing of assistant coach Darren Erman this past Saturday for what the team called a “violation of company policy” and reassigning assistant coach Brian Scalabrine to the team’s D-League before that on March 25 for what Jackson called a “difference in philosophies.” (Photo: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

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Core Four Reunited for Derek Jeter's Final Home Opener - Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera threw ceremonial first pitches to Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada as the Core Four reunited for Jeter’s final home opener with the New York Yankees in the Bronx on Monday. Jeter, who is retiring at the end of the season, hit a double in the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The start of the Yankees' last dynasty began when Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera and Posada all enjoyed their respective Major League debuts with the Yankees in 1995, thus becoming known as the Core Four. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)

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St. Louis Rams in Talks to Trade No. 2 Pick in NFL Draft - CBS Sports is reporting that the St. Louis Rams are having conversations with teams to possibly trade away the second overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft to gain more vital pieces to bolster their squad.(Photo: NFL)

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Johnny Manziel to Meet With The Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans - NFL-bound quarterback Johnny Manziel is expected to meet with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Wednesday and the Houston Texans on April 21 and 22 for pre-draft visits, according to ESPN. The Texans have the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. (Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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Woman Found Dead in Home That Colts Owner Jim Irsay Bought - Two weeks before Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and four counts of possession of a controlled substance last month, the Indianapolis Star is reporting that Kimberly Wundrum died of a suspected drug overdose at a townhouse given to her by Irsay last August. Irsay will likely face more questions from the NFL when he finishes treatment at a rehab facility. (Photo: Joey Foley/Getty Images)

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The Huskies Face the Widcats for the National Title - It all comes down to tonight, when No. 8 Kentucky faces seventh-seeded UConn with the NCAA Championship title on the line. The bracket busting match up pits Kentucky’s youth movement led by Aaron Harrison and his penchant for hitting a game-winning shot — a feat he accomplished against Michigan in the Elite Eight and Wisconsin in the Final Four — against the unwavering Shabazz Napier and the Huskies.(Photos: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Perfect Ending for the Ladies - For the first time in the history of women’s basketball, two undefeated teams will meet for the National Championship when Notre Dame (37-0) faces UConn (39-0) on Tuesday night. Notre Dame crushed Maryland, 87-61, and UConn rallied to a 75-56 win over Stanford in the women’s semifinal games on Sunday.(Photos from left: AP Photo/John Bazemore, AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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J.R. Smith's 3-Point Barrage Not Enough to Beat Miami Heat - New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith attempted an NBA record 22 3-pointers and made 10 of them to set a Knicks record for treys made in a single game. The performance could not prevent the Knicks from falling to the two-time defending champion Miami Heat, 102-91, behind LeBron James’ 38 points on Sunday. The Knicks loss combined with the Atlanta Hawks win drops New York to 1½ games out of the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.(Photo: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Johnny Manziel Meeting With Oakland Raiders - Johnny Football with Raider Nation? Hey, it could happen. NFL.com is reporting that NFL-bound quarterback Johnny Manziel visited the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night and is set to meet again on Monday. The Raiders have the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft. (Photo: AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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NCAA President Mark Emmert Slams Unionization - Just because Northwestern University football players were cleared to unionize doesn’t mean the NCAA thinks it’s a good idea. "To be perfectly frank, the notion of using a union employee model to address the challenges that do exist in intercollegiate athletics is something that strikes most people as a grossly inappropriate solution to the problems," NCAA President Mark Emmert told the Kansas City Star. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Derek Jeter Climbs to 8th All-Time in Hits - The laundry list of accolades in Derek Jeter’s glorious career keeps getting longer. Jeter’s two hits in the New York Yankees 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday gives him 3,320 career hits, which moved him one ahead of Hall of Famer Paul Molitor to be eighth all-time in hits in Major League Baseball. Jeter is now 99 hits behind Carl Yastrzemski, who is seventh all-time in hits. (Photo: Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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Kevin Durant Breaks a Michael Jordan Record - Kevin Durant’s 38 points on Sunday night marked the 41st consecutive game that KD has scored at least 25 points or more. KD surpassed Michael Jordan, who scored at least 25 40-point games in a row during the 1986-87 season. Still, Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder fell to the Phoenix Suns, 122-115. Durant’s reaction to the streak: “I don’t really care about it,” he told ESPN. “I can’t wait until it’s over.” (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Indiana Pacers Fall Apart in Loss to Atlanta Hawks - What’s going on with the Indiana Pacers? The Pacers were trailing the Atlanta Hawks by 32 points at halftime before being embarrassed, 107-88, on Sunday. Making matters worse, Pacers center Roy Hibbert was benched after playing only nine minutes and skipped out on answering reporters’ questions after the game. It’s so bad for Indiana right now that there’s even buzz about head coach Frank Vogel’s job being in jeopardy due to this freefall. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)