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For the fourth consecutive year, all 16 games of the NFL’s Kickoff Weekend have sold out in advance of the local TV blackout deadline, enabling every game to be televised in the home-team market, the NFL announced Saturday.
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Baseball News from L.A. Times
L.A. takes over lead in the NL West by pounding Brandon Webb again. Manny Ramirez has five RBIs in the Dodgers‘ seventh win in a row.
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I am a D-Backs fan and this weekend’s series against the Los Angeles Dodgers was supposed to be our “coming out party”, our chance to show that we belong in 1st place.  Unfortunately, the teams & players don’t agree with me as evidenced by the Arizona Diamondbacks failure to keep 1st place in their division after two …

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New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka alleged on Friday that Washington Redskins tackle Chris Samuels made a dirty play when he fell on the back of his ankle after being beaten on a pass rush on the final play of the NFL season opener.
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NASCAR News from ThatsRacin.com
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Tony Stewart and Joey Logano will not be on probation in the NASCAR Nationwide Series after all.
A three-man panel of the National Stock Car Racing Commission issued a decision Wednesday rescinding the probation handed down to the drivers after the Joe Gibbs Racing team was caught trying to manipulate an engine horsepower test following the Nationwide race at Michigan last month.
The team used magnets under the gas pedals of the Nos. 20 and 18 JGR Toyotas in an attempt to keep NASCAR from …

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Clint Bowyer has it. David Ragan and Kasey Kahne both want it. One race, one night and only one will go home happy.
Boiled down to its bones, that’s the story for Saturday night’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
Bowyer, Ragan and Kahne may not figure in who wins the 26th race of the 2008 Sprint Cup season, but going in they are the main players in the event’s central drama – the battle for the final spot in this year’s Chase for the …

Baseball News from L.A. Times
Santana gets his 15th victory while giving up one run and striking out eight in 71/3 innings. Matthews Jr. collects four hits in the leadoff spot.
DETROIT — You remember Gary Matthews Jr. Switch-hitter. Pretty good center fielder. Used to play for the Angels.
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Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career,retired from the NFL on Thursday.
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This is truly a sad ending to what looked like a brilliant career for Daunte Culpepper.   Drafted by the Vikings and teamed w/ Randy Moss, Culpepper looked like he could take over the league as the top quarterback.  Unfortunately, injuries caught up with him and he was never able to recover.
Stuck in Miami the past few years and not allowed to compete …

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Chad Johnson Updates…
Ocho Cinco continues to defy the odds… now he has to PAY for all the “Chad Johnson #85″ jerseys before they’ll print the “Ocho Cinco #85″ jerseys.  From what I’ve heard recently, this doesn’t look like it is going to move forward very quickly (if at all).
Reports this week regarding Chad Johnson continue to get more interesting & bizarre.  The Bengals are playing in Dallas this weekend against the Cowboys and Johnson is spouting his mouth off ahead of the big match-up.  Apparently, …

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Kyle Boller was placed on injured reserve Wednesday by the Baltimore Ravens, ending his season and raising the question of whether the quarterback will throw another pass for the team.
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Ouch… What a way to go out w/ a bang. First, Boller has to compete for the starting job w/ Troy Smith and Flacco, and now he might be done w/ the Ravens after injuring his shoulder. Baltimore is lucky to have Flacco at this point, because both Boller and Smith have been …

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Penske Racing is officially announcing today that David Stremme will take over in the No. 12 Dodges in 2009.
Stremme, 31, will replace Ryan Newman, the 2008 Daytona 500 champion, who is leaving to drive the No. 39 Chevrolets for Stewart-Haas Racing next season.
Stremme has made 75 career Sprint Cup starts, driving full seasons in 2006 and 2007 for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. His best career finish has been an eighth at Talladega in 2006.
Stremme has also made 125 starts in the Nationwide Series. He’s driving …

Baseball News from L.A. Times
Manny Ramirez, Andre Ethier, Blake DeWitt hit home runs to back up Clayton Kershaw in 8-4 win. Dodgers are 11/2 games out of first place.
Clayton Kershaw heard a voice call his name from halfway down the locker room.
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Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot while waiting for some women outside an apartment early Tuesday and sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro and Ryan Miller, the masked man of the Buffalo Sabres, will conduct an interactive question and answer session Wednesday, Sept. 3, between 4 and 5 p.m. at the NHL Powered by Reebok store in New York, locat…
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Baseball News from L.A. Times
The Angels’ successful system has become the envy of their AL West division rivals, who are working to retool and become competitive again.
The Angels have turned baseball’s proud parity into an American League West parody.
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The Louisiana Superdome, for now still scheduled to host an NFL regular-season opener Sunday between the Saints and Buccaneers, appeared to be in good condition after the worst of Hurricane Gustav had passed, the stadium’s operator said.
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The residents of New Orleans have been allowed to return home, and with that comes hope that the Superdome will play host to the first game of the season for the Saints.  Hurricane Gustav passed through Louisiana on Monday (& continued North), but left the area in much …