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Some Pittsburgh-area parents are complaining that students at a largely white high school dressed in banana suits at a basketball game and taunted their majority black rival with racial slurs.

Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles’ 107-102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night.

Kevin Durant came hard off the screen, took the pass and launched a jumper that banked off the glass and through the net.

The two teams square off for the first time since the preseason, when they split two games.

Ohio State’s William Buford saves the ball from going out of bounds as Purdue’s D.J. Byrd watches during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb.

Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on the Celtics’ career scoring list, finishing with 15 points as Boston increased its winning streak to five straight with a 94-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday night.

Martin Brodeur stopped 30 shots for his first shutout of the season and the record 117th of his NHL career, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers 1-0 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive win.

People aren’t quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl.

Owen Nolan, who hasn’t played in the NHL since the 2009-10 season, announced his retirement Tuesday at the San Jose Sharks home rink.

The 34-year-old Williams was a star at the University of Texas and a heralded first-round pick of the New Orleans Saints.

Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew recently said his team’s main offseason priority will be re-signing their own players.

Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion of Switzerland’s 2001 Davis Cup victory against the United States when they meet again in the first round this weekend.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company has started taking bids for naming rights for major stadiums once the 2012 London Olympics are complete.

The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

Niklas Hagman scored the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout and the Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary 2-1 on Monday night for their 14th straight home victory over the Flames.

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.

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, right, moves the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers on February 6, 2012 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots chats with his wife Gisele Bundchen after losing to the New York Giants by a score of 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI Photographer: Rob Carr/Getty Images Sport Copyright Getty Images FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

With a solid performance that included going up against the #4 team in the nation, Thomas Robinson, a 6-9 junior from Kansas, has earned the StatSheet NCAA Player of the Week.

Eli Manning solidified his status as an “elite” quarterback by leading his underdog Giants to a thrilling 21-17 victory over the Patriots and Tom Brady Women throughout the New Orleans area gathered at the New Orleans Riverfront Hilton New Orleans Riverside February 3 to help defeat heart disease at the Peyton Peyton Manning has been cleared to … (more)

According to the Mayo Clinic, longer and less frequent sessions of aerobic exercise do not offer an advantage over shorter, more frequent activity sessions.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, left, turns away after greeting New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin after the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb.

Giants fans snatched up what limited Giants merchandise was left Sunday at the Modell’s store in the Cortlandt Town Center.

Major question marks hang over Fabio Capello’s status as England coach after he spoke out in defence of axed skipper John Terry.

Carey Price made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens ended a three-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

Amazon.com has opened a new Sports Collectibles Store on its site, which began operations on February 2nd.

Miami Heat’s LeBron James prepares to shoot as Toronto Raptors’ Rasual Butler, center, and Jose Calderon, right, defend in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Sunday, Feb.

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, left, deflects a shot by Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Semin on Sunday.

Serena Williams returns a ball to Anastasia Yakimova, of Belarus, during a first-round Fed Cup tennis match in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Feb.

The Celtics’ Rajon Rondo put pressure on the Grizzlies’ Sam Young in the second quarter today as Ray Allen looked on.

It has been one of those years, right? Peyton Manning gets hurt, the Indianapolis Colts go in the tank, we get a month’s worth of Curtis Painter at quarterback, the team goes deeper in the tank, most of the staff gets fired, the New England Patriots reach the Indy Super Bowl and actually practice at the Colts’ West 56th Street facility.

England managed just one wicket with the second new ball, Younus Khan for 127, in the first hour of the third morning at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

The Softbank Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League have signed former major league pitcher Brad Penny to a one-year contract.

The host of “NFL Honors” on NBC was kneeling down when Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow stepped up and showed Baldwin how it’s really done.

Kansas’ Thomas Robinson, center, shoots over Missouri’s Kim English, right, as teammate Phil Pressey, left, looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks for his receiver during the second half of their NFL football game against the Detroit Lio INDIANAPOLIS Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player Saturday, as voted by the Associated Press.

Baltimore outside linebacker Terrell Suggs was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year Saturday, as voted by the Associated Press.

Stafford beat out six other players who received votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league.

Curtis Martin is the fourth-leading rusher in NFL history. He is joined into the American Pro Football Hall of Fame by Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Willie Roaf, Dermontti Dawson, and senior selection Jack Butler.

Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves to record his third shutout of the season, as the Washington Capitals snapped a four-game road skid with a 3-0 victory over Montreal.

Kurtis Foster scored a pair of power-play goals, and the New Jersey Devils held on for a 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 3-pointers and beat No.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves, and Evgeni Malkin had a power-play goal to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Boston Bruins 2-1 Saturday, their ninth win in 10 games.

Georgetown’s Jason Clark, left, and South Florida’s Anthony Collins fight for control of the ball during first half.

ROBIN van Persie smashed a hat-trick as Arsenal thrashed 10-man Blackburn to win in the Barclays Premier League for the first time this year.

In a great day for Canadian skiing, Jan Hudec won a World Cup downhill for a surprising victory while teammate Erik Guay finished third in piercing cold over an icy slope.

After Peyton Manning stole the big stage from his little brother, Eli, all week, the Indianapolis Colts owner tried to resolve the second public spat in two weeks with his star quarterback.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is backing his misfiring strikers to get his side’s title charge back on track.

In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, Yale quarterback Patrick Witt speaks during a news conference in New York.

Andrew Bynum scored 22 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a season-high six-game trip with a 93-89 victory over the weary Denver Nuggets on Friday night.

Blair Jones #19 of the Calgary Flames battle for the puck with Duncan Keith #2 and Ray Emory #30 of the Chicago Blackhawks in first period NHL action on February 3, 2012 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics to a 91-89 win over the struggling New York Knicks on Friday night.

Paul George hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night.

Dwight Howard scored 19 points, had 16 rebounds and blocked eight shots as the Orlando Magic outlasted the Cleveland Cavaliers 102-94 on Friday night.

Luke Ridnour made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:23 left, Nikola Pekovic scored a career-high 27 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Jersey Nets 108-105 on Friday night.

Mark Eaton scored 2:35 into overtime in his 600th NHL game to give the New York Islanders a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night.

Miami Heats’ LeBron James is fouled by Philadelphia 76ers’ Evan Turner in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb.

In this new NFL age of throw first and throw again, it’s easy to forget to first rule of football: Defense wins championships.

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.

You may not remember who won Super Bowl XXIX, you will never forget the frogs. Take a look back at the Budweiser frogs and other Super Bowl commercial favorites.

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.

Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. gestures to the crowd after a Michigan basket in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Indiana, Wednesday, Feb.

Answering who will be the Detroit Tigers DH in 2012 is not an easy thing to do. The Tigers have many candidates, but will need to find the one that is the most effective.

If Fidel Castro were already dead, he might turn over in his grave. At this months Pan American Games, Cuban athletes are refreshing…

The Florida Panthers’ first game following the All-Star break is an important one, as they host the rival Washington Capitals in tonight’s Southeast Division clash at BankAtlantic Center.

Lawyers for England captain John Terry entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday at the first court hearing over allegations the Chelsea star racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.

The Giants defense will do everything it can to pressure Tom Brady. And the way the front four has been playing lately, it’s more a matter of what happens when the pass rush closes in on the Patriots quarterback.

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum, right, scores past the Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan.