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		<title>Timing for memorabilia auction is 40th anniversary of Flood&#8217;s challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Curt Flood auction offers pieces of history

ST. LOUIS — Earlier this year, Bob Gibson auctioned off his Hall of Fame ring. This month, there&#8217;s a price tag on the base Lou Brock touched to break the stolen base record.
Those two have nothing on another St. Louis Cardinals star of the 1960s. Beyond the Gold Gloves, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal appeals court backs judge who ruled against NFL in Vick $16M bonus case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Appeals court agrees Vick can keep $16M in bonuses

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday backed the judge who ruled against the NFL and let quarterback Michael Vick keep more than $16 million in roster bonuses from the Atlanta Falcons.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed Judge David Doty&#8217;s order saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Goodell to seek change in labor law in response to blocked players&#8217; suspensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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APNewsBreak: Goodell to seek change in labor law

WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to ask Congress for legislation that would protect collective bargaining agreements from state law challenges, like the one that led to blocking the suspensions of two players who tested positive for banned substances.
&#8220;We believe that a specific and tailored amendment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL&#8217;s Roger Goodell denies link between head injuries and brain diseases before Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Fendrich</dc:creator>
		
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Goodell denies head injury-brain disease link

WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league&#8217;s policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.
That frustrated several members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the committee chairman, Michigan Democrat John Conyers, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before Congress, NFL&#8217;s Goodell won&#8217;t acknowledge link between head injuries, brain diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Fendrich</dc:creator>
		
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Goodell defends NFL&#8217;s handling of head injuries

WASHINGTON — After testifying for several hours on Capitol Hill and defending how the NFL handles current and retired players with head injuries, commissioner Roger Goodell recalled suffering a concussion himself in high school.
Goodell said outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing room Wednesday that he was injured sliding into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired NFL players seeking to help college players in legal battle with Electronic Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback&#8217;s legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.

Hall of Famers Herb Adderley and Jim Brown asked U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken to let them file the legal document in support of former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families of 17 sailors killed in USS Cole attack want more compensation from Sudan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORFOLK, Va. — The families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole are asking to reopen their lawsuit against Sudan in an effort to seek more money.

Some of the families already received $13 million from frozen Sudanese assets in the United States, but a federal judge in Norfolk, Va., denied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharks deal defensemen Ehrhoff and Lukowich to Vancouver for 2 prospects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for two prospects in a move to create space under the salary cap.

Vancouver also signed 40-year-old free agent defenseman Mathieu Schneider to a one-year contract on Friday. The Canucks are counting on their newest acquisitions to solidify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taming the market: UEFA prepares new rules to control Champions League clubs&#8217; spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Dunbar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONACO — The mantra has been repeated for more than a year: Something must be done to stop the spiraling spending by European soccer clubs.

It could finally happen Friday, when an influential UEFA panel meets to propose new rules for taming soccer&#8217;s wild free market.
Calls for action were heard in earnest after Manchester United and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian hockey league refiles Jiri Hudler&#8217;s contract noting NHL attempts to sign KHL players</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Grant</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — Russia&#8217;s Kontinental Hockey League completed a contract with Detroit Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler on Thursday.

The KHL registered Hudler&#8217;s two-year, $10 million contract in Moscow. A statement from the league cited two NHL teams&#8217; pursuit of players under contract with KHL clubs and a lack of a player transfer agreement between the leagues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Amid looming lockout threat, NFL players hope for victory on Capitol Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Pro football players swept across Capitol Hill on Wednesday and asked lawmakers to take a tough look at owners&#8217; profits as the two sides prepare to decide how to divide their big pot of TV money and other revenues.

During the lobbying visits, the NFL players&#8217; union head urged members of Congress to consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: With threat of lockout looming, NFL players to lobby Capitol Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — NFL players are blitzing Capitol Hill, meeting with about a dozen members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to build political support in a possible labor showdown with team owners.

About 20 current and former players were sitting down with lawmakers Wednesday, fanning out in three teams, following a negotiating session a day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: With threat of lockout looming, NFL players lobby Capitol Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — NFL players swarmed Capitol Hill Wednesday, asking key lawmakers to take a tough look at team owners&#8217; profits as delicate talks begin over how the two sides will divide millions in television revenue.

As part of a daylong series of lobbying visits, the new head of the players union also urged members of Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With threat of lockout looming, NFL players to make union&#8217;s case on Capitol Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As NFL owners and players resume talks on a new collective bargaining agreement, the new union chief and 20 current and retired players plan to meet with members of Congress Wednesday in hopes of building political support to head off a lockout.

In an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, the union head, DeMaurice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR backs drug-testing policy that banned driver Mayfield, while outside experts see flaws</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Pells</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Although NASCAR contends it has the best anti-doping procedures in sports, some experts see flaws in the policy and question whether drivers are getting a fair shake in the lab or a safe ride on the track.

The debate between outfits that run Olympic-style testing programs and leagues that enforce their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rangers deal C Scott Gomez to Canadiens for Higgins and 2 others in 6-player deal.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Podell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Scott Gomez&#8217;s brief New York tenure ended Tuesday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Canadiens as part of a six-player deal.

The key player coming back to New York is forward Chris Higgins, a Long Island native who is set to become a restricted free agent. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Fehr to retire as head of baseball players&#8217; union by March 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Blum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Donald Fehr&#8217;s time in charge of the players&#8217; association will be remembered for a strike that canceled the World Series, explosive growth in salaries and eventually 14 years of labor peace.

To his detractors, the biggest mark was that he presided over a go-slow approach to steroids.
Fehr, who turns 61 next month, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$131M for Ronaldo? European soccer shows American sports counterparts how to wheel and deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Litke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason to love European football: Owners who really wheel and deal.

Over here, people think Mark Cuban is a maverick and that the Yankees throw money around like sheiks. Over there, Cuban would be as controversial as lint, and some of the teams that throw around enough money to turn the Yankees green with envy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European soccer clubs show American sports counterparts how to wheel and deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Litke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason to love European football: Owners who really wheel and deal.

Over here, people think Mark Cuban is a maverick and that the Yankees throw money around like sheiks. Over there, Cuban would be as controversial as lint, and some of the teams that throw around enough money to turn the Yankees green with envy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New NFL union head, Ravens&#8217; player meet with lawmakers to build support for preventing lockout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The new head of the NFL players union and Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth met with key players on another field Thursday — Congress — to build support on Capitol Hill for preventing an owners&#8217; lockout.

DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, held a series of Capitol Hill meetings only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Avalanche make sweeping changes, hire Greg Sherman as GM and fire coach Tony Granato</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche promoted Greg Sherman to general manager and fired coach Tony Granato and five others in a sweeping shakeup Wednesday.

Sherman has spent the last seven years as the team&#8217;s assistant general manager and replaces Francois Giguere, who was fired in April following the team&#8217;s worst finish since moving to Denver in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seat shopping: You can still catch baseball for mere bucks, and the game&#8217;s the same</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/seat-shopping-you-can-still-catch-baseball-for-mere-bucks-and-the-games-the-same-60721/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Mcclam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE — The crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards was so sparse on a recent weeknight, its murmur so low, that you could hear clear across the field when a fan let out a disappointed wail at first pitch: &#8220;Where IS everybody?&#8221;

Yet Section 334, high above home plate, was humming — large groups of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami&#8217;s Pat Riley hoping to get Dwyane Wade signed to extension this summer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/miamis-pat-riley-hoping-to-get-dwyane-wade-signed-to-extension-this-summer-55566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Reynolds</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Pat Riley&#8217;s plan to make the Miami Heat better in 2010 might start with signing Dwyane Wade in 2009.

The Heat president said Wednesday that the team has already broached the topic of getting Wade to extend his contract this summer, instead of waiting for the potentially blockbuster-filled offseason of 2010.
Riley called Wade&#8217;s future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHL loans Coyotes cash for payroll, rent, other expenses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nhl-loans-coyotes-cash-for-payroll-rent-other-expenses-43219/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — The National Hockey League has loaned an unknown amount of money to the Phoenix Coyotes for payroll and rent payments.

The Arizona Republic online edition reported if the team fails to pay its debt, the league can take it over, according to financial records filed with Maricopa County Recorder&#8217;s Office.
The day after the team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richest clubs have the biggest debt, so what&#8217;s going on in the English Premier League?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/richest-clubs-have-the-biggest-debt-so-whats-going-on-in-the-english-premier-league-41893/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Condie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The most successful clubs in soccer&#8217;s richest league have some of the biggest debts in the sport.

A report by British lawmakers last week accused Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea — the top three teams in the Premier League — of &#8220;financial doping,&#8221; or reckless borrowing to maintain their domination.
Five of England&#8217;s 72 lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seahawks move on after removing franchise tag from LB Leroy Hill; sign CB Lucas, FB Griffith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg Bell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RENTON, Wash. — The Seahawks are prepared to move on without starting outside linebacker Leroy Hill.

Seattle brought back veteran cornerback Ken Lucas and signed free-agent fullback Justin Griffith with one-year contracts Monday, about two hours after team president Tim Ruskell said the Seahawks are having &#8220;just conversations&#8221; with Hill&#8217;s agent on a possible long-term deal.
&#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Steelers, seeking cap room, close to new $22 million deal with receiver Hines Ward</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Robinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Wide receiver Hines Ward apparently will get his wish to finish his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ward, about to enter the final season of his contract, agreed Saturday to a contract extension that will pay him a lower salary than the $5.8 million he was to make this season but will make up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL DRAFT: Picks, trades and trends _ let the intrigue begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Wilner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Let&#8217;s forget that Matthew Stafford will wind up in Detroit as the top pick in Saturday&#8217;s NFL draft. And what team will get star receiver Michael Crabtree. And where the six offensive tackles likely to go in the first round will land.

Sure, the draft is all about grabbing new talent, plugging holes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G Jahri Evans, WR Lance Moore formally accept their restricted free-agent offers from Saints</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g-jahri-evans-wr-lance-moore-formally-accept-their-restricted-free-agent-offers-from-saints-37959/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Offensive guard Jahri Evans and wide receiver Lance Moore, restricted free agents during the offseason, have signed one-year contracts with the Saints.

General manager Mickey Loomis made the announcement Friday.
Evans&#8217; contract is worth $2.79 million and Moore&#8217;s is worth $1.55 million.
During the restricted free agency period, other teams could have offered more, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colts restructure Pro Bowl receiver&#8217;s contract to save money</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/colts-restructure-pro-bowl-receivers-contract-to-save-money-36175/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS — Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne has agreed to a restructured contract, which will give the Colts more room under this year&#8217;s salary cap.

Wayne&#8217;s agent, Joby Branion, confirmed the deal was completed but did not provide details about how much Indianapolis would save.
Players frequently restructure contracts by accepting bonuses after agreeing to lower their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: USS Cole victims&#8217; families to get at least $200K after judge unfreezes Sudanese money</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-uss-cole-victims-families-to-get-at-least-200k-after-judge-unfreezes-sudanese-money-32558/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Odell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly nine years after 17 sailors were killed in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole, some relatives of the victims are set to receive at least $200,000 each from Sudan, a lawyer said Tuesday.

The 33 spouses, parents and children of the sailors have fought in court for the compensation for six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indy race car driver Castroneves acquitted of most charges in tax evasion case; 1 count hung</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indy-race-car-driver-castroneves-acquitted-of-most-charges-in-tax-evasion-case-1-count-hung-30379/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Wides-munoz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Indy driver Castroneves acquitted in tax case
MIAMI — Brazilian race car driver and &#8220;Dancing With The Stars&#8221; champ Helio Castroneves was acquitted Friday of most charges that he worked with his sister and lawyer to evade more than $2.3 million in U.S. income taxes.

A federal jury acquitted Castroneves on six counts of tax evasion but [...]]]></description>
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