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                  as of Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:32:20 GMT

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AP - NFL owners voted unanimously Thursday to break off talks with the
 players' union on a contract extension, leaving the current salary cap
 in place with the start of free agency looming -- and possibly forcing
 the mass dumping of veterans.

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AP - Closer Eric Gagne left the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training
 camp to go home for personal reasons, manager Grady Little said
 Thursday.

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AP - Lawyers for Minnesota Vikings players Daunte Culpepper and Moe
 Williams accused a prosecutor of racial discrimination, saying he
 charged black men but ignored possible crimes by two white men in the
 team's boat party scandal.

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AP - Alexander Johnson broke the game's final tie with 1:06 to play
 Wednesday night, and the Florida State Seminoles beat top-ranked Duke
 79-74, the second time in three years Florida State beat the Blue
 Devils when they were on top of the poll.

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AP - Asked if he thought Bernie Williams would try to take him out at
 second base during the World Baseball Classic, Derek Jeter looked at
 his teammate in a corner of the Yankees' clubhouse. "Better get down,
 buddy!" Jeter said yelled playfully Wednesday, a day before they turn
 in their pinstripes and head to their national teams.

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AP - Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was ordered to stand
 trial on assault charges for allegedly driving a car into three
 teenagers who argued with him following a pickup football game.

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AP - Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade wants another shot at a gold medal.
 Wade said he has accepted an invitation to try out for the U.S.
 basketball team that will compete at the world championships and the
 2008 Olympics.

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AP - On the same day Manny Ramirez finally joined his Red Sox teammates,
 Vladimir Guerrero, Billy Wagner and C.C. Sabathia pulled out of the
 World Baseball Classic.

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AP - Mexico defeated Ghana 1-0 in an exhibition game Wednesday night on
 Guillermo Franco's goal in the 75th minute.

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AP - N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia (7 p.m. EST). Swedish Olympic
 teammates Henrik Lundqvist and Peter Forsberg face each other again.
 The Flyers trail the Rangers for the Atlantic Division lead.

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AP - Teams at 65 schools -- including Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia
 -- failed to meet the NCAA's new academic standards and now face the
 loss of scholarships for their poor grades.

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AP - Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt reached the quarterfinals of the Tennis
 Channel Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jan Hernych on Wednesday.

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AP - David Higgins, Wang Ter-chang, Simon Dyson and Thonchai Jaidee all
 shot 6-under 66s Thursday to share the lead after the first round of
 the Indonesia Open.

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