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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
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It’s your turn, guys. Go ahead.
“Man . . . if I had a chance to play with a quarterback like Peyton Manning,” White begins.
“No, man, Tom Brady, or Donovan McNabb,” said Jenkins.
"Yeah," says White, "quarterbacks who throw on time."
And joining us is Falcons offensive coordinator Greg Knapp.
“We help take the pressure off the quarterback with a running game that forces defenses to put eight defenders in the tackle box,” says Knapp. “Our quarterback still doesn’t complete 50 percent of his passes. Oh well.”
We bring you White, Jenkins and Knapp in the interest of equal time.
We also give you their side so you can throw darts at Michael Vick’s leadership skills. He deserves to look in the mirror.
The past two weeks, against teams with a combined record of 5-13, Vick has thrown four interceptions and four touchdown passes. He has completed 45 percent of his passes. He fumbled to ruin a drive to win against Cleveland last week.
This is after Vick said on HBO he wished he could throw to receivers like Marvin Harrison and play in a pass-first system like Manning.
This is after he smeared his stats in two games — against Pittsburgh and Cincinnati — in the face of his critics and declared, yet again, he had arrived.
Maybe his receivers and his coach should jump in front of a microphone and put him down now that it is apparent they are not the only problems with the 5-4 Falcons.
I’ve had one foot on and one foot off the Vick bandwagon for two years. He makes plays, he makes mistakes. Only my thermometer in November goes up and down more than this guy. Sixty-eight during the day; 43 at night.
The guy plays hurt. He is not afraid to run with it. He’s got arm; he’s got guts. The Falcons have the best run game in the NFL because of Vick.
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A newspaper in Green Bay surveyed eight NFL scouts, and the experts ranked Vick as the seventh-best quarterback in the NFL.
The guy has stirred countless debates in Atlanta. Is it his mechanics, or is it the lack of protection? Is it the receivers or his throwing?
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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