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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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Move over, Hollywood and NFL types, golf's two real A-listers take center stage Sunday at Pebble Beach, both in need of a win.
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over rival Liverpool that lifted the defending champions to first place in the Premier League on Saturday.
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.
WHEELING, W.Va. - Anybody looking to buy an indoor football team can find one on eBay.
The owners of the Ohio Valley Greyhounds are hoping to save the franchise through the Internet.
The starting bid for the team on the auction site is $100,000. The 10-day listing, which ends Nov. 11, includes an artificial turf field that came from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, helmets and shoulder pads, and office equipment.
"The future of the franchise is definitely in jeopardy,'' managing general partner George Kellas said Tuesday. "I just don't have the time or energy to devote to two full-time jobs.''
Kellas said the Greyhounds will fold if a new owner is not found before Nov. 15, the deadline he has set to sell the team.
He insists the deal is a good one.
"Once you crunch all the numbers, we're basically offering an existing franchise - almost a turnkey operation - for less than the price of starting up an expansion franchise,'' Kellas said.
The eBay listing touts the seven-year-old Wheeling team as "one of America's most successful minor league professional sports franchises.''
But no one had bid as of Wednesday morning.
The Greyhounds won consecutive titles in the National Indoor Football League in 2002 and 2003 and advanced to the conference championship games in 2001 and 2004. But the team struggled this year after moving to the United Indoor Football Association, ending the season 6-11.
Kellas has placed one stipulation in the offering. The new owner must agree to keep the team in Wheeling.
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Kellas said he had tentative verbal deals with two separate buyers but both fell through.
"We're running out of time,'' he said. "The season starts in March so, if anyone buys it, they'll have to be up and running by Dec. 1 at the latest.''
Kellas estimates he has lost $35,000 and his partners a little less.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.