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PHT: Flyers fall to Caps, slide to bottom of East

PHT: The struggling Flyers had insult added to injury Friday, falling to the bottom of the East in a loss to the Caps that saw Wayne Simmonds sustain a vicious head injury.


Gay nets 20, leads Raps past Clips in debut

TORONTO (AP) - The way Blake Griffin saw it, a sloppy effort by the Los Angeles Clippers only made things easier for Rudy Gay and the fired-up Raptors.

Van Exel's son gets 60 years for murder

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas jury has sentenced the 22-year-old son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel to 60 years in prison in the shooting death of a longtime friend.

Mickelson misses chance for tour 36-hole record

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Phil Mickelson birdied the ninth hole a day too late and missed a chance to break the PGA Tour's 36-hole scoring record when he finished with a double bogey after driving into the water.

CFT: Toomer's Corner poisoned oaks at Auburn to be removed

CFT: In the end, the heroic efforts to save Auburn’s historic trees were for naught. The school announced Friday that the university is planning one final roll of the famed Toomer’s Corner oaks this spring.


Harbaugh brothers could envision working together

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Working separately, John and Jim Harbaugh each guided their team to the Super Bowl. They will be on opposite sidelines Sunday, John as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim with the San Francisco 49ers.

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