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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.

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