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Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade (AP)

New  York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy during a ceremony for the NFL football Super Bowl XLVI champions at City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Eli Manning hoisted the Lombardi Trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked that New York City should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple," as thousands of fans crowded lower Manhattan on Tuesday to celebrate the New York Giants' Super Bowl victory amid tons of confetti.




AP Source: Memphis to join Big East (AP)
AP - Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East.

Kershaw and Dodgers agree to $19M, 2-year deal (AP)
AP - NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing next week, agreeing to a $19 million, two-year contract.

Contador may still appeal doping ban, won't retire (AP)

Spanish Cyclist Alberto Contador of Spain gestures during a news conference in Pinto on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)AP - Alberto Contador vowed Tuesday to return to the pinnacle of cycling, maintaining his innocence in the face of a two-year doping ban that stripped the Spanish star of his 2010 Tour de France title.




AP Source: Rangers and Andrus agree to 3-year deal (AP)
AP - Shortstop Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a three-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.

Big Ten exploring 4-team playoff (AP)

In this Oct. 22, 2011, photo, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis, left, talks with football coach Mark Dantonio before an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in East Lansing, Mich. The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look. 'All of the Big Ten athletic directors are comfortable exploring the possibility of a four-team playoff,' Hollis said Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. 'Four is better than two.' (AP Photo/Al Goldis)AP - The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look.




Giants TE Ballard has left ACL tear (AP)
AP - New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday.

Dodgers and ace Kershaw reach two-year deal (Reuters)
Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers have avoided arbitration with National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw by agreeing to a two-year, $19 million contract with the pitcher, the team said on Tuesday.

Clippers lose Billups for season with injury (Reuters)
Reuters - - (Reuters) The Los Angeles Clippers were dealt a blow as starting guard Chauncey Billups was ruled out for the rest of the NBA season with a torn left Achilles tendon, the team said Tuesday. He will also miss this year's London Olympics.

No. 3 Ohio State beats Purdue 87-84 (AP)

Ohio State's Lenzelle Smith Jr. (32) and Purdue's Robbie Hummel (4) reach for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)AP - William Buford scored a career-high 29 points and capped his night with a pivotal dunk in the final minute to power No. 3 Ohio State past hot-shooting Purdue 87-84 on Tuesday.




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