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Soothing fears on the Bears’ defense

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I'll admit I was a bit groggy by the time I posted Monday night's Observation deck on the Chicago Bears ' 41-13 loss to the New York Giants . My general impression of the Bears' defense was pretty neutral, especially on a night when the opponent rang up 41 points, and I wrote as much

Photo: Hazing is alive and well at Tennessee Titans camp

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Fear not, lovers of rookies carrying pads and being forced to sing showtunes at team meetings; despite reports to the contrary, NFL rookie hazing is not dead yet. The Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars were among teams this season to ban the time-honored tradition of veterans hazing rookies

Madison Square Garden stock falls amid lockout fears

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Madison Square Garden has taken a hit in the stock market due to the continued NBA lockout, and could this mean good things for players looking to soften the NBA's hard-line stance? In a must-read column from Tuesday , SI.com's Sam Amick detailed a slim hope that the NBA's players have regarding a potential rift between NBA owners.

DTotD: Player slaps linesman for getting him sent off

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Nobody likes a snitch. Even if it's your job to do so, Montevideo defender Diogo will slap you across the face for snitching on him, as he did to one linesman in the final minutes of his side's 1-0 loss to Danubio in the Uruguay Primera Division. Getting frustrated with an opponent's time-wasting tactics in the corner, Diogo kicked out at him right in front of the linesman, who alerted the ref and get Diogo sent off.

Video: Ben Revere channels Willie and Bo during great wall grab

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Dustin Parkes did the math over on The Score and it works out like this.

Chatting with Flyers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky about Bryzgalov, trading Carter/Richards, Pronger as captain and life as newlywed

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At the start of last season, Sergei Bobrvosky was the great goaltending hope for the Philadelphia Flyers , outplaying Marc-Andre Fleury in his NHL debut and eventually placing seventh in the Calder Trophy voting for rookie of the year.

Deion Sanders Jr. enters the rap game with major “swag”

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Everyone knows Deion Sanders is quite a character . Now we know his son is, too. For the second time in as many months, Deion Sanders Jr.

Not quite a mass migration, but NBA players are slowly trickling overseas

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Kobe Bryant hasn't put pen to paper. Dwyane Wade is nowhere to be found. Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh are appearing on 'Law and Order ,' and Kevin Love has taken up pro volleyball

NFC North chat alert

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Two weeks into the preseason. Two weeks left.

With the racin’ done, the repavin’ begins at Michigan

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Well, that didn't take long: just hours after racing concluded at Michigan International Speedway , crews began taking down the SAFER barriers around the two-mile oval to prepare for the upcoming track repave.