'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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Brad Stevens is amused by all this talk of parity in the NCAA tournament.

The major college football members will meet in Atlanta on Friday to discuss the departure of the seven basketball schools that are planning to leave the conference and create a new league.
Miami Hurricanes center Julian Gamble learned about his team's latest ranking when he received a flurry of phone messages, including one from his mother in North Carolina.

Mike Shanahan is not giving up on the Washington Redskins' spiraling season. He does not plan to play young players for the sake of evaluation, and he still prioritizes winning above all else.

This was the decade of Alexander Semin. He spent over 10 years as Washington Capitals property, from the draft in 2002 until Thursday's signing with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Rest easy, Colts fans. The Andrew Luck era can now officially begin.

Mitt Romney is dispatching a gallery of rivals, none of whom has ever looked particularly presidential. Can anyone actually say out loud, without a wince, "President Gingrich"? Or "President Paul" (who sounds more like a pope than a president), or "President Santorum"? Nice guys, maybe, but we know where nice guys finish.
Cam Newton didn't beat Tampa Bay single-handedly. It just seemed like it.

Cam Newton stood in the corner of the end zone and pantomimed ripping open the chest of his shirt while fans showered him with cheers. It's his trademark touchdown celebration, one that NFL teams are quickly getting used to seeing from the league's most dynamic rookie. Newton mimics how Clark Kent reveals the Superman costume, with that unforgettable "S," under his dress shirt.
Cam Ward made 36 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes got their offense going in a 4-0 preseason victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night.

For the better part of two decades, the backbone of Virginia Tech's football program was defense. Appropriately enough, that unit ensured Frank Beamer earned his 200th victory at his alma mater.
The NFL had hoped Friday's seminar for general managers and other team executives would be spent discussing a labor agreement ratified by both players and owners.

The clinic's paperwork carried a common medical symbol - a snake coiling around a wooden rod. But that simple insignia sparked a rumor in Nairobi's largest slum: The U.S.-funded clinic was a center for snake worshipping.
The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Ian White from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday in exchange for a draft pick in 2012.
Roughly one week after Brett Sutter was jailed following a bar fight, his father traded him away.