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Jets finish first practice without Revis (AP)
Aug 2nd
The New York Jets have completed their first training camp practice without star cornerback Darrelle Revis. Revis is holding out in a contract dispute and is scheduled to make $1 million in the fourth year of his six-year rookie deal. He wants to be the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback. He is seeking a contract that would surpass the three-year, $45.3 million extension Oakland’s Nnamdi Asomugha…
Haynesworth doesn’t take test again (AP)
Aug 2nd
No conditioning test for Albert Haynesworth once again. The two-time All-Pro defensive tackle did not take the Washington Redskins’ conditioning test for the third straight day Monday. He won’t be allowed to practice until he passes it. Haynesworth failed the test on the first day of training camp Thursday after taking an extended bathroom break in the middle of it.
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Rays’ Shields shuts down A-Rod, Yankees (AP)
Aug 2nd
James Shields picked a nice time to deliver his best performance of the season. The Tampa Bay right-hander worked into the eighth inning Sunday to outpitch CC Sabathia, prolong Alex Rodriguez’s quest for his 600th homer and help the Rays beat the New York Yankees 3-0. “It was one of my better games, no doubt about it,” Shields said after allowing four hits, walking one and striking…
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Biffle gives injured Roush win at Pocono (AP)
Aug 2nd
Always wearing his trademark Panama hat, Jack Roush is as much a fixture in the garage during race weekend as the drivers and crew members.
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Iraq, U.S. offer conflicting July death toll
Aug 2nd
The U.S. disputes Iraqi figures that indicated July was the deadliest month for civilians there since May 2008, saying the actual numbers are less than half reported.
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Patriots WR Welker removed from PUP list (AP)
Aug 2nd
Patriots receiver Wes Welker was removed from the physically unable to perform list and placed on the active roster Sunday, seven months after tearing ligaments in his knee. Welker practiced with the club Sunday morning. Welker was injured early in the final regular-season game against the Houston Texans on Jan.
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Death toll rises to more than 1,100 in Pakistan floods
Aug 2nd
The devastating floods in Pakistan have killed more 1,100 people, government officials say. Another 30,000 people were stranded trying to escape rushing floodwaters.
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Appleby shoots 59 to win Greenbrier by 1 (AP)
Aug 2nd
Stuart Appleby hit golf’s magic number Sunday, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic and become the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the low-round record. The Australian player birdied the final three holes with putts of 15 feet or less to win the tournament by a stroke and get down to 59. He also broke a four-year winless drought, when third-round leader Jeff Overton narrowly missed a long…
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1,000 dead in Pakistan, say officials
Aug 1st
More than 1,000 were dead from flooding in northwest Pakistan, government officials told CNN on Sunday. Another 30,000 people were stranded the U.N. said.
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Jets’ Revis holds out from training camp (AP)
Aug 1st
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is holding out from training camp, locked in a contract dispute with the team. Revis did not report with the rest of the teammates Sunday as they arrived for the start of the camp. Revis did not take the conditioning test with the rest of his teammates at the Jets’ facilities in Florham Park, N.J.
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