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By JOEDY McCREARY, AP Sports Writer January 22, 2008 AP - Jan 22, 10:26 pm EST More Photos RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The New York Islanders kept drawing penalties and scoring goals. When they were in the penalty box, it was tough to tell which team actually had the advantage. The Islanders

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 22, 2008 AP - Jan 22, 10:06 pm EST More Photos NEW YORK (AP) -- Just as they did last spring, the Atlanta Thrashers proved to be the perfect foil for the New York Rangers. A year ago, the Rangers were searching for their first playoff series

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 21, 2008 AP - Jan 21, 5:23 pm EST More Photos UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The way things have gone lately for the slumping Carolina Hurricanes, every win is a masterpiece. Rallying on the road in the third period against a club that hadn't lost when

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By BARRY WILNER, AP Football Writer January 21, 2008 AP - Jan 20, 11:50 pm EST More Photos GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Oh, brother! Eli, the baby of the Manning quarterback clan, finally has arrived. And he's taking the New York Giants on yet another road trip -- to Glendale, Ariz., site

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AP - Jan 20, 8:36 pm EST More Photos NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- John Madden showed the New Jersey Devils exactly what they were missing during his absence. Madden returned to the lineup after sitting out two games, a pair of losses in which the Devils had just one goal in each, and scored twice

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 20, 2008 AP - Jan 20, 3:57 pm EST More Photos NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boston Bruins have not been to the NHL playoffs since 2004, so forgive them if they are already getting into postseason mode a week before the All-Star game. Chuck Kobasew capped

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AP - Jan 20, 2:06 am EST More Photos LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a span of just five nights, the Los Angeles Clippers got the better of Steve Nash and Jason Kidd -- the top two point guards in the NBA -- and sent them out of Staples Center on the losing end. Corey Maggette scored 31 points

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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer January 19, 2008 AP - Jan 19, 10:40 pm EST More Photos MIAMI (AP) -- None of the New York Knicks were expected on South Beach for Dwyane Wade's 26th birthday party Saturday night. They pretty much ruined the mood beforehand, adding to a season of Heat

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AP - Jan 19, 9:43 pm EST More Photos UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Scott Hartnell came to Philadelphia with a ton of expectations. After going without a goal in his first 15 games, Hartnell has made up for lost time. Hartnell's third power-play goal snapped a tie, completed his second New York

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AP - Jan 19, 3:18 pm EST More Photos BOSTON (AP) -- Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals for the Boston Bruins, who rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday. Chuck Kobasew had two goals in regulation for Boston, which led 2-1 through 40 minutes before

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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer January 18, 2008 AP - Jan 18, 8:31 pm EST More Photos WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chatting informally with a group of reporters, Gilbert Arenas mentioned he expects to be ready to return from knee surgery March 1. Earlier in the day, Etan Thomas said he plans

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By ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer January 18, 2008 AP - Jan 18, 9:51 pm EST More Photos PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby badly sprained an ankle while ramming into the boards in the first period, and the Andre Roy-led Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of his absence for

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AP - Jan 18, 8:51 pm EST More Photos NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Radek Dvorak and David Booth scored early in the third period to lift the Florida Panthers to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Backup goalie Craig Anderson made 31 saves

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With 21.5 seconds left to play, Rick Nash pulled one of the most insane moves I've ever seen to lift his Blue Jackets to victory last night over the Phoenix Coyotes."It just seemed like the puck was on a string," Nash said. "I made a couple of dekes and the puck just stayed with me. Pecs made a nice pass up and it was a 1-on-2. We had three guys back, so I figured I might as well try something."

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By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball WriterJanuary 16, 2008 AP - Jan 16, 8:56 pm EST More Photos EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 35 points and hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer, leading New York to a 111-105 victory Wednesday night over the New Jersey Nets that gave

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 16, 2008 AP - Jan 16, 8:52 pm EST More Photos NEW YORK (AP) -- Petr Prucha and Brandon Dubinsky each had a goal and an assist to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory Wednesday night that stretched the Buffalo Sabres' losing streak to 10 games

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By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer January 16, 2008 AP - Jan 16, 8:56 pm EST More Photos NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Rick DiPietro had 37 saves and Bill Guerin scored two goals to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, their fifth win in as

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By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball WriterJanuary 15, 2008 AP - Jan 15, 10:34 pm EST More Photos NEW YORK (AP) -- Two wins in a row is nothing more than a baby step in the NBA. But with the way the Knicks' season has gone, it felt like a giant leap. Jamal Crawford scored 29 points and New

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 15, 2008 AP - Jan 15, 8:52 pm EST More Photos UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Tomas Plekanec scored in each of the first two periods, and Cristobal Huet stopped 17 shots for the Montreal Canadiens, who welcomed the New York Islanders home from a long trip

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Coach Nate McMillan wanted to make LaMarcus Aldridge a bigger part of the Portland Trail Blazers' offense following their double-overtime loss Sunday to the Toronto Raptors. Portland got it's power forward involved early on Monday and it paid off. Aldridge scored 20 points to lead the Trail Blazers to their 18th win in the last 20 games, a 99-73 victory over the New

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have been giving everyone a hard time this season, except for teams in their own division. Evgeni Malkin and Ty Conklin helped changed that, at least for one night. Malkin scored three goals for the second time in 11 days, and Conklin stopped 43 shots to remain unbeaten in regulation as the Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday night. "

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In recent years, goal scoring and television ratings have been the main topics of discussion around the National Hockey League. Mostly, the discussion has been how to increase scoring which will in turn increase ratings (I believe this to be false as any true/old school hockey fan would rather see a 1-0 low-scoring affair with great goaltending and many scoring chances). However, with league

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OTTAWA (AP) -- The New York Islanders were primed to claim their first win in Ottawa in nearly five years. Marc-Andre Bergeron got his second power-play goal of the game early in the third and Mike Comrie scored later in the period, leading the Islanders to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Rick DiPietro made 31 saves for New York, which won its second in a row to finish 2-1-2

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By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer January 13, 2008 IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Tony Romo can go wherever he wants with Jessica Simpson now. Eli Manning and the New York Giants knocked him and the Dallas Cowboys into the offseason Sunday. Having to wait out long, slow drives by Dallas, Manning made his few chances count, throwing two touchdown passes to Amani Toomer and getting a 1-

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By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer January 12, 2008 AP - Jan 12, 10:59 pm EST More Photos BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Even on an off night, Martin Brodeur can come up with the big stops when the New Jersey Devils need them most. Brodeur shook off two fluke first-period goals to stop the final

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By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer January 12, 2008 AP - Jan 12, 8:49 pm EST More Photos NEW YORK (AP) -- The high-flying Montreal Canadiens are the only team that brings out the best in the New York Rangers lately. New York is 2-4-1 in its last seven games, with both wins coming against

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The New York Rangers rocky start to 2008 has dropped them to the Atlantic Division basement. The Rangers lost all five of their games to open the new year and may be in serious trouble in the extremely competitive Atlantic. Henrik Lundqvist, one of the league’s best first-half goaltenders, has appeared mortal of late and the Rangers defense has crumbled under the pressure (21 goals allowed in ‘

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The New Jersey Devils have been red hot of late. The Devils, currently sitting first in the Atlantic Division, have scored 15 goals, are 4-1 (7-2 in their last 9) and have yet to surrender a power play goal since the start of 2008. Credit can be attributed to the reawakening of the Devils offense and the stellar play of goaltender Martin Brodeur. That’s right, I used the term offense in

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Alexander Ovechkin has agreed to a 13-year contract extension with the Washington Capitals worth a record setting $124 million. ESPN is reporting that Ovechin signed the record contract "working out the details himself in negotiations with owner Ted Leonsis and GM George McPhee." "it is believed the structure of the contract will pay Ovechkin 9 million per year for the first six years of the

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ESPN reported that Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings, Ron Wilson of the San Jose Sharks, John Paddock of the Ottawa Senators and Brent Sutter of the New Jersey Devils will comprise the 2008 All-Star game coaching staff. “The league chooses its coaches based on the teams from each conference that have the top points percentages through games of Jan. 4, the midway point of the regular season.

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