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The [Five] NCAA Football Top 25

From Yahoo! Sports: DALLAS (AP)—The Texas Longhorns came into their annual showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners with a quarterback they could trust and a defense playing great under an aggressive new coordinator. Yet even after five solid wins, coach Mack […]

Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and […]

Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts Friday for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn’t want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made […]

The AP is reporting: SAN DIEGO (AP)—Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday. […]

From Yahoo! Sports: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Tony Gonzalez, the most productive tight end in NFL history, will be traded to a contender if the Kansas City Chiefs get the right price. Three people familiar with the situation told The Associated […]

From Yahoo! Sports: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 points, all in the second half, and Brandan Wright added 16 points and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 110-95 Wednesday night. Portland center Greg Oden, the first […]

Jeff Carlton of the AP is reporting: DALLAS (AP)-Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner […]

From Philly.com: Marvin Harrison’s life just got more complicated. The NFL star, who was linked to a springtime North Philadelphia shooting that left one man wounded, is being sued by the alleged victim, Dwight Dixon. Harrison was never charged in […]

Anne M. Peterson of the AP writes: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-Greg Oden announced his delayed arrival to the NBA with a dunk two minutes into the preseason. Oden debuted to a standing ovation, as did the rest of the young Portland […]