Thu, 12/09/2010 - 10:06 by Prince damin
Dallas -- Forward Jere Lehtinen said Wednesday he's retiring after 14 years in the NHL, all of them with the Dallas Stars.
Lehtinen, who became a free agent after last season, hadn't caught on with a squad this year. The 37-year-old Finn released his retirement announcement through the Stars, who drafted him in 1992 when the team was still in Minnesota.
"It's a tough decision due to the fact that you play hockey your entire life and then must decide to stop playing," he said. "The memories I have playing in Dallas will never be forgotten and I will always be proud of the fact that I finished my career where it started."
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Thu, 12/02/2010 - 10:35 by Prince damin
Cleveland -- The Cleveland Cavaliers suspect the Miami Heat broke NBA anti-tampering rules while wooing free agent forward LeBron James, Yahoo! Sports reported Wednesday.
Citing "league sources" it did not name, the Web site said Cavs owner Dan Gilbert has hired a law firm to investigate his suspicions that Heat President Pat Riley and star player Dwyane Wade talked to James about joining them well before the July 1 start of the NBA free agency period.
The Heat signed James and former Toronto forward Chris Bosh prior to the start of the 2010-11 season in an unprecedented assembling of NBA free agent star power.
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Mon, 11/29/2010 - 09:33 by Prince damin
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Leslie Nielsen, who morphed from dramatic to comedic actor late in his career, died in Florida Sunday after a bout with pneumonia, his agent said. He was 84.
His agent said Nielsen, perhaps best-remembered for his deadpan deliveries in "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun," was with his "lovely wife and friends" when he died at a hospital near his Fort Lauderdale home at 5:34 p.m., People magazine reported.
"Just in this last 48 hours, the infection has gotten too much," his nephew Doug Nielsen told radio station CKNW in Vancouver, British Columbia. "He just fell asleep and passed away."
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Mon, 11/15/2010 - 23:55 by Prince damin
Miami -- Teenage Cuban baseball star Yasiel Balaguer has defected to Nicaragua with an eye to making it to the U.S. major leagues, his agent said.
Balaguer left Cuba several days ago and is expected to initiate the process of becoming a free agent, an important step for Cubans who want to play in the big leagues.
The 17-year-old Balaguer, a center fielder, has played on Cuban teams in international tournaments. He was a starter for the Cuban club in the World Junior Baseball Championship in Ontario this past summer, El Nuevo Herald reported.
Balaguer is represented by Carlos Perez, president of Miami Sports, an agency that manages the careers of a number of other players from Cuba, the newspaper said.
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Fri, 11/12/2010 - 09:44 by Prince damin
Newark, N.J. -- Butch Patrick's agent says the former child star of the classic sitcom "The Munsters" is being treated for drug and alcohol addiction at a New Jersey rehab.
Patrick, 57, played Eddie Munster on the iconic 1960s show.
He checked into an undisclosed facility "to deal with a lifetime problem of substance abuse," his agent, Jodi Ritzen, told People.com Thursday.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:52 by Prince damin
Houston -- The Houston Texans have signed quarterback Matt Leinart two days after he was cut by the Arizona Cardinals, the signal-caller's agent said Monday.
Agent Tom Condon told The Houston Chronicle that Leinart has inked a 1-year contract with the Texans after the 27-year-old was let go by the Cardinals, for whom he had played his entire career.
Leinart had been expected to inherit the Cardinals' role following the retirement of Kurt Warner, but the defending NFC West champs instead opted for former Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson and released Leinart, a former Heisman Trophy winner at Southern California.
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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 10:19 by Prince damin
Washington -- Washington Nationals outfielder Josh Willingham will likely miss the rest of the season following knee surgery, his agent said Tuesday.
Matt Sosnick told The Washington Post Willingham will undergo surgery to repair his left knee after battling pain since the all-star break.
"It's almost a certainty he's going to have season-ending surgery next week," Sosnick said. "They want him to clean it up so he can come in fresh for the season next year."
Willingham was enjoying his best season as a professional through July 4, when he was hitting .282. He had a .413 on-base percentage, a .513 slugging percentage and 15 home runs in 263 at-bats.
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Thu, 06/17/2010 - 10:36 by Pankaj Damin
Columbus, Ohio -- A California woman who flew into an Ohio airport in a chartered jet with 13 suitcases had more than 500 pounds of marijuana in her luggage, investigators say.
Lisette Lee, 28, of Beverly Hills appeared in federal court Tuesday wearing a prison jumpsuit, handcuffs and leg chains, The Columbus Dispatch reported. A bail hearing was postponed until Friday to give her family time to travel from California.
A complaint filed by the Drug Enforcement Administration said agents in Los Angeles passed on a tip to their colleagues in Columbus. They said Lee was making frequent flights to Columbus with an unusual amount of luggage.
Her luggage was searched Monday evening when she arrived at Port Columbus and she was arrested.
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Sat, 06/12/2010 - 09:23 by Natalie James
The battle over late actor Gary Coleman's fortune took an interesting twist yesterday after a third will surfaced which names a mystery woman. According to the latest will, an old friend of Gary stands to inherit everything, according to multiple media reports.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 15:27 by Kimberly Reid
Real estate agents are thought to be almost indispensable for property transactions. While you may assume that your property is in safe hands, there could be conflicting interests you’re unaware of.
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