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LeBron: “I'm going to stop answering free agent questions”


ORLANDO — If the thought of playing in Miami alongside Dwyane Wade next season had any appeal to LeBron James, it was hard to tell from his comments Wednesday night before his Cavaliers played the Orlando Magic.

Wade started the conversation, but James had no intention of finishing it Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Wade had addressed the issue with reporters in Miami, touching off another frenzy of speculation concerning next summer’s free agent market, which will include both Wade and James.

The two have been friends for years and the Heat will have enough salary cap space to re-sign Wade, along with offering a maximum contact to James, who is expected to be pursued by the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls.

“Me and Dwyane have been friends for 7-8 years, and we’ve talked about a lot of things,” James said Wednesday. “And we’ve both said the one thing is to stay focused on leading our own guys in the right direction. It (playing together) doesn’t come up often.”

“I’m going to stop answering free agent questions until the offseason. I owe it my teammates, myself, my organization to focus on this season.”
- LeBron James James was asked if playing next season in a warm weather city was appealing, and he just shook his head.

“I just want to win,” he said.

James and the Cavs are coming off a trip to new York, where he was peppered by similar questions about his free agent status and playing in Madison Square Garden.

“Those questions don’t bother me, to be honest,” he said. “I go in with one goal and that’s to win the next game.”

James spent five minutes talking with reporters about a variety of other topics, about playing with Shaquille O’Neal, about the status of Delonte West, about losing to the Magic last spring in the conference final.

but when talk returned to his free agent status and whether he would like to play alongside Wade in Miami, he ended the conversation.

“This free agent talk is getting old, it’s getting older. I’m going to stop answering free agent questions until the offseason,” he said. “I owe it my teammates, myself, my organization to focus on this season. This is the last time this season I’m going to answer free agent questions until the end of the season.”

Wade earlier talked at length about the topic. This was the best part, coming from the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

“I mean it’s a longshot, no question about it, it’s a longshot. I mean, I’m in Miami; he’s in Cleveland. He’s been put in a position in Cleveland where he has the opportunity to compete for a championship now. And I’m in Miami, where I’ve won a championship and this is where I love to be. so it’s not like we’re both looking over our shoulders, saying, ‘I want to get out of here.’ It’s a longshot, but, at the end of the day, it is a shot.”

LeBron: “I'm going to stop answering free agent questions”


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Tight end Jeremy Shockey of the New Orleans Saints says he is healthy | NFL

NFL

Shockey declines to talk about what led to his hospital stay: Tight end Jeremy Shockey declined to discuss Saturday what happened in the new Orleans Saints’ weight room that led to his hospitalization may 27.

“I’m not here to talk about what happened a couple of weeks ago. I’m here to talk about today and the upcoming season,” Shockey said. “That was definitely over with a week ago. I’m just happy to be healthy for the most part.”

Saturday marked the first time Shockey had talked to media since he was taken to the hospital.

Saints coach Sean Payton said Friday that Shockey was dehydrated and had low blood sugar when his muscles seized up in the weight room for about a minute, unsettling teammates and sending trainers scrambling to his aid.

Shockey, 29, was able to walk to an ambulance after the episode.

Bills, linebacker Torbor agree on contract: the Buffalo Bills agreed to terms with Reggie Torbor, a little more than a week after the 29-year-old linebacker was cut by the Miami Dolphins. the contract reportedly is for two years.

Torbor, who spent his first four seasons with the new York Giants, can play inside or outside linebacker.

Meanwhile, Bills rookie left tackle Ed Wang of Virginia Tech was carted off the field with a left-leg injury.

Packers player reportedly is investigated for alleged sexual assault: Police in a south-central Wisconsin community say a Green Bay Packers player is under investigation for the alleged sexual assault of two women early Saturday.

Police in Lake Delton, outside of Madison, have not identified the player and say no one has been arrested. Sgt. Gerald Grimsled said officers responded to a Lake Delton condo on a report two women were sexually assaulted.

Grimsled said seven Packers were questioned and all cooperated. he said they were all released but police are still investigating whether one of the players was involved in assaulting the women, who are 31 and 33. That player told investigators the contact with the two women was consensual, Grimsled said.

Grimsled said the six others are not suspected of criminal activity. They are Matthew Flynn, Khalil Jones, Joshua Sitton, Korey Hall, Bradley Jones and Clay Matthews.

Ex-Browns lineman Copeland dies: Jim Copeland, a former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman and ex-Virginia athletic director, died Friday at his Charlottesville, Va., home after a long battle with cancer, school officials said. he was 65.

NHL

Blackhawks seek to regroup after two road losses: When they won the first two games of the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final, the Chicago Blackhawks were soaring.

A trip to Philadelphia brought them back to reality, as the Flyers beat them twice to even the series.

Game 5 is Sunday in Chicago.

The Blackhawks realize they have to adjust — to the Flyers’ speed, to Philly’s rugged defense led by veteran Chris Pronger, to their own inability to get scoring from their top players — or risk losing what they have come this far to achieve.

Bruins sign Seidenberg to extension: Boston signed defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, 28, to a four-year contract extension.

College baseball

Wittels extends streak, but team is eliminated: Florida International shortstop Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 56 games — the same number as Joe DiMaggio’s major-league-record hit streak in 1941 — but the Golden Panthers were eliminated with a 15-9 loss to Dartmouth in the NCAA Coral Gables regional.

Sophomore Wittels hit an RBI double in the first inning, leaving him two games shy of the NCAA Division I record set by Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura in 1987.

Wittels’ quest to surpass Ventura’s record will resume next season.

Wittels went 3 for 5 and finished the season with a .417 average.

Other teams eliminated from NCAA regional play include California and Stanford from the Pac-10. Six Pac-10 teams remain in the tournament field.

Motorcycles

Rossi is injured: Valentino Rossi, nine-time MotoGP world champion, broke his right shin during a crash in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. he had 2 ½ hours of surgery.

Seattle Times news services

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Hanley Ramirez Won't Apologize to Teammates

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MIAMI — Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez defended his play Tuesday and took shots at his manager and teammates, a day after he was pulled from a game for not hustling.

Ramirez, a two-time All-Star and last year’s NL batting champion, wasn’t in manager Fredi Gonzalez’s starting lineup against Arizona. on Monday night, he accidentally kicked a ball and then lightly jogged after it, allowing two runs to score.

“It’s his team. He can do whatever,” Ramirez said, mixing in an expletive. “There’s nothing I can do about it.”

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We got a lot of people dogging it after ground balls. They don’t apologize.

”– Hanley Ramirez to reporters

“That’s OK. He doesn’t understand that. He never played in the big leagues,” he said.

Responded Gonzalez: “He’s right, but I know how to play the game.”

“I played six years in the minor leagues and I know what it takes to play this game and I know the effort it takes to play this game,” he said.

It seemed unlikely Ramirez would say he was sorry.

“We got a lot of people dogging it after ground balls,” he said. “They don’t apologize.”

The trouble for Ramirez started in the first inning Monday night after he fouled a ball off his left shin and was tended to by a trainer. He grounded into a double play and did not run full speed down the line.

Ramirez’s costly misplay came the next inning after Tony Abreu‘s looper fell near him in short left field. Ramirez booted the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and slowly chased it.

“I wasn’t trying to give up,” Ramirez said. “That was the hardest I could go after the ball.”

Ramirez was replaced by Brian Barden an inning after the play. Gonzalez, in his fourth season at Florida’s manager, confirmed Ramirez was yanked for not hustling in the 5-1 loss.

Ramirez is hitting .293 with seven homers and 20 RBIs this year. He is the Marlins’ highest-paid player after signing a $70 million, six-year contract in 2008, and has become the face of a franchise that moves into a new ballpark in 2012.

For all his talent, however, there have been occasions in which some speculated Ramirez didn’t always hustle. nothing ever reached this level, though.

Barden started in place of Ramirez on Tuesday and drove in two runs during an 8-0 win over Arizona. Ramirez, who was on the field for batting practice, didn’t comment after the game.

“It’s our team. I’m just the guy that makes the lineup,” Gonzalez said. “I can’t control everybody going 4 for 4, but you can control the effort.”

Ramirez said he lost some respect for Gonzalez for the episode.

“A little bit. we got 24 more guys out there,” Ramirez said. “Hopefully they can do the same things I can do. They’re wearing the Marlins uniform.”

Veteran infielder Wes Helms hopes Ramirez apologizes to his teammates.

“I can’t overlook it,” Helms said. “I know people say that’s just the way he is, but you know what? That’s not the way it is. That’s not the way the game’s supposed to be played.

“And that’s what we want from Hanley. we want him to be that guy that goes out there every day … and busts his butt and does anything he can for his this team. that right there will earn the respect of not only his teammates, but everybody in the league.”

Teammate Dan Uggla, a two-time All-Star second baseman, supported Gonzalez’s decision.

Last September in a game against the Atlanta Braves, Uggla and Ramirez got into a heated discussion after the star shortstop left a game early with a strained hamstring.

“I think Skip needed to do what he needed to do, which was take Hanley out of the game at that time,” Uggla said. “Does that mean we love Hanley any less? No, we have all made mistakes. We’ve all done things like, ‘Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have done that.’ but you move on, you move forward you get past it.”

Cameron Maybin, who hit a three-run homer Tuesday, also sided with Gonzalez.

“I think if it happened to anybody else in here, I think other teammates would feel the same way about it,” Maybin said. “As long as you are playing hard nobody can really say anything bad about you. we definitely support Fredi’s decision and we thought it was the right decision.”

Gonzalez, who did not want to discuss the Ramirez situation after Tuesday’s win, previously said he hoped the situation doesn’t draw focus from his team.

“If it’s handled the right way, I think it could be good,” he said. “If it’s not, it could be distraction, it could grow into some ugly stuff. but let’s wait and see what happens. Let’s not make a mountain out of a molehill just yet.”

Copyright 2010 by the associated Press

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Kobe Bryant Hits Game Winning Buzzer Beater

With just under 6 minutes left in tonight’s marquee matchup between the league leading LA Lakers and the Miami Heat, the Lakers were up by 9 points. But then Dwyane Wade decided to take over. he was getting to the bucket with ease, feeding his teammates on the perimeter, and threading the needle with passes out of double teams. he single handedly brought the Heat back and even helped them take the lead with under 30 seconds left. But you know what’s coming right?

Kobe Bryant. What else?

With Dwyane Wade draped all over him, down two points, in the Staples Center, Bryant shoots the off balance, fadeaway three pointer. Kobe saves the day. Crowd erupts. Game over.

Check out the replay, this one was even sicker than most. even for Bryant:

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Wang wins 1000 for her third gold medal

World champion Chinese women beat Switzerland to earn bronze in Olympic curling debut

February 26th, 2010 Chinese women beat Swiss for curling bronze medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — for the first time all Olympics, Wang Bingyu and her Chinese teammates let their emotions flow. they cried and they hugged.

Reigning world champion Chinese women earn bronze in first curling Olympics, beat Switzerland

February 26th, 2010 China beats Swiss, bounces back for bronze medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — In the end, Wang Bingyu gave her coach plenty to celebrate: China is going home with some hardware from its first Olympics in curling. Wang, better known as “Betty,” and the reigning world champion Chinese women bounced back from a semifinal loss to defending champion Sweden to earn a bronze medal Friday, beating Switzerland 12-6 in a shortened eight-end match.

Shooting for three: Wang, Zhou both advance in quest for three gold medals at short track

February 26th, 2010 Wang, Zhou both move on in quest for three goldsVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Zhou Yang and Wang Meng of China advanced to the final of women’s 1,000-meter short track Friday night, keeping each of them on track to go for a third gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Zhou set a world record of 1 minute, 29.049 seconds to win her semifinal while barely taking her arm off her back.

A disqualification, a bloodied skater, a surprise medalist _ that’s short-track speedskating

February 25th, 2010 China wins women’s 3,000-meter relay after DQVANCOUVER, British Columbia — a disqualification, a bloodied skater and the American team wins a medal after nearly getting lapped. Just another night at short-track speedskating.

China wins women’s 3,000-meter short track speedskating; S. Korea DQ’d

February 24th, 2010 China wins women’s short track 3,000-meter relayVANCOUVER, British Columbia — South Korea had the Olympic pedigree in the women’s 3,000-meter short track speedskating relay. China had gold medalists Wang Meng and Zhou Yang, and the help of the judges.

Ohno wins in 1,000 short track final; South Korea’s Lee Jung-su earns gold

February 20th, 2010 Ohno wins bronze in 1,000 short track speedskatingVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Trailing the South Koreans and a pair of Canadian brothers, Apolo Anton Ohno had to rally on the last lap to make history. with the gold and silver out of reach, Ohno scooted furiously past brothers Charles and Francois Hamelin to earn a bronze in the short-track 1,000-meter final Saturday night, making him the most decorated U.S.

China’s Zhou Yang easily wins Olympic gold in women’s 1,500 short track

February 20th, 2010 China’s Zhou Yang wins 1,500 short track goldVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Zhou Yang of China easily won the gold medal and set an Olympic record in women’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating. Zhou breezed to the finish line Saturday night in 2 minutes, 16.993 seconds, well ahead of Lee Eun-byul of South Korea, who earned the silver in 2:17.849.

Switzerland’s Ammann takes 1st gold medal of Olympics by winning normal hill ski jump

February 13th, 2010 Ammann wins 1st gold medal of Vancouver OlympicsWHISTLER, British Columbia — Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal winner of the Vancouver Olympics, earning his third Olympic title by winning the normal hill event Saturday. Ammann put down the longest jumps in both rounds for the victory.

Apolo Anton Ohno wins silver in 1,500, ties Bonnie Blair as most decorated US Winter Olympian

February 13th, 2010 Ohno wins silver in 1,500 for 6th Olympic medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Apolo Anton Ohno won the silver medal in the short-track 1,500-meter speedskating final, tying Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian.

Grown-up Reutter is top US hopeful to end women’s short-track medal drought

February 9th, 2010 Reutter top US hopeful in women’s short trackKEARNS, Utah — Katherine Reutter remembers figure skating lessons as a little girl, thinking how much more fun it would be to just cut loose and zip around the rink as fast as she could. so she dumped her figure skates for the longer blades of speedskating and now is one of top short-track racers in the world.

Christine Nesbitt of Canada wins women’s 1,000 at speedskating World Cup

December 13th, 2009 Canada’s Nesbitt wins women’s 1,000 at World CupKEARNS, Utah — Christine Nesbitt of Canada has won the women’s 1,000 meters at the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics. Nesbitt skated the distance in 1 minute, 13.36 seconds Sunday at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Apolo Anton Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World Cup

November 15th, 2009 Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World CupMARQUETTE, Mich. — Apolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics.

Tweddle gives the home crowd what it wanted: a gold medal on floor exercise

October 18th, 2009 Tweddle delights home crowd with gold medalLONDON — Beth Tweddle gave the home crowd what it wanted: a gold medal. Tweddle, Britain’s most famous — and favorite — gymnast, won the title on floor exercise Sunday.

Deng wins balance beam, gives China its 4th title at the world gymnastics championships

October 18th, 2009 another medal for China at gym world championshipsLONDON — Wang Guanyin extended China’s winning streak at the world gymnastics championships, taking the gold on the parallel bars. Wang edged teammate Feng Zhe to give China its fifth gold medal at this worlds.

China’s Qin and Zhang sweep top 2 places in 1-meter springboard diving at swim worlds

July 17th, 2009 Qin wins 1-meter springboard goldROME — Qin Kai and Zhang Xinhua of China swept the top two places in 1-meter springboard diving to open the swimming world championships on Friday. Qin compiled 449 points in the six-dive final.

Wang wins 1000 for her third gold medal


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Canadian men curlers beat Swiss, women lose

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Reigning world champion China silenced the home crowd and handed Cheryl Bernard’s favored Canadian curlers their first Olympic loss 6-5 on Sunday night.

  1. Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead watches her throw in a loss to Switzerland in women’s curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Switzerland’s Janine Greiner, center, and Carmen Kueng look on. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

  2. Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead shouts to her sweepers in a loss to Switzerland in women’s curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

  3. Canada’s skip Cheryl Bernard slides across the ice during a victory over Denmark in women’s curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

  4. Canada skip Kevin Martin smiles at teammates in their victory over Great Britain men’s curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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