Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson was blunt about how his team handled yesterday's trade deadline.

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Mavericks general manager opens up about trade deadline

While East Carolina’s second season in the American Athletic Conference will feature early road challenges, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium will serve as the Pirates’ primary venue beginning in mid-October, according to a release of the team’s football schedule on Thursday.

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Six bowl qualifiers on 2015 schedule

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was a virtual unknown in the weeks and months before the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine. He had the size and arm strength of an NFL quarterback, but a college career with the Delaware Blue Hens of the NCAA’s less-prolific Football Championship Subdivision meant Flacco lacked the name recognition reserved for players from powerhouse schools.

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NFL Combine Training Programs Give 2015 Draft Prospects A Shot At Stardom

Dave Gettleman wouldn't answer may questions about the status of Hardy, who remains on the commissioner's exempt list while the NFL investigates his domestic violence case.

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Carolina Panthers GM says he hasn't spoken to Greg Hardy: NFL Combine links

The Miami Dolphins, who could be looking for a running back and a tight end in the first two rounds of the draft, met with former Univeristy of Miami stars Duke Johnson and Clive Walford at the NFL Scouting Combine.

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Dolphins meet with ex-UM stars Clive Walford, Duke Johnson

Despite uncertainty and low expectations, the Butler Bulldogs have succeeded under Chris Holtmann, jumping to 15th in the national rankings in December.

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Butler's Holtmann humbled as he thrives in unexpected role as head coach

Green Bay Packers veteran linebacker A.J. Hawk had surgery immediately after the season to remove bone spurs in his ankle, according to a league source.

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Source: Packers LB Hawk had ankle surgery

Pittsburgh had the best record in the Eastern Conference two months ago.

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Brandon Dubinsky's late score guides Blue Jackets past Penguins

The 20th-ranked South Carolina women's tennis team takes on its final non-conference opponent Saturday in Greenville, S.C., when it faces Furman at 11 a.m. at Minor Herndon Mickel Tennis Center

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W. Tennis. Gamecocks Take on Furman in Final Non-Conference Match

Midway through practice for the biggest game of their lives, the Rogers High School basketball players were going through the motions and the emotions, most of them unhealthy. Heads were hanging with every missed shot, every bad pass – every failure – until coach Joel Soter seized the moment to deliver a Presidents Day lesson on basketball as a metaphor for life.

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Rogers High Pirates’ hard work, trust pay off on and off the court – Fri, 20 Feb 2015 PST