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Vanderbilt used to be called the worst team in the Southeastern Conference. Cellar dwellers. The private school that just didn’t belong in a power football league. No more. Vanderbilt won a bowl game for the first time in exactly 53 years, with Bryant Hahnfeldt kicking a 45-yard field goal with 3:26 left Wednesday for a [...]

Free-agent reliever Brian Fuentes and the Los Angeles Angels reached agreement on a two-year, $17.5 million deal Wednesday, giving the AL West champions a replacement for record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez. Fuentes gets $8.5 million next season and $9 million in 2010. There’s a club option for $9 million in 2011.

They were best friends as much as employee and boss. Nothing told that story better than the tears in the eyes of Pat Bowlen and Mike Shanahan as they talked about their sad farewell. “This is as tough as it gets,” Bowlen said Wednesday, his eyes moist, as he explained his day-old decision to fire [...]

Allen Iverson and Tayshaun Prince stepped up for the short-handed Detroit Pistons. Iverson scored 19 points, and Prince added 16 to help the Pistons win their fifth straight game, 83-75 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday. “When any team in the league loses three of their top six guys, things are going to change [...]

The way he’s pouring in the points, Rashard Lewis just might shoot his way into the All-Star game. Lewis set the tone by scoring 16 of his 21 points in the first half and the Orlando Magic rolled over the Chicago Bulls 113-94 for their eighth win in nine games. “Especially in the first half, [...]

Israel postponed all soccer games Wednesday, two days after a missile fired by Hamas militants hit a team’s field just before practice. Minutes before the players of the third-division team were about to begin training at Hapoel Ashkelon’s stadium Monday a rocket exploded in the penalty area. The postponement was made by Israel’s Football Association.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard returned to training Wednesday and received the full support of manager Rafa Benitez, who spoke to the midfielder about his assault charges following a bar brawl. Gerrard is to appear in court in three weeks and faces a potential five-year prison sentence. Liverpool is pursuing its first league title in 19 [...]

It is 20 years since a minor
league club overcame top-flight opposition in the FA Cup but
Blyth Spartans and Barrow have the chance to follow in Sutton’s
giant-killing footsteps in the third round this weekend.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard returned to training Wednesday with little fanfare.

The FA said on Wednesday that
minor league Droylsden’s appeal against their expulsion from the
FA Cup had failed and confirmed that Chesterfield would take
their place to play Ipswich Town in the third round on Saturday.