Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Football turns to helmet technology to tackle head injuries
BOSTON (Reuters) – As Americans grow more aware of the risk
of brain injury tied to football – the country’s most popular
sport – players and coaches are experimenting with the latest
technology in a bid to make the game safer. Advances in
training have led to bigger, faster players who have made the
high-impact sport more dangerous, particularly at the college
and professional level.
Red-hot Thunder clinch playoff berth, Celtics blast Heat
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Djokovic beats Murray to win Miami title
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (Reuters) – World number one Novak
Djokovic defeated Britain’s Andy Murray 6-1 7-6 to win the Sony
Ericsson Open for the second consecutive year on Sunday.
Djokovic’s victory was his third at Miami, avenged his 2009
loss to Murray here at Crandon Park and confirmed his status as
the top player in the men’s game.
Eyes under the basket for Kentucky vs Kansas
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When Kentucky faces Kansas in the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title game on
Monday in the Superdome all eyes should be focused squarely in
the paint. There will be elbows flying, jump hooks,
jaw-dropping blocks and an overall level of physical play
rarely seen in the college game.
Calipari offers solutions to ”one and done”
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The master of the so-called
one-and-done, Kentucky coach John Calipari has a solution for
keeping the nation’s best basketball players in college for
more than a single season before jumping to the National
Basketball Association (NBA). Calipari believes schools should
take care of disability insurance, which currently the players
have to pay, and that the NBA should give some credit to
students who stay in school.
Knicks brush off Lin blow to overcome Cavaliers
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American Mahan wins Houston Open by one shot
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Evergreen Moyer can set MLB record with a win
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New Mexico crews working to recover body of
ultra-marathoner Micah True
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99-1 shot Hero Of Order wins Louisiana Derby
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