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Mancuso wins super-G, Vonn can’t finish (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:03:39 +0000

Julia Mancuso's wait for her first win of the season is over. Lindsey Vonn will have to wait a little longer to break another record. Mancuso won a super-G on Sunday for her first World Cup victory of the season, while Vonn skied off the course and did not finish. It was the first time two different American women have won World Cup races on consecutive days since December 2006, when it was also...

Rodgers wins NFL MVP award in landslide (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:22:46 +0000

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Packers star is the first Green Bay player honored since Brett Favre concluded a run of three straight seasons as MVP in 1997.

Denmon’s late 3s rally Mizzou by Kansas (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:57:43 +0000

After a bunch of off-target games, Marcus Denmon couldn't miss. Especially at the finish. The senior guard hit three 3-pointers in the final 2:05, the last for the go-ahead points, and No. 4 Missouri scored the game's final 11 points to rally past No. 8 Kansas 74-71 in Game 1 of what could be the schools' final border showdown Saturday night.

Parker’s 42 power Spurs over Thunder (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:27:43 +0000

Tony Parker wasn't playing for an All-Star invitation. He made a strong case just the same. Putting together his most dazzling game in three years -- and doing it against the NBA's hottest team, no less -- Parker scored 42 points and became the all-time franchise assists leader for the San Antonio Spurs in a 107-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

Foyt released from Houston hospital (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - NASCAR News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:39 +0000

A.J. Foyt has been released from a hospital in Houston, where he was being treated for complications from knee surgery. The 77-year-old Foyt had knee surgery two weeks ago, and an infection sent him to the hospital Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner said Foyt was released Friday and is still taking antibiotics for the infection.

49ers’ Harbaugh named Coach of the Year (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:23:44 +0000

San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs. In his first season as an NFL coach, Harbaugh guided the 49ers to a 13-3 mark and the NFC West title and the conference championship game. They beat New Orleans in the first round of the playoffs before losing the conference title game to the Giants.

I’ll Have Another wins Lewis Stakes in an upset (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Horse Racing News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:45:34 +0000

With trouble unfolding behind him, 43-1 shot I'll Have Another went on to stunning upset in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, surprising his trainer and owner as much as the bettors. The longest shot in the field of eight 3-year-olds won by 2 3/4 lengths Saturday at Santa Anita, with Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's two colts finishing out of the money.

RB Martin, 4 linemen make Hall of Fame (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:35:44 +0000

Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The star running back with the Patriots and Jets for 11 seasons was one of six players elected Saturday to the shrine. Martin once disliked playing the game, but used it to escape a neighborhood where his grandmother was murdered.

Brees wins offensive player of year (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:34 +0000

Drew Brees' record-setting season has earned the New Orleans quarterback the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. Brees shattered Dan Marino's 27-year-old mark by passing for 5,476 yards, and his 468 completions broke Peyton Manning's 2010 record of 450. Brees finished the season completing 71.6 percent of his passes, breaking his own 2009 NFL record (70.6).

QB Newton named offensive rookie of year (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:29:34 +0000

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. Newton is the second straight No. 1 overall draft pick to take the honor in voting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. Rams QB Sam Bradford won it last year.