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Verizon Wireless to Show NFL Games on Mobile Phones (Update4)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Verizon Wireless won an agreement to show live National Football League games on its mobile phones, expanding its video offerings to lure smartphone customers away from rivals.
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UR looks good with quality guards in tight games
If postseason basketball is all about guard play and tight games, the University of Richmond appears to be in great shape. Spiders junior guard Kevin Anderson on Sunday was named Atlantic 10 Conference player of the year. UR senior guard David Gonzalvez was named to the second team. Each is among UR’s top 10 all-time scorers. Anderson, of Atlanta, has 1,482 points. Gonzalvez, of Marietta, Ga ...
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Games migrate to the social side
The merging of social networks and games is set to dominate this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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Alaska leads Arctic Games medal count
Young athletes from Alaska have taken an early lead in the number of medals won in the first two days of competition at the Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alta.
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Verizon Wireless to Show NFL Games on Mobile Phones (Correct)
(Corrects timing of sponsorship agreement in next-to-last paragraph.) March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Verizon Wireless won an agreement to show live National Football League games on its mobile phones, expanding its video offerings to lure smartphone customers away from rivals.
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Scientific Games Hires Executive
Scientific Games Corporation has announced that Ian Timmis will assume the role of CEO of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
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Bent hat-trick brings Sunderland’s first win in 15 games
LONDON, March 10 — Sunderland secured their first win in 15 Premier League games when they beat Bolton Wanderers 4-0 with a Darren Bent hat-trick while Birmingham City reversed last Saturday’s FA Cup loss at Portsmouth with a 2-1 away win. Sunderland, who were sixth in the league in October, went into Tuesday’s game two places above the relegation zone with their last win coming against Arsenal ...
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Vancouver Games will be remembered with glowing hearts
We have done it. Canada has done it. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games will be remembered “with glowing hearts” for years to come.
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China World Cup mascot factory defends itself
A Chinese factory ordered to stop producing mascots for the World Cup due to allegations of sweatshop conditions defended itself Wednesday, saying its facilities were among the best in China.
Paraguay to play South Africa in World Cup warmup
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Paraguay will face South Africa in a World Cup warm-up match on March 31 in the national capital Asuncion.
Brazil president plans for World Cup final
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is he's so confident of Brazil's chances in the World Cup that he is already planning to be at the final on July 11. "I'm so optimistic that when I was in Mexico with President (Felipe) Calderon and he asked me if I was going to the opening game of the World Cup, I said I'm not going to the opener -- I'm going to the final," Silva...
Weir will skip world championships
Three-time US men's figure skating champion Johnny Weir, sixth at the Vancouver Olympics, will not compete at the World Championships later this month in Italy, he announced Tuesday.
The world championships of America
On his way to the practice range Tuesday at Doral, Padraig Harrington stopped to sign autographs for three fans. One was from Puerto Rico, another from Colombia, the third from Peru. So at least it sounds like a World Golf Championship. And there is little doubt that events like the CA Championship look like a World Golf Championship, with 19 countries represented in a field of 68 players.
Goal.com World Cup 2010 Stadium Guide - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Port Elizabeth has produced a fine stadium, which has been named after one of South Africa’s most famous sons, Nelson Mandela.
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