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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, charged with murder for what prosecutors say was the execution-style killing of a friend near his house, was denied bail. Hernandez’s lawyer argued that his celebrity status means even if he wanted to flee he couldn’t and that the case against him is circumstantial.

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When a team has a string of bad losses, it can either be the springboard for something great or the catalyst that sends the team into the abyss. Earlier this week, the Phillies had two devastating losses that have fans thinking they may have hit rock bottom.

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‘’I am currently reaching out to the girl’s family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article,’’ Williams said in a statement released through her agent Wednesday. ‘’What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful…

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I don’t know if Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals is going to match up to the thriller that was Game 6, but I sure hope it is. In any event, the rollercoaster that was Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat was arguably one of the best of this generation and maybe of all-time.

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The backside pat former NFL star Chad Johnson gave his lawyer in court was not meant as disrespect to a judge and certainly wasn’t something that warrants a 30-day jail sentence, the attorney said Tuesday in a motion seeking another chance.

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Soledad O’Brien is joining fellow ‘’Today’’ show alum Bryant Gumbel at HBO’s ‘’Real Sports.’’ HBO said Wednesday that O’Brien will be a reporter on the monthly magazine show, which is anchored by Gumbel. Her first story, due this month, is about war veterans who use martial arts to…

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Apparently, Brown’s home run celebration, a low-key martial arts number complete with a high-five with fellow slugger Ryan Howard has some unnamed scouts, opponents and executives a little peeved according to a story in Wednesday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. 

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When the Phillies sent a struggling Domonic Brown back to the minors in 2011 after the big trade for Hunter Pence, the sports talk radio community as well as several local media outlets were calling on the Phillies to trade him.

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I’ve always been a firm believer in the idea that successful athletes not only have the raw ability and the determination to work at bettering themselves in their sport, being in the right place at the right time or having the right people around you…

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For the third time in as many games, the Philadelphia Phillies actually scored enough runs to go along with a solid effort from a starting pitcher. Is it the beginning of the end of their hitting woes?

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