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Eddie Jordan and his Princeton offense were a flop in Philadelphia. Team president and general manager Ed Stefanski fired Jordan last Thursday after one season as coach, saying the Sixers took an “unacceptable” step backward after two straight seasons in the playoffs.

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Now that Donovan McNabb has been traded to the Washington Redskins, the most common thing that you’ll hear from local media types about his legacy in Philadelphia is that he failed to produce a Super Bowl win for the franchise during his 11-year tenure.

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NBA legend Michael Jordan becomes majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats; but can he make them into a winning franchise?

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Iverson’s career, the good and the bad, reminds me of another great sports icon—the New York Yankees Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle. While this comparison will rankle some people, the two men have a lot in common.

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Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 69.

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The Philadelphia 76ers have said goodbye to A.I. Allen Iverson’s second stint with the team he once led to the NBA Finals ended with a whimper last Tuesday when the Sixers announced he would not return for the rest of the season.

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Shani Davis had a card made up that read “underdog,” a motivational ploy he looked at daily to remind him to stay hungry no matter how many pundits predicted gold in the 1,500-meter men’s speed skate.

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Ever wonder how ice skaters find partners, not necessarily for romance, but to train together as dance or pairs skaters? Some are matched and trained early, spotted by ice skating coaches who realized their talent. Some, including Olympic skaters Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur…

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He hails from sub-Saharan Africa, where it does not snow and temperatures average about this time of year.But Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong, dubbed the Snow Leopard, was knee-deep in fresh, cold powder snow two weeks ago as he trained for the upcoming Vancouver Games.

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Tiger Woods spoke publicly Friday for the first time since his bizarre, Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called “the process of making amends” for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months.

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