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| UPDATE 1-NHL-Staal brothers power Hurricanes past Maple Leafs Monday, Feb 04, 2013 08:10 PM PST * Carolina's Ward makes season-high 41 saves in win * Maple Leafs had game-trying goal disallowed (Adds quotes and details) TORONTO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Carolina Hurricanes had a pair of goals from the Staal brothers and a stellar performance from goalie Cam Ward to thank for a 4-1 win over the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Carolina erased an early one-goal deficit by dominating the second period, in which they outshot the host Maple Leafs 20-5 and got goals from Eric Staal and younger brother Jordan. ... Full Story | Top |
| LeBron's hot shooting lifts Heat past Bobcats Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:40 PM PST  (Reuters) - LeBron James was at his deadly accurate best as he scored 31 points to help the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat shoot down an inspired Charlotte Bobcats team 99-94 on Monday. James made 13 of his 14 field goal attempts - adding eight assists and eight rebounds to flirt with a triple double - in a red-hot display that allowed the Heat to prevail in a surprisingly competitive test against the struggling Bobcats. ... Full Story | Top |
| Staal brothers power Hurricanes past Maple Leafs Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:37 PM PST  TORONTO (Reuters) - The Carolina Hurricanes had a pair of goals from the Staal brothers and a stellar performance from goalie Cam Ward to thank for a 4-1 victory over the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Carolina erased an early one-goal deficit by dominating the second period, in which they outshot the host Maple Leafs 20-5 and got goals from captain Eric Staal and younger brother Jordan. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 4-NBA results Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:29 PM PST Feb 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Monday (home team in CAPS) INDIANA 111 Chicago 101 PHILADELPHIA 78 Orlando 61 WASHINGTON 98 LA Clippers 90 NY KNICKS 99 Detroit 85 MIAMI 99 Charlotte 94 OKLAHOMA CITY 112 Dallas 91 Portland 100 MINNESOTA 98 Full Story | Top |
| NBA-LeBron's hot shooting lifts Heat past Bobcats Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:28 PM PST Feb 4 (Reuters) - LeBron James was at his deadly accurate best as he scored 31 points to help the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat shoot down an inspired Charlotte Bobcats team 99-94 on Monday. James made 13 of his 14 field goal attempts - adding eight assists and eight rebounds to flirt with a triple double - in a red-hot display that allowed the Heat to prevail in a surprisingly competitive test against the struggling Bobcats. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL results Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:57 PM PST Feb 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Monday (home team in CAPS) Carolina 4 TORONTO 1 Full Story | Top |
| Ravens' Super Bowl win a boon for Vegas profit Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:50 PM PST  (Reuters) - Super Bowl gambling in Nevada rose to a record $98.9 million and the state's sports books cashed in when the Baltimore Ravens upset the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League's (NFL) title game. The value of bets place in Nevada's 183 sports books was 5 percent higher than the $93.9 million wagered on last year's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Nevada sports books kept a combined $7.2 million from Super Bowl bets, or 7.3 percent of the total wagers placed, unaudited figures showed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Investigators expose global soccer fixing scam Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:47 PM PST  THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Hundreds of soccer matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world's most popular sport and a multi-billion dollar industry. About 680 suspicious matches including qualifying games for the World Cup and European Championships, and the Champions League for top European club sides, have been identified in an inquiry by European police forces, the European anti-crime agency Europol, and national prosecutors. "This is a sad day for European football," said Rob Wainwright, director of Europol. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer: Brazilian state fines builders over World Cup stadium faults Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:46 PM PST SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The company in charge of preparing the Mineirao stadium for the 2014 World Cup was fined one million Brazilian reals ($502,900) on Monday for a series of serious shortcomings which became apparent when the stadium was reopened last weekend. The stadium in the state capital Belo Horizonte, also a venue for this year's Confederations Cup, hosted the Cruzeiro-Atletico Mineiro derby on Sunday but problems were identified with access points, car parks, bars and water supply. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL-Ravens' Super Bowl win a boon for Vegas profit Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:27 PM PST Feb 4 (Reuters) - Super Bowl gambling in Nevada rose to a record $98.9 million and the state's sports books cashed in when the Baltimore Ravens upset the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League's (NFL) title game. The value of bets place in Nevada's 183 sports books was 5 percent higher than the $93.9 million wagered on last year's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Nevada sports books kept a combined $7.2 million from Super Bowl bets, or 7.3 percent of the total wagers placed, unaudited figures showed. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 6-Investigators expose global soccer fixing scam Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:27 PM PST (rewrites in part) * World Cup, Champions League matches targeted by Asian ring * Investigation shows scale of problems faced by soccer * FIFA calls for sports, legal authorities to work closely * Singapore police cooperating with Italian investigation THE HAGUE, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of soccer matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world's most popular sport and a multi-billion dollar industry. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday Feb 5 Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:01 PM PST Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - SOCCER European investigators uncover huge soccer match-fixing THE HAGUE - European investigators have uncovered evidence that hundreds of soccer matches at club and national level were fixed around the globe in a scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chrysler takes patriotic road with popular Super Bowl ads Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:56 PM PST  DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC was once again one of the big winners in the Super Bowl ad battle, scoring with a military-themed spot narrated by Oprah Winfrey and another highlighting farmers that underscored the automaker's attempts to rehabilitate its image by playing to viewers' patriotism. The commercials Chrysler aired during Sunday's Super Bowl continued a winning trend that started two years ago with a spot featuring Eminem and last year's popular two-minute ad starring Clint Eastwood. ... Full Story | Top |
| Super Bowl viewer ratings down from a year ago Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:26 PM PST  (Reuters) - Sunday's close Super Bowl contest between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers failed to beat last year's game in total viewers, CBS Corp said on Monday. An average of 108.41 million viewers tuned in, compared with 111.3 million a year ago when the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots on NBC. CBS said it was the third-most-watched program in television history, behind last year's Super Bowl and 2011's match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, which garnered 111 million viewers. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Super Bowl viewer ratings down from a year ago Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:26 PM PST Feb 4 (Reuters) - Sunday's close Super Bowl contest between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers failed to beat last year's game in total viewers, CBS Corp said on Monday. An average of 108.41 million viewers tuned in, compared with 111.3 million a year ago when the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots on NBC. CBS said it was the third-most-watched program in television history, behind last year's Super Bowl and 2011's match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, which garnered 111 million viewers. ... Full Story | Top |
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