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APNewsBreak: UConn wants to impose own penalties

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men’s basketball tournament.



Phelps using hyperbaric chamber to aid recovery

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Phelps is the latest athlete to use a hyperbaric chamber to aid his recovery from training. The 16-time Olympic medalist said Wednesday he had been sleeping “at 8,000 feet every night” for almost a year. The 26-year-old swimmer noticed he bounced back from workouts better when he trained at altitude, so he’s trying a device that simulates that



Stern: Howard’s future won’t hurt All-Star game

HOUSTON (AP) — NBA Commissioner David Stern doesn’t think Dwight Howard’s uncertain future will overshadow the All-Star game in Orlando in three weeks. The commissioner spoke Wednesday in Houston, where he officially announced that the All-Star Game would be held there in 2013.



Report: Josh Hamilton Visits MLB Doctors

Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton paid a visit to doctors with Major League Baseball and the players’ association in New York, one week after admitting…



Dems recruiting former Giant Carson for House bid

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are recruiting Hall of Fame football player Harry Carson to run for a House seat from New Jersey. A congressional source says the former New York Giants linebacker would challenge five-term Republican Rep.



Spanish federation to sue French TV for Nadal skit

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal. In the video skit on the satirical program called The Puppets, a life-size cartoon figure of Nadal is shown urinating into a gas tank before racing off and being pulled over by police for speeding. A message of “Spanish athletes.