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USA Today (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
By Ross D. Franklin, APPhoenix Suns Steve Nash and Shaquille O'Neal and coach Terry Porter complain to a referee during their game with Detroit two weeks ago. The Suns are only 6-4 in their last 10 games.By Paul Coro, The Arizona RepublicOver the Phoenix Suns' past four years, having fun became harder to achieve than wins. Emotion rarely overflowed to stoic faces, even after devastating...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
McCain will return to Senate and seek a fifth termNov 25, 2008 8:14 PM (50 mins ago) By JACQUES BILLEAUD, AP 50 mins ago: McCain will return to Senate and seek a fifth term10 days ago: 314(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers a question during a news conference about getting back to the job in the Senate, at McCain's offices, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, in Phoenix....
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Last updated November 25, 2008 5:14 p.m. PTMcCain will return to Senate and seek a fifth termBy JACQUES BILLEAUDASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERSen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers a question during a news conference about getting back to the job in the Senate, at McCain's offices, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) PHOENIX -- Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that he intends...
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Should the Suns' offense revolve more around Nash or Shaq? (AP/Ross D. Franklin) When the rumors of a Shaq to the Suns trade first made the rounds last February, I posted on my buddy’s Facebook wall, “I GUARANTEE it doesn’t happen.” Shows how much I knew. But the reason I was so sure those crazy rumors were just rumors is because if there ever was a player who was the antithesis of the...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Last updated November 23, 2008 4:49 p.m. PTManning shines, Giants hold off Cardinals 37-29By BOB BAUMAP SPORTS WRITER New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) throws as Arizona Cardinals Adrian Wilson (24) and Karlos Dansby (58) defend during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The New York...
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP Isn’t it amazing? We complain about college football using computers and polls to determine their national champion, and lament the fact that they don’t have a tournament in place. Yet sports like professional basketball do have a playoff tournament in place to determine the champion, and we use computers and formulas to [...]
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
By Keith Srakocic, APRe-elected Congressman John Murtha, D-Pa., who has represented his district for 34 years, greets supporters at his campaign headquarters in Johnstown, Pa., on Election Day, after a fundraising windfall. FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGETen competitive races in which Democrats, all incumbents, had the greatest fundraising advantage in the final days of the campaign:Incumbent, state, districtTotal...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
ROSS D. FRANKLIN Associated Press Coach Mike Singletary took the blame for the fact that the 49ers had two different personnel groups on the field in the final seconds. JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS Bee file, 2008 Offensive coordinator Mike Martz said the officials didn't explain to him that they had changed the spot of the ball before the last play. SANTA CLARA Offensive coordinator Mike Martz...
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Shaq was not pleased about being ejected from a game he was dominating. (AP/Ross D. Franklin) Boom! That’s either the sound of Shaq slamming Rodney Stuckey to the ground or the resonance of the Suns recording their first statement win of the season, 104-86 over the Pistons in a game that was as much a blowout as the final score suggests. The Suns’ opening-night win in San Antonio lost...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Stoudemire, Suns overcome Shaq ejection to beat PistonsDetroit Pistons' Allen Iverson (1) gets past Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)DETROITPHOENIX8610433-83 (.398)41-72 (.569)3-13 (.231)6-12 (.500)17-25 (.680)16-28 (.571)17-439-40181514713728 (1/0)20 (0/0)323DETROITPHOENIXPoints: 19Ast:...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal, back, yells at referee Ken Mauer after Mauer tossed O'Neal out of the game for a flagrant foul in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 in Phoenix.
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The Giants' second-year pitcher wins by a comfortable margin. Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks finishes a distant second. Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award by a comfortable margin today, taking home pitching's highest honor in his second major league season.
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
ROSS D. FRANKLIN AP file, 2007 Head coach Mike Nolan SANTA CLARA Early in 2005, the 49ers hired Mike Nolan to begin rebuilding a franchise that was easily the most talent-starved in the NFL. Three and a half years later, team officials are squinting at the blueprint and scratching their heads. The 49ers still don't have a quarterback of the future, a defensive identity, and, with Nolan...
