Monk Misses Hall of Fame Cut
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Art Monk fails in his seventh bid to gain entry into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, but voters elect former Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin into the Hall. Former NFL commissioner Paul Taglabue falls short of the Hall as well.
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Twice league MVP Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was ruled out the NBA All-Star game because of a sore shoulder on Monday.
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Actress Bitty Schram and "Monk" have parted ways. The critically acclaimed USA Network program that stars Tony Shalhoub as an obsessive-compulsive private eye, is removing Schram's character, Monk's personal nurse.
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WALTHAM -- He hasn't played since Dec. 20. An injury that initially was diagnosed to keep him out 2-3 weeks is now on week six and likely will stretch to seven before he plays another game. Any wonder Paul Pierce felt a bit isolated as he watched his team drop 20 of 22 games in his absence?
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The 44 selectors today will cut the 17 finalists to seven, then choose at least four - and a maximum of seven - for induction into the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. To be elected, a finalist must receive a minimum of 80 percent of the votes. Enshrinement will be Aug. 2.
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Former major champion Steve Elkington celebrated on Monday but Mark O'Meara and John Daly missed out on qualifying for next week's U.S. Open.
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Former Redskins Art Monk and Darrell Green are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday as members of a six-person class.
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Former Patriots linebacker Andre Tippett was part of the final group under consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, but he didn't make the cut. Will this year be different?
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Celebrated former cornerback Darrell Green and wide receiver Art Monk enter football's pantheon.
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Goose Gossage waited a long time to get into the Hall of Fame.
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WOBURN, England  - Ryder Cup hero Colin  Montgomerie came down to earth with a bump when he missed the  cut at The Heritage on Friday.
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No one was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Ron Santo, Jim Kaat and all the other candidates were left out Tuesday
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Colombo: Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka today called off their agitation against a concert featuring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan here after organisers gave a written apology for holding the event on the death anniversary of a popular priest.
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After the 2001 season, Curtis Leskanic had surgery to repair a rotator cuff tear on his right shoulder -- one season after the veteran reliever had been named the Milwaukee Brewers' Newcomer of the Year. The righthander did not pitch in the major leagues in 2002, after aggravating the shoulder at the Double A level.
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For years, members of the Baseball Writers Association of America have been criticized by ex-players for not voting in enough candidates to the Hall of Fame. So for the third consecutive time, when current Hall of Famers had the chance to vote on second-chance candidates as part of the Veterans Committee, what happened? Again, nobody made it.
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Names Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown was fined $35,000 by the NBA yesterday for criticizing officials after a loss to Minnesota Monday. Following Detroit's 86-83 loss, Brown complained that goaltending wasn't called when Minnesota's Eddie Griffin blocked a layup attempt by Carlos Arroyo with 25 seconds left. He also said the Timberwolves should have been whistled several times for over-the-back ...
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NEW YORK  - The hit USA Network series  "Monk" is losing Bitty Schram, the Golden Globe-nominated  sidekick to series star Tony Shalhoub.