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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies renewed the contract of Ryan Howard on Friday at a price of $900,000. With the deal, Howard becomes the highest paid player with less than two years of service time in major

Falkirk, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With a game in hand and a seven-point deficit to second-placed Rangers, Aberdeen know that if they are to overcome the Glasgow club for second place they need to start putting together some wins.

Allen Park, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions have traded cornerback Dre' Bly and a sixth-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft to the Denver Broncos in exchange for running back Tatum Bell, offensive tackle George Foster and a fifth-r

Duluth, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sidney Spencer poured in 22 points to lead second-ranked Tennessee over South Carolina, 81-63, in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. Alexis Hornbuckle added 17 points and dished out seven assis

Greensboro, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gillian Goring poured in 22 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead 24th-ranked North Carolina State to a 76-49 victory over Florida State in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Confere

Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer has apparently decided to retire rather than accept a trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Denver Post cited an NFL source as saying Plummer would rather ca

Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Belgian Justine Henin and second- seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova will do battle in the final at the $1.34 million Qatar Open. The former world No. 1 Henin was tested by fourth-s

Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Katie Gearlds scored 26 points to lead No. 15 Purdue to an 87-79 win over Wisconsin in overtime in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. Erin Lawless added 15 p

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Kings are ready for a new batch of monarchs to take over. The Kings were big sellers in the trade market this season, but in the process have acquired 21 total picks spanning the next two drafts. Ten of tho

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phoenix is 44-14 and is at the top of the Pacific Division, 11 games ahead of the second place Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns are No. 2 in the West, five games behind the defending conference champion Dallas Maveric