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<p>PACKERS over COWBOYS 26 to 21</p><p>
COLTS over BRONCOS 24 to 13</p><p>
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<p>PATRIOTS over RAVENS 35 to 31</p><p>
SEAHAWKS over RAVENS 31 to 17</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">814</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NFL Scores For Sunday January 4, 2015</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nfl-scores-for-sunday-january-4-2015-r813/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>COLTS over BENGALS 26 to 10</p><p>
COWBOYS over LIONS 24 to 20</p><p>
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<p>BUCKS over KNICKS 95 to 79</p><p>
ROCKETS over THUNDER 112 to 101</p><p>
CAVALIERS over LAKERS 109 to 102</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">812</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NBA Scores For Wednesday January 14, 2015</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nba-scores-for-wednesday-january-14-2015-r811/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>SPURS over HORNETS 98 to 93</p><p>
MAGIC over ROCKETS 120 to 113</p><p>
GRIZZLIES over NETS 103 to 92</p><p>
PELICANS over PISTONS 105 to 94</p><p>
RAPTORS over 76ERS 100 to 84</p><p>
WIZARDS over BULLS 105 to 99</p><p>
HAWKS over CELTICS 105 to 91</p><p>
NUGGETS over MAVERICKS 114 to 107</p><p>
WARRIORS over HEAT 104 to 89</p><p>
CLIPPERS over TRAIL BLAZERS 100 to 94</p><p>
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<p>TIMBERWOLVES over PACERS 110 to 101</p><p>
HAWKS over 76ERS 105 to 87</p><p>
WIZARDS over SPURS 101 to 93</p><p>
SUNS over CAVALIERS 107 to 100</p><p>
WARRIORS over JAZZ 116 to 105</p><p>
MAVERICKS over KINGS 108 to 104</p><p>
HEAT over LAKERS 78 to 75</p><p>
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<p>CELTICS over PELICANS 108 to 100</p><p>
ROCKETS over NETS 113 to 99</p><p>
PISTONS over RAPTORS 114 to 111</p><p>
MAGIC over BULLS 121 to 114</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">809</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NBA Scores For Sunday January 11, 2015</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nba-scores-for-sunday-january-11-2015-r808/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>HAWKS over WIZARDS 120 to 89</p><p>
HEAT over CLIPPERS 104 to 90</p><p>
GRIZZLIES over SUNS 122 to 110</p><p>
KINGS over CAVALIERS 103 to 84</p><p>
TRAIL BLAZERS over LAKERS 106 to 94</p><p>
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<p>HORNETS over KNICKS 110 to 82</p><p>
CLIPPERS over MAVERICKS 120 to 100</p><p>
PISTONS over NETS 98 to 93</p><p>
76ERS over PACERS 93 to 92</p><p>
RAPTORS over CELTICS 109 to 96</p><p>
BULLS over BUCKS 95 to 87</p><p>
ROCKETS over JAZZ 97 to 82</p><p>
SPURS over TIMBERWOLVES 108 to 93</p><p>
TRAIL BLAZERS over MAGIC 103 to 92</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">807</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NBA Scores For Friday January 9, 2015</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nba-scores-for-friday-january-9-2015-r806/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>PACERS over CELTICS 107 to 103</p><p>
76ERS over NETS 90 to 88</p><p>
HAWKS over PISTONS 106 to 103</p><p>
PELICANS over GRIZZLIES 106 to 95</p><p>
THUNDER over JAZZ 99 to 94</p><p>
WIZARDS over BULLS 102 to 86</p><p>
BUCKS over TIMBERWOLVES 98 to 84</p><p>
SPURS over SUNS 100 to 95</p><p>
NUGGETS over KINGS 118 to 108</p><p>
WARRIORS over CAVALIERS 112 to 94</p><p>
LAKERS over MAGIC 101 to 84</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">806</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NBA Scores For Thursday January 8, 2015</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nba-scores-for-thursday-january-8-2015-r805/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>HORNETS over RAPTORS 103 to 95</p><p>
ROCKETS over KNICKS 120 to 96</p><p>
TRAIL BLAZERS over HEAT 99 to 83</p><p>
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<p>HORNETS over PELICANS 98 to 94</p><p>
ROCKETS over CAVALIERS 105 to 93</p><p>
BUCKS over 76ERS 97 to 77</p><p>
WIZARDS over KNICKS 101 to 91</p><p>
HAWKS over GRIZZLIES 96 to 86</p><p>
CELTICS over NETS 89 to 81</p><p>
JAZZ over BULLS 97 to 77</p><p>
PISTONS over MAVERICKS 108 to 95</p><p>
NUGGETS over MAGIC 93 to 90</p><p>
SUNS over TIMBERWOLVES 113 to 111</p><p>
KINGS over THUNDER 104 to 83</p><p>
WARRIORS over PACERS 117 to 102</p><p>
CLIPPERS over LAKERS 114 to 89</p><p>
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<p>SUNS over BUCKS 102 to 96</p><p>
PISTONS over SPURS 105 to 104</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">803</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NHL: Flyers Fined For Traveling During Holiday Break</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nhl-flyers-fined-for-traveling-during-holiday-break-r791/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>The Flyers were fined an undisclosed amount for violating the collective bargaining agreement by traveling during a holiday break, the NHL announced Sunday. Online flight records showed the Flyers took a flight from Philadelphia to Nashville the night of Dec. 26. Players are barred from traveling or practicing from Dec. 24-26 under the latest CBA. Part of that agreement was adding the extra day off over the holidays, which meant that some teams scheduled for games on Dec. 27 would have game-day travel. Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said the team accepted the fine. "The players came to me weeks ago. They wanted to travel the day before as opposed to the day of the game. I talked to them, they said everybody was on board," he said. "Once I went through the whole thought process -- we pay guys a lot of money, we're in the hunt for a playoff spot, we want to give our team every chance to win. If we're not giving them every chance, I'm not sure how fair we're being to the players. We decided to go and accept the consequences."</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">791</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>MLB: Former Giants Player, Stu Miller, Dies At 87</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/mlb-former-giants-player-stu-miller-dies-at-87-r790/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>Stu Miller, the former Giants pitcher who committed perhaps the most famous balk in All-Star Game history, has died. He was 87. The Giants said Monday that Miller died at his home in Cameron Park on Sunday after a brief illness. Miller played 16 years in the majors for the Giants, Cardinals, Phillies, and Braves. He led the National League in ERA in 1958, had the most saves in the NL in 1961 and the American League in 1963 and won a World Series title with Baltimore in 1966. But he is most remembered for his All-Star Game performance at windy Candlestick Park in 1961. He was called for a balk in the ninth inning which helped the AL score the tying run. Miller got the win in extra innings but the headlines the next day proclaimed "Miller Blown off Mound." "The next day in the paper there was a banner headline: 'Miller Blown off Mound,'" he recalled in a 2007 interview with The Associated Press. "They couldn't have made it any bigger. They made it out to be like I was pinned against the center-field fence. It wasn't about Mays scores winning run but 'Miller Blown off Mound.'"</p><p>
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Miller entered the game for the National League trying to protect a 3-2 lead with runners on first and second and one out in the ninth. With Rocky Colavito at the plate, Miller relieved Sandy Koufax. A calm day had turned windy, some of the harshest gusts Miller saw in the three years that Candlestick was his home park while he played for the Giants. He remembered Harvey Haddix chasing his hat around the infield and the flags nearly blowing off the poles. "Just as I was ready to pitch, an extra gust of wind came along and I waved like a tree," he said. "My whole body went back and forth about 2 or 3 inches. The AL bench all hollered balk. I knew it was a balk, but the umpires didn't call it at first. I went ahead and threw the pitch and Colavito swung and missed. The umpire then took off his mask and motioned the runners to second and third." An error by third baseman Ken Boyer allowed the tying run to score. Miller allowed an unearned run in the 10th inning, but he also struck out the side that inning. He ended it by fanning Roger Maris with a runner on third, striking out the man who was on his way to becoming baseball's single-season home run king that year. Miller earned the win when Willie Mays hit an RBI double and scored on Roberto Clemente's single in the bottom of the 10th. But it was the balk that became the defining moment in his career. "I guess that's better than 'Stu Who?'" he said. "I'd rather be remembered for something." Miller played for both the New York and Giants from 1957-62, winning the NL ERA title in 1958. He also led the NL in saves with 17 in 1961 when he was picked as the Sporting News Fireman of the Year. "The passing of Stu Miller brings great sadness to our organization," Giants president and CEO Larry Baer said. "Stu had a long and distinguished career with some of his best seasons coming in a Giants uniform. We express our deepest condolences to his family and will have them in our thoughts and prayers." He finished his career with a 105-103 record, 154 saves and a 3.24 ERA in 704 lifetime appearances. He led the AL in saves with 27 for the Orioles in 1963. Miller is survived by his wife, Jayne, daughters Lori and Kim, sons Scott, Marc, Gary and Matthew, and his five grandchildren.</p><p>
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<p>The Rockies bolstered their defense and provided their young pitching staff with an experienced veteran behind the plate Monday when they finalized a $6.25 million two-year contract with catcher Nick Hundley. His signing creates some uncertainty about Wilin Rosario’s playing time -- if not his future -- in Colorado. Rosario has plenty of pop at the plate but passed balls and wild pitches are something the Rockies need to cut down on to jumpstart their rebuilding process. The Rockies, who announced Hundley's deal Monday, have tried playing Rosario at first base with mixed results. Hundley, 31, played for San Diego from 2008-14 and was traded to Baltimore last May 24. He hit .243 last year with six homers and 22 RBIs in 83 games. After playing in pitcher-friendly Petco Park, Hundley's numbers figure to get a boost from playing at altitude. Having played most of his career in the NL West, he's also familiar with the hitters in the division and the Rockies are hoping that could help speed the learning curve for their young pitchers. Hundley played in a career-best 114 games in 2013, when he set career highs for doubles (19), homers (13) and RBIs (44). He's thrown out 27 percent of base stealers in his seven-year career. He gets $3.1 million this year and $3.15 million in 2016. The deal also includes award bonuses.</p><p>
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<p>The Plillies and pitcher Aaron Harang have agreed to a one-year, $5 million deal. The 36-year-old right-hander had a bounce-back year after signing with the Braves before last season, finishing 12-12 with a 3.57 ERA in 33 starts. He pitched 204 1/3 innings, the first time he surpassed 200 innings since 2007, when he was with the Reds. "Aaron brings a wealth of experience and durability to our rotation," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said in a statement. "He had a very solid season for the Braves last year and will complement the left-handers in our rotation nicely." Harang is 122-128 with a 4.21 ERA. In 2007, he finished fourth in National League Cy Young voting after going 16-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 34 starts. He was paid $1 million in 2014.</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">788</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NFL: Former Redskins Player, Fred Smoot, Acquitted Of Assault</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nfl-former-redskins-player-fred-smoot-acquitted-of-assault-r787/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>Former Redskins player, defensive back Fred Smoot has been acquitted of misdemeanor domestic assault following a bench trial in Virginia. Smoot testified in his own defense Monday in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. He denied hitting his former girlfriend, Valerie Jackson, though he admitted kicking down a bathroom door in an effort to retrieve a set of car keys from her. The judge said the evidence amounted to a case of "he said, she said" in announcing the not-guilty verdict. Smoot was suspended from local TV and radio jobs as a football analyst following his arrest in November. He said he now hopes to get his jobs back. Smoot's nine-year NFL career ended with the Redskins in 2009. He also played two seasons for the Vikings.</p><p>
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<p>Saints’ linebacker Junior Galette was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery involving domestic violence for allegedly pushing a woman to the ground while trying to get her to leave his home, police said Monday in a news conference. Galette, 26, was arrested and taken into custody after the disturbance at his home Monday shortly before 10 a.m. ET. An acquaintance, described as Galette's cousin, Terrance Banks Jr., was also booked on a misdemeanor simple battery charge after the incident. Saints spokesman Greg Bensel said the team is aware of the arrest and is collecting information. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello also said the league is looking into the matter.</p><p>
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Galette was released on $600 bond later Monday. He could face a six-game suspension as a first-time offender in the NFL's revamped personal conduct policy, although it's still too early in the investigative process to determine whether punishment will be warranted. According to police in Kenner, Louisiana, there were differing accounts of Galette's relationship with the 22-year-old woman. She said that she used to stay with Galette and has continued to do things such as cook and clean for him during the past two years. Galette described her as a dancer who was supposed to leave the night before but was allowed to stay until the morning. The woman called police to the scene and had visible injuries when they arrived, including bleeding from her ear after an earring had been ripped out and scratches on her face, police said. She alleged that an argument ensued after she woke up and Galette and Banks refused to give her cab money and told her to leave. She alleged that Galette pushed her twice while trying to get her out of the house, then after she fell, both men were "on me" and she couldn't breathe. She told police that Banks then picked her up and took her out of the house, taking her phone away as she tried to dial 911.</p><p>
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According to police, she picked up a knife because she was afraid of being "jumped" again. When Galette began recording a video of her, she threw the knife down and Banks again picked her up and took her and her possessions outside. Investigators are seeking a search warrant to search the video on the phone. Kenner police said that Galette, who is disputing the woman's account, was verbally combative, calling at least one officer a name while being arrested, but he otherwise cooperated. According to Kenner police, arrests are automatic when there are visible injuries in the case of domestic violence claims. The baseline suspension for first offenses is now six games without pay, though the policy says consideration will be given to "any aggravating or mitigating factors." Players still can be subject to discipline even if their cases don't result in criminal convictions, if they are found to have engaged in certain conduct. As part of the new policy, a second offense will result in permanent banishment from the NFL.</p><p>
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The new policy embraces the use of independent NFL investigations, and includes a provision of leave with pay. It's unclear if that could be the case in Galette's situation. Galette mentioned something about how a domestic violence charge could affect his contract, according to police spokesman Lt. Brian McGregor. He is due to receive a fully guaranteed roster bonus of $12.5 million on the third day of the new league year in March. His base salary of $1.25 million is also scheduled to go from an injury-only guarantee to fully guaranteed at that time. Galette, who finished this past season with 10 sacks and was voted a team captain for the first time, has been with New Orleans since 2010, when he signed as an undrafted free agent out of Stillman College. He developed into a top pass-rusher and signed a four-year, $41.5 million contract extension with the team in September that runs through the 2019 season. Galette began his college career at Temple but was dismissed after he said a cousin was arrested for stealing laptop computers from the dorm while staying with Galette. In the past, Galette explained his trouble at Temple as a series of "boneheaded mistakes," including personality clashes with coaches.</p><p>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">786</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>NFL: Former N.Y. Giants Coach, Allie Sherman, Dies At 91</title><link>https://themidnightzone.com/articles/sports/nfl-former-ny-giants-coach-allie-sherman-dies-at-91-r785/</link><description><![CDATA[
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<p>Allie Sherman, the diminutive son of Russian immigrants who coached the Giants to NFL championship games in his first three seasons, has died. He was 91. Sherman's family said Monday that he died Saturday at his Manhattan home. Sherman's Giants lost to the Packers in the 1961 and 1962 championship games and to the Bears in the 1963 title game. He was the NFL Coach of the Year in 1961 and 1962 and finished 57-51-4 in eight seasons with the Giants. At 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds, Sherman played quarterback at Brooklyn College and spent five seasons in the NFL as a backup with the Eagles. Sherman served as the Giants' backfield coach from 1949-52 and was 36-26-2 as the head coach of the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1953-57. He returned to the Giants as a scout in 1958, took over as offensive coach in 1959 when Vince Lombardi left for the Packers and became head coach when Jim Lee Howell retired after the 1960 season. Sherman was born in Brooklyn in 1923. He's survived by wife Joan, son Randy, daughters Lori Sherman and Robin Klausner and two grandchildren.</p><p>
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<p>The Rams could be headed back to Los Angeles as early as 2016. A year after purchasing 60 acres of land in Inglewood adjacent to the Forum and Hollywood Park, Rams owner Stan Kroenke has teamed up with the owners of the Hollywood Park site to build an NFL stadium. Stockbridge Capital Group, which owns the 298-acre Hollywood Park site, already had plans for a mixed-use community on the land that formerly housed the famed thoroughbred racing track, which closed in late 2013. Signature gathering will begin soon for an initiative that would place the "City of Champions Revitalization Project" on the Inglewood municipal ballot in 2015. if it passes, construction on the project would begin by the end of the year. "This project is going forward," Inglewood mayor James T. Butts Jr. said at a news conference in front of Inglewood City Hall on Monday. "We're thrilled in the City of Inglewood. Here we are in in the position to build that field of dreams and hope that they'll come." Butts said he spoke to Kroenke about the project over the weekend but would not comment on any conversations with the NFL. As described in the ballot measure, the project will include a stadium of up to 80,000 seats and a performance venue of up to 6,000 seats while reconfiguring the previously approved Hollywood Park plan for up to 890,000 square feet of retail, 780,000 square feet of office space, 2,500 new residential units, a 300 room hotel and 25 acres of public parks, playgrounds, open space and pedestrian and bicycle access.</p><p>
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At a separate news conference at the Hollywood Park site, Chris Meany, senior vice president of Hollywood Park Land Company, said they were committed to beginning construction on the stadium with or without a commitment from an NFL team. The declaration, not to mention the involvement of a current NFL owner, sets it apart from other "shovel-ready" stadium proposals that have always first required a team committing to playing there before construction could begin. "I've heard that there's a lot of talk about a lot of sites that have been out there for a very long time, for years and years and years," Meany said. "I don't see shovels in the ground on those projects. We're putting our shovels in the ground and going forward. This is the location in Los Angeles that for decades was the best location for sports and entertainment." The stadium authorized by the ballot measure will be designed by HKS Inc., one of the world's leading firms for the design of sports and entertainment complexes. A successful ballot measure would shorten the time frame for Inglewood's approval of a stadium and would mean that professional sports could return to Inglewood by 2018. Many proposed stadium plans have come and gone in the hopes of bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles after the city lost both the Raiders and Rams after the 1994 season, but none of those plans were ever backed by a current NFL owner capable of moving his team into the country's second-largest market.</p><p>
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The 80,000-seat stadium would be designed to house multiple teams and would be covered but open from the sides and be able to not only hold football and soccer games but also be in the running to bid on events such as the Final Four and major prizefights. It would also conceivably be part of Los Angeles' bid to host the 2024 Olympics and possible future bids for the World Cup. "We're going to have the most important, good-looking, best, state-of-the-art sports venue in the western United States, if not the world, and we'll be ready when people want to use it," Meany said. "We hope to attract more than our fair [share] of large-scale events here. I can't speak for what the NCAA would do, but we have designed a building that would be perfect to house the Final Four. We have not had any talk with the Olympic organizing committee, but we think we'll have a venue that will enhance Los Angeles' opportunities." Meany and Butts were careful not to call the stadium an "NFL stadium" or claim that it was being built to house an NFL team, but it was clear that was the underlying expectation as a handful of Rams fans cheered from a distance during both news conferences. "When the Lakers and Kings left [inglewood], they left for what was a better offer," Butts said. "We're not trying to take anybody's team. These are businesspeople. They make business decisions. But if the best, newest stadium in the world is in Inglewood, I'd imagine that someone would be interested."</p><p>
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The Rams are expected to convert their lease at St. Louis' Edward Jones Dome to a year-to-year agreement later this month, and if the team and the city fail to come to an agreement to build a new stadium, the Rams could move back to the area they called home from 1946 to 1994. On Monday, a representative of the two-man task force working on a St. Louis stadium proposal released a statement on behalf of former Anheuser-Busch president Dave Peacock and local attorney Bob Blitz. "The news today is another reminder of how much competition there can be for National Football League franchises and projects that include NFL stadiums, but it does not change our timeline or approach," the statement read. "It is important to remember this will be a long-term process, but one that the State of Missouri and the St. Louis region are fully pledged to seeing through. We are ready to demonstrate our commitment to keeping the NFL here, and to continue to illustrate why St. Louis has been and will always be a strong NFL market. We will present a plan to Governor Jay Nixon this Friday as scheduled, and we expect that it will meet his criteria, thereby allowing us to share our vision with the public shortly thereafter. In the meantime, we will continue to have discussions with the NFL, as well as Rams leadership."</p><p>
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Developers of the Hollywood Park project said that no tax dollars would be used for the construction project, including the stadium and more than 4 million square feet of retail, office, hotel and residential space, which could be completed by 2018. Before construction can begin, however, the project must pass several political and environmental hurdles and the Rams must, of course, commit to moving back to Los Angeles after the 2015 season. "We are excited to unveil an expanded plan that will bring a world-class sports and entertainment district to Hollywood Park," Terry Fancher, founder of Stockbridge, said in a release. "We are committed to working with [the Kroenke Group] to build a project that will put Inglewood back on the map as home of the truly great sports and entertainment venues." Any NFL franchise interested in relocating for the next season would have to apply between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15 of that year, according to league bylaws, and prove it has exhausted all attempts to remain in its current location. The earliest a team could relocate to Los Angeles would be January 2016, and that team would likely play in either the L.A. Coliseum or the Rose Bowl until a new stadium is completed.</p><p>
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<p>SHARKS over JETS 3 to 2</p><p>
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<p>HURRICANES over BRUINS 2 to 1</p><p>
CAPITALS over PANTHERS 4 to 3</p><p>
LIGHTNING over SENATORS 4 to 2</p><p>
BLUE JACKETS over AVALANCHE 4 to 3</p><p>
BLACKHAWKS over STARS 5 to 4</p><p>
DUCKS over PREDATORS 4 to 3</p><p>
OILERS over ISLANDERS 5 to 2</p><p>
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<p>SENATORS over BRUINS 3 to 2</p><p>
PREDATORS over KINGS 7 to 6</p><p>
RANGERS over SABRES 6 to 1</p><p>
JETS over MAPLE LEAFS 5 to 1</p><p>
CANADIENS over PENGUINS 4 to 1</p><p>
DEVILS over FLYERS 5 to 2</p><p>
COYOTES over BLUE JACKETS 6 to 3</p><p>
STARS over WILD 7 to 1</p><p>
CANUCKS over RED WINGS 4 to 1</p><p>
BLUES over SHARKS 7 to 2</p><p>
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<p>PANTHERS over SABRES 2 to 0</p><p>
CANADIENS over DEVILS 4 to 2</p><p>
PENGUINS over LIGHTNING 6 to 3</p><p>
HURRICANES over FLYERS 2 to 1</p><p>
WILD over MAPLE LEAFS 3 to 1</p><p>
ISLANDERS over FLAMES 2 to 1</p><p>
AVALANCHE over OILERS 2 to 1</p><p>
DUCKS over BLUES 4 to 3</p><p>
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