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- Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)
AP - Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior. - NHL OKs Kovalchuk's second contract with Devils (AP)
AP - The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. - Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl (AP)
AP - Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. - Fahey gets Ireland off the blocks in Yerevan (AFP)
AFP - Ireland made a flying start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a gritty 1-0 win in their Group B opener against Armenia here on Friday. - WADA reports breakthrough in gene doping tests (AP)
AP - Two groups of scientists have developed tests for gene doping in what the World Anti-Doping Agency hailed Friday as a major breakthrough in fighting the next frontier in cheating in sports. - 3 more UNC starters not on team flight to Atlanta (AP)
AP - Three more North Carolina defensive starters are not traveling with the team for Saturday's game in Atlanta against LSU, meaning the 18th-ranked Tar Heels could be without 15 players amid an ongoing NCAA investigation. - Clijsters wins before 25-minute rain delay at Open (AP)
AP - Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. - Spagnuolo mum on Rams' QB starter (AP)
AP - Sam Bradford will have to wait a few days to learn if he'll start the St. Louis Rams' opener. The No. 1 pick certainly has appeared ready for the job. - A-Rod confirms split with agent Scott Boras (AP)
AP - Alex Rodriguez and longtime agent Scott Boras have split. - Guard Delonte West returning to Celtics (AP)
AP - Delonte West is returning to the Boston Celtics. - NCAA rules Masoli eligible, can play immediately (AP)
AP - It turns out Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli can now play for the Rebels immediately. - Petacchi wins tragedy-hit cycling Tour of Spain stage (AFP)
AFP - Italy's Alessandro Petacchi won the seventh stage of the Tour of Spain here on Friday but the action was overshadowed by the death of a Team Sky masseur. - Avalanche sign F Chris Stewart to 2-year deal (AP)
AP - The Colorado Avalanche remain committed to their youth movement, signing forward Chris Stewart to a two-year deal. - Murray halted by rain at US Open (AFP)
AFP - Andy Murray's US Open campaign fell victim to Hurricane Earl on Friday. - Johnson, Day atop leaderboard in Boston (AP)
AP - Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat up on the course and beat the weather at the Deutsche Bank Championship. - Fighting words: UFC chief to speak at Oxford club (AP)
AP - The distinguished Oxford University debate club has featured such speakers as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Malcolm X. - Pacquiao focuses on Margarito, not Mayweather rant (AP)
AP - Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has dismissed a derogatory online video posted by Floyd Mayweather Jr., calling it simply an "uneducated message." - Newman on outside of Chase spot (AP)
AP - Ryan Newman is about out of time to make the Chase field. - Rogge: Cricket scandal highlights bigger problem (AP)
AP - IOC president Jacques Rogge believes the cricket match-fixing scandal shows that illegal betting has become as big a blight on sports as doping.