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NFL Wants Vegas to Stay in Vegas During Super Bowl

LAS VEGAS -- If Cowboys Stadium in Dallas is completely filled with spectators on Sunday, there will be more than 100,000 people on hand for Super Bowl XLV. That could be the largest attendance ever for the NFL championship game, but it will be just a third of those expected in Las Vegas this weekend watching the Packers...

Psychic Octopus: There's an App for That

(July 16) -- Paul the Psychic Octopus may be leaving the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, for the Madrid Zoo, but more importantly, he could also be headed right into your iPhone. Yes, the cephalopod soothsayer who became a media sensation during the World Cup by correctly predicting Germany's seven victories and...

I'll Bet Rick Tocchet's a Happy Man Today

Rick Tocchet was caught by Operation Slapshot, and received two years of probation from a New Jersey court for conspiracy to promote gambling and promoting gambling as part of an illegal sports betting ring. That investigation began over 20 months ago, and Tocchet -- an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes -- has been...

Spare Me the Moralizing and Let Rick Tocchet Coach Again

This Friday, Rick Tocchet will face sentencing for his part in a sports betting ring. In the light of many recent sporting scandals, the critics are frothing at the mouth at the fact that Phoenix Coyotes owner/coach Wayne Gretzky wants his buddy back behind the bench as his assistant. Popular with his players, Tocchet...