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Welterweight Expected to Survive Brain Injury

A doctor removed a piece of welterweight Oscar Diaz's skull to relieve brain swelling following his fight with Delvin Rodriguez.
A doctor removed a piece of welterweight Oscar Diaz's skull to relieve brain swelling following his fight with Delvin Rodriguez. (By Tom Reel -- Associated Press)
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Because the Mavericks won't budge on Howard, a potential trade for Artest is all but dead, the source said. . . .

In the WNBA, Sheryl Swoopes led the Seattle Storm (15-7) past the Indiana Fever (10-11), 65-59. Swoopes led all scorers with 15 points and grabbed six rebounds.

· HOCKEY: Nashville Predators forward Alex Radulov was one of six players whose new contracts were suspended by the International Ice Hockey Federation yesterday until the legality of the deals could be investigated.

Radulov, under contract for another season with the Predators, signed a contract with a Russian team in the new Continental Hockey League (KHL). That deal seemingly would be in breach of a pact agreed to July 10 between the KHL, the NHL, the NHL Players Association, and international hockey leagues in which contracts worldwide would be honored and respected.

· FOOTBALL: Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery yesterday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all of the preseason.

-- From News Services


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