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Friday, March 29, 2013  Updated with video; The San Francisco Giants have rewarded NL MVP and batting champion Buster Posey with a $167 million, nine-year contract.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Updated with video; Albany State pro-day has yielded positive football results for some of the former Golden Rams.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Updated with video; Two local teams sent home after losing in state playoffs Wednesday night.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Lee County's Buster Posey celebrated his 2012 NL MVP in Leesburg. The San Francisco Giants agreed on a new one-year deal with the catcher Friday.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Updated with video; In just three years, Lee County's Buster Posey has hit the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in a Major League Baseball career.

Monday, October 08, 2012  The newly formed American Basketball Association expansion team the Albany Shockwave has announced their inaugural schedule.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  It's true Albany's Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch won't ever forget his most recent NFL loss.

Monday, January 02, 2012  The Atlanta Falcons roll through Tampa Bay 45-24 to clinch the NFC's fifth seed for the playoffs. The Falcons will face the New York Giants next Sunday at 1 PM.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011  Bonds: Estranged business partner to resume testifying when slugger's trial resumes

Friday, February 18, 2011  Dave Duerson, a four-time Pro Bowl safety who played on Super Bowl winners with the Chicago Bears and New York Giants, has died. He was 50.

Friday, January 14, 2011  The 51-year-old ex-linebacker, who led the New York Giants to Super Bowl titles in 1987 and 1991, will serve six years' probation and must register as a sex offender.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  After 297 consecutive regular-season starts during 19 years, one of the greatest individual streaks in all of sports, quarterback Brett Favre ran into an injury he couldn't beat and sat down Monday night.

Monday, December 13, 2010  Updated with video of the collapse. The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Giants beat Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 to give City by the Bay its first World Series title