Astros ink Duke to minor league deal
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01/27/2012 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Astros on Friday agreed to terms with left-handed pitcher Zach Duke on a minor league contract that includes an invitation to spring training.
Duke spent the 2011 campaign with the Arizona Diamondbacks, compiling a 3-4 record and a 4.93 earned run average in 21 appearances (nine starts). Duke started the season, his first one with the Diamondbacks, on the disabled list with a fractured pitching hand.
The Texas native was a 2001 draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he spent his first six pro seasons. Duke was selected to the All-Star game in 2009 while with the Pirates.
In 181 games (168 starts), Duke has compiled a record of 48-74 with a 4.56 ERA and 537 strikeouts.
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<< Western Carolina to face Marshall, Alabama in 2012
Cullowhee, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Speir's first season as Western
Carolina's head football coach will include games against FBS opponents
Marshall and Alabama.
Western Carolina also will play five home games in a schedule announced
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<< Larranaga receives three-year extension
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Larranaga has agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep him
with the Hurricanes through the 2018-19 season.
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owner Robert Kraft became public, the world is now aware that the New England
Patriots quarterback vows to play better in Super Bowl XLVI.
Brady admitted on the c
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Devin Thomas always believed he'd be an impact player in the
National Football League, albeit with another team and in a far different role
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Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Greg Cook, whose brief career was cut short by injury, died on Thursday night from an undisclosed illness. He was 65. "I've lost a good friend," Bengals president
Rangers hope to close the gap on Celtic >>
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Scottish Premier League play on Saturday with an opportunity to place some
additional pressure on first-place Celtic.
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Manning and team owner Jim Irsay issued a joint statement Friday to dispel any
notion that the two are at odds.
Manning and Irsay both made comments through
Rays sign Keppinger to minor league deal >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays signed veteran
infielder Jeff Keppinger to a one-year deal on Friday.
The 31-year-old hit .277 with six home runs and 35 runs batted in over
99 games as he split time w
NHL's best get together for annual Skills Competition >>
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since the event's inception a few years ago, but with the Washington Capitals
star pulling out of the league's All-Star Game, some new faces will get a
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