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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Matthew Stafford gained 305 yards and found Calvin Johnson twice on scoring passes Sunday, boosting Detroit to a season-opening 27-20 victory over Tampa Bay.
Stafford hurled three TD passes in all as the Lions (1-0) won the first game of the season for the first time since 2007.
Johnson, meanwhile, caught six passes for 88 yards while Tony Scheffler reeled in the other score for Detroit.
Ndamukong Suh led a tough Lions defense that mostly stymied Tampa Bay until late in the game.
Josh Freeman completed 28-for-43 passes for 245 yards, one touchdown and one score for the Buccaneers (0-1).
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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