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PHOENIX - Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has pleaded guilty to charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend. Washington had a change of plea hearing Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and a judge set sentencing for April 23. Washington had been facing an April 30 trial in the case after originally pleading not guilty to aggravated assault and trespassing charges. He was accused of grabbing his ex-girlfriend, the mother of the couples daughter, by the throat and shoving her to the ground during an argument at her apartment last May. His ex-girlfriend told police that Washington pushed her with two hands, causing her to fall and break her right collarbone. . The top-ranked Djokovic also beat Gael Monfils and then routed Roger Federer en route to his first Abu Dhabi title. "Its always great to win a title. This is the best way to start the 2012 season," Djokovic said. .com) - The Vancouver Canucks hope an upcoming stretch of home games will be enough to get the club into the postseason. .The McLaren MP4-30 was launched on Thursday, with chief executive Ron Dennis saying it marks the start of a lengthy journey back to winning grands prix and eventually world championships.McLaren, which hasnt won a grand prix since 2012, will be using Honda engines for the first time since 1992, and has signed two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to partner Jenson Button for the upcoming season. . The Eastern Conference-leading Celtics finished their recent trek at 3-1 on Monday in Salt Lake City when Rajon Rondo made a key jumper with 24.1 seconds remaining, as Boston held off the Utah Jazz, 107-102, at EnergySolutions Arena. . Head coach Corey Chamblin announced on Monday that Avon Cobourne had been hired as the defending Grey Cup champions new running backs coach.Flushing Meadows, NY - Top-seeded Novak Djokovic beat eighth-seeded Andy Murray to reach his eighth straight U.S. Open semifinal. Djokovic, who now leads Murray 13-8 all-time in their matches at the ATP tour level, defeated the Brit, 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in just over 3 1/2 hours. Murray broke Djokovic in the opening game of the first set to grab the early 1-0 lead. Djokovic answered by breaking Murrays next two service games to regain control, 3-1. Murray withstood the rally from Djokovic, however, knotting the match at 4-4 later in the set until the Serb handily won the tiebreak. The second set was much tighter as the two maintained serve until Murray, just like his opponent in the first set, cruised in the tiebreak to even the match at a set apiece. Djokovic broke Murray early in the third set which led to an easy win, then the Serbian broke Murray again on the final game of the fourth to reach the semifinal round. Djokovic will face Japans Kei Nishikori, who grinded out another marathon win to become the first Japanese man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals at a grand slam event.dddddddddddd Nishikori outlasted No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka in five sets Wednesday, beating the reigning Australian Open champion 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 in 4 hours and 14 minutes. Nishikori, seeded No. 10, needed 4 hours and 19 minutes to beat Canadas Milos Raonic in the fourth round in a match that ended at 2:26 a.m. Tuesday morning. "I always love to play five sets," said Nishikori. "I think I have good records for, you know, winning third or fifth sets. Its not like I love to play five sets, but I have a lot of confidence to play in the fifth." Former top-10 star Marin Cilic secured a berth in his first-ever U.S. Open semifinal on Thursday. The 14th-seeded Croatian slugger powered his way past sixth-seeded Czech and former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in 2 hours, 12 minutes on yet another sunny day in New York City. Cilic swatted 19 aces and broke Berdych five times, compared to only two breaks of serve for the 6-foot-5 Czech. The Croat tallied 25 more winners (46-21) than Berdych on Day 11. ' ' '
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