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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FBI kept file on Paterno

The FBI kept a thick file on Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, but it mostly involves threatening letters sent to him and his staff years ago, and there's no mention of his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted this year of molesting boys. Paterno's 868-page file shows he received a series of threatening letters sent in the late 1970s and early '80s from someone who signed them "A Bitter Father." The FBI posted the late coach's file online Wednesdayin response to Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. Paterno died in January at age 85, two months after losing his job over the Sandusky sexual-abuse scandal. Penn State begins play on Saturday, when the Nittany Lions host Ohio.

CYCLING

Lance proclaims he's Tour winner

Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seven-time Tour de France champion at a cancer conference in Montreal. "My name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor," he said to open his speech to the World Cancer Congress. "I'm a father of five. And yes, I won the Tour de France seven times." Armstrong announced last week he would no longer challenge the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's drug charges against him. USADA threw out his competitive victories dating to 1998, which would include all seven Tour wins.

HOCKEY / POLITICS

Eruzione, Romney to share stage

Mike Eruzione, the U.S. Olympic hockey hero from the 1980 Lake Placid Games, will be among 11 current and former Olympians expected to appear at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, shortly before Mitt Romney accepts the party's nomination for president. Eruzione helped light the cauldron for the '02 Winter Games, which Romney presided over.

HORSE RACING

Watsdachances wins Johnson Stakes

Watsdachances survived a four-horse battle in the final sixteenth-mile and won by a neck in the $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga.

SOCCER

Conde gives Red Bulls draw

Wilman Conde scored in the 88th minute to lift the Red Bulls to a 2-2 draw against D.C. United in Washington. Joel Lindpere also scored for the Red Bulls (13-7-7). Dwayne De Rosario scored his 100th career MLS goal for the United. -- AP