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Reusse Track and field now more basketball later for Gophers Ellenson
Richard Pitino was hired as Minnesota’s basketball coach on April 3. The first order of business in that situation is to start meeting with the players scheduled to return for the next ...
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Hartman Mauer comfortable back behind the plate
"It has been good. I think it makes me even more happy that 33 [Morneau] is out there. Justin has been playing well and been out there every day at first base," Mauer ...
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With contract issues on hold Jared Allen aiming to have big 2013
NFL season. He’s suddenly in a contract year, playing out the final season of the deal he signed in 2008 and due to make $14,280,612 in base salary this season with a cap number north of $17 ...
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Colabello takes a long strange trip to majors
Chris Colabello said after his first major league game, "because that's how things go in my life." Good point. He spent seven years tearing up the Can-Am independent league before any team even gave him a long look. So why should this be any easier? "It was everything I could ever imagine it to be," he said of his first game, even after going 0-for-4 Wednesday with ...
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China to host 1st arena football training camp
Ganlan Media International (Beijing) Co., Ltd.(GMI) said in Beijing on Wednesday that China's First American Arena Football Coach/Referee Training Camp will be held on May 27-31 in the Beijing Sports University.This is the first time that Arena Football League (AFL) comes to China to hold a professional training camp, and which marks American Arena Football is officially coming to China.GMI ...
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AFLs Kangaroos improving despite losses
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says his AFL side has improved this season in every area but one - clinching wins.The Kangaroos' after-the-siren loss to West Coast on Friday night was their third defeat this year by less than a goal, having also gone down in thrillers to competition powerhouses Geelong and Hawthorn.It's left the Kangaroos on a 3-5 record, precariously placed in 13th ...
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Liriano Dominates as Pirates Edge Cubs 1-0
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Bumgarner rebounds from tough outing
SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner is back on track. After a couple of rough starts in May, he pitched another gem. Bumgarner made one mistake Wednesday, leaving a ball up to Bryce Harper. Harper's leadoff home run in the sixth was the only blemish for Bumgarner, who gave up four hits in seven innings. Harper doubled in the 10th and scored on Ian Desmond's single to give the ...
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Sanya Richards-Ross is open to some drama in her life
Sanya Richards-Ross is always running, even when she's not. From the Olympics, to the hair salon she owns in Austin, to her husband's NFL games, to the filming of a reality show, to delivering the ...
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Watch Battier knees Hibbert in groin on way to hoop
Heat forward Shane Battier delivered a knee to the groin of Pacers center Roy Hibbert as he drove to the hoop during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference ...
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Carmelo has partially torn labrum MRI reveals
Carmelo Anthony’s injured left shoulder could require offseason surgery. (Ron Hoskins/Getty Images) Knicks All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony has reportedly suffered a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder that could require ...
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Harper redeems himself with huge day
Bryce Harper hit a home run and scored the go-ahead run in Washington’s win over the Giants. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) For the second day in a row, Bryce Harper was a difference-maker in a game between the Nationals and Giants at AT&T Park. This time, he was on the right side of the ledger, scoring both Washington runs via a pair of extra-base hits in their 2-1, 10-inning victory, and ...
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Santa Fe Win 3-1 Unfazed by High Altitude in Cusco
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Soccer-Tradition meets modernism in German Wembley showdown
Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium (1845 GMT) with more at stake than Europe's premier club trophy. Bayern, four-times European champions, are Germany's richest and most successful club, while rejuvenated Borussia Dortmund won the trophy in 1997 but came to the brink of financial ruin in 2005. The Ruhr valley club have recovered on a sporting level under ...
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Giants Give Once-Heralded Aaron Curry a Chance
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49er Players Thrilled To Have Super Bowl Coming To Town
The constant noise around team headquarters is a combination of cranes, hammering and coaches' whistles. San Francisco's players got back to formal offseason work with organized team activities Tuesday while also celebrating the announcement that their new, state-of-the-art $1.2 billion stadium next door had landed the coveted 50th Super Bowl in ...
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On Baseball Ike Davis the Mets No-Hit No-Field First Baseman
The man with the lowest batting average in the major leagues was not thinking of his offense in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday at Citi Field. Ike Davis, the son of a major leaguer, had enough on his mind. Davis had gone hitless again, with two walks, dropping his average to .147, last among the roughly 170 players with enough plate appearances to qualify for a batting title. None ...
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I should have called Craddock Warner
Australian cricketer David Warner regrets not keeping his outrage private, but says he was right to feel aggrieved by the use of his image next to a newspaper's story on the seedy side of the Indian Premier League (IPL).The opening batsman was fined $5750 by Cricket Australia on Wednesday night after lashing News Ltd reporters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn on Saturday in a ...
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Southern Cal takes 12-shot lead in NCAA golf
Annie Park shot a 5-under 67 and Southern California had a record-setting 12-under total Wednesday to open a 12-stroke lead during the second round of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships.Southern California had a 16-under 560 total on the University of Georgia Golf Course. Defending champion Alabama was second after a 4-under round.Alabama's Stephanie Meadow topped the individual ...
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Vancouver Canucks fire Alain Vigneault as coach after consecutive 1st-round playoff losses
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Vancouver Canucks have fired coach Alain Vigneault on Wednesday. The Canucks also fired assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown. Vigneault, the Canucks' all-time leader in coaching wins, led the club to six Northwest Division titles, two Presidents' Trophy titles and an appearance in the 2011 Stanley Cup final. But Vancouver was eliminated in the ...
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Rickie Fowler plans to match $100K donation by Colonial fans to Oklahoma tornado relief
FORT WORTH, Texas - Rickie Fowler is encouraging fans attending the Colonial to contribute to relief efforts after the deadly tornado this week in Oklahoma. And Fowler is going to do his part for the state where he spent two years playing college golf at Oklahoma State. Fowler said Wednesday he will match the first $100,000 given by Colonial fans with a donation of his own. While he ...
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On Golf Garcas Racial Joke Shows Need for Truce With Tiger Woods
It figures that a miscommunication is at the root of the ratcheting discord between Sergio GarcÃa and Tiger Woods. In terms of personality, Woods is from Mars, and GarcÃa is from Venus. If the PGA ...
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St. Louis man creates new app to connect sports fans
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Tim Murphy is a bit of a sports fanatic. "This is a bubble boy game signed by Wayne Gretzky," Murphy pointed out. He has mounds of memorabilia to prove it. "This is a Masters flag signed by Tom Watson," he added. It's his love of sports that also sparked an idea. "It's a smartphone app for live sporting and music events," Murphy ...
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British football scores an own goal
The sentimental subtext is clear enough: the words express the awestruck admiration of a grown man reduced, temporarily, to a schoolboy. Football is: gladiatorial heroism, a contest of spirit, technique, physicality and will, with the added spice of luck and (let's be fair here) a bit of acting skill to coax decisions from the referee. That night, this wonderful, heady mix of sport and ...
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Grizzlies Game 2 comeback a mirage
Marc Gasol and the Grizzlies are facing an 0-2 hole in their series with the Spurs. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) It’s tempting to claim that Memphis has turned the corner against San Antonio after transforming a would-be blowout ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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