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NBA Fastbreak: Antetokounmpo and Harden each deserving of MVP award At the Los Angeles Times, it's policy to not vote on awards — a decision that spares our reporters from the endless parade of propaganda from public relations staffs, awkward encounters with players and the pressures of making decisions that result in ...
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Virginia vs. Auburn score, highlights: Cavaliers survive late run from Tigers to make first national title game MINNEAPOLIS -- Virginia, the only No. 1 seed to make the Final Four, advanced on Saturday night with a 63-62 win against Auburn at M&T Bank Stadium. The game was played at Virginia's pace, with patient possessions for the Wahoos on offense and ...
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Clippers' cold April could put them in tough playoff spot Shai Gilgeous-Alexander began putting a second consecutive Clippers loss behind him Friday night at his locker by slipping on a white T-shirt. Four words decorated its back: "Better days are coming." The Clippers sure hope so. After posting the NBA's best ...
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Christin Stewart's grand slam keeps Detroit Tigers on hot streak It all happened fast, Christin Stewart said, as many of his home runs do. They scream off the bat, laser-like — exit velocity is what the kids call it these days — and this one was no different. It was an off-speed pitch, he thought, and he was trying to stay short to ...
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Why Yankees opted to play musical chairs with Gio Urshela and Thairo Estrada BALTIMORE — The Yankees summoning in Thairo Estrada from Triple-A on Thursday was a nice feel-good story. How could anyone not be happy for the rookie infielder, who got his big-league call-up just 14 months after he shot in the hip during a botched ...
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Baylor HC Kim Mulkey Empathizes With ND's McGraw, Says She Hires 'Best Person' for Job Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey told reporters Saturday that she agrees with the recent comments made by Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw regarding the lack of female representation on women's basketball coaching staffs. But Mulkey added that she believes ...
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Lightning ties NHL record with 62nd win, beat Bruins 6-3 BOSTON (AP) — Nikita Kucherov and the Tampa Bay Lightning finished the regular season with one more impressive performance. Next stop: Stanley Cup playoffs. The Lightning matched an NHL record with their 62nd win, using a three-goal second period ...
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2019 Final Four: Dez Bryant's massive bid on $300000 Texas Tech futures ticket comes up short Dez Bryant has been saying all week that he thinks Texas Tech is going to win the NCAA Tournament, and on Friday, he tried to use his pocketbook to show just how much confidence he has in the Red Raiders. First, let's rewind back to November, because ...
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LAFC remains undefeated with 4-0 rout of DC United The MLS season is just six weeks old, far too early to crown a champion. But it's not too early for a team to stake a claim to being the league's best. And LAFC did that in emphatic fashion Saturday when it administered an old-fashioned beat-down on ...
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Cubs bullpen news: Carl Edwards Jr. optioned to Triple-A Iowa; Mike Montgomery headed to 10-day IL MILWAUKEE — The Cubs are giving Carl Edwards Jr. a chance to try to right the ship in a lower-pressure environment. They sent their 27-year-old reliever down to the minor leagues after another tough outing Friday evening in Milwaukee. Edwards had one ...
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Miguel Andujar going to the IL comes with reason to hope BALTIMORE — Miguel Andujar landed on the injured list on Monday with a right shoulder labrum problem and was scheduled to take ground balls at third base before Friday night's game against the Orioles at Camden Yards. So is Andujar ahead of schedule ...
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NFL trade rumors: Arizona Cardinals have 2 offers on table for Josh Rosen | Are Giants best positioned to land him? It's smokescreen season and the Arizona Cardinals seem to be putting out multiple signals at once as the NFL Draft approaches. Owners of the No. 1 overall pick in the draft later this month, new head coach Kliff Kingsbury and the Cardinals have shown ...
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Roadster Comes From Behind to Win Santa Anita Derby For the past six months, the news from the barn of Hall of Famer Bob Baffert has been divided between champion colt Game Winner and grade 1 winner Improbable. With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) now less than one month ...
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Blues defeat Canucks, have chance to win Central ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues moved into first place in the Central Division with a 3-2 shootout win against the Vancouver Canucks at Enterprise Center on Saturday. The Blues (45-28-9) are one point ahead of the Nashville Predators and two points ahead ...
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Ten takeaways from Florida State's Garnet and Gold Spring Game Florida State coach Willie Taggart wants his offense to go fast. The 27,901 fans at Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday were also hoping to see the offense go at the Garnet and Gold Spring Game. The Gold team won the game 27-21, but the most impressive ...
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National reaction to DeMarcus Lawrence's new Cowboys contract: 'Hot Boyz LIT'; players around the NFL weigh in The deal is finally done. The Cowboys agreed to a five-year, $105 million contract with DeMarcus Lawrence on Friday. Here is some of the national reaction on Twitter: New Number Who Dis? #LawN90rder. — DeMarcus Lawrence (@TankLawrence) April ...
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New names, same result from bullpen in disastrous eighth NEW YORK - The sight of Wilmer Difo rounding the bases, slapping his hands together in excitement, the crowd of 35,156 at Citi Field booing after the Nationals' backup shortstop gave his team a two-run lead with an upper-deck home run in the top of the ...
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Kevin Newman hits walk-off double in extra innings to give Pirates a 6-5 win against Reds The previous time Kevin Newman ended a game in walk-off fashion, he stole home with two outs in the ninth inning for the University of Arizona. The Wildcats had worked on such a play, so when Newman had the right situation — pitcher slow to the plate, big ...
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Vekoma Rolls in Blue Grass, Punches Ticket to Kentucky Derby Vekoma appears to be a 3-year-old peaking at just the right time. Stretching out to 1 1/8 miles for the first time proved to Vekoma's liking as he took command off the final turn and drew off to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $1 million, Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass ...
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Stadium issues could hamper Oman's World Cup hopes KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Oman will face a race against time to build a stadium large enough to satisfy FIFA requirements if football's governing body decides to expand the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals and asks the Sultanate to co-host the enlarged ...
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WTA roundup: Wozniacki, Keys reach Volvo Car final Caroline Wozniacki and Madison Keys recorded straight-set victories on Saturday to advance to the Volvo Car Open final at Charleston, S.C.. The fifth-seeded Wozniacki recorded a 6-3, 6-4 semifinal victory over Croatia's Petra Martic, while the eighth-seeded ...
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What happened to the Devils in 2018-19? SUNRISE, Florida — A year ago to the date the Devils were preparing for the biggest game the franchise had seen in five years. And New Jersey came through in front of their home fans. The Devils clinched a Stanley Cup Playoff berth to snap its dry spell and ...
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No truth to rumor that Ryan Odom will be next Virginia Tech coach Cross another name off the list of possible successors to Buzz Williams. There is no truth to the rumors that Maryland-Baltimore County coach Ryan Odom will be named Virginia Tech's new men's basketball coach tonight, according to a source. And that goes ...
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Giants fan catches first-ever foul ball in his beer, chugs it accordingly Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time. Especially if you're Giants fan Steve Kings. Kings, of Sacramento, caught a foul ball Saturday -- but this wasn't just any foul ball. In the top of the third inning of the Giants-Rays game at Oracle Park, Christian ...
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Premier League Results Week 33: EPL Scores, Updated Table After Saturday Burnley gave their hopes of staying in the Premier League a big boost on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. Sean Dyche's side recovered from going 1-0 down after just four minutes to ease to a comfortable victory that ...
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The check that helped usher in the Big, Bad Bruins The Maple Leafs will be back on Garden ice this coming week against the Bruins to begin the 2019 playoffs, the second year in a row these Original Six franchises will meet at the start line of the Stanley Cup's grueling two-month marathon. Long ago, in April ...
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Mat Ryan's Brighton lose FA Cup semi-final to Manchester City Socceroos No. 1 Mat Ryan has missed the chance to become just the sixth Australian to play in the FA Cup final as his Brighton side lost 1-0 to Manchester City in Saturday's semi-final at Wembley. The keeper was on the verge of joining an illustrious ...
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Atlanta Hawks: 13 Players Hawks Could Select in 2019 NBA Draft An in-depth look at what the Atlanta Hawks draft board might look like as we head into the offseason. As the season winds all the way down and the dregs of April's slate of games is finally completed, the real season (for many teams) begins in earnest. No, I'm ...
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NASCAR at Bristol odds, picks 2019: Model says Clint Bowyer surprises at Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway is known as 'The Last Great Coliseum,' and the iconic 162,000-seat venue will be the site of the 2019 Food City 500, the highly-anticipated spring race that tests drivers' skills on a steeply-banked half-mile track. The short track is a ...
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