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Champion revelling in Souths return
Beau Champion says he is loving the chance to play alongside Greg Inglis, the player whose arrival in 2010 saw him squeezed out of South ...
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Arsenal seal Champions League berth
Arsenal won the race for fourth place in the Premier League with victory over Newcastle while Alex Ferguson's Manchester United drew 5-5 at West ...
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Rangers beat Tigers 11-8 despite 3 HRs for Cabrera
David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday ...
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Game 3 Senators 2 Penguins 1 2OT Senators Escape Penguins in Double Overtime
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Hockey World Ales Hemsky’s days as an Edmonton Oiler are numbered
For much more of Jim Matheson's inside news and views on the NHL, head to Matty's Hockey World at edmontonjournal.com/HockeyWorld EDMONTON - When veteran winger Ales Hemsky turns 30 on Aug. 13, he more than likely will not be an Edmonton Oiler.Hemsky has tugged on an Oilers jersey 627 times if you count the 30 playoff games he played since his first game here 11 years ago. He has 451 ...
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Government plans to bring new bill to fight betting in sports
The government has decided to strike out at powerful betting syndicates by laying down the law, literally.A tough new legislation is on the cards aimed at curbing what is looking like out of control operations of betting overlords who see India as the brightest jewel in their crowns.Shocked into disbelief by the enormity of the ...
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Deer Lakes baseball team continues to thrive
Deer Lakes' Josh Plocki slaps hands with Scott Ventura in the sixth inning of a WPIAL Class AA baseball playoff game against Greensburg Central Catholic on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Fox Chapel High ...
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Tough summer schedule helped Hempfield baseball team
Hempfield base runner Luke Fox slides safely past the tag of Fox Chapel second baseman Joshua Anderson with a stolen base in the fifth inning of their WPIAL Class AAAA opening-round playoff game May 13, 2013, at Gateway High School in Monroeville. Hempfield defeated Fox Chapel, ...
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USA Today Takes Its Ad Meter Beyond the Super Bowl
uper Bowl ad-rating platform to other categories of sports media. Ad Meter: The Year in Sports will invite sports fans to vote in categories like Best Sports Marketing Campaign and Best Athlete Endorsement Ad. Online voting will take place on Ad Meter’s digital hub in November, with the winners to be announced Dec. 9 at an event in New ...
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Sports of The Times Horse Racing Misses a Strong Voice More Than a Triple Crown Winner
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Cabrera Has 3-Homer Game in Texas 2nd of Career
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Corruption in cricket hits home even harder
Corruption has not limited itself to cricket alone. There have been scandals in football, tennis, badminton, snooker, and in years gone, baseball. In boxing, fixed fights have been known to be ...
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Souhan Mauer sacrifices sweet swing for power-poor Twins
The Twins’ Joe Mauer struck out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning in a 5-1 loss to Boston on Sunday night. He struck out three times in four at-bats, giving him 39 for the season. He’s hitting .342 but has struck out in 25 percent of his ...
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MSU Mankato reaches World Series
Minnesota State Mankato reached the NCAA Division II College World Series for the third time in four years, beating St. Cloud State 17-1 in the Central Region final Sunday in Mankato. The Mavericks, the region’s top seed, scored twice in the top of the first inning and then scored 11 runs in the seventh. Minnesota State (39-8) will play Grand Valley State (35-17), champion of the Midwest ...
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Drugs in sport report justified ACC
The controversial drugs in sport report has been vindicated by record seizures of performance enhancing drugs, Australia's crime fighters say. ...
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Feature Football match in Gaza becomes unusual as players referees are deaf
In any regular football match, fans on terraces loudly applause when players scream at each others, asking another player to pass the ball to his colleague to score a goal and suddenly the referee whistles due to a foul, but the situation is totally different in a Gaza football match.In a football stadium in northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, the situation was completely different where all ...
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Warriors woes start from the top Kemp
Former Warriors coach Tony Kemp wants a broom swept through the struggling NRL club, starting with management, after the worst start to a season in their 18-year history.Kemp says a losing culture is becoming ingrained and that calls to change players or remove first-year coach Matthew Elliott don't address the key problem."It needs to start at the top and you've got to look at ...
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OConnor to relish Wallabies No.10 role
James O'Connor says he will relish the responsibility of playing five-eighth for the Wallabies in the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions. Despite starting just one previous Test at No.10, O'Connor has been nominated by coach Robbie Deans as his starting choice for the position, with Quade Cooper left out of the initial 25-man squad. O'Connor was delighted to ...
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Parker scoffs at Broncos NRL rumours
Representative forward Corey Parker has scoffed at weekend speculation linking Brisbane to dumped rugby union star Quade Cooper, declaring the NRL club already had enough talent to win a premiership. Parker also lampooned media reports halfback Peter Wallace wanted a release from his contract next season to return home to Penrith because he was upset at the club's decision to recruit ...
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Game1 Spurs 105 Grizzlies 83 Spurs Strike First in Western Conference Finals Against Grizzlies
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Off the Dribble N.B.A. Playoffs
In six games against the Knicks, the Indiana ...
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Vikings Henderson gets answers on how to ask questions
Four words you never thought you'd see together? Try these: "print journalism" and "boot camp." Twenty-three former and current NFL players took part in "The NFL Sports Journalism and Communications Boot Camp" at Bowling Green State University in Ohio last week. Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson was one of them and for three days, he basically lived the life ...
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Three Twins postgame thoughts from LEN3 Homestand Hernandez Gibson
Joe Mauer , Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham never appeared to speak to the media before the clubhouse was closed. They aren't hitting with runners in scoring position, with Mauer the most recent example. He struck out with the bases loaded in the eighth with the score 3-1. We all know Willingham isn't the world's greatest outfielder, but we didn't get a chance to ask him ...
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Lacrosse powers Eden Prairie Blake renew rivalry
Blake’s Lydia Sutton shot around Bloomington Jefferson’s Lauren Zenk to score during a recent match. Blake takes on rival Eden Prairie this week in what could be a preview of the girls' lacrosse state championship. The teams are ranked one, ...
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An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic
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Baltimore surplus might not be too far-fetched
If the advice of a new report on city government spending is taken onboard by city officials, and if new ways of saving are replicated in all departments, a budget surplus might not be so far-fetched a thought.
A comprehensive report on the state of the Baltimore city government has detailed a number of damning inefficiencies and wastes of financial resources, and has listed a number of steps the city should take to make itself more recession-proof during this time of runaway deficits and plunging income. Read more
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