May 18, 2013
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Orb the favorite for victory in Preakness, set up for Triple
BALTIMORE — Everything’s a go for Orb. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at ...
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Edwards grabs poll for Sprint All-Star race
CONCORD, N.C. — Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Edwards, the 2011 winner in the exhibition event, completed three laps and a four-tire pi...
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Venturi, US Open champ, TV analyst, dies
Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi has died just 11 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday afternoon in a hospital ...
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Freese hits slam, Cards hold off Brewers
ST. LOUIS — David Freese hit a grand slam for his first homer of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run first inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday night. The Brewe...
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Unlikely Big 3 has Memphis in 1st Western finals
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Miami Heat have LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Spurs have dominated for years with the trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. Now the Memphis Griz...
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MLB hoping for large expansion of replay use in 2014
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant rep...
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Grizzlies prepare for conference finals
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies are enjoying a day off after wrapping up the franchise’s first berth in the Western Conference finals. Good thing, too, because they can use a little rest after all t...
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Associated Press Raymond Felton (2) of the New York Knicks goes up for a shot against Indiana Pacers' Ian Mahinmi in the second half of Thursday's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal playoffs at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Knicks beat Pacers to stay alive
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points to help the New York Knicks stay alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 85-75 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night. ...
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Orb draws rail as 1-1 favorite in Preakness
BALTIMORE — The Preakness draw was over, and trainer Shug McGaughey listed a variety of reasons why he was OK with having Kentucky Derby winner Orb starting Saturday’s race from the rail. Then s...
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Associated Press Starting pitcher Shelby Miller of the St. Louis Cardinals throws throws against the New York Mets on Wednesday in St. Louis. St. Louis won 4-2.
Mets’ bullpen allows Cardinals to escape
ST. LOUIS — Rookie Shelby Miller followed up his nearly perfect one-hitter with 52⁄3 scoreless innings and the Cardinals scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a wild pitch in a 4-2 victory over...
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Murray retires from match at Italian Open
ROME — Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday with an apparent injury. Murray, who was celeb...
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Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy
Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can’t. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by tra...
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Associated Press Miami Heat's Chris Bosh and Norris Cole (30) celebrate after the Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls 94-91 in Wednesday's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Miami. The win sent the Heat to the conference finals.
Heat rally past Bulls to advance; Spurs up 3-2
MIAMI — A fast start and faster finish were enough to send the Miami Heat back to the Eastern Conference finals. LeBron James scored 23 points, Dwyane Wade added 18 and the Heat rallied from an ...
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Associated Press New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (left) and Indiana Pacers' Paul George battle for a rebound during the first half of Tuesday's Game 4 in the Eastern Conference semifinal playoffs in Indianapolis.
Pacers rout Knicks to take 3-1 lead in series
INDIANAPOLIS — George Hill scored 26 points and Paul George added 18 points and 14 rebounds Tuesday night, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 93-82 victory over the New York Knicks and a 3-1 lead in t...
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Teams take calculated risks in NFL draft
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals made relatively safe choices in the first two rounds of this year’s draft and decided to gamble a bit with their third pick. To some, taking Tyann Mathieu wa...
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