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AFL Cats fall short against Magpies
Geelong AFL coach Chris Scott knew his side were in for a tough match when Jimmy Bartel's wayward handball led to a Collingwood goal in the first minute of Saturday night's MCG clash. The Cats were beaten for the first time this season, 15.12 (102) to 14.12 (96), as Collingwood booted four goals to Geelong's one in the final term in front of more than 66,000 fans. Norm Smith ...
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Bianchis Single in 10th Lifts Brewers Over Cards
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ACC-bound Pitt finds itself without natural football rivals
The ACC offers Pitt many benefits that the Big East lacked. But for its first few years in the new conference -- maybe longer -- Pitt will have no natural rivals in ...
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Ortiz powers Red Sox past Twins 12-5
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday ...
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Andrus Has 5 Hits in Texas 7-2 Win Over Detroit
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Eaton in command once again of Class 3A baseball tournament
GREELEY - The Eaton Reds are going to the final four in the Class 3A baseball tournament. In other news Saturday, the sun rose in the east and set in the west. Colorado's prep baseball version of the Ming Dynasty will make its 21st consecutive final-four appearance next weekend, still unbeaten on the season at 23-0 and winners of 26 straight overall. It wasn't always easy Saturday at ...
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FIFA’s house of lies
Spinning its own set of lies to the backroom dealing and Blatter-run interference that made Jack Warner a football untouchable for more than a decade, FIFA claimed that the award of television rights contracts worth tens of millions of US dollars for as little as $1 had nothing to do with Warner’s fierce support for ...
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Swans out to prove top four AFL status
Sydney midfielder Josh Kennedy believes a scalp like Collingwood is required to prove the reigning premiers belong in the AFL's top four.The Swans were clinging to fourth spot on Sunday morning after a draw with fifth-placed Fremantle at the SCG.After losses to pace-setters Geelong and Hawthorn this year, Kennedy said his team need to shine against the Magpies to show they're still a ...
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Second seed Ma Long reaches quarterfinals at table tennis worlds
Second seed Ma Long of China cruised to the men's singles quarterfinals at the World Championships here on Saturday.Ma, a member of China's winning team at the London Olympics, fought off hard challenge from Japan's Niwa Koki, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7.The 25-year-old World Cup winner will next take on either Timo Boll of Germany or another Japanese player Seiya ...
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Woodinville falls to South Kitsap 4-1 in regional final | 4A Baseball
South Kitsap pitcher Michael Wood stopped a Woodinville offense that had pounded 15 hits in a 14-0 rout of Emerald Ridge in the Falcons' regional ...
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Coach K return to US team no longer ruled out
Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out a return as coach of the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.Though the Duke coach had repeatedly said he wouldn't be back after last summer, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo says they spoke about a week ago and there has been "movement" toward a return.Krzyzewski told Sports Illustrated in a story Saturday that "there's ...
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Hockey tells states to make case for GST overhaul
Australia Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says it is up to the states and territories to make a case for changes to the goods and services tax (GST), after NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell called for an overhaul.Mr O'Farrell says the GST formula is broken and he wants to see it reconsidered in the Coalition's proposed tax review.Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said in his ...
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Van Garderen set for California tour win
P - Cadel Evans' teammate Tejay van Garderen is poised to claim his first professional stage race title in the Tour of California.Preparing to link up with Evans for the Tour de France, van Garderen (BMC Racing) held what should prove a winning overall lead of 1min 47secs from Australian Michael Rogers going into Sunday's final stage.The 24-year-old American placed third in the ...
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Phelps throws cold water on Rio comeback
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a report that he would come out of retirement with a view to swimming at the 2016 Rio Games."Why do I keep getting texts about coming back?" Phelps said on Twitter Friday night after a Florida television station reported he planned to return to the pool.Peter Busch of an American NBC TV station in Fort Myers, Florida, ...
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Gattis Simmons hit HRs as Braves top Dodgers 3-1
Evan Gattis and Andrelton Simmons hit consecutive homers off Kenley Jansen in the eighth inning, and the Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Saturday ...
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Sports Briefing | Basketball Predrag Danilovic Stabbed in Brawl
The Serbian police said Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, was seriously injured when he was stabbed in a fight early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic had surgery to treat injuries to his abdomen, head and arms. The reason for the brawl was not immediately known. Danilovic is the general manager of ...
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Carpenter beats big boys to steal Indy 500 pole
Jamie Squire /Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ed Carpenter turned Pole Day into a family celebration. The stepson of IndyCar founder Tony George became the first member of the Hulman family to win the biggest pre-race event in the series - the Indianapolis 500 pole. Carpenter produced a stunning finish to a day that was rife with suspense but lacked surprise. His ...
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Sports Briefing | Soccer Paris St.-Germain Victory in Last Home Game for David Beckham
Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham, scoring two goals to lead the French champion Paris St.-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest. Beckham, who announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of the season, was given a standing ovation as he left the field in the 81st ...
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Johnsons most embarrassing NRL moment
Getting hooked with half an hour to play in Saturday night's record thrashing at the hands of Penrith is the most embarrassing moment in Shaun Johnson's NRL career. The 22-year-old halfback made the frank admission after being pulled from the field by coach Matt Elliott in the 49th minute of the 62-6 belting - the biggest defeat in Warriors' history. It is the first time Johnson ...
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College baseball roundup Seton Hill 1 win away from World Series
Seton Hill took advantage of an NCAA Division II-record 12 hit batsmen, including a D-II record five in one inning, and trounced top-seeded Millersville, 12-2, on Saturday night to remain unbeaten in the Atlantic Region ...
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Shady Side Academy tennis falls short in PIAA title bid
HERSHEY -- When Shady Side Academy defeated North Allegheny to win the WPIAL Class AAA boys tennis singles title, it needed three come-from-behind three-set victories to dispatch the ...
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Lake Brantley tops Durant for 4th state baseball title
Lake Brantley's Zach Krider, right, is congratulated by Tate Blackman after scoring during the Patriots' 8-3 state-final victory against Plant City Durant. (Jim Rassol, South Florida Sun ...
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Cricket Can NZ make history with the bat
The big imprints look like something Neil Armstrong might've left on the moon but if the New Zealand batsmen can negotiate the Lord's pitch footmarks it'll be one giant leap for the Mike Hesson/Brendon McCullum regime. A second New Zealand victory at the Marylebone Cricket Club in 16 attempts (the other came in 1999) remains a moon landing-type longshot. England have a lead of 205 runs and there ...
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Super delay sustainable Hockey
THE coalition is denying its proposed rein on superannuation will mean a six-figure retirement sting for workers. The government says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to delay superannuation contributions harks back to the 1990s when then prime minister John Howard's intention to delay a systematic increase to retirement funding morphed into its scrapping. "You would remember ...
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Sports Briefing | Golf Keegan Bradley Holds Lead at Byron Nelson
Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Tex., with a two-under-par 68 in the third round. Bradley has a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae. ¶ Chella Choi shot her second straight six-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist after the third round of the Mobile Bay L. ...
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San Jose council approves potentially flawed housing development
A housing development in San Jose is becoming increasingly controversial as members of the public have accused the San Jose City Council of violating its own environmental policies with regards to residential developments in the city.
The contention revolved around a 15 acre housing project that will see 89 homes built at the edge of Guadalupe Creek in the south of the city. The site on which the development will take place is a largely underdeveloped area containing, among other things, an unsightly asphalt car park. Read more
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