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| | | | | MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Kevin Durant shuffled his sneakered feet slowly down a dimly lit hallway, head bowed, every ounce of energy drained from his 6-foot-9, 230-pound frame. It was Durant's shot, a feathery 19-footer, his 20th of the night, his team's 95th of the game, that sealed Oklahoma City's 133-123 triple overtime victory, ending a marathon 3-hour, 52-minute war and squaring the Thunder's suddenly gripping second-round series with Memphis at two games apiece. | | | | | |
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| | | | | ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- American League MVP Josh Hamilton is set to start taking batting practice Friday, a month and a day after getting hurt. | | | | | |
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| | | | | A person familiar with the situation says Northwestern and coach Pat Fitzgerald have agreed to a new contract, finalizing a deal that's been in the works for several months. | | | | | |
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| | | | | BOSTON -- A city-silencing, game-tying three with two minutes left. A hesitating, long-striding, left-handed leaning drive in the final minute of regulation. A fallaway rainbow buzzer-beater to open the overtime. A catch from Dwyane Wade that he drove into the lane to create a layup for Chris Bosh, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. A backbreaking charge drawn near the three-point line against Paul Pierce. | | | | | |
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| | | | | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 40 percent of NFL players last season wore a helmet model that got the second-lowest rating for reducing the risk of concussions in a study by Virginia Tech researchers. | | | | | |
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| | | | | As dramatic as the Predators made this series by winning Game 5 in Vancouver, the encore performance proved rather anti-climactic. Other than the implication of the outcome, this had all the sizzle of two road-weary teams in February. In the end, the Canucks moved onto the Western Conference finals ... and the Preds go home after their most successful playoff run in franchise history. | | | | | |
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| | | | | COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon has agreed to take over at Maryland, calling it a "great opportunity." | | | | | |
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| | | | | LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) -- A Lou Gehrig jersey he wore during a road game in 1938 has been purchased by SCP Auctions for $329,000. | | | | | |
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| | | | | MILAN (AP) Hurtling down an Italian mountain pass at a speed that only a car would normally reach, Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt lost control of his bike for just a split second. In a sport where the smallest mistake can have catastrophic consequences, it proved lethal. | | | | | |
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| | | | | Terrence Jones, SF/PF, Freshman, Kentucky, 8-15 (Withdrew) | | | | | |
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| | | | | ROME (AP) -- Andy Roddick extended his troubled start to the clay-court season with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Gilles Simon of France in the opening round of the Italian Open on Monday. | | | | | |
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| | | | | CHICAGO (AP) -- With Hope Solo and Heather Mitts healthy, U.S. coach Pia Sundhage's roster for the Women's World Cup contained few surprises. | | | | | |
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| | | | | COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The battle to replace Blaine Gabbert as Missouri's starting quarterback is over. His younger brother, Tyler, has decided to transfer. | | | | | |
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| | | | | FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Archarcharch owner Bob Yagos knew something wasn't quite right during Saturday's Kentucky Derby. | | | | | |
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| | | | | WASHINGTON (AP) -- George Steinbrenner blamed an illegal corporate campaign contribution to President Richard Nixon on bad legal advice, according to FBI documents released Monday. | | | | | |
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| | | | | RAPALLO, Italy (AP) Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died Monday after a high-speed downhill crash at the Giro d'Italia, the first rider to be killed in a major cycling race in 16 years. | | | | | |
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| | | | | LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Archarcharch owner Bob Yagos says the colt has been retired from racing after fracturing his left front leg during Saturday's Kentucky Derby. | | | | | |
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| | | | | Every time San Jose's loud, loyal fans seem to want to buy what their Sharks are selling, they get stuck with a bill of goods. | | | | | |
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| | | | | ROME (AP) Andy Roddick extended his troubled start to the clay-court season with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Gilles Simon of France in the opening round of the Italian Open on Monday. | | | | | |
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| | | | | Many of you have written or tweeted to ask whether I'll be covering more of the labor stuff in this space over the next month or so, while the NFL and its players joust verbally and make their case in a St. Louis courtroom. My answer is simple: I'm going to write about football as much as possible, as long as it is relevant, along with some labor and the other cornucopia of stuff you read here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | MADRID (AP) -- Novak Djokovic kept up his perfect start to the season and against Rafael Nadal on Sunday. | | | | | |
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| | | | | WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers did his best to stay out of the trainer's room on Sunday, lest he learn something about one of his injured players that he didn't want to hear. | | | | | |
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| | | | | DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Former Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel has taken a job on the Duke staff. | | | | | |
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