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Lions in training camp ahead of Aust tour
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has revealed that his squad have put their Wales counterparts "to the sword" as part of their preparations for their upcoming Australian tour.And he's sent a warning to the Wallabies, saying his side is fit, strong and looking sharp.Gatland was delighted to see the Lions demolish Wales, who are touring Japan next month, during a ...
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Mt. Lebanon School District to charge for sports extracurriculars
The Mt. Lebanon School Board passed an $83.16 million budget on Monday night, instituting fees ranging from $5 to $40 per year for students participating in sports and extracurricular ...
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Springdale OKs Vlassich as new girls basketball coach
The Allegheny Valley School District's board approved Vlassich, 66, as the varsity girls basketball coach during its meeting Monday night. Selected from among seven applicants, Vlassich won the position with a background that includes coaching experience at Hampton, Vincentian and North ...
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Pitt baseball team has a lot at stake
Pitt baseball coach Joe Jordano watches his team against Akron on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Charles L. Cost Field in Oakland. The Panthers are the third seed for this week's Big East ...
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Redbank Valley softball Karns City baseball earn top seeds in D-9 playoffs
District 9 kicks off its baseball and softball playoffs this week, and a pair of Armstrong County teams have the top seed in their respective ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday May 21
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Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers
Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday ...
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Love Wolves looking to catch a break
Kansas’ Ben McLemore is the No. 1 shooting guard in the draft, but isn’t expected to be there for the Wolves unless they move up higher than their current No. 9 slot. The lottery is at 7 p.m. ...
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First-inning fiasco dooms Twins against Braves
ATLANTA – It’s a radical idea, but maybe it’s time the Twins experimented with something new: How about letting Caleb Thielbar pitch the first inning? Nobody else seems able to do it lately. The Randolph, Minn., native pitched for his lifelong favorite team on Monday, giving the Twins two scoreless innings in his major-league debut. But the game was all but decided by the time ...
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Star Times all-area baseball team
McGuire, a two-time Star Times selection, went into the playoffs batting .417 with 20 walks and only two strikeouts in 94 plate appearances. But his defense makes him special. Opponents seldom attempt to steal. He is a likely first-round pick in the June amateur draft. Trever ...
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Smith Colon Lead Athletics Past Rangers 9-2
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Quick burst in second sends Wings over Hawks
Highlight Of The Night: Jimmy Howard made 39 saves and the Red Wings got two goals in 31 seconds from Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller to defeat the Blackhawks ...
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Bulldog Inu accepts two-game NRL ban
Canterbury forward Greg Eastwood fears the reputation of teammate Krisnan Inu is being ruined after the star centre accepted a two-game ban on Tuesday.Inu took the early plea on the ugly leg twist on Newcastle winger James McManus which resulted in a grade two dangerous contact charge.Meanwhile, Gold Coast back-rower David Taylor is disputing the grading on his grade two dangerous contact with a ...
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New Storm owners aim to break even by 2017
Melbourne Storm's new owners plan to make the NRL club break even financially by 2017 and also want to dramatically boost membership.New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell heads a group of businessmen who bought the reigning premiers from News Ltd on Monday night.The other members of the consortium, Holding MS Australia, are expected to be announced at a Melbourne function within a ...
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Quade Cooper overlooked...for now
There was no room for 38-test flyhalf Quade Cooper, instead Robbie Deans says James O'Connor is his favoured ten despite the Rebels playmaker missing all of the Wallabies test matches last year through ...
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Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds win over Mets
Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto's wild but effective return from the disabled list, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 4-3 Monday ...
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Yankees 6 Orioles 4 10 innings C.C. Sabathia Has So-So Outing but New Yankees Come Through Against Orioles
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Pacers Vogel says he has great respect for Heat
Pacers coach Frank Vogel tried to quell a controversy that had brewed between him and LeBron James ahead of the Pacers’ Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Heat. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images) Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel on Monday addressed a controversy that stemmed out of a slightly misleading quote attributed to him about LeBron James. The back-and-forth between James ...
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Spot-fixing More details surface arrested cricketers to be produced in court today
More revelations continue to surface in the IPL spot-fixing scandal even as the three arrested cricketers - S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - are set to be produced in court later on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has recovered Rs 20 lakh from Ajit Chandila's home while the Mumbai Police has found pictures of Sreesanth with a known bookie. They have also established links between ...
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IPL spot-fixing Sreesanth other tainted cricketers to appear in court today
New Delhi: S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, the three suspended Rajasthan Royals players who are accused of alleged spot-fixing in the on-going IPL season, will be produced in a court in Delhi today. They were arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday along with 10 alleged bookies and sent to five-day police custody. In the court today, the Delhi Police will seek further custody, ...
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Red Wings Down Blackhawks to Take 2-1 Series Lead
(Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings seized control of their Western Conference semi-final series with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Three on Monday. After squaring the best-of-seven series in Chicago on Saturday, the Red Wings maintained the momentum on home ice to beat the top-seeded Blackhawks and move ahead 2-1 in the series. Game Four is on Thursday, again in ...
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Corbin Tosses 3-Hitter As D-backs Beat Rockies 5-1
DENVER, CO – MAY 20: Starting pitcher Patrick Corbin #46 of the Arizona Diamondbacks delivers to home plate during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 20, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty ...
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Reds 4 Mets 3 Mets Keep It Close but Fall to Reds
There is hardly one single type of logic to how a manager scribbles out a lineup. Some make decisions based on hunches. Some use advanced statistics. And then ...
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Roundup Indians Beat Mariners on Yan Gomess Homer in 10th
Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning as the Cleveland Indians, revived by ...
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Game 3 Red Wings 3 Blackhawks 1 Disallowed Goal Helps Red Wings Top Blackhawks
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Pittsburgh's East Liberty may emulate Market Square
East Liberty in Pittsburgh is to undergo another construction project aimed at revamping the neighborhood and enhancing its potential as a market center, possibly using the recently completed redevelopment of Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh as a model.
East Liberty is a 254 acre neighborhood in Pittsburgh and one of the city’s more overlooked areas with crime rates that are higher than the rest of the city and a general lack of robust economic activity, which has led to some degree of social decay. Read more
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