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Japanese Climber, 80, Becomes Oldest Atop Everest
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:24AM May 23, 2013 Comment
A special newspaper celebrating 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura's successful third attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest is displayed on a door of Miura's office in Tokyo, Thursday, May 23, 2013.
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
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Grizzlies coach defends flagrant foul but not flop
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:45PM May 25, 2013 CommentMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Grizzlies want to make sure everyone know that just because Tony Allen was fined $5,000 for flopping by the NBA, doesn't mean that the key foul he drew in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals wasn't a flagrant.
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Jimmie Johnson chasing NASCAR history, not legacy
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:23PM May 25, 2013 CommentCONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson is focused on chasing victory at the Coca-Cola 600. He says he's not thinking about his championship legacy.
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Dye agrees to meet with NCAA investigators
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:16PM May 25, 2013 CommentCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami senior Dyron Dye has agreed to meet for a third time with NCAA investigators, who want to know why there are discrepancies between what he told them in 2011 and what he wrote in a recent affidavit to support a former Hurricanes assistant coach.
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Ex-minor leaguer says baseball cheating lives
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:09PM May 25, 2013 CommentA former minor leaguer says cheating is alive and well in professional baseball.
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AP Sources: Coyotes sale approved, hurdle remains
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:57PM May 25, 2013 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — Two people familiar with the situation say the NHL has approved the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group of Canadian-led investors, but the deal is contingent on reaching a lease agreement with the city of Glendale.
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Thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:17PM May 25, 2013 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race.
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Year later, Serena Williams seeks more in Paris
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:04PM May 25, 2013 CommentPARIS (AP) — As she prepares to start the French Open on Sunday against a much-lower-ranked opponent, Serena Williams says she learned something by exiting in the first round at Roland Garros 12 months ago.
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Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:02AM May 25, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports.
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East title series shifts to Indy, knotted at 1-1
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:58AM May 25, 2013 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh stood up in a relatively quiet Miami Heat locker room and offered a concise, blunt and accurate assessment of where things stand so far in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Kim joins 2 for LPGA lead in rainy Bahamas
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:31AM May 25, 2013 CommentPARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Mindy Kim birdied her last hole Saturday morning to join the leaders after one strange round of the Bahamas LPGA Classic.
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Indy 500 could be better than 2012's epic race
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:29AM May 25, 2013 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — They raced 1-2-3 in line, trading the lead a whopping 15 times over the final, frantic 75 laps. All three drivers had a last-lap plan in mind when they zipped past the white flag, and it was Takuma Sato who acted first with a bold move for the win.
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Williams sisters entered in doubles at French Open
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:26AM May 25, 2013 CommentPARIS (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up at the French Open for the first time in three years.
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Beckham not in PSG squad for last game vs. Lorient
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:02AM May 25, 2013 CommentPARIS (AP) — David Beckham's soccer career is now officially over.
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10 things to know for the Champions League final
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:47AM May 25, 2013 CommentLONDON (AP) — It's time for the biggest game in club soccer — brought to you by Germany.
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Rosberg fastest again in crash-marred 3rd practice
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:13AM May 25, 2013 CommentMONACO (AP) — German driver Nico Rosberg posted the fastest time in the crash-marred third practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday.
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Kuchar leads Colonial without finishing 2nd round
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:23AM May 25, 2013 CommentFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Matt Kuchar got off to a tremendous start in his second round at the Colonial. There was the eagle putt that stopped just short on his first hole and the approach at No. 2 that actually went in before ricocheting out of the cup.
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Penguins oust Sens in five, reach Eastern finals
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:22AM May 25, 2013 CommentPITTSBURGH (AP) — Boston or the New York Rangers? To be honest, Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson doesn't think it matters who the Pittsburgh Penguins face in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Pacers steal Game 2 away from Heat in Miami, 97-93
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:20AM May 25, 2013 CommentMIAMI (AP) — David West was more than a little disappointed when the Indiana Pacers failed to make a defensive play at the end to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Late turnovers doom Heat in Game 2 loss, 97-93
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:43AM May 25, 2013 CommentMIAMI (AP) — LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands.
