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Countdown to Sandusky Trial Opening Statements
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The attorneys arguing the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky have four days to figure out how to sway a jury heavy with connections to the school.
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Durant takes charge, pushes Thunder to NBA finals
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:48AM June 07, 2012 CommentOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For all the points, rebounds and assists that filled Kevin Durant's impressive stat line, it was a defensive play he made that fired up his coach and teammates.
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Sharapova Makes it Look Easy in Paris
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Russia's Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 17, 2012.
PARIS (AP) — Maria Sharapova is trying to break through at Roland Garros, while Rafael Nadal wants to make history there.
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Reddam puts study of knowledge to work in racing
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57AM June 07, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — As a philosophy professor at California State University in Los Angeles, J. Paul Reddam dabbled in logic and epistemology, the study of knowledge.
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Alabama win's NCAA women's softball title
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19AM June 07, 2012 CommentOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An impromptu party in front of the dugout during a fourth-inning rain delay turned into a celebration that will last a long time for Alabama's softball team.
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Belmont and that's not all on big NYC sports day
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:58AM June 07, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — New York likes to think of itself as the hub of, well, pretty much everything. Finance, fashion, theater. And this Saturday, sports can claim a spot on that list.
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Kings hit the road again in search of 1st Cup win
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:21AM June 07, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — After 45 years of waiting, the Los Angeles Kings' quest for their first Stanley Cup title will last at least a few more days.
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Gordon's hit leads Dodgers over Phillies 6-5
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:07PM June 06, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dee Gordon hit a go-ahead single to back Chris Capuano and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to beat the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Wednesday night.
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Rivera says surgery on right knee set for Tuesday
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:10PM June 06, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said the blood clot in his right calf has cleared up and he will have surgery on his injured knee Tuesday.
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Sutter steps away from his farm to raise LA Kings
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25PM June 06, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The cattle on Darryl Sutter's 3,000-acre farm southeast of Edmonton need his attention about now. He's also supposed to be planting oats, barley, wheat and canola to feed the livestock, including 290 calves born in the last year.
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Consolidated suit expected in NFL concussion case
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:06PM June 06, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers for former NFL players plan to file a single lawsuit Thursday consolidating scores of complaints brought against the league in the past year accusing the NFL of concealing information linking football-related head injuries to permanent neurological problems.
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James' season on the brink in Boston _ again
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM June 06, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — LeBron James appreciates the irony.
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McNamee's wife: I didn't nag husband over Clemens
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM June 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing a blue floral print dress, Eileen McNamee presented herself as a soft-spoken first-grade schoolteacher who never nagged her now-estranged husband about Roger Clemens. She went on to contradict the government's key witness many times — and even came up with a different brand of beer to associate with the crucial evidence in the perjury trial of the former pitcher.
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Nadal improves to 50-1 at French Open; Ferrer next
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:07PM June 06, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — It was about time Rafael Nadal faced some sort of test at the French Open.
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Penn State-heavy jury picked in sexual-abuse case
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM June 06, 2012 CommentBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A jury dominated by people with Penn State loyalties was selected Wednesday to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate in the child sexual abuse scandal that rocked the university and led to football coach Joe Paterno's downfall.
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Coughlin gets contract extension from Giants
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:31PM June 06, 2012 CommentEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The oldest coach to win a Super Bowl will get at least three more shots at adding to his total.
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I'll Have Another made 4-5 favorite to win Belmont
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:18PM June 06, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — I'll Have Another went into lockdown on Wednesday, moving into a secured barn shortly after the colt was made the early 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes in his quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and first in 34 years.
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Union: Labor deal averts strike before Belmont
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15PM June 06, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Belmont racetrack workers have struck a labor deal with the New York Racing Association to head off a possible strike on the eve of a Triple Crown bid, the union and state officials said Wednesday.
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IOC: Rio has made 'great strides' for 2016 Games
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49PM June 06, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The IOC says Rio de Janeiro is making "great strides" in preparations for the 2016 Olympics but warns of tight deadlines and a considerable increase in the amount of work after the London Game.
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Brazilian president OKs 2014 World Cup guarantees
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:27PM June 06, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law a contentious bill giving FIFA the required guarantees to organize the 2014 World Cup on Wednesday, but one of her vetoes will force soccer's governing body to negotiate the sale of discounted tickets with the states and cities.
