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Nicasio helps Rockies to 8-4 win over Padres
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:32AM April 19, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Juan Nicasio returned to form on the same mound where he nearly lost his career and possibly his life.
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Penguins rout Flyers 10-3 and cut series to 3-1
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:23AM April 19, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby, at last, found a way to silence the Flyers fans that love to hate him from warmups to the final horn.
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Pierce leads Celtics to 102-98 win over Magic
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:21AM April 19, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Need a big basket? Give the ball to Paul Pierce. Sharp passes and solid foul shooting? He provides that, too.
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Beckett has strong outing as BoSox fall to Rangers
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:10AM April 19, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Josh Beckett is rediscovering his rhythm. Kevin Youkilis is slowly getting there, too. The Boston Red Sox as a team, well, that's still a work in progress.
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Kyle Turris scores in OT, Senators beat Rangers
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:50PM April 18, 2012 CommentOTTAWA (AP) — Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, tying the Eastern Conference series at two games apiece.
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Nicasio helps Rockies to 8-4 win over Padres
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:37PM April 18, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Juan Nicasio threw 6 1-3 solid innings for his first win since returning from a broken neck, lifting the Colorado Rockies over the San Diego Padres 8-4 on Wednesday night.
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Penguins rout Flyers 10-3 and cut series to 3-1
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:16PM April 18, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pushed to the brink of a sweep, Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal pushed back with a vengeance, helping the Penguins score nine goals in the first two periods in a 10-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday in their opening-round playoff series.
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James gets 28, Heat roll past Raptors 96-72
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56PM April 18, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — LeBron James wants some rest. He also wants to play.
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Giants closer Brian Wilson set for elbow surgery
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:36PM April 18, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All-Star Giants closer Brian Wilson will undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery Thursday in Pensacola, Fla.
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49ers Baalke still considers Gregg Williams friend
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:19PM April 18, 2012 CommentSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Apparently, there are no hard feelings on 49ers general manager Trent Baalke's part regarding the Saints' targeting of San Francisco players in their bounty program.
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Column: Will Lindanity break out at London games?
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03PM April 18, 2012 CommentOne hundred days out from the Olympics and, finally, on Wednesday came some news we can use. U.S. Olympic officials trotted out the official team attire for the games, and everyone seemed pretty excited about the Ralph Lauren line that will make America's team look like it just stepped off a 1920's steamship in London.
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Summitt steps aside, Warlick new Tennessee coach
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:49PM April 18, 2012 CommentPat Summitt, who won more games than anyone in NCAA college basketball history, stepped down Wednesday as coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, less than eight months after revealing she had early-onset dementia.
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Coyotes' Raffi Torres suspended for Hossa hit
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:12PM April 18, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — The NHL suspended Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres indefinitely on Wednesday for knocking Chicago's Marian Hossa out of the game — and maybe the playoffs — with a shoulder blow to the head.
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Dispute over Pettitte testimony at Clemens retrial
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:42PM April 18, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The ability to "misremember" made its inevitable first appearance at the perjury retrial of Roger Clemens on Wednesday and momentarily detoured the court from a tedious jury selection process that will extend into a second week.
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Colts keep quiet but make decision on No 1 pick
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:39PM April 18, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have decided who to take with the No. 1 draft pick.
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Bruins coach denies claim Backstrom was targeted
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:29PM April 18, 2012 CommentARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin shrugged his shoulders while offering his take on the suspension that will keep center Nicklas Backstrom out of Washington's lineup Thursday for Game 4 of its NHL playoff series against Boston.
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Gomez suspended 5 games by MLB
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:19PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland pitcher Jeanmar Gomez has been suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball, which concluded he intentionally threw at the Royals' Mike Moustakas last weekend.
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Drogba scores to lead Chelsea over Barca 1-0
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM April 18, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Didier Drogba swept the ball into the net late in the first half, and Chelsea managed to hang on.
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Column: NHL Increasingly Popular, Out of Control
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:00PM April 18, 2012 CommentA hockey puck on ice textured by skate marks.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's vision of a bigger footprint for hockey is finally coming into focus.
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NFL Players' Union Sues Coaches' Union in DC Court
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:41PM April 18, 2012 Comment
Rowdy Steelers Fans
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a legal skirmish between unions, the NFL Players Association is suing the NFL Coaches Association in D.C. Superior Court for about $650,000.
