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Griner Baylor said to keep my sexuality private
Former Baylor star Brittney Griner said it was an ';unwritten law'; to keep her homosexuality private so she would not dissuade recruits from choosing the school. (Barry Gossage/Getty Images) Former Baylor women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, who acknowledged she was gay in ...
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Ice hockey-Swiss fairytale continues as they set up Sweden final
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM, May 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's fairytale run at the world ice hockey championships continued on Saturday when they reached the final thanks to a 3-0 victory over United States. They now face host nation Sweden who beat Finland ...
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Slap Shot N.H.L. Playoffs
The result of one Stanley Cup game does not determine a series, but the Rangers will need to make adjustments if they hope to beat the Boston Bruins. They need to improve their power play ...
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Red Wings Rally Past Blackhawks to Level Series
(Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings spotted the Chicago Blackhawks an early lead then struck for four unanswered goals to claim a 4-1 win on Saturday and even their Western Conference semi-final at a game each. The best-of-seven series now shifts to Detroit for two games with Game Three set for Monday at Joe Louis Arena. Jimmy Howard was rock solid in the Detroit net, facing 20 shots, ...
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Reynolds RBI Grounder in 9th Lifts Indians
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Pimlico Infield Safe and Sound for Preakness
In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line. On the other side of the expansive infield at Pimlico Race Course, 42-year-old Sharon Zahn and her 18-year-old daughter were waiting for rapper Macklemore to begin. Pitbull was also set to entertain the massive crowd Saturday. This is not your father's ...
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Yankees 7 Blue Jays 2 Cano Homers Twice as Yankees Defeat Blue Jays
With all the valuable contributions made by players who ...
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Sreesanths laptop seized | Cricketers may face criminal charges from BCCI
IPL spot-fixing probe, Mumbai Police have seized a laptop computer, an ipad, and a mobile phone of speedster Sreesanth, one of the three arrested cricketers, from the hotel where he was held. The seizures came even as more trouble was in store for the Rajasthan Royals(RR) player from Kerala with Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy saying its crime branch may book him in ...
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Nadal to Meet Federer in Rome Final Serena Rolls On
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Tensions put aside as N.Korea beat South for table tennis gold
PARIS (AFP) - North Korea saw off a spirited comeback by South Korea to claim the mixed doubles title in a politically-charged final at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Saturday.But despite the ongoing tensions between the two nations, heightened by North Korea's nuclear test in February and further strained by reports of the North launching three short-range missiles into ...
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Cheetahs dump Reds 27-13 in Super Rugby
The Queensland Reds have missed a prime chance to jump to the top of the Australian conference with a 27-13 Super Rugby loss to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.Looking to leapfrog the Brumbies after the ACT side's loss to NSW, as well as keep their unbeaten record intact against overseas opponents, the Reds dominated possession in a high-tempo game but were frustrated throughout.The had almost ...
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Sweden Switzerland advance to world hockey championship final
Sweden's Loui Eriksson (right) celebrates a goal against Finland during their 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship semi-final match at the Globe Arena in Stockholm May 18, 2013. (ARND ...
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Sports AFC Leopards claw Ulinzi FC
AFC Leopards finally found their winning ways, ending a five-game dry spell in a virtuoso display that silenced soldiers Ulinzi FC in a Kenya Premier League (KPL) match at Mumias Sports ...
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Sports Step up football standards says Uhuru
sports including reclaiming our lost glory in boxing. "We should also provide additional support to our national rugby team that is making good gains internationally." The President paid tribute to the organisers of the golf event. "Although this tournament has been held in Nyeri, which has been a Provincial town for decades, the tournament itself has been national in stature, ...
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Sports Kengewa make top four
Wangila Simiyu who said the performance at the tournament so far proved how talented players are in universities. "Rwenzori contains the bulk of the Uganda national team players, and this university side stood up to them in their home ground," he explained. "It takes a very talented side to be able to pull the results we have and we are very proud of the boys no matter what stage ...
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Sports Friday still at the helm of 7s says Muthee
Mwangi said the KRU board retained Friday due to his track record after leading Kenya to a respectable fifth position at the recent International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens. "The coach relates well with players and has instilled a lot of discipline in them besides injecting good ideas that has brought in better results," Mwangi said in a KTN Television talk show this week. He said they ...
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Sports Why most retired footballers become television pundits
While a few have opted to stay involved in the game by studying for coaching badges or serving in various administrative roles, a large number have chosen to join the lucrative market of television punditry. Indeed, it is always illuminating to hear expert analysis as provided by ex-football players on our television screens during major football tournaments. Punditry has provided solace ...
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Sports How AK missed the lane to self redemption
elections , after being postponed four times, finally took place on Tuesday. It was carefully choreographed even in breach of sections of its own constitution, like matters of integrity and eligibility. AK chiefs were determined to get their way, come rain or shine although the public mood is totally against recycling of the same old men. But Isaiah Kiplagat, who has twice in the past said he ...
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Ken Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson CBS Sports remembers former analyst
IRVING, Texas - Peggy Nelson says her late husband's face would "light up" whenever he got a call from or thought about Ken Venturi. Venturi died Friday, in the middle of tournament week for the Byron Nelson Championship. Venturi overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports. He died at age 82, 11 days after being inducted into ...
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Beckham captains PSG in last home game
Paris Saint Germain's midfielder David Beckham from England, send a kiss during a training session prior to his French League One soccer match against Brest, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Paris Saint-Germain hopes to strike a deal with David Beckham in the next two weeks in which the former England captain will work with the French club after retirement, ...
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Declaration disappoints in Lockinge
18 May 2013 The heavily backed Declaration Of War proved a major disappointment as Farhh made an impressive return to action in the JLT Lockinge Stakes ...
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Spot-Fixing Of Cricket Shocks India
The biggest news in India these days has nothing whatsoever to do with never-ending concerns about confrontation with Pakistan or border disputes with China. The story would seem to be strictly an internal affair -- but with far-reaching implications. As proclaimed in screaming banner headlines across the top of page one of the Times of India, the world's largest-selling English-language ...
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Seattle Times sports readers sound off
I think Seattle is shamefully being blackballed by the NBA, which denied them a team by turning down the relocation of the troubled Sacramento Kings to Seattle. Though Seattle hasn't had a team since its owners moved it to Oklahoma City in 2008, Seattle has a proven track record, supporting an NBA team for 41 years. In its long and storied history, it was home to such stars as Lenny ...
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Sens Spezza to return Sunday against Pens
Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday evening after missing most of the season with a back injury. Both Spezza, who played only five games after the start of the lockout-shortened season before being lost to the injury, and head coach Paul MacLean confirmed that Spezza would play Sunday after a team workout Saturday ...
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Belgian golfer beaten by Bulgarian toilet
A freakish shot into a toilet cubicle led to the demise of Belgian defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts at golf's World Match Play ...
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Sydney's scandalous toxic waste plan by government
A controversial waste relocation project in Sydney has created anger in a community with a lower income than the Sydney suburb from which the waste is being removed, with many suggesting a class-bias in the city government.
Hunter’s Hill is a predominantly wealthy suburb of Sydney with average house prices of around AUD $1.3 million and a harbour-side community made up predominantly of professionals, managers and other traditionally middle to high-income workers. Penrith, on the other hand, located just over 50 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD, is not as affluent, with average property values of around AUD $280,000. Read more
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