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Ottawa star Jason Spezza to return to Senators lineup for Game 3 against Penguins
OTTAWA - Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season. The star forward hasn't played since Jan. 27 after undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk. He'll rejoin Ottawa's lineup Sunday for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Senators trailing 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. "I'm ...
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Chella Choi takes 1-stroke lead over Nordqvist Korda at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. - Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist, the Swede who broke the course record with a 61 in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Choi twice made three straight birdies to move to 17 under, and has made only two bogeys in three rounds on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones ...
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Tomic primed for French Open says coach
Australian tennis coach Josh Eagle says Bernard Tomic will be "jumping out of his skin" to play at the French Open, despite the drama around his ...
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Whincup wins first two US V8 races
Holden's Jamie Whincup has extended his championship lead over Ford rival Will Davison, winning the landmark first two V8 Supercars races held in the United States.Whincup led home Red Bull Racing teammate Craig Lowndes in both 100km races held on Sunday (AEST) at the Circuit of the Americas.Holden driver Fabian Coulthard was third in both races, held in front of a good-sized crowd in ...
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Joyce Rays rally past Orioles in 9th for 10-6 win
Matt Joyce hit a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven ...
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Nadal v Federer in Rome Masters final
Rafael Nadal will be chasing his 24th ATP Masters in title in Rome, having reached his eighth final in as many events since his comeback from ...
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Beckham gets memorable send-off in last game
Michael Regan/Getty Images PARIS (AP) -- Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement. Fans chanted his name before the game, and they chanted some more when he was finished. There was an outpouring of hugs, ...
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Reds rue costly misses in Super Rugby loss
Queensland's biggest 2013 downfall - a lack of try-scoring polish - returned to haunt them in Bloemfontein as the frustrated Reds fell 27-13 to the Cheetahs on Sunday morning (AEST). Despite enjoying twice as much possession, the Reds failed to capitalise on a string of try-scoring opportunities as the South Africans scrambled brilliantly and clinically took their own points on offer. It ...
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Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes Orb fourth
1 of 12. Oxbow with jockey Gary Stevens in the irons takes first place at the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland May 18, ...
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Stevens Rides Oxbow to 3rd Preakness Win
Gary Stevens came out of retirement for the chance to get back in the winner's circle in a Triple Crown race. He accomplished his goal Saturday in the Preakness. Stevens, a grandfather who retired in 2005 because of knee problems, rode Oxbow to an upset victory on a horse saddled by 77-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Stevens led from start to finish and won the race by 1 lengths ...
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Cubs 8 Mets 2 Jeremy Hefner Remains Winless as Punchless Mets Revert to Form
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Votto Arroyo lead Reds over Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins, left, dives back to first base and beats the tag from Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19) in the third inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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Pregame Mauer back at DH Morneau bats 3rd
Joe Mauer is back in the lineup today, albeit at designated hitter for the 11th time this season. His back is decidedly better today, manager Ron Gardenhire said. For those who emailed and tweeted me about why Mauer didn't pinch-hit last night: Gardenhire said as the chilly night went on, it became clear that it wasn't worth risking making his back any worse. He got treatment, and it ...
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Lynx center McCarville is a Wisconsin farm girl first
STEVENS POINT, WIS. – As Janel McCarville sits under the homemade basketball hoop attached to the chicken coop on her farm in central Wisconsin, she mentions the assassination of her Moscow team owner while he was on his way to pick her up for a Beyonce concert. McCarville and her father fashioned the backboard from a tree trunk and 2-by-4s, and fastened a rim she bought for $2 at a ...
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Smith In face of widespread habitat loss conservation fight continues
Wetland drainage in North Dakota has accelerated, as this photo taken last fall indicates. Conservationists say there’s widespread loss of wildlife habitat occurring across the prairie pothole ...
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Anderson Haugstad still putting up a fight
Mel Haugstad of Preston, in southeast Minnesota, is a retired DNR fisheries biologist and expert angler who has documented nearly 33,000 trout he has caught in state streams. Exact totals are available, and stunning. "From 1959 to 2012, I caught 32,795 trout,'' he said. "More than 27,000 of them on ...
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Pacers Hill cleared to play Game 6 vs. Knicks
Indiana Pacers' George Hill goes to the basket against New York Knicks' Raymond Felton during the second half of Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Indianapolis. Indiana defeated New York 93-82. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Denmarks Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ....
Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ...
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Sports board elections New wine in old bottles
Despite the recent election of boards of various sports federations (sports governing bodies), nothing has really changed. We are known to be ingenious about changing 'ogas at the top', but never bother to correct fundamental structural defects that impede real development in sports. Of course, there will be lots of the usual expression of confidence in newly elected officers and ...
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Hundreds remember UO tennis star at memorial service
PORTLAND, Ore. – Family and friends remembered a 21-year-old University of Oregon tennis star at a memorial service in Portland on Saturday. Alex Rovello drowned one week ago after jumping off a 60-foot cliff ...
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Football news in brief
Monaco to sue league Monaco have launched legal action against French football authorities after rival clubs threatened to refuse the Ligue 2 champions admission to the top flight. Monaco's status as a tax haven has given the club greater purchasing power than any team other than the Qatari-backed ...
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The week in football Fifa on tour plus Poyets pledge
Fifa congress: "The Indian Ocean island location could hardly be more apt, as the representatives of Fifa's 209 associations meet to discuss President Joseph S. Blatter's 2011 congress pledge to 'steer the Fifa boat back into clear, transparent waters'."o Also making news in Mauritius: FA president and Fifa ...
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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