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Virginia Defeats UCLA to Win NCAA Mens Tennis
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Academy Sports +Outdoors to open store in Portland renovate in Corpus Christi
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Renovations are being done throughout the existing store, and a new location in Portland is scheduled to open in the spring. Additional store will add more than 100 jobs in the Coastal ...
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West Virginia baseball team pitches in after Oklahoma tornado
More than 1,000 miles from here in the Ohio Valley, the pictures out of Oklahoma show destruction, but the West Virginia University baseball team was much closer. Team members were set to play in the Big 12 championships just 10 miles from the area hit the hardest.The West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team traveled to Oklahoma with nothing but excitement and a chance to claim the conference ...
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Quotes on the anchored stroke ruling
Selected quotes on the Royal & Ancient and U.S. Golf Association approving Rule 14-1b, which bans in 2016 the anchored stroke commonly used with long putters:"We are doing what we think is right for the long-term benefit of the game for all golfers, and we just can't write them for one group of elite players." _ USGA executive director Mike Davis.___"I think it's ...
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Rules officials Time better spent on course
The number of people calling PGA Tour events after seeing possible rules violations has gone up since Tiger Woods took what turned out to be an illegal drop at the Masters. That doesn't mean the number of violations is increasing."The rate of irrelevant call-ins has gone up dramatically, too," said Tyler Dennis, the tour's vice president of competition.What might seem like a ...
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Quotes on the decision to ban anchored-stroke putting
Selected quotes on the Royal & Ancient and U.S. Golf Association approving Rule 14-1b, which bans in 2016 the anchored stroke commonly used with long putters: "We are doing what we think is right for the long-term benefit of the game for all golfers, and we just can't write them for one group of elite players." — USGA executive director Mike Davis. ___ "I think ...
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Fish tales Blown off the lake one day but big scores the next
Adam Steinhilber, Excelsior • 27-inch walleye • Lake of the Woods (As told by dad, Paul Steinhilber) "We were blown off Lake of the Woods on opening day because of high winds, so we instead fished the Rainy River and caught smaller fish. But on Sunday, we got out onto Fourmile Bay and had better luck. We used half-ounce jigs with frozen minnows because of the bait shortage, ...
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Tony Pulis leaves as Stoke manager after 7 years at the Premier League club
STOKE, England - Stoke says Tony Pulis left as manager by mutual consent Tuesday, ending his seven-year tenure at the Premier League club. By guiding Stoke to a 13th-place finish this season, Pulis secured the team's status in England's top division for a fifth straight year. Still, he came under increasing criticism for failing to change its direct and physical style of play. Pulis ...
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Affeldt has grown to love open-minded Bay Area
In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo is San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt posing on picture day at spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. Affeldt arrived in San Francisco five years ago determined to get rid of his negative feelings toward the gay population. The Giants pitcher reveals these former thoughts in his recently released book, "To Stir a Movement:" Life, Justice, and Major ...
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Injured Carroll Ruled Out of England Friendlies
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Murray pulls out of French Open through injury
A massive rescue operation is underway in Oklahoma for survivors of a massive tornado that swept through a suburban area, as the official death toll is revised down to ...
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Rovers edge out Dundalk in EA Sports Cup
Shamrock Rovers booked their place in the third round of the EA Sports Cup with a 1-0 victory over Dundalk at Tallaght Stadium. It was the Hoops who enjoyed the best of a tame first-half and they would have taken an eight minute lead courtesy of a Thomas Stewart header were it not for a fine save from Peter Cherrie in the Dundalk goal. Dundalk started the second half brightly and had ...
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Its Super Bowl XIX all over again for San Francisco and Miami
Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium. Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers. January 20, 1985 San Francisco 49ers fans can remember the first and only Super Bowl played in the Bay Area like it was yesterday. Now, more than 30 years later, one of the hottest sporting events on the planet returns to the Bay in 2016. In the years since, other metropolitan areas have reaped the economic benefit of ...
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Professional golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Adam Scott of Australia putts on the 15th green during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced ...
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Super Bowl by the numbers How much is Silicon Valley shelling out
The San Francisco 49ers' new Levi's Stadium won't be completed until mid-2014, but that's not slowing big-time investment in the venue. Click here for the full rundown of the dollars in play. The Super Bowl is not a cheap event to host. But if you believe the hype from economic impact studies, the payoff can be good like, nine figure good. We'll have to wait until at least ...
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Manchester City and Yankees launch New York MLS team
United States Manchester City and the New York Yankees have formed a new Major League Soccer team to play in New York City from 2015.English Premier League club Manchester City, which is owned by Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, will be the majority partner with the Yankees, the biggest name in baseball, an "active member of the ownership group", MLS said.The new team will be called New ...
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Analysis New MLS Club Faces Challenge to Make Mark in New York
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PBT Colangelo out as Raptors GM still president
Bryan Colangelo is still going to collect a paycheck from the Raptors. But he's not going to have sway over the basketball side of the operations -- and that's what matters most to Raptors fans. Tim Leiweke, the new CEO of Raptors owner Maple Leaf Sports and ...
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Second ex-Irish player to Cincy
Another former Notre Dame player has decided to finish his football career at Cincinnati, as tight end Jake Golic has decided to play for the Bearcats, Golic’s father Mike announced today on his ESPN radio show "Mike and Mike." The 6-4, 245-pound Connecticut native earned his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and will be eligible to play immediately for Cincinnati, where he ...
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Clippers Cut Ties With Head Coach Del Negro
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with head coach Vinny Del Negro, announcing on Tuesday they will not offer him a new contract to lead the National Basketball Association team. Del Negro compiled a 128-102 record with the Clippers in three seasons, guiding them to the playoffs in 2012 and 2013. The Clippers finished the 2012-13 season with a ...
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Ind. to bid for 2018 Super Bowl
In this photo made using a slow shutter speed, people walk past a Super Bowl XLVI logo on Monument Circle in Indianapolis on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
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Appeals Court Revives Ex-QBs Lawsuit Over NCAA Football Game
In an important appeal that divided Hollywood, the Third Circuit sides with the likeness rights of celebrities over protections afforded by the First Amendment. (SAG 1, MPAA ...
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Stoke confirm Pulis exit
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has officially come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.Widespread speculation had suggested the 55-year-old's time was up after a meeting with chairman Peter Coates this morning.However, it took the Potters several hours to finalise the details of his departure, with confirmation finally coming at ...
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Santa Clara set to score with Super Bowl 50
San Francisco will do just fine during Super Bowl 50. The City is where people will party, eat, drink, repeat. But let's not forget that this is really Santa Clara's moment to shine, too. The game might become known as the San Francisco Super Bowl, but it will be played in Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. While San Francisco is known for many things, Santa Clara can now become ...
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Chinese Teenager Pulls Out of US Open Qualifying
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Nepal reaches out for help to save tiger population
Nepal’s tigers, along with tigers across the Asian region, are being killed off by poachers and human encroachment on their habitats, with an extinction crisis mounting, the government has appealed to the international community for help.
The tiger, there is arguably no land animal so beautiful and majestic as this magnificent member of the Felidae family. These creatures have invaded the human imagination for centuries and are the national animals of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, as well as North and South Korea. Read more
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