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Titans coach feels for Origin outcast
He could be forgiven for taking Ashley Harrison's availability as a bonus but Gold Coast coach John Cartwright would rather the back-rower was preparing for another State of Origin appearance. Harrison was on Tuesday named in the Titans team to play NRL premiers Melbourne next week minutes after he was left out of the Maroons line-up for State of Origin II in Brisbane. The 32-year-old was ...
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BVA tabs DeGregorio new basketball coach
Kyle DeGregorio was hired at Monday's meeting of the Belle Vernon Area School Board by a unanimous vote. His salary was set at $9,029 ...
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Blackhawks Bemused as Unflappable Rask Basks in Glory
(Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks are finding out what the Pittsburgh Penguins already knew - that Boston Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask is pretty good. The ice-cool Finn was unbeatable again on Monday, stopping all 28 shots he faced to backstop the Bruins to a 2-0 win over Chicago and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals. It was Rask's third shutout in his last seven ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday June 18
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Stantons 2 HRs Lead Marlins Past Diamondbacks 3-2
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Pressure is on Plouffe to produce
"I was pushing for Terry to bring me up for [Tigers] series," Plouffe said. "I gave him a call and he said, 'Listen, you are going to get your bat right before you come up here. I want you to come up here and ...
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Bruins take 2-1 lead in Stanley Cup finals with 2-0 win over Blackhawks
BOSTON - Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime. After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the ...
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Heatley injury has Wild dealing with tight salary cap
The NHL salary cap drops to $64.3million for 2013-14. The Wild's will be about $63.9 million because performance bonuses achieved by Jonas Brodin put the Wild over last year's cap. The Wild, as it stands today, has about $6.2 million to fill out next year's ...
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Rashad Vaughn leaving Cooper for prep school
Rashad Vaughn’s family said Monday that he won’t return to Cooper High School for his senior season. The 6-5, 200-pound shooting guard is searching for an out-of-state prep school to finish his high school ...
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Porter sends Miss. St. to 5-4 CWS win over Indiana
Mississippi State's Wes Rea, left, and Demarcus Henderson, right, celebrate their go-ahead runs on a single by Trey Porter against Indiana in the eighth inning of an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted ...
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Socceroos v Iraq Tim Cahill confident of World Cup 2014 qualification as pressure mounts on Australia
Sydney 2000 The pressure of qualifying for Brazil is not suffocating Tim Cahill or the Socceroos as they aim to turn Sydney into their World Cup dream factory for the second time in eight years.After nearly three weeks in camp, Australia say they are ready to rise to the challenge of beating Iraq at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Tuesday night and secure a World Cup finals berth.Superstar ...
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Viciedos Triple Leads White Sox Over Astros 4-2
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Bruins beat Blackhawks grab series lead
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron scored in the second period and Tuukka Rask posted his third shutout of the playoffs by turning aside 28 shots, moving the Bruins within two wins of their second NHL championship in three years.The Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before the game when ...
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New app to boost local sports clubs
Professional clubs across the various codes invest millions in the latest technology to engage their fans via websites and smartphones, but it’s difficult for local cash-strapped clubs to do the same. A new smartphone app could change that, by helping small teams reach out more easily to players and fans. Team App can send ladders, pictures and information on fundraisers and training ...
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Expectation part of the job for Cahill
The pressure of qualifying for Brazil is not suffocating Tim Cahill or the Socceroos as they aim to turn Sydney into their World Cup dream factory for the second time in eight ...
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Lolo Jones rankles U.S. bobsledders with video
If there's one thing Lolo Jones apparently doesn't like about vying for the U.S. bobsled team, it's sliding for relatively paltry pay.The American track and field star on Monday rankled members of the U.S. bobsledding team -- which she has been working with the past seven months -- when she tweeted ...
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Miller Molina lead Cardinals to victory
Rookie Shelby Miller pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina had a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday ...
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Tigers’ Max Scherzer improves to 10-0 Baseball Notebook
DETROIT - Max Scherzer has shrugged off the significance of his undefeated start, saying records are fluky statistics for pitchers and that he’s simply playing for a good team. When the Detroit Tigers right-hander found out he is the first to accomplish a couple feats since Rogers Clemens and Pedro Martinez, though, it knocked Scherzer off his humble script. "That tickles me when ...
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Hawks Hossa sat out Game 3 after warmup injury
The Blackhawks will have to steal one on the road without their top offensive player. Marian Hossa is out for Game 3. The dazzling winger, Chicago’s most consistent threat throughout the playoffs, took his reps during the pre-game skate, but he was not on the roster just turned in by coach Joel Quenneville. Hossa apparently tweaked something while taking a shot during warmups. Ben Smith ...
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Phillies walkoff Braves on Brown RBI-single in 9th
Philadelphia Phillies . Haren looks to win for the first time in more than five weeks, and Lannan comes off the disabled list to face his former team for the first time as Washington visits Philadelphia in the opener of a three-game series Monday night. Lannan went 42-52 with a 4.01 ERA in 134 starts for Washington from 2007-12, but he pitched in the minors for most of last season and ...
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Qld dump Harrison Shillington for Origin
Queensland coach Mal Meninga has dumped Ashley Harrison and David Shillington, calling up Daly Cherry-Evans and Josh Papalii for the must-win State of Origin game two at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday week. Workaholic back-rower Harrison and prop Shillington paid the price on Tuesday after the Maroons pack was outplayed in the game one loss to NSW in Sydney. South Sydney's Chris McQueen and ...
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Connelly new boss at Nuggets
(Reuters) - The Denver Nuggets named Tim Connelly as their new general manager on Monday after Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors last ...
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Blackhawks lose Hossa lose game 2-0
High-scoring Marian Hossa was a late scratch from the lineup after sustaining an upper body injury. Then the Blackhawks were beaten 2-0 by the Boston Bruins and fell behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup ...
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Game 3 Bruins 2 Blackhawks 0 Dealt Early Blow Blackhawks Are Punchless vs. Bruins
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Connelly New Boss at Nuggets
(Reuters) - The Denver Nuggets named Tim Connelly as their new general manager on Monday after Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors last month. The first task for 36-year-old Connelly, who spent the last three years as the assistant general manager in New Orleans, will be finding a new head coach to replace George Karl, who was sacked at the end of the season. "We have a lot to do," ...
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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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