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Volleyball’s Scott-Arruda headed to her fifth Olympics
Danielle Scott-Arruda never really thought she was very good at volleyball. “When I started getting recruiting letters in high school, I thought, well, there must be something to this,” she said...
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Saints, Brees get closer to big deal
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints still must close a significant gap in guaranteed money if they are to agree on a five-year contract worth about $100 million by Monday’s looming ...
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Schmidt: All-Star problems, but no easy solutions
I was on 12 All-Star rosters, most as a legit All-Star deserving of the honor of representing the National League as one of that year’s best players. In 1980, I missed the game with a pulled mus...
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Assocaited Press Melky Cabrera (right) of the San Francisco Giants, celebrates his two-run home run with National League teammate Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals during the fourth inning of the MLB All-Star game on Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. The National League won an 8-0 romp.
Giant blowout routs AL in All-Star game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera turned the All-Star game into a Giant blowout. Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed a five-...
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Associated Press Kevin Durant (left) of Oklahoma City works the ball against the Miami Heat's LeBron James during Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series June 21 in Miami. Durant and James will team-up for the USA in this summer's Olympics.
NBA Finals pain remains for Durant in Vegas’ camp
LAS VEGAS — Kevin Durant can’t hide from the hurt this summer. LeBron James is right there every time he steps on the basketball court now. The NBA Finals ended in Miami only about three weeks a...
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Heat wave breaks just in time in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There are times the past few weeks when Twins catcher Joe Mauer would gaze at scoreboards in ballparks around the country, trying to see what kind of heat the Minnesota pitchers ...
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Baseball cards in attic might fetch millions
DEFIANCE, Ohio — Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather’s attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundl...
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Judge OKs rooftop missiles during London Olympics
LONDON — It has been a tough few months at the pockmarked concrete high-rise known as Fred Wigg Tower. First there was the fire, which left dozens temporarily homeless. Then came the rash of burgla...
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Prince Fielder wins 2nd Home Run Derby
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Detroit’s Prince Fielder became only the second player to win multiple titles in the All-Star Home Run Derby, thrilling the crowd at Kauffman Stadium with eight splash shots into...
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Armstrong suit to block charges dismissed
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge handed Lance Armstrong a quick setback Monday as he went to court to save his seven Tour de France titles and his reputation as one of the greatest cyclists ever. Ar...
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National League's Jay Bruce, of the Cincinnati Reds, Matt Cain, of the San Francisco Giants, and Craig Kimbrel, of the Atlanta Braves, talk in the outfield during MLB All-Star baseball batting practice, Monday, July 9, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Bypassed for Cain, Dickey hoped to start
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Owner of the best record in baseball, R.A. Dickey was hoping to become the first knuckleballer to start an All-Star game since Dutch Leonard in 1943. A 12-1 record wasn’t good...
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Hope Solo gets warning from USADA
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — United States national team goalkeeper Hope Solo received a public warning Monday from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after she tested positive for the banned substance Ca...
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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, July 7, 2012, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes during the 400m men's event at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium. The South African double amputee is going to the London 2012 Olympics, re-igniting the fierce debate over the carbon fiber blades he runs on and his right to compete alongside able-bodied athletes. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Manmade vs. natural: Olympian Pistorius continues to be debated
LONDON — Is manmade material superior to muscle? Are those blades better than real legs? Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee runner, is taking the issue of disabled vs. able-bodied competition i...
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Heat’s Wade has surgery on left knee
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade of the NBA champion Miami Heat had surgery Monday on his left knee, and is expected to need up to eight weeks to fully recover. Wade can begin therapy immediately and the Hea...
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Wiggins in command on Tour de France
BESANCON, France — If Monday’s time trial at the Tour de France was “the test of truth” — as one top rider called it — then Bradley Wiggins aced it. The Olympic champion, aiming to be the first ...
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