It was like a scene from “Weekend at Bernie’s” when a Colombian soccer team recently got an unexpected fan. Friends brought a coffin with the body of a 17-year-old boy into a soccer match Sunday between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado, according to Colombia Reports. Christopher Jacome, a big fan of …
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Patrick Kane scored on a backhand at 9:40 of overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 6 to clinch their second-round Western Conference series on Tuesday night. Kris Versteeg scored at 1:58 of the first and Corey …
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ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia’s signing class has received a much-anticipated boost with the addition of defensive end Lorenzo Carter. Carter, from Norcross High School near Atlanta, slipped on a red Georgia cap as he made his nationally televised decision to sign with Georgia over Florida, LSU and Florida State. Carter …
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TEMPE, Ariz. – Carson Palmer stepped under center, called out a few signals, then dropped back to pass. Scanning the defensive backfield, he spotted a receiver going deep along the right side and rifled a pass to his back shoulder for a completion. So what if it was a drill …
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NEW YORK – They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning, finding a way to restart a sport desperate to regain momentum …
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MINNEAPOLIS – The already banged-up Atlanta Falcons offensive line has been decimated by injuries against the Minnesota Vikings. The Falcons lost three starting linemen in the first three quarters Sunday, forcing them to play tight end Levin Toilolo at right tackle in the fourth. Left guard Justin Blalock left the …
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DULUTH, Ga. – South Carolina picked a bad time for what coach Dawn Staley called the worst showing of the season. The price of the No. 5 Gamecocks’ 68-58 loss to No. 12 Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference semifinal may be the opportunity to earn a No. 1 seed in …
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Except for a cameo appearance in California, Jim Furyk has been hard to find on a golf course over the last four months. That wasn’t an accident. And it wasn’t an injury. Furyk has been talking the last few years about trying to cut back on …
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Three teams from the Southeastern Conference’s powerful Western Division are finally going down. That much is assured on Saturday, when six teams ranked in the top 15 clash in an unprecedented day for any division in major college football. First, No. 6 Texas A&M visits No. 12 Mississippi State in …
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Travian Robertson,a South Carolina defensive line coach and former NFL player, is in stable condition after being injured in a car accident Friday morning, the university said in a statement. Head coach Shane Beamer confirmed in a statement released by South Carolina that Robertson, who is in his third year …
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