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Westbrook cuts short his throwing session
St. Louis Cardinals' Jake Westbrook signs autographs during warm-ups for a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lenny ...
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Rams guard Watkins suspended for one game
O'FALLON, Ill. o Chad Spanberger doesn't remember coming through with a hit with the bases loaded this season before Wednesday's game, but ...
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Bernie Bytes Does Beltran have a future with Cards
is off to another good start in 2013. Beltran's two-out, two-run single in the 5th inning Tuesday night broke the game open in the Cardinals' 10-2 rout over the Padres.Beltran has 10 homers, 29 RBIs and a combined onbase+slugging percentage of .845. That's right in line with his .842 OPS in 2012.To this stage of the season, Beltran, age 36, shows no signs of decline from his usual ...
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SLU hopes for better A-10 baseball tourney
The reasons for last season's sudden and sad ending are unclear, but St. Louis University baseball coach Darin Hendrickson has a theory.The Billikens were given a bye week in the Atlantic 10 on the final weekend of the 2012 season, leaving them with nonconference games as their final tuneup for the conference tournament.They were eliminated with two losses in three games and the best season ...
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Mizzou softball ready for national stage
Things started off with a bang for host Belleville East softball team in its Class 4A regional game at home with rival West on ...
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The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key is set deep in the stagnant bayous of Louisiana, which along with the dusty backroads of Texas, is one of the few American locations that can immediately and without question conjure up menace and dread all by itself. Like Transylvania in the 19th century, t ... ...
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NBA James’ buzzer-beater lifts Miami
oLeBron James made an uncontested layup as the clock expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. James finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists -- his ninth postseason triple-double -- and barely anyone noticed. All that mattered was the last shot, which simply saved ...
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NHL Pittsburgh mauls Ottawa
Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. "I'm not talking about anything ahead of Game 5," the Pittsburgh captain said when asked about a potential Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins.But after the Penguins' 7-3 ...
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Irwin wont let his age be barrier to competing
Hale Irwin won't stand down. He just won't, doesn't believe in it."I think there's a lot of things that I'm not ready to give up, one of which is something that has been so, so good to me," Irwin said."Golf has not been my life, my family has been my life This has been an addition to that and I'm not ready to give it up. It still tastes pretty darn ...
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Burkhardt Gatlin lead USBC doubles event
Brian Burkhardt of St. Louis and Rick Gatlin of Eureka took the Regular Doubles lead with a 1,440 total in the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday ...
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Friendly rivals Chelsea vs. Man City will probably lack intensity
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911 forever made workplaces safer in the United States. The Rana Plaza factory ...