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Indians feeling soggy after 11-7 loss to Tigers
CLEVELAND — The Indians ended a long day at the ballpark soggy and sleepy. Ubaldo Jimenez was chased after four innings and two rain delays crushed Cleveland's momentum Wednesday night in an 11-7 loss to the Detroit Tigers, who swept both games from the Indians and climbed within a half-game of first place in the AL Central. The Tigers built a 9-2 lead off Jimenez (3-3) and David ...
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Cardinals turn to Lynn in opener with Dodgers
The Dodgers will welcome the National League's top team on Friday, as manager Don Mattingly's club tries to continue to right the ship after a series win in Milwaukee. Amid high expectations, the Dodgers enter the opener against the Cardinals sporting a 19-26 record and in last place in the NL West. "The biggest frustration as a manager is that you don't have a chance to go ...
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Five players to watch at the Senior PGA
Bernhard LangerThe Champions Tour money list leader is motivated to get the most from his long putter while the gettin' is good.Gene SauersOff to a good start in his rookie Champions Tour season, he tied for second at 1992 PGA at Bellerive.Kenny PerryThe 52-year-old Franklin, Ky. resident still has lots of game and three top-10s on the Champions Tour this season.Esteban ToledoA great ...
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Jacobsen might have the keys to Bellerive literally
Peter Jacobsen will know his way around the grounds at Bellerive Country Club this week.It is an emotional haunting of sorts, a return to the scene of the sublime, his U.S. Senior Open championship in 2004. Just six weeks after having hip surgery, he had to play a 36-hole Sunday finale in oppressive, midsummer St. Louis heat.And yes, he remembers it well."We were in the second round on ...
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MU 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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SLU hopes for better A-10 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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Heat escape on last-play-of-game basket
James' buzzer-beater lifts Miami LeBron 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 ...
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Hildebrand faced the music in 2011
It was two years ago that Indy driver JR Hildebrand made a career-defining move at the Brickyard. But it's not the one you think.Hildebrand, a rookie from Sausalito, Calif., entered the last turn of the last lap of the Indianapolis 500. Astonishingly, he was the leader. More astonishing were the events that followed.He came up too fast on a slowing Charlie Kimball, then tried to go around ...
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Strauss Watson still offers major presence at 63
The man with the easy smile took all questions Wednesday afternoon. And then when the formal session ended he remained seated to field some more from a smaller group. Ushered outside by a Champions Tour official, the man patiently answered a string of questions about fellow competitor Hale Irwin. He then did a couple of one-on-ones to accommodate broadcast types, including one who discovered too ...
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Irwin refuses to let his age be a 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 ...