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Ambitious Lindsey Vonn to ‘take on the world’ after career
Ski star looking to life after racing
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Pebble Beach only a US Open preview of the scenery
One big exception is Pebble Beach. “I think this is great,” Davis said Wednesday as he walked down the 16th fairway. “Because this is nothing like it will be June.”…
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Russell scores 27, Nets hit 19 3s and beat Nuggets
Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell (1) pulls down a rebound in front of Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee (24) as Nets forward Rodions Kurucs (00) watches during the first half…
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Colorado beats UCLA behind Gatling’s career night
Colorado guard Shane Gatling (0) makes a 3-point basket over UCLA guard Jules Bernard (3) and guard David Singleton (34) during the first half Wednesday in Los Angeles.Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated…
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Golf adjusts rule on caddies standing behind players
Golf’s two governing bodies released a clarification Wednesday on the rule aimed at keeping caddies from being able to help their players line up a shot. The rule now says…
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Woods wins ski slopestyle gold at world championships
His best run Wednesday was good enough to hold off Norway’s Birk Ruud by a slim margin. American Nick Goepper finished with the bronze. The 27-year-old Woods won silver in…
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MLB looking at more major rule changes
Three-batter minimum for relievers a shocking twist
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Anthony Davis remains in trade limbo going into deadline
New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis laughs as he walks on the court Monday before a game against the Indiana Pacers in New Orleans.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press By 1 p.m. Thursday,…
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Florida State, Miami try to flip narrative on signing day
Coming off a 5-7 record in their first season under coach Willie Taggart, the Seminoles landed a top 20 class but struck out on a much-needed quarterback Wednesday Miami, coming…
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Lindsey Vonn prepares for final race of career
Vonn crashed in super-G on Tuesday
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Mark Reynolds gets non-roster invitation to Rockies’ spring training
Reynolds was with Rockies for 2016-’17 seasons
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Dominik Paris wins men’s super-G at world championships
Paris wins by 0.09 seconds
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U.S. Soccer welcomes video replay progress, urges Women’s World Cup approval
Referee Matt Conger watches the Video Assistant Referee system, known as VAR, during the group D match between Nigeria and Iceland at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Volgograd…
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A new era of football in AAF
Kickoffs. “We were all looking around saying, ‘Does anyone miss kickoffs?’ The answer was, no, we did not miss them,” said Mike Pereira, the NFL’s former vice president of officiating…
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Mikaela Shiffrin skis to super-G world championship
American earns a gold at fourth consecutive worlds
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Lindsey Vonn crashes out of her penultimate race
Vonn hopes to finish downhill, end career on positive
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Svindal ready for final races before retirement
Thought of retirement, final races ‘really scary’
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‘Like an angel’: Mikaela Shiffrin inspired by cancer survivor
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates with fan Emma Lundell on the podium after the women’s FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden.Pontus Lundahl/Associated Press file The overall World Cup skiing…
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Pistons pour it on this time, rout Nuggets
This time, they kept pouring it on. Andre Drummond scored 14 of his season-high 27 points in the third and the Pistons snapped Denver’s six-game winning streak, beating the Nuggets…
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Ricky Fowler wins Phoenix Open despite triple bogey
Fowler storms back to beat Branden Grace by two shots
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Missing soccer player Emiliano Sala’s plane found
Sala was en route to Cardiff when plane went down in English Channel
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Patriots win Super Bowl once again
New England tops LA Rams in lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever
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Trump: NFL people thankful he signed criminal justice bill
President Donald Trump walks with his wife first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump on the tarmac of Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to switch from Marine One…
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Donald Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward football
The NFL fan tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview taped before the Super Bowl that football is “really tough.” He says equipment, including helmets, has improved “but it…
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Danger Warning! Extreme cold can affect even elite skiers
Ivica Kostelic burned skin off of his face while hurtling down the frigid downhill course in Lake Louise, Alberta, at minus 30 degrees. Even the world’s top skiers can struggle…
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Last World Cup ski race before worlds canceled because of snowfall
Organizers called off a men’s giant slalom, a day after they also had to cancel a downhill for the same reason. Course workers started at 4 a.m. but failed to…
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Come together: Super Bowl Sunday, the last stand of live TV
And there’s plenty of proof to bolster theories about the NFL’s slipping popularity. But when it comes to clicking away from Super Bowl Sunday — forget about it. Whether streaming…