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Eagles’ Ewing and Ortega on to districts
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Eagles competed in their 1B league tournament over the weekend to decide which players w…
Daye carries FIU over Jacksonville State 74-70
MIAMI (AP) — Antonio Daye Jr. had a career-high 28 points as Florida International narrowly defeated Jacksonville State 74-70 on Friday night.
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MLB executive, ex-pitcher Young joins hometown Rangers as GM
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers hired Chris Young as executive vice president and general manager Friday, bringing the Major League Baseball executive home to work under president of baseball operations J…
Take Two: No. 8 BYU steps in to face No. 14 Coastal Carolina
Different opponent for No. 14 Coastal Carolina. Even bigger stakes in this Top 25 matchup between the Chanticleers and No. 8 BYU.
'My point guard': Brooks eager to reunite with Westbrook
Scott Brooks was in his fourth game as interim coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who were off to a disastrous 1-16 start. The night on Nov. 29, 2008, he gave Russell Westbrook his first career start, putting him …
Larry Mavety, longtime junior hockey executive, dies at 78
KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) — Larry Mavety, a longtime junior hockey executive who once coached former NHL star Doug Gilmour, has died. He was 78.
Williams leads Georgia State over Charlotte 76-65
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kane Williams registered 18 points as Georgia State got past Charlotte 76-65 on Friday night.
Iniesta turns back clock with Japanese team in Asian CL
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Andrés Iniesta won the UEFA Champions League four times with Barcelona and now the 36-year-old Spaniard is winding back the clock with Vissel Kobe of Japan in the Asian equivalent.
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Coach when Kansas football player died fired in Missouri
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Southern State has dismissed coach Jeff Sims, who was coach at Garden City (Kansas) Community College in 2018 when a 19-year-old football player died of heat stroke.
US to start revised WCup qualifying schedule in September
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States will start a revised and compacted World Cup qualifying schedule with a match in early September that could be at Trinidad and Tobago, which beat the Americans in October 2017 to e…
No. 20 La.-Lafayette overcomes bad snaps to beat App State
BOONE, N.C. (AP) — It was anything put pretty, and at times downright nerve-wracking, yet coach Billy Napier and Louisiana-Lafayette finally got the best of Appalachian State.
No. 20 La.-Lafayette overcome bad snaps to beat App State
BOONE, N.C. (AP) — No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette overcame three snaps over the punter's head and another bad one on a extra point, beating Appalachian State 24-21 on a cold, rainy Friday night when the Mountaineers' C…
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Auburn, Powell red hot from 3, Tigers down S. Alabama 90-81
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Freshman Justin Powell scored 26 points, knocking down seven 3-pointers, and Auburn drained a program-record 22 from distance to defeat South Alabama 90-81 on Friday night.