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8 hours ago in Sports
No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
Terrence Hill Jr. felt he just wasn't himself in the first half of Thursday night's first round NCAA Tournament game. When he returned after the break, he was...
8 hours ago in Sports
High Point’s upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds, busting March Madness brackets
Well, the dream was fun while it lasted — all two-ish hours of it. The bid for a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket disappeared for more than...
8 hours ago in Sports
Saint Louis pounds Georgia 102-77 in March Madness as Dion Brown dominates at the rim with 18 points
Dion Brown scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting, all on layups and dunks, and Saint Louis blew out Georgia 102-77 in the first round of...
1 day ago in Sports
The Hockey Hall of Fame expects to keep the US Olympic gold medal-winning pucks
The Hockey Hall of Fame says the pucks used to score the gold medal-winning men's and women's goals at the Milan Cortina Olympics are part of its permanent collection after being donated by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
2 days ago in Sports, Trending
Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárez’s 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title
Eugenio Suárez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a half-hour after the final out.
4 days ago in Sports
Dominican WBC loss ends on called strike that appeared low, a week before robot umps arrive in MLB
Geraldo Perdomo watched Mason Miller's full-count slider appear to drop just under the strike zone and took a step toward his team's dugout on the third-base side, thinking he walked to put runners at the corners. Then plate umpire Cory Blaser emphatically signaled strike three, stranding the potential tying run at third base and giving the United States a 2-1 win Sunday night that advanced the Americans to the World Baseball Classic championship game against Venezuela or Italy.
4 days ago in Sports, Trending
Duke heads into March Madness ranked No. 1 in AP Top 25, Purdue, St. John’s back in top 10
Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men's basketball poll released Monday, a day after they were named the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
1 week ago in Olympics, Sports
Paralympians ski in shorts and T-shirts, and some ask: Shouldn’t these Games be earlier?
At this month's Milan Cortina Paralympics, some athletes competed in shorts, T-shirts and tank tops. One skier lamented "tropical" conditions and a snowboarder complained that soft, slow snow put him at a disadvantage. And some worried about their safety.
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4 hours ago in National
Stocks sink on fears the war with Iran will keep interest rates high
Stocks are sinking Friday as hopes wither on Wall Street for a possible cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve this year because of the...
4 hours ago in National, Trending
The Latest: US deploys thousands more troops to the war as Iran threatens world tourism sites
The U.S. military is deploying three more warships and roughly 2,500 more marines to the Middle East, where there's no end to the war in sight despite...
