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Report Raiders sign Woodson to one-year deal
Charles Woodson makes a return trip to the Raiders. He spent his first eight seasons in the NFL with the team. (Picture courtesy of Raiders Twitter account) ...
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Sergio sorry for Tiger Woods fried chicken joke
Sergio Garcia said he was joking when he made a fried chicken remark about Tiger Woods. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Sergio Garca’s verbal feud withTiger Woodscontinued when the Spaniard made what could be interpreted as a racist remark about Woods. Garcia was on stage at the European Tour’s gala players’ awards dinner Tuesday night, where he was asked a question by by ...
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Guan opts out of US Open qualifying
(40 mins ago) China’s Guan Tianlang has decided not to try to play in the US Open. The USGA said the 14-year-old has withdrawn from sectional qualifying in Dallas on June 3 in the US. Guan informed the USGA shortly after he received a sponsor's exemption to play in the Memorial, which ends June 2. The USGA offered to move Guan's qualifier from Texas to Ohio to help with travel, ...
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Raiders stumped by 2013 away record
Canberra props Brett White and Dane Tilse say they have no idea why the Raiders can't convert their hot NRL home game winning streak into success on the road. The side has won eight games at Canberra Stadium in a row - including all four in 2013 - yet have been victorious in just the one game from six on the road in 2013. "If you know, let us know," White told reporters. He ...
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Garcia Apologizes for Fried Chicken Remark
Sergio Garcia is apologizing for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian reports Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open. The Guardian reports Garcia said: "We will have ...
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Cavaliers Win NBA Draft Lottery Again Sixers Get No. 11 Pick
NBA Commissioner David Stern chats with Managing Owner Josh Harris of the Philadelphia 76ers during a reception prior to the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on May 21, 2013 at the Millennium Hotel in New York City. (credit: Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty ...
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Tigers Topple Indians 5-1
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David Adams Is a Rarity a New Yankee the Yankees Developed
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Leakes Pitching Wrights E Send Reds Past Mets
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Wolves stay put at No. 9 in NBA draft lottery
Ricky Rubio doll – or action figure, if you prefer – he brought with him to New York City Tuesday night couldn’t bring the Timberwolves any NBA draft lottery luck for the first time in their 24-year history. The Wolves ended up precisely where they were slotted – at the No. 9 spot – in the league’s annual game of chance that determines the June draft’s ...
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Anderson Minnesotans are waiting for Daytons decision
Mark Dayton to tell us who he is. He could sign a bill brokered by big shots in the waning hours of the just-concluded legislative session - a deal that would send a knife into the heart of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. Or he could honor a campaign promise he made to hunters, anglers and other conservationists to stand up for the state’s natural resources and the many ...
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Preseason loss shows that Lynx have work to do
Two impressions that came out of an 88-80 loss to Connecticut on Tuesday at Target Center in the preseason finale for the Lynx: • There still is a lot to do before the team starts the regular season June 1. • How the team will fill out its roster is becoming a bit clearer. First, the work: The Lynx were beat up on the offensive boards, struggled mightily with turnovers and there is ...
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Durant in Minneapolis to watch the Lynx donates $1 million for Oklahoma tornado relief
Minneapolis on Monday in order to see Wright play for the Lynx in Tuesday’s preseason finale. An earnest advocate for the WNBA, he had come to watch the game, courtside, at Target Center. And then, Monday afternoon, he turned on the TV and watched what was happening in Oklahoma City, his adopted hometown, where a horrific tornado had ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. ...
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New Mille Lacs bass regulations under fire
George Liddle is a bass-fishing fanatic. "I've fished bass all over the country, and I've not found anywhere the quality of smallmouth fishing as on Lake Mille Lacs,'' he said. "It's a world-class fishery.'' Which is why Liddle and others are fighting against a relaxation of bass-fishing regulations on Mille Lacs this year to boost harvest. The new ...
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Eagles future hangs on World Cup ticket — Oboabona
"We know the importance of clinching the World Cup ticket and the coach has also let us understand that our careers will be built on this ticket, that is why we can't let it go. We are ready to give everything so that we are victorious at the end," the Sunshine Stars skipper told ...
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Lesh tennis clinic to hold May 27
Chief Coach of Lesh Tennis Club, Segun Lesi, said beside learning the game, kids would be treated to a carnival-like atmosphere laced with music, dancing and spelling ...
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YSFON commends MTN Football scholar
Secretary of the Youths Sports Federation of Nigeria Harrison Iyonoma has commended the efforts of MTN Football Scholar in discovering educated footballers in the ...
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Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again
NEW YORK - Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again.The Cavaliers won the lottery for the second time in three years Tuesday, giving them the No. 1 pick for the June 27 draft.Gilbert, owner Dan Gilbert's bowtie-wearing son, was on stage for another the victory. After he won it in 2011, the Cavs used the pick to take eventual Rookie of the Year Kyrie ...
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Barnes in the centres for Waratahs
NSW coach Michael Cheika has rewarded Berrick Barnes by picking him at No.12 and dumping Rob Horne for the Waratahs' clash with the Melbourne ...
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Leishman eyes double major milestone
Marc Leishman is confident of continuing his rich vein of form, targeting this week's Crowne Plaza Invitational as the perfect venue to lock up a spot in the US and British Opens.After a wonderful month of form where he tied fourth at the Masters, tied ninth at the Heritage, tied eighth at the Players Championship and tied 12th at the Byron Nelson Championship, the Victorian tees it up at ...
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Squash stars advance at British Open
Cameron Pilley has led three Australians into the second round of the British Open in dominant style with a straight-games win over Malaysian No.1 Ong Beng Hee.Playing in the all-glass court set up on the playing field of the Hull City football club, Pilley crushed Hee 11-1 11-8 14-12.He next plays sixth-seeded Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy.Kasey Brown and Rachael Grinham won in contrasting ...
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Canseco player-coach in indy league _ for a series
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jose Canseco is back in the independent United League as a player-coach. At least for one series. The 48-year-old Canseco will be with the Fort Worth Cats for their opening four-game homestand, which starts Thursday night. Fort Worth opens the season against Edinburg, which is managed by Ozzie Canseco, the identical twin brother of the 1986 American League rookie of ...
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Cavs win draft lottery Magic will pick second
Nick Gilbert (left) won the NBA draft lottery for the second time in three years. (David Dow/Getty Images) The Cleveland Cavaliers won the rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft during the league’s annual lottery drawing on Tuesday. The draft is set for June 27. Nick Gilbert, son of owner Dan Gilbert, represented the team on stage, as he did in 2011, when the Cavaliers won the ...
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N.B.A. Roundup Clippers Wont Keep Vinny Del Negro as Coach
The Los Angeles Clippers said Tuesday that Coach Vinny Del Negro would not be offered a new contract after the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs. Del Negro had a 128-102 regular-season record in three years with the team. The Clippers made the playoffs the last two seasons, last year advancing to the second round for only the second time since ...
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Gagai taking second chance with both hands
After being shown the door by Brisbane last year, Newcastle's Dane Gagai is now looking to emulate Justin Hodges as the world's premier centre after parlaying his good form into a two-year NRL contract extension. The Mackay-born 22-year-old was acknowledged as the best young player at the Broncos with seasoned observers rating him as the most exciting talent to emerge at the club ...
Guatemala Feature
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One survivor of the civil war masacres represents the injustice suffered by millions
Almost three decades ago, a young boy, Ramiro Cristales, watched as his family was killed by the Guatemalan army during the most tragic and shameful time in the nation’s history, the brutal civil war that last several decades and would ultimately claim the lives of over 200,000 people – men, women and children. Now, Cristales plans to testify in a humanitarian case against one of the soldiers involved in the massacre that saw his family killed. He represents the unfulfilled justice for those whose remains are still buried in mass graves around the country.
From 1960 to 1996 Guatemala was torn apart by the longest, and one of the most brutal, civil wars in the history of Latin America. To this day, the country is still trying to recover from the weighty and far-reaching effects it had on the country. During the civil war, the dictatorship-leaning government used all forms of repression and power at its disposal to remain in power. Read more
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