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Cain homers in return to KC as Brewers beat Royals 5-2

April 25, 2018 Associated Press

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain spent seven seasons with the Kansas City Royals, winning two American League pennants and a World Series title while growing accustomed to the cheers of their adoring fans. The jersey has changed. That love for Cain has not. The affable outfielder homered and reached base four times in […]

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BUCKS

Antetokounmpo pledges to be more aggressive offensively in Game 6

April 24, 2018 Rick Solem

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BOSTON — The road team can’t seem to win and the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t hit a shot in Game 5 Tuesday at the Boston Celtics. It was another terrible shooting game from Eric Bledsoe and Giannis Antetokounmpo decided he wasn’t going to shoot, as the Celtics took a 3-2 series lead with a 92-87 win. […]

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COLLEGE

Commission to unveil ideas to fix college basketball’s woes

April 24, 2018 Associated Press

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — College basketball played an entire season amid a federal corruption investigation that magnified long-simmering troubles within the sport, from shady agent dealings to concerns over athletes who’d rather go straight to the pros. Now it’s time to hear new ideas on how to fix the complex, wide-ranging problems. On Wednesday morning, […]

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SPORTS NEWS

WATCH: Face painter ‘David Puddy’ from Seinfeld shows up at Devils game

April 24, 2018 Associated Press

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Life imitated art at the Stanley Cup playoffs as the actor who played David Puddy on the TV sitcom “Seinfeld” showed up at the game with his face painted as a New Jersey Devils fan. Patrick Warburton is a Devils fan and in a 1995 episode of the hit show he […]

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BUCKS

Bucks’ Maker, other reserves step into NBA playoff spotlight

April 24, 2018 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thon Maker is having his biggest games at the biggest time of the year. Not bad for a bench guy and someone who, as recently as last week, was a roster afterthought. Maker had never blocked five shots in any NBA game before this postseason began — and now he’s blocked that many […]

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NFL

Carroll: Seahawks still open to considering Colin Kaepernick

April 24, 2018 Associated Press

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RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pete Carroll said Monday the Seattle Seahawks have not closed the door on the possibility of adding Colin Kaepernick to their roster, but how much further they pursue it may depend on the upcoming NFL draft. “We’re still battling on all fronts, on all guys. We’re still looking at guys and […]

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BUCKS

Antetokounmpo says inability to score lunch not a big deal

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Milwaukee Bucks win a playoff game but couldn’t score a table at a Mexican restaurant. Antetokounmpo says the social media-fueled mess over the missed meal isn’t a big deal. The food flare-up started after a Bucks fan posted on Twitter of the all-star forward waiting at BelAir Cantina on […]

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NBA

Davis, Pelicans on path to NBA’s next small-market success

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With every Anthony Davis put-back dunk, reverse alley-oop jam, step-back 3-pointer or game-sealing block in the playoffs, the New Orleans Pelicans take a step closer to becoming the NBA’s next small-market success story. That didn’t quite happen with Chris Paul, who essentially forced a trade after his sixth season in the […]

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BUCKS

Tied up: Giannis’ tip-in lifts Bucks over Celtics in Game 4

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — After losing a 20-point lead to the Boston Celtics, the Milwaukee Bucks were determined not to lose another playoff game. Leave it to All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo to come up with a big play in the final seconds on Sunday. Antetokounmpo scored 27 points, including tipping in the go-ahead basket with 5 […]

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SPORTS NEWS

Motorcycle races at Center tonight with track sprayed in Dr. Pepper syrup? Yup.

April 20, 2018 Mitch Reynolds

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Hooligans taking over at the La Crosse Center tonight. Actually, the Open Hooligan class is just one of the 10 classes of motorcycles racing at 7 p.m. in the Center for the Mama Tried’s Flat Out Friday event. Hooligans are some of the bigger bikes. There are some really small motorcycles. But they all race […]

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