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LEADING OFF: Dodgers’ Buehler makes 1st start, Bryant rests

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ___ START HIM UP Prized Dodgers prospect Walker Buehler makes his first big league start, taking on visiting Miami. The 23-year-old righty reached the majors last September and had a 7.71 ERA in eight relief appearances. Buehler was a first-round draft pick in 2015. He’s getting […]

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MLB

Battle ready: Big leaguers logging long hours on Fortnite

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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Forget Fenway Park — David Price and the Boston Red Sox are feeling every bit at home at the Flush Factory. And in Houston, George Springer and the Astros are just as likely to be talking Boogie Bombs as balls and strikes. Why is Xander Bogaerts making an L with his fingers and dancing on […]

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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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BREWERS

Yelich, Guerra lead Brewers to sweep of Marlins

April 23, 2018 Associated Press

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PHOTO: Milwaukee Brewers’ Jonathan Villar watches from the dugout with cups on his face during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jeremy Jeffress entered the game in a tough situation and went into beast mode. Christian Yelich hit […]

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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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BREWERS

Miami’s Brinson, key piece of Brewers’ Yelich trade, hits 2 HRs … against old team; Braun gets 1,000th RBI with pinch-hit HR

April 20, 2018 Rick Solem

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The dude the Milwaukee Brewers traded for Christian Yelich hit the first two home runs of the season, and third and fourth of his young career Wednesday night … against his old team. Back in Milwaukee? @LewisBrinson decided he would go yard. Twice. pic.twitter.com/3GYNYNq4N2 — MLB (@MLB) April 20, 2018 But, that’s not to say […]

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NBA

EMBIID PLAYS, meaning only took 4 years for the Top 3 picks of 2014 draft to make playoffs

April 20, 2018 Rick Solem

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So far, Joel Embiid’s the big winner of the Top 3 picks in the 2014 NBA draft. They all needed four years to make the playoffs but only Embiid has a win, so far (though one could argue Andrew Wiggins is kind of the biggest winner having already signed a max deal). If you remember, […]

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COLLEGE

With injured Cephus back, spring in air for Badgers’ offense

April 19, 2018 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Spring is in the air at run-first Wisconsin. They are throwing the ball around at spring practice a little more than usual, at least for a team that likes to hand the ball off to star running back Jonathan Taylor. But with so much firepower coming back in the passing game, […]

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SPORTS NEWS

Olympic great Walsh Jennings announces beach volleyball tour

April 19, 2018 Associated Press

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Five-time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings has announced plans for her new beach volleyball circuit that will bring a sports and music festival to eight cities. The p1440 series will open in September in San Jose, California, and then over the next four months visit Las Vegas, San Diego and Huntington Beach, California. Four stops in […]

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TWINS

LaMarre’s single lifts Twins in 16-inning, Puerto Rican marathon

April 19, 2018 Associated Press

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ryan LaMarre started this series as Minnesota’s extra player. He got the Twins a split in extra innings, and gave Eddie Rosario a memory he’ll never forget.  Rosario scored the winning run in his homeland in the bottom of the 16th inning, coming around on LaMarre’s single that gave Minnesota […]

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