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Dodgers' Matt Kemp isn't holding up as well as he used to
Kemp, then and now Beyond power and speed, Matt Kemp had durability. When the Dodgers signed him to an eight-year contract, Kemp had played in 365 consecutive games. We are two months into the second year of that contract, and Kemp is on the...
Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Derek Jeter, Kansas City Royals, Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers
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John Tortorella is fired as coach of New York Rangers
John Tortorella was defiant in stating that the New York Rangers didn't take a step back when they were knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round. General Manager Glen Sather thought otherwise and fired the combative coach Wednesday....
Tags: Tiger Woods, Eastern Conference (NHL), Pacific-12 Conference, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Super Bowl
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Iran's wrestling team abruptly decides to skip L.A. competition
On the eve of an international wrestling meet at the Sports Arena, American officials remain at a loss to explain why the Iranian team — making its first visit to the U.S. since 2003 — has unexpectedly withdrawn and flown home. Los Angeles...
Tags: Government, U.S. Department of State, Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Jordan Burroughs
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San Diego and Tijuana make joint proposal to host 2024 Olympics
U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun said Friday that he is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games and mentioned an intriguing pairing: A joint proposal from San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. “We're in...
Tags: Summer Olympics, NFL Draft, Sports Organizations, Sports
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PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding
Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Government, Music, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Breast Cancer
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New details in Boston bombings revive fears for Sochi Olympics
After bombs ripped through the Boston Marathon this week, Russian officials promised to beef up security for the upcoming Winter Olympics, calling it a “clarion call” to take “tougher measures.” Days later, the threat seemed to...
Tags: 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Sports
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Los Angeles Kings peaking at the right time
A year ago Monday the Kings took a 3-0 playoff series lead over the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks, as goaltender Jonathan Quick made 41 saves and Dustin Brown scored on a rebound in a 1-0 victory at Staples Center. The Kings lost the next game but finished...
Tags: Ryan Getzlaf, Boston Bruins, Jonathan Quick, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings
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Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox puts California panel on the spot
As head of Georgia’s small state athletic commission last year, Andy Foster sat through an Assn. of Boxing Commissions discussion he believed was a bizarre waste of time: How to deal with post-operative transgender athletes. Now, Foster is the...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports Organizations, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Jim Scherr calls restoring Olympic wrestling a 'major challenge'
Former U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Jim Scherr says it will be a "major challenge" for wrestling to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to eliminate the sport from the Olympics in 2020. "I think it's a major challenge to the...
Tags: Wrestling, Sports Organizations, Sports
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Wrestling goes for an Olympic reversal
I watched a video of the movie "Argo" as I flew into Tehran recently. I couldn't help but wonder why I was willingly accompanying a group of Americans into a city that not so long ago was the scene of one of the greatest exfiltrations ever. I wondered...
Tags: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Olympic Games, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Wrestling, FIFA World Cup
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