LEADING OFF: Orioles CF Jones gets checked, Kershaw starts

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) San Francisco's Kelby Tomlinson hit a grand slam with his first career home run to help the Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 9-1 on Thursday, tightening the race between the two teams for the National...

Tomlinson's grand slam leads Giants over Cubs

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) San Francisco's Kelby Tomlinson hit a grand slam with his first career home run to help the Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 9-1 on Thursday, tightening the race between the two teams for the National...

Identifying zone-read plays makes it tough to protect QBs

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) If Chip Kelly, Pete Carroll and other NFL coaches want to run zone-read plays, their quarterbacks are fair game - even when they don't have the ball.The league's competition committee has made it clear quarterbacks won't...

Middle Tennessee adds Jacorey Williams, Aldonis Foote

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Middle Tennessee has added former Arkansas forward Jacorey Williams and Trinity Valley Community College transfer Aldonis Foote to the program.Foote, a 6-foot-6 guard, will be eligible to play for Middle Tennessee immediately. Williams must sit...

Cal hires Andre Carter as student assistant coach

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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Former California and NFL star Andre Carter has returned to the Golden Bears' football program as a student assistant coach.Head coach Sonny Dykes said Thursday that Carter will assist with the team's defensive line.Carter enrolled...

Ex-NBA star Darryl Dawkins, aka 'Chocolate Thunder' has died

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Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers' locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force.The guest was Grammy Award winner Stevie Wonder. The entertainer is blind,...

Hurricanes reach deal for 2-year extension with LIndholm

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms for a two-year contract extension with forward Elias Lindholm.The deal will pay the 20-year-old former first-round draft pick $2.5 million in the 2016-17 season and $2.9 million in...

Cubs get struggling reliever Fernando Rodney from Mariners

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CHICAGO (AP) Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager is not in the lineup for their game Thursday night against the Chicago White Sox.Manager Lloyd McClendon said Seager was getting a day off and would be back in the...

Struggling Seager rested by Mariners

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CHICAGO (AP) Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager is not in the lineup for their game Thursday night against the Chicago White Sox.Manager Lloyd McClendon said Seager was getting a day off and would be back in the...

Raiders LB Sio Moore fighting for spot on team

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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Despite being one of Oakland's best defensive players his first two years in the NFL, Sio Moore is just fighting for a spot on the team this season.After missing the offseason program while recovering from...