Penguins open new practice facility in Pittsburgh

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CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled a new practice facility Friday that also serves as a sports medicine center for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.The team thinks the facility will give the team an advantage...

Hamilton back in Rangers lineup, Hamels good after bullpen

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton was back in the Texas Rangers lineup Friday night after an MRI showed no structural damage in his sore left knee, and left-hander Cole Hamels felt good after a bullpen session Hamilton missed the...

Yankees to honor A-Rod’s 3,000th hit in pregame ceremony

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TORONTO (AP) The New York Yankees will honor Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit with a pregame ceremony before hosting the Blue Jays on Sept. 13.Rodriguez homered off Detroit's Justin Verlander on June 19, becoming the 29th player to reach...

RB Bell sees Abdullah shine, gets more eager for return

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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) Detroit Lions running back Joique Bell has been working hard to get back on the practice field. If he needed any extra incentive, he got it Thursday night.Lions rookie Ameer Abdullah's hype train picked...

TE Bryce Dixon returns to USC, but not to football team

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Former Southern California tight end Bryce Dixon isn't rejoining the football program despite his reinstatement as a student.USC announced its decision Thursday night on Dixon, who was expelled in May after the school investigated two...

Hoyas men’s hoops team ready for incident-free trip to Italy

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WASHINGTON (AP) Georgetown men's basketball coach John Thompson III is once again making sure his Hoyas have their passports in order.After playing regular season games in South Korea and the Bahamas over the last two years, Thompson III...

Pirates score early and often to beat Cardinals 10-5

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ST. LOUIS (AP) Pittsburgh emphatically ended its long losing sequence at St. Louis by scoring seven runs in the first inning en route to a 10-5 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday that trimmed the gap between the...

Judge OKs sale of ex-Patriot Hernandez’s $1.3M home, Hummer

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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) A Massachusetts judge has ruled that a $1.3 million home and 2005 Hummer owned by former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez can be sold as part of a lawsuit filed over the death of...

BYU’s Takitaki charged with 2 counts of misdemeanor theft

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PROVO, Utah (AP) A campus police report shows BYU sophomore linebacker Sione Takitaki has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft.KSL.com (http://bit.ly/1L9Ikf4 ) reports Takitaki has been given citations for two Class B misdemeanors for thefts of...

NBA rookies gather in New Jersey for transition program

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Karl-Anthony Towns left Kentucky for the NBA in April. But he was back in school this week at the league's Rookie Transition Program.First-year players from the U.S. and overseas convened in New Jersey this week to attend four days...