With longtime powers sidelined, NBA playoffs have fresh look

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Spurs and Celtics? Already eliminated.Lakers and Heat? Didn't even make the playoffs.There's a new look to this NBA postseason, which will crown a champion...

Blackhawks-Wild Sum

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Chicago 1 1 2-4Minnesota 0 1 2-3First Period-1, Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Bickell, Oduya), 10:23.Second Period-2, Chicago,...

Panthers sign 1st rounder Thompson, 2 other draft picks

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers signed first-round draft pick Shaq Thompson and two other selections to contracts Thursday night, the eve of...

This Date in Baseball

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1906 - Philadelphia manager Connie Mack needed a substitute outfielder in the sixth inning of a game against Boston and called on pitcher Chief...

Phoenix Suns' Morris twins plead not guilty in beating case

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PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix Suns players Marcus and Markieff Morris have pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony aggravated assault.The twins are accused...

Column: No games? No worry. It's butt-covering season in NFL

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The NFL moves heaven and earth a dozen times every Sunday of the season to get calls on the field exactly right.But investigations and...

No joke: Bob Uecker among broadcasters locked in booth

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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Brewers broadcaster and funnyman Bob Uecker was locked in the radio booth at Miller Park when the door handle broke during...

Pelicans' Holiday has screw removed from right leg

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METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Jrue Holiday has had surgery to remove a screw from his lower right leg, which has hampered the New Orleans...

Wild seeking secret to beating Blackhawks

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If there's a secret to beating the Chicago Blackhawks in the playoffs, the Minnesota Wild haven't found it.The Wild have fallen to 3-11 against...

What's next for Brady, Patriots after 'Deflategate' report

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady smiled away the Tuck Rule on the way to his first Super Bowl victory, flashing that dimple-chinned grin...