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Manu Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:17:50 -0400

SAN ANTONIO - Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share.

Police: 1 dead after upstate NY SUV, car collision

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:49:06 -0400

LIBERTY, New York - State police say they're investigating an accident that killed one person and injured another in upstate New York.

Moore scores 22 as Lynx beat Mercury 99-79

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:09:51 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Not even a dunk by Brittney Griner would have been enough to slow down the Minnesota Lynx's passing attack on Thursday night.

Clark of Seattle Storm joins MTSU as assistant

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:14:40 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Alysha Clark of the WNBA's Seattle Storm has been hired as an assistant coach for Middle Tennessee and will join her alma mater when the league's season ends.

New Hawks coach Budenholzer 'living a dream'

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:56 -0400

ATLANTA - New Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer is "living a dream" as he makes plans to remain with the Spurs through the NBA finals before turning his full focus to his first NBA head coaching job.

Feds in NY: Costa Rica money biz a hub for crooks

Wed, 29 May 2013 04:16:33 -0400

NEW YORK - When an undercover agent posing as a new client sought to register at the currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve as "Joe Bogus" from "123 Fake Main Street" in "Completely Made Up City," no one at the company based in Costa Rica objected.

Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:59:06 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Until about a month ago, Robbie Rogers had no interest in being one of the highest-profile openly gay athletes in the world.

NWSL sees mixed results in startup season

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:34:57 -0400

PORTLAND, Oregon - The Portland Thorns' season couldn't be going any better. They're sitting atop the National Women's Soccer League's opening-season standings and drawing more than 11,000 fans to home games. And they've got Alex Morgan.

Off Wash. coast: crew puts out fishing vessel fire

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:23:07 -0400

SEATTLE - The crew aboard a 314-foot fishing vessel off the Washington coast managed to extinguish an engine room fire originally reported as uncontrolled, the Coast Guard said Monday.