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Baseball reflects on Wood's career
CHICAGO — Mark Grace played more than 2,200 Major League games during his 16-year career. Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout, one-hit shutout of the Astros on May 6, 1998, at Wrigley Field is right near the top of the list.
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Harper brings baseball hope to D.C.
Bryce Harper made his major league debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 28.
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Raiders’ McClain sentenced to 180 days in jail (Yahoo! Sports)
DECATUR, Ala.
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MLB announces Mets as 2013 All-Star host
By RONALD BLUM | Associated Press – NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finally announced Wednesday that the 2013 All-Star game will be hosted by the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 16. The announcement was made during a news conference at City Hall with baseball Commissioner Bud Selig , Mets owner Fred Wilpon , Mr. Met and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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Agreement reached on Seattle arena plan (Yahoo! Sports)
SEATTLE (AP) The city of Seattle, King County and investor Chris Hansen have reached an agreement in the effort to build an arena that could bring professional basketball back to the Puget Sound. The memorandum of understanding announced Wednesday now goes before the City Council and King County Council for approval.
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Kobe: I don’t take charges (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn’t take charges, and he’s got a reason for it. Based on his own analysis of NBA greats from Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bryant believes there’s too much of a health risk to get run over by an opponent and go crashing to the floor repeatedly.
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Kobe: I don’t take charges
By JEFF LATZKE | Associated Press – OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn’t take charges, and he’s got a reason for it.
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Kobe’s Lakers unfazed by blowout loss to Thunder (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) For a megastar on a tradition-rich franchise with 16 NBA championships, Kobe Bryant has no problem admitting how the Los Angeles Lakers’ shortcomings have popped up repeatedly this season. Bryant plopped down in a chair courtside at Chesapeake Energy Arena after the Lakers’ practice Tuesday and talked shamelessly about their second blowout loss in five days – this one by 29 points – and what it will take to challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals. ”We’re a team that doesn’t get down when we get blown out.
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Knighton apologizes, expects full recovery (Yahoo! Sports)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Speaking publicly for the first time since a bar fight last month, Terrance Knighton opened with an apology. He apologized to the city of Jacksonville and the organization Tuesday for ”embarrassing them with the actions that happened that night.” Then he answered any and every question about that night, his rehabilitation and his chances of making a full recovery
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Thunder clobber Lakers 119-90 in Game 1
By JEFF LATZKE | Associated Press – OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the second time in less than a week, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers must figure out how to fight back after a humbling loss.
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