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Left hander Dontrelle Willis to start opening day for Florida Marlins

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) _ New Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez knew long ago Dontrelle Willis would likely be his first opening day starter. And throughout spr

Roger Clemens no closer to decision about future

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Bonds' pursuit of Aaron, implications for baseball top thing to watch in 2007

Don't expect too many cheers this season as Barry Bonds pursues Hank Aaron's home run mark of 755, perhaps baseball's most important record. But expect controve

Los Angeles Dodgers will all wear No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day News by

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Every player on the Dodgers will be No. 42 for a day. Los Angeles will honour the late Jackie Robinson by having all of its players wear his

Carlos Delgado returns to New York Mets following birth of first son

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) _ Carlos Delgado returned to the New York Mets on Thursday, five days after the birth of his son, Carlos Antonio. Delgado, who had gon

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Lakers lay a licking on Spurs

Lakers lay a licking on Spurs

LOS ANGELESThere would be no blown lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers saw to that. Bryant scored 22 points,

Sparks defeat Mercury behind Candace Parker

Sparks defeat Mercury behind Candace Parker

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Paul Pierce helps Celtics prevail in another Game 7

Paul Pierce helps Celtics prevail in another Game 7

Twenty years earlier there was another thrilling shootout in another seventh game of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Boston -- Larry Bird vs. Dominique Wil

Clippers get seventh pick in the draft lottery

Clippers get seventh pick in the draft lottery

The Clippers, who were slotted sixth heading into the lottery, fell to the seventh overall selection after they were bumped by Chicago. From that position, they

Victory feels like series-clincher for Lakers

Victory feels like series-clincher for Lakers

We love it! the too-cool Staples Center fans giddily chanted with their victory song. We love it! We love it! We love it! Oh, will the Lakers forever love this

Hugo Carpentier extends scoring streak to six goals in six games Hockey News

Rouyn-Noranda forward Hugo Carpentier extended his scoring streak to six games Sunday.

Carpentier scored once and added an assist as the Huskies downed the Gatineau Olympiques 6-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Carpentier has the longest active goal-scoring streak in the league. He has 10 goals and 12 assists this season.

Elsewhere in QMJHL action, it was: Moncton 5, P.E.I. 2; Lewiston 4, Victoriaville 2; Baie-Comeau 4, Rimouski 1; and Drummondville 5, Acadie-Bathurst 1.

At Gatineau, Que., Tyler Whitehead scored twice while Yannick Riendeau, Guillaume Mailloux and Adam Jourdain added goals for the Huskies (15-11-2-2).

Matthew Pistilli, Viatcheslav Trukhno, Jean-Philip Chabot and Keven Petit replied for Gatineau (18-8-1-2).

Wildcats 5, Rocket 2

At Moncton, N.B., Andrew MacDonald had a goal and two assists to lead the Wildcats over P.E.I.

Roopertti Martikainen, Luc Bourdon, Matthew Brenton and Murdock MacLellan also scored for Moncton (19-10-0-1).

David Laliberte and Matthew Brenton replied for the Rocket (13-9-0-4).

Mainieacs 4, Tigres 2

At Victoriaville, Que., Marc-Andre Cliche scored a short-handed goal as Lewiston beat the Tigres.

It was the Maineiac's 11th straight win.

Pierre-Luc Faubert, Kevin Marshall and Simon Courcelles also had goals for Lewiston (21-5-0-2).

Toby Lafrance and Keven Veilleux put away goals for Victoriaville (14-13-0-0).

Drakkar 4, Oceanic 1

At Rimouski, Que., Alexandre Picard-Hooper racked up three assists as Baie-Comeau defeated the Oceanic.

Marc-Andre Dorion, Pierre-Cedrick Labrie, Joakim Jensen and Francois Bouchard scored for the Drakkar (15-9-1-3).

Michael Frolik put away the lone goal for Rimouski (6-19-3-1).

Voltigeurs 5, Titan 1

At Drummondville, Que., Alexandre Demers scored twice as the Voltigeurs downed Acadie-Bathurst.

Jonathan Duchesneau had a goal and three assists, while Etienne Bellavance-Martin and Scott Howes added goals for Drummondville (12-16-0-2)

Justin Vienneau put away the lone goal for the Titan (17-11-1-0)



Cricket

Former Indian Test cricketer Maninder Singh arrested with cocaine

Former Indian Test cricketer Maninder Singh arrested with cocaine

NEW DELHI (AP) _ Former Indian Test cricketer Maninder Singh will face a New Delhi court Wednesday after he was arrested in his home for allegedly possessing 1. ...

World Cup: Pointless match gets interest boost from retirements

World Cup: Pointless match gets interest boost from retirements

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) _ The world gets its last chance to see Brian Lara play international cricket on Saturday when the West Indies plays England in a Worl ...

Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests

Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) _ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the defending World Cup champion team will improve further by playing challenging games like Su ...

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