Ridgedale, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman combined to shoot a 6-under 48 on Sunday to claim a 1-stroke victory at the Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf. The duo finished the tournament at 20-under-par 159. It was Funk’s ninth career victory on the Champions Tour, while Sluman …
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NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione has had quite a summer. Whether he was laying the groundwork for what will be a massive renovation of Memorial Stadium, making Bob Stoops one of the highest paid coaches in college football, setting up a football series with Michigan for the …
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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Damian Lillard scored 34 points on 5- for-10 shooting from beyond the arc to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 124-112 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. LaMarcus Aldridge registered a 31-point, 15-rebound double-double and Robin Lopez also contributed a double-double with …
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TOKYO – The marathon pitching exploits of Japan’s high school baseball players may soon be a thing of the past. Japan’s High School Baseball Federation is considering introducing measures such as a tiebreaker and pitch counts limits in order to protect the health of the country’s future stars. New York …
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SAN MARCOS, Texas – Terrance Broadway threw for a touchdown and rushed for 113 yards to lead Louisiana-Lafayette to a 34-10 victory over Texas State on Tuesday night. The Ragin’ Cajuns (3-3, 2-0 Sun Belt) had a season-high 528 yards of offense. Broadway was 14 of 21 for 225 yards, …
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Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – After earning the Big East Conference regular season title on Thursday night, the sixth-ranked Villanova Wildcats will finish off the campaign against an old rival when the Georgetown Hoyas come calling on Saturday afternoon. With a 77-70 road win over Xavier on Thursday …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that authorizes more than 1,000 additional military and police personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The resolution follows up on a request by the U.N. secretary-general in January for another 1,030 peacekeepers to …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An American professor at a university in the United Arab Emirates was one of two people killed when their bicycles were hit by a car in the city of Sharjah, north of Dubai. The American University of Sharjah said Tuesday that associate professor of history …
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LONDON – British police have detained a man who spent the night on the roof of the Palace of Westminster on suspicion of criminal damage and trespassing. Scotland Yard said Sunday it was too early to know why the 23-year-old made his way to the top of Neo-Gothic masterpiece that …
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PARIS – A man and a boy featured in a chilling Islamic State propaganda video showing the killing of a Palestinian have been identified as French citizens, and investigators are looking into whether the man is related to an extremist who attacked a Jewish school in southern France in 2012, …
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