DALLAS – Chandler Parsons avoided much of the scrutiny when the Houston Rockets lost games last season. He is hoping for a more prominent role in Dallas, even though the locker room has strong leaders with Dirk Nowitzki entering his 17th season and Tyson Chandler rejoining the Mavericks after playing …
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ST. LOUIS – The Los Angeles Dodgers have a payroll of more than $200 million, by far the largest in the National League. The size of those paychecks will mean nothing when the first pitch of the National League Championship Series is thrown Friday night. If the Dodgers truly have …
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles Angels, had drifted away into the cool night air. A few miles away, …
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ATLANTA – Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith has missed practice because of a sprained right ankle. Smith received treatment on the ankle Monday and the team is hopeful he will be able to go in Game 2 against Indiana on Wednesday. The Pacers won the opener. Coach Larry Drew says …
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Brad Keselowski, one of the more inventive drivers on the Sprint Cup tour, has maneuvered his way out of some unusual positions over the years. Now he’s in a doozy. But not necessarily in a bad way. Keselowski, who’s riding high in his third full-time Sprint Cup season, is likely …
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President Donald Trump’s new deal in the South Caucasus has ended a decades-long conflict and handed Washington a rare strategic foothold on Iran’s northern border, experts say. The agreement, signed earlier this month between Armenia and Azerbaijan, grants the U.S. a 99-year lease over the Zangezur Corridor – a narrow …
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France has summoned American ambassador Charles Kushner to Paris, after the diplomat accused the country of not doing enough to combat antisemitism in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron. France’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued Sunday that Kushner’s allegations “are unacceptable,” and announced it had summoned the …
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has officially been suspended six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. The suspension stems from his two third-degree felony charges from a March 2024 crash on a Dallas highway. Rice was charged with collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on …
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Missouri quarterback Sam Horn went down with a devastating injury on his first snap of Thursday night’s game against Central Arkansas, remaining sidelined for the entirety of the Tigers’ 61-6 victory. His injury comes amid an ongoing battle for the starting quarterback position withPenn State transfer Beau Pribula. Missouri Tigers …
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Aaron Judge rewrote the New York Yankees’ record books against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. In his first at-bat, Judge belted his 358th career home run, driving an 0-2 cutter off Martín Pérez to deep left-center field to give the Yankees the lead. The blast was not just …
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