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Big Brown cruises to another easy win in Preakness
(AP)
 AP - Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years.
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Turco stifles Red Wings to help Stars force Game 6
(AP)
 AP - Marty Turco picked the perfect time for his first NHL victory at Joe Louis Arena. Turco made 38 saves to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in Game 5, extending the Western Conference finals.
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Dice-K still unbeaten as Sox top Brewers in opener
(AP)
 AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka remained unbeaten, holding Milwaukee to a pair of unearned runs pitching into the seventh inning, and David Ortiz hit a three-run homer to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader.
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McLouth helps Pirates end skid against Cubs at 10
(AP)
 AP - Nate McLouth hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Carlos Marmol in the ninth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday even though Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs for the second straight day.
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Santana pitches Mets to 7-4 victory over Yankees
(AP)
 AP - Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a rain-shortened Subway Series.
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Team owners to reopen labor deal, says players union head
(Reuters)
Reuters - National Football League team
owners plan to reopen the current labor deal with players
possibly next week and could lead to a lockout in a move to cut
costs, the head of the players' union said on Saturday. |
Lakers hold off Jazz to advance in NBA playoffs
(AFP)
 AFP - The Los Angeles Lakers withstood a late rally by the Utah Jazz Friday, posting a 108-105 victory to advance to the Western Conference finals of the National Basketball Association playoffs.
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Dodgers send Angels ace Ervin Santana to 1st loss
(AP)
 AP - Blake DeWitt hit a two-run homer in the second inning to put the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead to stay, and they went on to hand Ervin Santana his first loss of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Angels on Saturday.
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Lyon win seventh straight French football title
(AFP)
 AFP - Lyon wrapped up their seventh straight French championship on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Auxerre while Paris St Germain saved their top flight status by winning 2-1 at Sochaux to relegate Lens.
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Canada tops Sweden; plays Russia for hockey title
(AP)
 AP - Rick Nash scored the go-ahead goal to put Canada in the title game of the world hockey championships with a 5-4 win over Sweden on Friday night.
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FSU president: College football playoff inevitable
(AP)
AP - Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion. |
Tennis giant Nadal sets up Hamburg final rematch with Federer
(AFP)
 AFP - Rafael Nadal will renew his epic rivalry with Roger Federer in the Hamburg Masters final on Sunday after clinching a pulsating 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win over Novak Djokovic on Saturday.
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Howell shoots 67 for 1-shot lead at AT&T Classic
(AP)
 AP - Charles Howell III shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry into the final round of the AT&T Classic.
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