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at 09:50 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Dale Hunter looking to keep Knights alive with tiebreaker win at Memorial Cup

SASKATOON - Dale Hunter watched from the sidelines as his London Knights fell just short in last season's MasterCard Memorial Cup final.

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at 09:41 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Pistorius, Semenya not on South Africa's high performance athlete list for 2016 Olympics

JOHANNESBURG - Oscar Pistorius and Caster Semenya were left off a list of athletes to be given funding ahead of the 2016 Rio Games because neither is currently training or competing, the South African Olympic Committee said Thursday.

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at 09:40 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

AP Interview: Rogge says wrestling has 'reacted well' in bid to save Olympic status

LONDON - Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.

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at 09:40 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Veteran defender Rio Ferdinand signs new 1-year deal with Manchester United

MANCHESTER, England - Rio Ferdinand has signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United that will take him into a 12th season at Old Trafford.

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at 00:05 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Ottawa coach MacLean mute after Senators routed 7-3 by Pittsburgh in Game 4

OTTAWA - Paul MacLean’s few words spoke volumes about what he thought of his team’s performance in their 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 Wednesday night.

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at 00:50 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

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at 06:00 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Dale Hunter looking to keep Knights alive with tiebreaker win at Memorial Cup

SASKATOON - Dale Hunter watched from the sidelines as his London Knights fell just short in last season's MasterCard Memorial Cup final.

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at 02:55 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

LeBron to the rescue: James scores at buzzer, Heat top Pacers 103-102 in Game 1 of East finals

MIAMI - LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

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at 01:15 on May 23, 2013, EDT.

Winterhawks down Blades to clinch semifinal berth at MasterCard Memorial Cup

SASKATOON - After watching his bloodied linemate helped from the ice, Chase De Leo did all he could to make one of his best friends feel a little better — help the Portland Winterhawks make the semifinal at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.

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at 21:21 on May 22, 2013, EDT.

Bautista homers twice and delivers game-winning RBI as Jays beat Rays 4-3

TORONTO - Mark Buehrle provided the quality start and slugger Jose Bautista came through with the dramatics in Toronto's first walk-off victory of the season Wednesday at Rogers Centre.

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at 09:47 on May 22, 2013, EDT.

AP Interview: Rogge says officials agree on more targeted out-of-competition doping tests

LONDON - Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.

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at 23:31 on May 22, 2013, EDT.

Tiger Woods says Garcia's 'fried chicken' remark hurtful; Garcia apologizes

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.

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