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By Larry Fleisher, The Sports Xchange
NEW YORK -- There was a lot for the Oakland Athletics to enjoy about Rich Hill's performance Thursday night.

Some Runyon Canyon Park regulars said they were particularly angry that the city had approved a basketball court partway up a trail. Others found the corporate logo to be displayed on that court especially offensive.

Patrick Kane scored on a backhander early in the second overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks avoided first-round elimination with a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues early Friday.

Thousands of fans sing "Purple Rain" at downtown Minneapolis block party

Twins righthander Ricky Nolasco says his slider was a put-away pitch Thursday, helping him limit Brewers to five hits and one run.

It took Patrick Kane a while to make his mark on this series. But when he did, he made it count. Kane scored the double-OT winner against the Blues on Thursday night, giving the ‘Hawks a 4-3 win while staving off elimination, forcing a Game 6 back in Chicago. The goal came just 3:07 into […]

By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange
Ryan Getzlaf was asked if the home team would ever win a game in his team's Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Nashville Predators.

PALMYRA, Syria - Photo taken April 19, 2016, shows buildings destroyed in fighting involving the Islamic State extrem...

Reigning NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta threw the second no-hitter of his career and the first of 2016. He discussed his dominant 119-pitch outing, which included six strikeouts and four walks.

By Anthony Andro, The Sports Xchange
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers have had one of the most dependable rotations in the American League to start the season.

After tasting their first defeat at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Gujarat Lions Head coach Brad Hodge says that the massive 10-wicket loss has provided them with an opportunity to introspect and learn.

PALMYRA, Syria - Photo taken April 20, 2016, shows the Roman Theater, which escaped destruction by the Islamic State ...

File away under, “ill-advised brand tweets”.

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Nate Thompson and Jamie McGinn scored 1 minute, 52 seconds apart late in the second period to help the Anaheim Ducks defeat the Predators 4-1 in Nashville on Thursday to even the Western Conference first-round series 2-2. Lightning 1, Red Wings 0: Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots and Alex Killorn scored with 1:43 left as host Tampa Bay beat Detroit to win the Eastern Conference series 4-1. Evgeni Malkin had two goals and two assists as visiting Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead over New York in the East series. Читать дальше...

Early in the election cycle, when Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump called for a wall to be built across the Mexico-U.S. border (which Mexico would pay for) and characterized Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers, the Latino community mobilized in a way that had not been seen in previous elections. There were picketers at Trump […]

Doctors administered a "save shot", which is administered to counteract the effects of opiates: source.

Dear Amy: I'm a waitress/bartender at a restaurant in a small town.

(AP) — Basketball star Magic Johnson has returned to his hometown of Lansing, raising money for a scholarship program. Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo said that everybody "needs a special person to drag people together, and Magic is that person for this community."

Silver spoons, dead dogs walking and nipples.

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By Jay Paris, The Sports Xchange
SAN DIEGO -- The Pittsburgh Pirates needed a win and someone to throw a lifesaver to their depleted bullpen.

In the nearly four decades of music Prince made, propriety and prejudice were regularly vanquished by good humor and elegant lust.

Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, announced Friday that the death toll from an explosion at its plant in Veracruz rose to 24 and added that the figure could rise further. The blast occurred Wednesday at its chlorinate 3 plant and injured 136 people, 13 of them seriously.