Sports Stories from June 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Castro plays for Cubs, but it was 'last straw'Jun 05, 2012 6:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Give Cubs manager Dale Sveum credit for allowing his own cooler head to prevail. One day after angrily saying a mental error by shortstop Starlin Castro was ...
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Longtime manager Lasorda has ‘mild’ heart attackJun 05, 2012 5:23 pm - NEW YORK — Retired Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda was hospitalized after having a “mild” heart attack while in New York for the Major League Baseball draft. Th...
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Juror’s Europe trip latest hitch in Clemens trialJun 05, 2012 4:19 pm - WASHINGTON — The day was a perfect microcosm of the Roger Clemens perjury trial. The lawyers spent more than an hour arguing over a witness who ended up testifying in fr...
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Momentum shift has Thunder a win shy of NBA finalsJun 05, 2012 3:00 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — Down and nearly out less than a week ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder are riding a momentum shift to the brink of the NBA finals. With three straight wins,...
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NFL refs association: no strike contemplatedJun 05, 2012 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — The NFL Referees Association is disputing a claim by the league that the officials threatened to take a strike vote after their contract expired. Mike Arnold,...
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LA Kings keep it cool with Stanley Cup in sightJun 05, 2012 3:00 pm - EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Jonathan Quick remembers eating ice pops with his friends and watching their beloved New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup on television in 1994. Dus...
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Bears GM Emery finalizes his scouting personnelJun 05, 2012 1:24 pm - Longtime Bears scouts Marty Barrett and Chris Ballard have been promoted by general manager Phil Emery, who was a colleague of both men when he served as a Bears area sc...
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Bears bump Ballard, Barrett to lead scouting rolesJun 05, 2012 1:23 pm - The Bears have promoted Chris Ballard and Marty Barrett to lead roles in their scouting department. Ballard is now the director of pro scouting after spending the past 1...
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Reutimann to replace Kurt Busch at PoconoJun 05, 2012 1:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Reutimann will replace suspended driver Kurt Busch at Pocono Raceway, but Busch's future with Phoenix Racing appears murky, at best. Busch was s...
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Djokovic, Federer come back, set French rematchJun 05, 2012 1:00 pm - PARIS — As the chilly evening air swirled, and raindrops fell, and the thousands of spectators pulling for his opponent hushed, Novak Djokovic stood a single point from ...