Sports Stories from March 5, 2016 (Change date)
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Niskanen scores in OT to give Caps 2-1 win over BruinsMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz doesn't want to give Matt Niskanen too much credit for his sudden surge of winning goals. "He's on the ice all the ti...
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Tsonga and Gasquet seal Davis Cup victory for FranceMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - BAIE-MAHAULT, Guadeloupe (AP) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet sent France into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup with a straight-sets victory in the doubles ma...
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Hockey Analytics-Facts BoxMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - Hockey is following the lead of baseball and basketball, the forerunners in the expansion of advanced statistics in sports. Michael Schuckers, a statistics professor at ...
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NFC North Free Agency CapsulesMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - Capsules of NFC North teams heading into free agency. Available salary cap space is an estimate. The 2016 salary cap is $155.27 million per team. CHICAGO BEARS (6-10) UN...
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Hockey analytics a good match for NY statistics professorMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - CANTON, N.Y. (AP) - Michael Schuckers doesn't consider himself a die-hard hockey fan, yet all he seems to think about in his spare time is that frozen rubber disk and wh...
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Rich Hill shaky in spring debut as A's tie Brewers 8-8Mar 05, 2016 6:00 am - MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Rich Hill allowed five of the eight batters he faced to reach base in his spring training debut before the Oakland Athletics blew a five-run lead in a...
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Kansas stuns TCU 81-64 to snap 20-game losing streakMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Lauren Aldridge scored 23 points and Chayla Cheadle added 15 as the tenth-seeded Kansas women snapped a 20-game losing streak and beat No. 7 seed TC...
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Smith's late goal leads Senators past Maple Leafs 3-2Mar 05, 2016 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Despite playing the lowly Maple Leafs, the Ottawa Senators knew earning two points in Dion Phaneuf's return to Toronto would be tough. Zack Smith scored t...
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Maeda works 2 scoreless innings in 7-2 win over ArizonaMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Kenta Maeda threw two scoreless innings in his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers, striking out two and giving up one hit in a 7-2 win over the Ar...
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No. 24 Oklahoma women top rival OSU 61-43 in Big 12 tourneyMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Vionise Pierre-Louis scored 16 points with a career-high 15 rebounds for her first double-double and No. 24 Oklahoma pulled away in the second half ...