Sports Stories from April 5, 2016 (Change date)
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Turtle Power: Costumed fans win Yankees tickets from OliverApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two fans wore yellow and green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfits to Yankee Stadium to answer comedian John Oliver's call to dress like "riff-raff." Jo...
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NFL announces expanded rookie programApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - All NFL rookies will now take part in an expanded program to help them adjust to life in the league, on and off the field. The league said Tuesday the Ro...
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Tar Heels begin moving forward after falling short of titleApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina started the year with a No. 1 ranking, swept the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season and tournament titles and battled to th...
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Judge finds ex-A&M player incompetent in slaying caseApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A former Texas A&M wide receiver has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial in the slaying of a man on a Dallas jogging trail. Thomas Johnson was f...
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Classes off, party on: a Philly bash for champion VillanovaApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Once Villanova's band stopped playing its fight song, Jay Wright took over as pep rally conductor. "Just for the hell of it, let's do it," he exhor...
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DeRozan scores 26 as Raptors beat Hornets 96-90Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Before facing the Raptors, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said he wanted his players to "have a readiness to start the playoffs." They certainly weren't rea...
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NCAA championship's TV viewership down big from last yearApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The NCAA championship posted a record-low TV rating. Villanova's last-second win over North Carolina on Monday night averaged a 10.6 rating across TBS, TN...
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Paul-Henri Mathieu upsets Albert Ramos-Vinolas in MarrakechApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) - Paul-Henri Mathieu upset sixth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Tuesday. The 34-ye...
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Luongo, Panthers beat Canadiens 4-1 for fourth straight winApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Aleksander Barkov starting things early, and by night's end, the Florida Panthers were Atlantic Division champs. Barkov got his 28th goal 10 seconds in a...
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Document: Wambach admitted trying cocaine, marijuana in pastApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - Retired soccer star Abby Wambach admitted to once trying cocaine and smoking marijuana some 10 years ago, according to court documents connected ...