Sports Stories from January 18, 2017 (Change date)
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FIFA's Marco van Basten proposes changes to enhance soccerJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - Restricting players to 60 games a year. Replacing penalty shootouts with eight-second run-ups. Introducing orange cards to send players off for 10 minutes. Scrapping off...
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Tigers acquire OF Mikie Mahtook from Tampa BayJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers have acquired outfielder Mikie Mahtook from the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named or cash. Detroit announced the trade Wednesday ...
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Weight preaching simple focus for struggling IslandersJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) - Doug Weight knows it won't be easy for the New York Islanders to get back in the playoff race, but the interim coach is preaching a simple appro...
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Teen and mom under arrest in Missouri State player's deathJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police say a teenager and his mother are under arrest in the death of a Missouri State University football player who tried to stop a fight involving hi...
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Walker, Hibbert lead Hornets past Blazers 107-85Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kemba Walker scored 23 points, Roy Hibbert provided a huge boost off the bench, and the Charlotte Hornets stopped a five-game slide with a 107-85 ...
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Fox hires British broadcast Kate Abdo as a soccer hostJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - After working for Fox Sports during the 2015 Women's World Cup, British broadcaster Kate Abdo is joining the network full-time as a soccer host. Abdo ...
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Yankees bring Baby Bombers to NY to promote seasonJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Clint Frazier thought to the future and predicted: "It's going to be common for people to not like us." Rather than bring veterans, the Yankees had Frazi...
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Wake Forest hires Gophers' Sawvel as defensive coordinatorJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Wake Forest has hired Jay Sawvel from Minnesota as its defensive coordinator. Coach Dave Clawson announced Sawvel's hiring Wednesday. Sawvel w...
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Pudge shrugs off slim first-ballot Hall margin, and reasonJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Ivan Rodriguez said he barely slept for three days waiting to find out whether he would get enough votes for election to baseball's Hall of Fame....
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Nathan Chen leads the way at US figure skating championshipsJan 18, 2017 6:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The pain in his hip is gone. All that's left is a surgical screw and a scar. Nathan Chen hardly thinks about it these days, when he's gliding ove...