Sports Stories from August 16, 2018 (Change date)
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NIU hoping to rekindle the program's positive recent historyAug 17, 2018 9:31 pm - Some college football teams have a storied history. Northern Illinois has a history of contrasting stories. There were roughly 30 years of frequent futility in DeKalb. T...
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Spanish league plan for game in US chided by players' groupAug 16, 2018 5:05 pm - A regular-season Spanish league game is coming to the United States, possibly as early as this season, with Real Madrid or Barcelona potentially involved but unlikely to...
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World Cup champion France tops FIFA rankings; Germany 15thAug 16, 2018 7:05 am - ZURICH (AP) - World Cup champion France is at the top of the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years. France beat Croatia 4-2 last month for its second World Cup ti...
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Paulo Bento appointed as South Korea head coachAug 16, 2018 11:05 pm - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has appointed ex-Portugal manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team. The 49-year-old Bento is charged with leading the...
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PSG coach Tuchel fast-tracking young players to senior teamAug 16, 2018 12:05 pm - PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel is wasting no time in fast-tracking the club's promising youth players. Tuchel made a name for himself in Germany by...
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Titans, Saints use new ways to keep NFL players cool in campAug 16, 2018 4:50 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Titans running back Dion Lewis has been so focused on football with his new team that he didn't realize until a few days into training ...
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Davis Cup overhauled for 2019 with season-ending team eventAug 16, 2018 2:05 pm - The Davis Cup is getting a radical makeover in hopes of reviving an event that has lost some luster. Beginning next year, the top team event in men's tennis will be deci...
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Giants' Beckham: 'Back in love with what I've always loved'Aug 17, 2018 6:30 am - ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Odell Beckham Jr. looks as if he has fully recovered from ankle surgery. The New York Giants star receiver sounds like it, too. "Just to be back...
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Intentional plunkings come under fire after Urena hits AcunaAug 17, 2018 11:49 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge saw Jose Urena's plunking of Ronald Acuna Jr. before the Yankees played a day game Thursday, and he felt Acuna's pain. The reigning AL home r...
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Madonna is the Queen of Pop and a soccer mom, tooAug 16, 2018 9:05 pm - BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The Queen of Pop is also a soccer mom, and she's getting ever more involved in the beautiful game. Madonna has plans to open a soccer academy in ...
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