TAMPA, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Kyle Trask in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night and will groom the Florida quarterback to potentially become Tom Bradys successor. Its totally surreal for me. Im just trying to soak it in and enjoy the moment, said Trask, who ...

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FRISCO, Texas The Dallas Cowboys focused on defense like never before in the NFL draft under Jerry Jones. The Cowboys used their first five picks on defensive players, four of them coming on a busy Friday night. Dallas had never gone that far into the draft without picking an offensive player since ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 11:55 p.m. The Denver Broncos wrapped up the second day of the NFL draft by using a compensatory pick to take Ohio State linebacker Baron Browning with the 105th overall pick. It was a big day []
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MINNEAPOLIS Alex Kirilloff hit the first two home runs of his major league career, including a three-run drive that broke open the game in the third inning and led the Minnesota Twins over the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Friday night. Kirilloff, who debuted last Sept. 30, hit his ...

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LOXLEY, Ala. You could call the Rev. Louis Johnson the pastor of disaster. In fact, hes working on his Ph.D. at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and hes planning to write his dissertation on church emergency preparedness. Hes had plenty of first-hand experience. When Johnson was a teenager...

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SAN DIEGO Yu Darvish struck out 12 and the San Diego Padres, helped when a replay review turned a Giants grand slam into a foul ball, beat San Francisco 3-2 on Friday night. Darvish (3-1) allowed one run and four hits, including Buster Poseys homer, in 6 1/3 innings. He gave up a []
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NEW YORK Sabrina Ionescu is excited to be playing basketball again nearly eight months after spraining her ankle 21/2 games into her rookie season with the New York Liberty. The No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft is raring to go after a long rehab process. Her team will tip off the 25th []
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BEIJING An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 102 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse. Nantong city, located in the eastern province of Jiangsu, was among the hardest-hit when the extreme weather swept the Yangtze Delta on Friday ...

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More than 400 people have been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. But prison time may be another story. With new defendants still flooding into Washingtons federal court, the Justice Department is under pressure to quickly resolve the least serious of cases. ...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. Tracy Swartout takes on a massive role and makes Western North Carolina history as she becomes the new Blue Ridge Parkway superintendent this spring. Swartout, a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service, takes over reins May 23 of the busiest unit of the National Park Service, ...

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With employers hiring, consumers spending and companies raising some prices, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is embarking on a high-stakes gamble. Powells bet is that the Fed can keep rates ultra-low even as the U.S. economic recovery kicks into high gear and that it wont have to quickly raise ...

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NEW YORK Don Mattingly starred in the action-packed 1980s. Now the Miami Marlins manager, Donnie Baseball worries about a record lack of hits and not just from his teams bats. I dont think its cyclical at this point, he said. Theres so much swing and miss, its kind of off the charts. []
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ROME Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island. The maritime rescue...

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Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy says he is very much aware of quarterback Aaron Rodgers concerns with the organization and acknowledges team officials have flown out to meet the reigning MVP on multiple occasions. Murphy added that the Packers want to keep Rodgers in Green Bay in 2021 and beyond. ...

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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Chers mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at ...

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CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals focused on their lines during this years NFL draft. If they got it right, Joe Burrow should enjoy much better protection in his second season. Burrow, the top overall pick in 2020, had his rookie year cut short when his pocket collapsed on him during a Week ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Titans have completed their extreme makeover of one of the NFLs worst defenses. Gone are seven players who started at least three games last season, including three in the secondary to create salary cap space. In are free agent signees linebacker Bud Dupree, ...

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INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard gambled during this weekends NFL draft. He filled one need by adding pass rushers with his first two picks. Then he waited until the last of his seven selections to find a possible left tackle for new quarterback Carson Wentz. ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. Matt Harvey won his third straight start and the Baltimore Orioles took advantage of Oaklands sloppy play to score six runs in the third inning Saturday in an 8-4 win over the Athletics. The Athletics made two errors and threw a pair of wild pitches to help Baltimore break ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length on Saturday, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the races 147-year history, with seven victories. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory on Saturday aboard ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Jose Urquidy scattered four hits over seven shutout innings and the Houston Astros made an early lead stand up, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Saturday. Jose Altuve doubled on the first pitch of the game, leading to a three-run inning. Houston got three hits in the first inning ...

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NEW YORK The New York Jets offense was downright offensive on most Sundays the past few seasons. Pick by pick early in the NFL draft, Joe Douglas went to work on changing all that. The Jets went with offense on their first four selections, kicking things off by taking their newest franchise ...

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HOUSTON The Houston Texans addressed needs at quarterback and receiver in the NFL draft despite tying a franchise low with just five selections this year. Houston entered the draft without a first- or second-round pick because of its 2019 trade with Miami for left tackle Laremy Tunsil. New general ...

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. Anthony Beauvillier scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 shots for his league-leading seventh shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the rival Rangers 3-0 Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot for the third straight year. Mathew Barzal added a breakaway goal ...

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HOUSTON Stephen Curry bounced back from a rough first half with 23 of his 30 points in the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 113-87 on Saturday night. Curry was just 2 for 12 in the first half, then didnt even need to play in the fourth quarter []
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A look at whats happening around the majors on Sunday: ___ CENTURY MARK Corey Kluber goes for his 100th career victory when he starts for the Yankees at home against Detroit. The 35-year-old Kluber (1-2, 4.15) is 99-60 in a big league career that started in 2011. The two-time AL Cy Young ...

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PITTSBURGH Jack Flaherty pitched six solid innings to keep his record perfect and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer in the first inning to send the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 on Saturday night. Flaherty (5-0) struck out nine while winning his fifth straight start. He gave ...

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ATLANTA Trae Young scored 33 points, Clint Capela had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game slide with a 108-97 victory over the undermanned Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Playing without their two best players Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic the Bulls took their ...

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JACKSON, Miss. Aqeel Glass threw three touchdown passes, Gary Quarles ran for two TDs, and Alabama A&M beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40-33 on Saturday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game. Alabama A&M (5-0) won its second title and played in its seventh SWAC championship game. The ...

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DENVER Nathan MacKinnon bounced back from a rare scoreless night with a goal and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. MacKinnon had his 15-game points streak ended Friday night and failed to get a shot on goal for the first []
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