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• Gonzaga earns No. 1 seed in NCAA West Region

  17-03-2019 23:56
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament West Region despite losing in the West Coast Conference tournament title game.
  The top-ranked Bulldogs will open against the First Four winner between Farleigh Dickinson and Prairie View A&M in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
  Michigan was the No. 2 seed and will face Montana in Des Moines, Iowa.
  Big 12 regular-season champion Texas Tech was the No. 3 seed and Florida State earned a No. 4 in one of the bracket’s toughes
  
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• Antetokounmpo has 52, but Embiid’s 40 lead Sixers over Bucks

  17-03-2019 23:52
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 52 points, but Joel Embiid had 40 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the Milwaukee Bucks 130-125 on Sunday.
  Antetokounmpo was 15 of 26 from the field, including 3 of 8 from 3-point range, and made 19 of 21 free throws to better his previous career best by eight points.
  Embiid and the Sixers weathered a late charge by Milwaukee to beat the team with the best overall record in the NBA (52-18) and the top home
  
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• Pistons beat Raptors 101-107 to complete season sweep.

  17-03-2019 23:43
  DETROIT (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 25 points, Andre Drummond had 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 101-107 on Sunday to complete a season sweep.
  Reggie Jackson added 20 points to help the Pistons win for the 14th time in their last 18 games.
  Kawhi Leonard had 33 points for Toronto, and Fred VanVleet added 17 points. The Raptors have lost four of seven games.
  Drummond gave Detroit a 102-100 lead with two free throws with 1:25 to play. He then knocke
  
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• Virginia top seed in NCAA’s South Region 2nd straight year

  17-03-2019 23:42
  Virginia now has its chance to make up for being the first No. 1 seed to lose its NCAA Tournament opener.
  The Cavaliers are the second overall No. 1 seed and back in the South Region bracket after losing to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County — better known as UMBC — a year ago. This is the seventh time Virginia has been a No. 1 seed and the fourth time in six seasons, though the Cavaliers still are looking to reach their first Final Four with coach Tony Bennett.
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• Kyle Busch wins Cup Series race to tie Richard Petty’s record with 200 victories across NASCAR’s three major series.

  17-03-2019 23:42
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Busch wins Cup Series race to tie Richard Petty’s record with 200 victories across NASCAR’s three major series.
  The post Kyle Busch wins Cup Series race to tie Richard Petty’s record with 200 victories across NASCAR’s three major series. appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Oh Canada! Teen Andreescu upsets Kerber to win Indian Wells

  17-03-2019 23:37
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Bianca Andreescu upset three-time major champion Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open, becoming at age 18 the first wild-card winner in tournament history.
  The Canadian overcame nerves, arm and leg issues in the final set Sunday to earn the first title of her fledgling career.
  Andreescu won on her fourth match point when Kerber netted a backhand. Kerber was the last of five seeded players that Andreescu knocked off in her seven matches in t
  
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• Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Gonzaga take No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament as 68-team March Madness field unveiled

  17-03-2019 23:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Gonzaga take No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament as 68-team March Madness field unveiled.
  The post Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Gonzaga take No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament as 68-team March Madness field unveiled appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• McQuaid, Winston lead Michigan State over Michigan 65-60

  17-03-2019 23:12
  CHICAGO (AP) — Matt McQuaid scored a career-high 27 points, Cassius Winston converted the go-ahead layup in the closing minute, and No. 6 Michigan State rallied to beat No. 10 Michigan 65-60 for its sixth Big Ten Tournament championship on Sunday.
  The top-seeded Spartans (28-6) rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second half and scored the game’s final 10 points to capture their first championship since 2016. No other program has won the tournament as many times as Michigan State,
  
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• McQuaid, Winston lead Michigan over Michigan State 65-60

  17-03-2019 23:12
  CHICAGO (AP) — Matt McQuaid scored a career-high 27 points, Cassius Winston converted the go-ahead layup in the closing minute, and No. 6 Michigan State rallied to beat No. 10 Michigan 65-60 for its sixth Big Ten Tournament championship on Sunday.
  The top-seeded Spartans (28-6) rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second half and scored the game’s final 10 points to capture their first championship since 2016. No other program has won the tournament as many times as Michigan State,
  
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• Duke team led by Zion Williamson selected as No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament, topping East region

  17-03-2019 23:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Duke team led by Zion Williamson selected as No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament, topping East region.
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• Lady Vols competing for 1 of final NCAA Tournament spots

  17-03-2019 23:03
  Tennessee’s chances of remaining the only women’s basketball program to play in every single NCAA Tournament are up in the air on the eve of the bracket announcement.
  The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced Sunday the eight teams are being considered for the final four at-large spots in the field. Tennessee was one of those eight teams along with Arkansas, Auburn, Central Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Princeton and TCU.
  Shortly after the announcement was made, Prin
  
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• Alarie helps Princeton women beat Penn to win Ivy title

  17-03-2019 23:02
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Bella Alarie scored 25 points and Gabrielle Rush added 18 to help Princeton beat rival Penn 66-54 on Sunday and win the Ivy League Tournament, clinching the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAAs.
  With the game tied at 51, Princeton (22-9) scored 15 of the final 18 points, holding Penn without a basket for the final 6:28 of the game. Rush’s layup got the game-changing run started and Julia Cunningham hit a 3-pointer with 2:19 left to make it 58-52.
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• Police temporarily suspend search for 4-year-old Utah girl

  17-03-2019 22:57
  ANETH, Utah (AP) — Authorities say they have temporarily suspended a search for a 4-year-old girl missing since last week in the Utah portion of Navajo Nation.
  The Navajo Police Department said Sunday that after three unsuccessful days of ground and water searches for Andanndine Jones, they are taking a break to organize and secure additional resources. Authorities initially said the girl was 3.
  Police say community volunteers will continue organizing search teams, and officers will remain
  
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• Man jailed after Arizona man dies in Wisconsin altercation

  17-03-2019 22:55
  CHASEBURG, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Wisconsin say a 59-year-old man is in jail after an Arizona man died in an altercation.
  The Vernon County Sheriff’s Department got a 911 call Saturday morning from a home in rural Chaseburg. The caller reported suspicious activity at his home.
  A sheriff’s deputy found the body of 75-year-old Stuart George Warner of Snowflake, Arizona, outside the home.
  An autopsy was scheduled Sunday, but authorities say a firearm was used duri
  
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• Jewett-Giles nets 22, FGCU women win 3rd straight A-Sun

  17-03-2019 22:54
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Keri Jewett-Giles had 21 points, six rebounds and six assists and Florida Gulf Coast cruised to its third straight Atlantic Sun tournament title and NCAA Tournament with their 19th-straight win, 72-49 over Liberty on Sunday.
  Jewett-Giles scored the first seven points of the game and had all 11 points as the Eagles (28-4) raced to an 11-2 lead, easing to its sixth trip to the NCAAs. FGCU scored the last 10 points of the quarter for a 26-8 lead and the lead never drop
  
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• Grubauer helps Avalanche beat Devils 3-0

  17-03-2019 22:53
  DENVER (AP) — Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves for his third shutout in his last five starts, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Sunday.
  Tyson Barrie scored twice as Colorado (31-29-12) stayed in the mix for a second straight playoff appearance. Nathan MacKinnon scored his 37th goal and also had an assist to reach the 90-point mark for the second straight season.
  The Avalanche trail Arizona by four points for the second wild card in the Western Conference with 10 ga
  
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• Cincinnati defeats Houston 69-57 for AAC title

  17-03-2019 22:50
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jarron Cumberland had 33 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 24 Cincinnati past No. 11 Houston 69-57 for the championship of the American Athletic Conference on Sunday.
  Cane Broome finished with 15 points and Tre Scott added 12. It was the second straight conference tournament title for the Bearcats (28-6), who defeated Houston in last year’s final. The victory puts Cincinnati into the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight year.
  Armoni Brooks led Houston (31-
  
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• The Latest: Duke, Virginal are top seeds in NCAA Tournament

  17-03-2019 22:49
  The Latest on Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament (all times local):
  6:17 p.m.
  Virginia has another No. 1 seed. Now the Cavaliers will aim to avoid a repeat of last year’s stunning and unprecedented upset.
  The Cavaliers are the second overall seed in the field of 68 and will headline the South Region bracket. They open Friday in Columbia, South Carolina, against Gardner-Webb — which won the Big South Conference title.
  Virginia became the first No. 1 seed ever to lose to a 16-see
  
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• The Latest: CBS gets back to basics with NCAA selection show

  17-03-2019 22:49
  The Latest on Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament (all times local):
  7:21 p.m.
  The show to unveil the NCAA Tournament field of 68 teams returned to a familiar —and more straightforward— format.
  Last year’s show aired on TBS for the first time and unveiled teams in an alphabetical format, then later revealed matchups by region – which drew plenty of criticism on social media from frustrated viewers.
  This time, the show was back on its traditional CBS home and dove rig
  
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• Willard, Missouri State women top No. 21 Drake for MVC title

  17-03-2019 22:47
  MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Alexa Willard scored a career-high 30 points and second-seeded Missouri State ended No. 21 Drake’s 12-game winning streak with a 94-79 victory in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Sunday for the Bears’ 15th NCAA Tournament berth.
  Sydney Manning added 14 points, Brice Calip 13 and Danielle Gitzen 12 for the Bears (23-10), whose last win over a ranked team was against No. 5 Duke in the 2001 Sweet 16. It is the 11th MVC tournament title for Missouri
  
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• Trump blasts GM for closing Ohio plant, urges reopening

  17-03-2019 22:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is stepping up his pressure on General Motors to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant that recently closed and put 1,700 people out of work.
  Trump’s arm-twisting came in two separate tweets on Saturday and Sunday .
  He called on GM to reopen its Lordstown plant or find another owner while insisting that the Detroit automaker “must act quickly.”
  He also blasted GM for letting down the U.S. and asserted much better automakers are coming
  
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• McIlroy emerges from wild day to win Players Championship

  17-03-2019 22:46
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy made two late birdies amid the wild theatrics of Sunday at The Players Championship and closed with a 2-under 70 to win the next best thing to a major.
  McIlroy could not afford to make a mistake over the final hour because of Jim Furyk, the 48-year-old former Ryder Cup captain who nearly pulled off a stunner at the TPC Sawgrass. Furyk capped off a 67 with a shot into 3 feet for birdie on the 18th to take the lead.
  McIlroy answered with a 15-foot
  
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• 2 kidnapped Texas children found safe; Truck driver arrested

  17-03-2019 22:27
  WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a truck driver accused of kidnapping two children in Texas has been arrested on northern Arizona and the boy and girl are both safe.
  Winslow police say 47-year-old Marshall Pendergrass of Jacksonville, Florida was taken into custody Saturday and is facing federal charges.
  It was unclear Sunday if he has a lawyer yet.
  Winslow authorities were contacted by police in Belton, Texas about a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother who were reported miss
  
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• Jesse Gonzalez replaces Zack Steffen on US roster

  17-03-2019 22:15
  CHICAGO (AP) — Columbus goalkeeper Zack Steffen has been dropped from the U.S. roster for exhibitions against Ecuador and Chile, replaced by Dallas’ Jesse Gonzalez.
  Steffen, who started the first two matches under new U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter, played in the Crew’s 1-0 win over Dallas on Saturday night. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Sunday that Steffen has a minor right knee injury.
  The 23-year-old Gonzalez has trained with the U.S. team in a pair of camps but not made his d
  
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• Canadian teen Alphonso Davies scores his 1st goal for Bayern

  17-03-2019 22:15
  MUNICH (AP) — Canadian teen Alphonso Davies scored his first goal for Bayern Munich to help his team return to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 6-0 rout of Mainz.
  The 18-year-old Davies came on with just over half an hour remaining and scored with a volley on the rebound after goalkeeper Florian Mueller denied Robert Lewandowski.
  Davies joined Bayern in January from the Vancouver Whitecaps for up to over $22 million, a record for a Major League Soccer player.
  Davies was born in t
  
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• Vela has 2 game-tying goals, LAFC ties NYCFC 2-2

  17-03-2019 22:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Vela had two game-tying goals to help Los Angeles FC tie New York City FC 2-2 on Sunday.
  Vela tied it at 1 in the 43rd minute for LAFC (2-0-1) by getting to Latif Blessing’s through ball and poking it into the back of the net. Vela leveled the match in the 76th on a penalty-kick goal.
  Vela had one goal and three assists as LAFC routed the Portland Timbers 4-1 a week earlier.
  Alexandru Mitrita opened the scoring in the 39th minute, running alone down the left si
  
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• Stop Zion! Duke gets top billing; NC, Virginia, Zags also 1s

  17-03-2019 22:12
  Looming at the top of this year’s March Madness bracket: Duke and its freshman force of nature, Zion Williamson.
  The Blue Devils earned the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, joining Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga as No. 1 seeds for the three-week hoops extravaganza that kicks off this week.
  Williamson missed five games after wrenching his knee when his Nike sneaker blew out in a regular-season game last month. He’s healthy again, playing well and not concerned
  
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• Selection Sunday: 68 teams chart path toward NCAA title

  17-03-2019 22:12
  The 68 teams have been determined. Now, it’s just a matter of who they’ll be playing in March Madness.
  Duke looks like a shoo-in for a No. 1 seed when the bracket for the NCAA Tournament is revealed Sunday night.
  Others vying for the top spots include Virginia, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Tennessee and possibly even the winner of the Big Ten title game between Michigan and Michigan State.
  On Saturday night, Duke, led by freshman sensation Zion Williamson, won the Atlantic Coast Conferen
  
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• The Latest: Kyle Busch ties Petty’s mark with 200th victory

  17-03-2019 22:07
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR race at Fontana (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  Kyle Busch tied Richard Petty’s NASCAR record with his 200th national victory across the three major series Sunday, making an impressive late surge through the field to win the Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.
  Busch dominated the first two stages, but a pit-road speeding penalty sent him back to 18th with 73 laps to go. After his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota carved up the field and got help
  
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• The Latest: Kyle Busch leads 2nd stage chasing 200th win

  17-03-2019 22:07
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR race at Fontana (all times local):
  2:32 p.m.
  Kyle Busch has won the first two stages of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Fontana as he closes in on his 200th career victory across NASCAR’s three major series.
  Busch led 100 of the first 120 laps and stayed well ahead of Brad Keselowski in a calm second stage of the 200-lap race.
  The 33-year-old Busch led each of the first two stages of a race for only the third time in his career. He is les
  
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• Panathinaikos-Olympiakos game abandoned after clashes

  17-03-2019 21:58
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek league rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had their soccer game abandoned on Sunday after fans from host Panathinaikos clashed with police outside Athens’ Olympic Stadium, and attempted to attack the Olympiakos bench inside the stadium.
  With tear gas heavily used as police tried to get back control, referee Marco Fritz stopped play after 70 minutes. He called the game off a half-hour later, saying the stadium had not been made sufficiently safe with Panat
  
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• Augustin leads Robert Morris women by St. Francis, into NCAA

  17-03-2019 21:49
  MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Nina Augustin hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Robert Morris avenged last year’s Northeast Conference tournament championship game loss with a 65-54 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sunday, earning its sixth NCAA Tournament berth.
  Isabella Posset scored 12 points and tournament MVP Nneka Ezeigbo had 11 points with 12 rebounds for the top-seeded Colonials (22-10), who lost to the Red Flash in last year’s title game 66-56.
  Augustin and Ester C
  
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• Abilene Christian gets 1st trip to NCAA Tournament

  17-03-2019 21:40
  KATY, Texas (AP) — Breanna Wright scored 16 points, including two free throws with seven seconds remaining, and Abilene Christian held off Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 69-68 on Sunday in the championship game of the Southland Conference, earning the Wildcats their first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
  Abilene Christian (22-9) appeared to have the game in control after Wright buried a jumper for a 50-26 lead with seven minutes left in the third quarter. But the Islanders (17-15), who were also
  
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• Michigan State’s Ahrens taken from court with leg injury

  17-03-2019 21:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — Forward Kyle Ahrens has been taken from the court on a stretcher with a left leg injury in the first half of No. 6 Michigan State’s Big Ten Tournament championship game against No. 10 Michigan.
  Ahrens landed awkwardly when he collided in midair with teammate Cassius Winston going for a defensive rebound with 4:34 left in the first half.
  He clutched his lower left leg as he screamed in pain. Medical personnel placed an air cast on his leg and teammates gave him hugs bef
  
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• Georgia St. tops UTA 73-64 in Sun Belt final for NCAA bid

  17-03-2019 21:29
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Malik Benlevi hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points, and Georgia State advanced to a second straight NCAA Tournament with a 73-64 victory over Texas-Arlington in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament final on Sunday.
  Damon Wilson scored 13, Kane Williams 12, and Jeff Thomas 11 for the top-seeded Panthers (24-9), who will be making their fifth overall NCAA Tournament appearance.
  D’Marcus Simonds, who scored 27 in last season’s tournament final, added 10
  
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• Melania Trump to convene interagency group on youth programs

  17-03-2019 21:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is hosting a White House meeting this week to review youth programs at various government departments and agencies.
  The first lady’s office says she will lead Monday’s discussion at a meeting of the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs. The goal is to build upon and improve youth programs that align with her “Be Best” initiative, which focuses on the well-being of children, their safety online and avoiding drugs.
  The working gr
  
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• UEFA set to meet clubs, leagues on Euro competitions future

  17-03-2019 21:23
  The future of the Champions League will be shaped in the coming weeks as UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin hosts talks with representatives of clubs and leagues.
  UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, is gathering views ahead of a meeting of its executive committee in May when the 2021-24 cycle for the European club competitions will be discussed.
  The distribution of finances is yet to be decided but UEFA has repeatedly ruled out the imminent prospect of Champions League games moving to w
  
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• Radford women win 1st Big South tournament since 1996

  17-03-2019 21:21
  RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Lydia Rivers scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Radford beat Campbell 57-45 on Sunday for a berth in the NCAA Tournament after winning Big South tournament for the first time since 1996.
  Radford (26-6) extended its school-record streak to 18 straight wins, including a program-record 17 conference games to claim the regular-season championship.
  It was Radford’s second Big South championship game in the past three seasons and 14th overall —winning 10
  
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• Arrests in credit card skimming operation across US West

  17-03-2019 21:05
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say members of a large credit card skimming operation used tiny cameras to record victims using ATMs across the US West. KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, reported Saturday that three men were arrested last week after investigators uncovered skimming devices, recording equipment and credit cards at an apartment.
  Sheriff’s officials say they found skimming devices inside ATMs in Sacramento and Folsom in California as well as Reno, Nevada. Investi
  
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• Napoli keeper Ospina in hospital after collapsing in game

  17-03-2019 20:56
  Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina was hospitalized after he played on despite a head injury during a Serie A match on Sunday and then collapsed.
  Ospina injured his head in a collision with Udinese forward Ignacio Pussetto during the opening minutes of the game but insisted he was fine to continue.
  However, the Colombia international fell to the ground around 40 minutes later, seemingly unconscious.
  Ospina was conscious when he was taken off the field and transported to the nearby San Paolo hospital
  
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• Ryan Fitzpatrick agrees to 2-year contract with Dolphins

  17-03-2019 20:52
  MIAMI (AP) — Veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins, who were in the market for a replacement for Ryan Tannehill.
  The 36-year-old Fitzpatrick has a 50-75-1 record as a starter for seven NFL teams. He started seven games for Tampa Bay last year and had a passer rating of 100.4, which ranked ninth in the league.
  The Dolphins traded Tannehill on Friday to the Tennessee Titans in a deal that also involved draft picks. Tannehill b
  
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• Man wounded after exchanging gunfire with Tucson police

  17-03-2019 20:49
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tucson say they are investigating a shooting involving an officer that has left a man with life-threatening injuries.
  They say an officer conducted a traffic stop on a car about 2 a.m. Sunday and was shot at by the driver.
  Police say the man fired several rounds at the officer and the two exchanged gunfire.
  The officer wasn’t injured, but the driver was wounded and taken to a hospital.
  His name and age weren’t immediately released.
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• Saint Louis rallies past Bonnies 55-53 for A-10 title

  17-03-2019 20:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Saint Louis rallied from 15-point, first-half deficit, locking down St. Bonaventure in the second half for a 55-53 victory Sunday in the Atlantic 10 championship and an NCAA Tournament bid.
  The sixth-seeded Billikens (23-12) won four games in four days to earn their first A-10 Tournament title since 2013 and get back in the NCAAs for the first time since 2014.
  Bonnies guard Nelson Kaputo, who played only the last minute, had a 3 from the corner for the win in the final seco
  
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• Dragic, Wade lead Heat past Hornets, 93-75

  17-03-2019 20:38
  MIAMI (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 19 points off the bench, Dwyane Wade added 17 and came up with big plays late and the Miami Heat found just enough offense to beat the Charlotte Hornets 93-75 on Sunday in a game with major Eastern Conference playoff implications.
  The win kept Miami (33-36) at the No. 8 spot in the East race — and moved the Heat two games up on No. 10 Charlotte (31-38), with 13 games left for both clubs.
  The 168 combined points was the lowest in the NBA this season. O
  
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• Santa Anita set to resume racing on March 29

  17-03-2019 20:33
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita plans to resume racing on March 29, pending approval of new safety and medication rules by the California Horse Racing Board.
  Racing has been suspended at the track since March 5 after an unusually large number of fatal injuries to horses. There have been 22 horse deaths at Santa Anita in a 2½-month span, prompting tests on its main dirt track and new rules limiting the use of medication.
  The track, along with Golden Gate Fields in Northern Califor
  
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• No. 22 Auburn routs 8th-ranked Tennessee 84-64 for SEC title

  17-03-2019 20:19
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bryce Brown scored 19 points, and the Auburn Tigers won their first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship since 1985 by routing eighth-ranked Tennessee 84-64 on Sunday.
  No. 22 Auburn (26-9) hadn’t played in this game since 2000, and the fifth-seeded Tigers won their fourth game in as many days to capture only the second SEC Tournament title in program history. The Tigers now have won eight straight and 10 of their last 11 heading into the NCAA Tourna
  
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• Astros manager Hinch suspended 1 game for argument with ump

  17-03-2019 20:10
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch has been suspended one game for his argument and later comments about umpire Angel Hernandez at a spring training game over the weekend.
  Major League Baseball penalized Hinch on Sunday and also fined him an undisclosed amount. Hinch said he accepted the decision and missed Sunday’s exhibition against Atlanta.
  Hinch was ejected by Hernandez one pitch into the bottom of the first inning Friday night in a split-squad game betw
  
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• Kyle Busch resumes chase of 200th NASCAR win at Fontana

  17-03-2019 20:06
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Busch is trying to tie Richard Petty’s NASCAR record of 200 victories when he hits the track at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.
  Busch earned his 199th career victory across NASCAR’s three major series last week at Phoenix, and the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver is in position to match Petty’s hallowed mark at Fontana.
  Busch missed his first chance Saturday when he finished second to Cole Custer in the Xfinity Series race, falling victim to a bad
  
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• Who wants to be a half-billionaire? Powerball jackpot soars to $550 million

  17-03-2019 19:58
  (CNN) – Fantasies of buying 423 castles or 2,143 Ferraris could become reality this week now that the Powerball jackpot has topped half a billion dollars.
  Wednesday’s estimated jackpot, $550 million, is the eighth largest in Powerball history. (If you’re impatient and want all your millions at once, the lump-sum cash value option is $335 million.)
  Your chances of winning? 1 in 292,201,338. We know those odds won’t deter you. But just in case you want a reality check, you
  
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• Israel’s Supreme Court bans Jewish extremist from election

  17-03-2019 19:57
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has banned the leader of a Jewish ultranationalist party from running in the country’s April elections.
  Reversing the decisions of Israel’s elections committee earlier this month, the court ruled Sunday to bar Jewish Power party leader Michael Ben Ari in an 8-1 vote, citing his anti-Arab ideology, and approve an Arab party and leftist candidate.
  The court upheld the candidacy of Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right lawyer and fellow leader
  
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