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Harvick Wins Kansas – Pole To Checkered

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP Oct 6, 2013) — Kevin Harvick won a wreck-filled race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, keeping out of trouble all afternoon and making a big move in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Harvick pulled away from Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon on a restart […]

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Reds Fire Dusty Baker

 CINCINNATI (AP Oct 4, 2013) – The Reds have fired manager Dusty Baker, who led them to their best stretch of success since the Big Red Machine but couldn’t get them past the first round of the playoffs.        The move came three days after the Reds lost the […]

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Army-Navy-Air Force Football Games Will Be played

   UNDATED (AP Oct 3, 2013) – A senior defense official says U.S. military academy football teams will be on the field this weekend, despite the ongoing government shutdown because the games are paid for with non-appropriated funds, and have been long planned. Army is scheduled to travel to Boston […]

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Wolves Budinger Out Indefinitely

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP Oct 1, 2013) – Minnesota Timberwolves forward Chase Budinger has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is out indefinitely.        The Wolves made the announcement on Tuesday that Budinger had a procedure on his left meniscus. Budinger had a similar injury last season that caused […]

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Bison Football, Stingy Defense

FARGO, N.D. (AP Oct 1, 2013) – Top-ranked North Dakota State has given up just 7.8 points through four games this season.        The Bison (4-0) topped South Dakota State 20-0 in Brookings, S.D., on Saturday, holding the FCS’s top rusher, Zach Zenner, to just four yards. Zenner had […]

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Gardy Re-signs With Twins

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP Sept 30, 2013) – The Minnesota Twins and manager Ron Gardenhire have agreed on a two-year contract extension through the 2015 season.        Gardenhire was in the final year of his contract and his 12 years with the Twins make him the second-longest tenured manager in the […]

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NDSU’s LeCompte Spec. Teams Player, Week

 FARGO, N.D. (AP Sept 30, 2013) – North Dakota State punter Ben LeCompte has been named special teams player of the week in the Missouri Valley Football Conference for his role in the Bisons’ victory over South Dakota State.        LeCompte had seven punts for 310 yards and a […]

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George Karl Joins ESPN

NEW YORK (AP Sept 30, 2013) – George Karl is joining ESPN as a studio analyst.        Karl won the Coach of the Year award last season but then lost his job in Denver. He will debut Friday night on “SportsCenter” and also appear on other NBA programming on […]

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Cubs Fire Manager Dale Sveum

CHICAGO (AP Sept 30, 2013) – The Chicago Cubs have fired manager Dale Sveum after finishing last in the NL Central for the first time in seven years.        The Cubs closed the campaign dropping 41 of their final 59 games, including six of their final seven. They finished […]

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Youth Pheasant Season Wknd Oct 5,6, 2013

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Sept 30, 2013) – North Dakota’s two-day youth pheasant hunting season is this weekend.        The state Game and Fish Department says licensed resident and out-of-state hunters age 15 and younger can hunt roosters statewide on Saturday and Sunday. The daily bag limit and all other […]