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County cricket: T20 Blast allows cricket to speak after quiet construction | Cricket

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Ball one: Waves blasting With sunshine in early summer, two hours before the start of the Surrey final for its T20 Blast season, the Oval is full of action. Wardens are being informed, high-visibility and noisy-looking as ever; a new member of the catering staff is walking through the arrangements on the coffee machine; large…

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MLS watchability ratings: who is the most entertaining team in the league? | MLS

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MLS Surveillance Rankings are back for the third time. The league has won a team (welcome, Charlotte FC!) And this season has been fun, fast and chaotic. Yes a lot MLS Games. So these very subjective, unscientific ratings, based on the vague, obscure “surveillance” factor, can help the decision-making process when a handful of games…

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The Rams Robinson-Matthew Stafford combo is not yet in place

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Growing up in Detroit, Allen Robinson watched a parade of Lions quarterbacks come and go. In 2009, when Robinson was a junior at St. Mary’s Prep High, Lions picked Matthew Stafford with Pick No. 1 in the NFL draft. “While watching Detroit Lions football, no one threw the ball even close to how it did…

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Marshall’s softball team shows resilience despite one win in 3 seasons

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It was one last insult in the ditch season. The Pasadena Marshall High girls softball team lost every game, lost every way imaginable, lost with 28 runs once, lost so badly that the opposing teams did their best to save them more embarrassment . And now, in their final, they lost their coach because he…

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Dodgers, Trea Turner revisits last year’s massive trade

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WASHINGTON – The idea didn’t really make Trea Turner’s mind. Driving home from Philadelphia last July, self-isolated after testing positive for COVID-19 during a league against the Phillies, Turner was unaware that he had just played his last game for the Washington Nationals. Less than a week away from last year’s trading deadline, the All-Star…

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Q&A: With the sale of the Angel Stadium canceled, what are the long-term plans for the Angels in Anaheim?

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On Wednesday morning, within 12 hours of Anaheim City Council killing Angel Stadium, the city of Long Beach renovated its park to attract the Angels. On Wednesday afternoon, the city of Anaheim formally called on the Angels to agree to annul the deal and preserve all related documents, pending a possible lawsuit. On Friday night,…

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Alex Palou is ready for the Indy 500 rematch with Helio Castroneves

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Just over a month before this year’s Indianapolis 500, Helio Castroneves stood on Turn 2 Indianapolis Motor Speedway with his hands on top of his head, staring at the ruined car now that he ran to his fourth Indy 500 win at the at the same time. 2021. It took hundreds of hours to secure…

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As the Dodgers get closer Craig Kimbrel goes from intense play

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It begins with the first chords of “Sweet Child O ‘Mine” by Guns N’ Roses, Slash’s lead guitar riff echoing around Dodger Stadium. The crowd starts to buzz. The bullpen door opens. And out of lumbers the man with the scruffy beard, curly-haired ponytail and 381 his career – his relentless behavior saves as much…

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Which football clubs won the league title in the centenary year? | Soccer

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“How many clubs in the world won the league title in their centenary year and which was the first?” asks Masai Graham. Many clubs have celebrated the big 100 with a league title, Masai. Alan Gomes gets the ball rolling with an example in Portugal. “September 1893 is the official date of the founding of…

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Haracic, Ferrar Van Ginkel modeled on trips to Angel City

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DiDi Haracic was an hour old when she first died. The siege of Sarajevo began 10 days before the birth of Haracic Anica’s mother, and when she was strong enough to stand, she swaddled the baby and walked out of Koševo Hospital. “The nurses told my mum to stay. And my mum specifically said, ‘No,…

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