LSU to face ‘excited’ Baylor

BATON ROUGE – The Baylor Bears feel like a new cub in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.

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Stewart goes ‘old school,’ improves on car at Dover

Since he assumed half-ownership of Stewart-Haas Racing, former two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart has been noticeably more agreeable, mellower individual around every Sprint Cup venue this season.
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JGR’s Busch and Hamlin pace practice, eye Johnson

Saturday practice at Dover International Speedway painted Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch — the race’s defending champion — and Denny Hamlin as potential favorites for Sunday’s Autism Speaks 400.
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Drivers applaud Monster’s needed pit-road makeover

These days, the Monster Mile is showing its softer side.
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Darren Eliot: Finals storylines extend beyond players

When the Stanley Cup commences Saturday night all eyes will be on Marian Hossa, Henrik Zetterberg, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Much will be made of Red Wings Captain Nicklas Lidstrom’s return to action after missing the last two games of the Western Conference finals with a suspected groin injury and rookie defenseman Jonathan Ericsson’s [...]

Ian Thomsen: The Cavs’ only hope: LeBron

ORLANDO — Up 3-2 in the Eastern finals, are these Orlando Magic on the verge of becoming the 2006 Dallas Mavericks? That is LeBron James’s hope.

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Allan Muir: Wings will topple Pens for 5th Cup in 12 years

The Skinny: You know that old saying about defense winning championships? Forget it. This is the New NHL, and these days it’s all about the O. Little wonder then that the league’s two most lethal sides are back to test their marksmanship on one another for the second year in a row.

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Arash Markazi: Odom leads Lakers bench in Game 6

DENVER — As Lamar Odom stood in front of his locker, a bulge still protruding out of a lower back marked with scars from the dozens of patches, braces and pads that have been strapped to it, he squinted as he bent down to clean up the mini pharmacy he had set up before the [...]

Chris Mannix: Kobe, Lakers advance with best performance of playoffs

DENVER — There will be no Game 7 in the Western Conference Finals because Kobe Bryant decided he’d had enough. Enough of Nuggets defenders poking him in the midsection as he elevated from the perimeter and slapping his forehead as he released his shots. Enough of Dahntay Jones, J.R. Smith, Linas Kleiza and Chauncey Billups [...]

Andy Staples: SEC ends oversigning recruits; could lead to nationwide ban

DESTIN, Fla. — For all intents and purposes, oversigning in big-time college football is over. On Friday, the SEC, home to seven schools that signed more than 25 players this past February, passed a rule limiting its member schools to a maximum of 28 signees a year.

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Mayfield asks judge to rescind his suspension

Suspended NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield must wait until next week for a judge to rule whether his suspension for a failed drug test should be overturned.
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Burton questions belief of sagging competition level

Seven Sprint Cup drivers unscientifically polled Friday at Dover International Speedway were unanimously pleased that NASCAR held an open town hall meeting session with owners and drivers earlier this week at its research and development center in Concord, N.C.
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What went wrong? Dale Jr. doesn’t know for certain

The question lingers over Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s race team like the heavy, overcast clouds hung over Dover International Speedway on Friday. Why didn’t it work? Not even the driver knows for certain.
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Reutimann on a roll, earns pole for Dover Cup race

When you’re hot …
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Horns best Mizzou, win Big 12 Tournament

They did it again. At times it wasn’t pretty, but consider it mission accomplished.

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