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The annual Dance for Life benefit represents so much now, a late summer get-together buoyant in spirit and radiant with promise.
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Dance for Life sizzles with talent, strength
The Trojans’ running backs coach was Kennedy Pola when he played at USC, but he’s in the process of adopting his given surname. USC took Monday off from practice, but players still attended meetings in preparation for their Sept. 3 opener against Minnesota.
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USC’s Kennedy Polamalu is going back to his roots
Kip Smith and Joe Roberts show slight improvement Monday, but Smith still is focusing on following through as Roberts tells himself to ‘slow down.’ Kip Smith said he stands on the sidelines thinking, “follow through, follow through.” Joe Roberts waits his turn with a different chant going through his head, “slow down, slow down.”
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UCLA kickers still trying to find their way
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Bryant reportedly thought a man was taking photos of him and his wife at church but saw no photos after grabbing and inspecting the phone. Bryant reportedly thought a man was taking photos of him and his wife at church but saw no photos after grabbing and inspecting the phone.
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San Diego police want to talk to Kobe Bryant about alleged altercation
Manager Mike Scioscia’s most important task down the stretch will be to keep the troops battling. Because as good as the Angels are, they are not quite good enough to make the playoffs. Mike Scioscia is among the best ever in sports to keep the keel even. He keeps highs not too high, and lows not too low. He is part baseball manager and part human tourniquet.
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Bill Dwyre: Playoffs are fading in Angels’ big picture
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Texas widens lead in the division to five games with a convincing win in first game of key four-game set. The end of the season was not near Monday night, though it sure seemed a lot closer for the Angels, who were thoroughly outplayed in an 8-4 loss to Texas that pushed them five games behind the Rangers in the American League West.
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Angels yield more ground to the Rangers in 8-4 loss
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Dodgers hit into a triple play and four double plays, failing to score despite seven hits and five walks, and Milwaukee rides three solo homers and Randy Wolf’s pitching to its 17th win in 19 games. Reporting from Milwaukee — James Loney triggered five Dodgers outs — including a triple play — in just two at-bats.
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The outs just keep on comin’ as Dodgers fall to the Brewers, 3-0
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Underachieving first baseman is as good as gone from the team, and wouldn’t it be nice to replace him with Prince Fielder? Underachieving first baseman is as good as gone from the team, and wouldn’t it be nice to replace him with Prince Fielder?
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Magic number for James Loney to depart Dodgers is 42
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This summer’s movement toward younger, unaffected major champions — like Keegan Bradley — is the best thing to happen to golf since, well, Tiger Woods. This summer’s movement toward younger, unaffected major champions — like Keegan Bradley — is the best thing to happen to golf since, well, Tiger Woods.
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Golf wins as Tiger Woods loses at PGA Championship
Transitioning from a shotgun-based offense in college to taking snaps under center and backpedaling in the pros is a lot harder than it looks, according to experts like Mike Holmgren and Steve Young. Many young QBs struggle with it. Transitioning from a shotgun-based offense in college to taking snaps under center and backpedaling in the pros is a lot harder than it looks.
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Getting the drop is tricky for NFL quarterbacks
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Bradley wins in his first major championship, overcoming a five-shot deficit in the final three holes to beat Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. —
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Keegan Bradley rallies down stretch to win PGA Championship in playoff
The shortstop, playing in his third major league game, hits his first home run as the Dodgers pick up a 7-0 victory. The shortstop, playing in his third major league game, hits his first home run as the Dodgers pick up a 7-0 victory.
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Justin Sellers’ home run caps Dodgers’ sweep of Astros
Jordan Walden blows his major league-high eighth save opportunity and Hisanori Takahashi serves up Edwin Encarnacion’s game-winning hit in the 10th inning. The Angels play seven of their next 12 games against American League West leader Texas. Jordan Walden blows his major league-high eighth save opportunity and Hisanori Takahashi serves up Edwin Encarnacion’s game-winning hit in the 10th inning. The Angels play seven of their next 12 games against American League West leader Texas.
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Angels falter in the ninth, lose it in the 10th at Toronto, 5-4
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In a question-and-answer session, the center says, ‘We got embarrassed’ by Dallas, and that he’s seeing results from his new workouts at a boxing club. He won’t discuss disabled-parking reports. In a question-and-answer session, the center says, ‘We got embarrassed’ by Dallas, and that he’s seeing results from his new workouts at a boxing club. He won’t discuss disabled-parking reports.
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Andrew Bynum says Lakers ‘need to come back .. ready to win’
‘Maria de Buenos Aires,’ a heady, surreal piece at the Chicago Cultural Center By now, anyone even vaguely familiar with tango music must know the name of Astor Piazzolla. The Argentine composer and bandoneon master, who died in 1992 at age 71, proved definitively that tango music can flourish not only as accompaniment to dance but as a concert art form unto itself.
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Rare Piazzolla revival sounds better than it looks
Strictly FX creates the fire and lights bands hope will linger in fans’ minds Crazy effects are par for the course in the concert tour industry, and the people who provide special effects for the shows get their share of crazy requests.
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Pyro-brainiacs take on Lollapalooza
NASCAR has tweaked its Chase for the Cup playoff rules to put a greater emphasis on wins rather than let drivers play it safe by accumulating points. The change could lead to some surprising wild-car drivers. True to the name, the two wild-card drivers who reach NASCAR’s title playoff this year could be surprising.
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NASCAR Chase for the Cup playoff could include surprising names
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The top-seeded woman at the Mercury Insurance Open in LaCosta says time off from the game can help a player, and Williams proved that point with her first victory after a year off. Vera Zvonareva, the top-seeded woman at the Mercury Insurance Open in LaCosta, is sitting comfortably near the top of the WTA rankings as the world’s No. 3 player. But one American is starting her comeback, and looking to shake things up.
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Serena Williams’ comeback win doesn’t surprise Vera Zvonareva
Left-hander goes the distance for the fourth time this season and earns 13th victory to tie for the lead in the National League. With nearly two months remaining in the regular season, Clayton Kershaw matched his single-season career high in wins Monday with a 6-2, complete-game victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
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Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw beats Padres, 6-2, with complete-game effort
Here are 10 things about the new season that might come as a surprise or simply a reminder. Ten things you may, or may not, know in advance of the 2011 season:
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Angels ace was ejected Sunday after throwing a pitch near the head of Detroit’s Alex Avila. If the suspension, to be announced Tuesday, is as long as anticipated, he would miss one start. The Angels will learn Tuesday how long they’ll be without ace right-hander Jered Weaver, who will be suspended for throwing at Detroit catcher Alex Avila on Sunday.
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Angels’ Jered Weaver expected to draw six-game suspension
The well-grounded offensive rookie of the year is looking to build on spectacular debut by getting up to speed on spread offense favored by new Rams offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. —
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St. Louis’ Sam Bradford plays beat the clock to learn new offense
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The Yankees’ All-Star shortstop, who got his 3,000th major league hit with a home run July 9, has conducted his business with a style and consistency that is hard to maintain, Bill Dwyre writes. He has plied his trade a continent away, and maybe that distance has dimmed our appreciation. But now that Derek Jeter has 3,000 hits, it gives us reason to say what needs to be said about this magnificent Yankee.
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Bill Dwyre: Derek Jeter is a player to be celebrated
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A bowl game is within reach for UCLA this year, and Page 2 wants Bruins to get there and keep their coach employed. With Lasorda promising a pep talk before the Sept. 17 Texas game, how can they lose? A bowl game is within reach for UCLA this year, and Page 2 wants Bruins to get there and keep their coach employed. With Lasorda promising a pep talk before the Sept. 17 Texas game, how can they lose?
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Joining Tom Lasorda in Rick Neuheisel’s corner
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Hingis, 30, a five-time major champion who retired in 2007 after a positive drug test, seems intrigued by idea of playing doubles with Roger Federer at 2012 Olympics, but says, ‘there’s a lot of ifs.’ Hingis, 30, a five-time major champion who retired in 2007 after a positive drug test, seems intrigued by idea of playing doubles with Roger Federer at 2012 Olympics, but says, ‘there’s a lot of ifs.’
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Martina Hingis mulls another tennis comeback
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Anger at owner Frank McCourt and the sad state of Dodgers has spawned a cottage industry for vendors selling shirts bearing anti-McCourt slogans, as well as other wares that play to fans’ frustration. Anger at owner Frank McCourt and the sad state of Dodgers has spawned a cottage industry for vendors selling shirts bearing anti-McCourt slogans, as well as other wares that play to fans’ frustration.
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McCourt’s Dodgers are bankrupt, and all you get is this T-shirt?
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The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the capture of a submarine-like vessel off the Honduran coast and the seizure of some 15,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $180 million.
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$180 million in cocaine seized from western Caribbean drug sub, Coast Guard says
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, on Monday was ranked the number one party school in the nation, according to The Princeton Review.
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Ohio University at Athens ranked number one party school
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Look no further in the search for the next Cubs manager There’s a popular belief in Major League Baseball that Hall of Fame players don’t make good managers. The game comes so naturally to them that they don’t have the patience or ability to develop players, goes the argument.
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Don’t underestimate Ryne Sandberg
By design, Thodos Dance Chicago’s annual exercise inviting performers to try choreography is an experimental laboratory, a mix of talents boasting varying skills and delivering spotty results.
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Thodos’ experiment yields uneven results
Drivers nailed for talking on cell phones, running red lights Metro has fired 20 bus drivers in the past five months after new cameras filmed them using cell phones while behind the wheel.
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Late fees on pre-2010 tickets will be waived for 6 months The District is going to give its 4 million parking and driving scofflaws who owe a collective $245.7 million a break.
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The D.C. Department of Health says it has identified the deadly West Nile virus in mosquito samples taken in the District and is warning residents to take caution. The elderly and those with suppressed immune systems are …
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has named Ron Linton as the new taxi commissioner to replace Leon Swain, who was ousted earlier this year and played a pivotal role helping the FBI bring down a bribery ring.
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Get over it: Harry Thomas Jr., is not resigning from the city council. Nor should he.
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Morning Examiner : The Tea Party is winning · Geithner flip-flops on payment prioritization · Conservatives overplay their hand, unite Republicans around Boehner plan …
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The District Department of Transportation on Wednesday released the locations of 32 new Capital Bikeshare’s stations to be installed in the fall, part of the program’s first major expansion since the program began in …
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… the Hour: Boehner Plan Fails in House, Morning Headlines . Friday, July 29, 2011. House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to raise the debt ceiling fell apart last night when he failed to rally enough support from conservative Republicans. …
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Headlines : Eagles may want to sign Brett Favre; Vick would be ‘honored’. Folks, we’re really sorry for this. We really are. But it’s our duty to keep our Spidey-Senses up for NFL news, and we’ve caught wind of a … well, …
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The 15-year-old Harvey boy who died a day after he was pulled from a pond in southeastern Wisconsin was described today as “a decent swimmer.”"At this time there does not appear to be a clear.
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