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Real Madrid trounces Malaga 6-2 in Spanish league

Real Madrid delayed Barcelona's claim to the Spanish league title by trouncing 10-man Malaga 6-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.Had the Spanish powerhouse dropped a point, Barcelona would have lifted its 22nd league crown, its fourth in five seasons.Instead, a determined-looking Madrid went on a goal rampage, opening the scoring when Raul Albiol headed inside the far post from a corner launched by Luka Modric in the third minute.Roque Santa Cruz equalized in the 15th minute when he bounce

SoccerMay 9, 2013

Knicks use huge run to even series with Pacers

NEW YORK (AP) ― They couldn’t score and they didn’t defend. The Indiana Pacers were 15 minutes from a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals until they stopped doing everything that was working so well against the New York Knicks.“We turned the ball over, we didn’t make free throws, we gave up second shots, and we didn’t guard the paint or the rim and we didn’t score,” Indiana coach Frank Vogel said.Sounds bad. It looked even worse.Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, 16 during a 30-2 N

More SportsMay 8, 2013

Kim makes immediate impact with new team

After being traded by the same Korea Baseball Organization team for the second time in his career this week, Kim Sang-hyun didn’t initially hide his disappointment.In his first game for the SK Wyverns since being moved by the Kia Tigers, the right-handed slugger put what bitter feelings he might have had behind him, and made an immediate impact on the field. Batting cleanup for the Incheon-based club following Monday’s trade, Kim went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Both RBIs came on

BaseballMay 8, 2013

Kim makes immediate impact with new team

Knicks use huge run to even series with Pacers

NEW YORK (AP) ― They couldn’t score and they didn’t defend. The Indiana Pacers were 15 minutes from a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals until they stopped doing everything that was working so well against the New York Knicks.“We turned the ball over, we didn’t make free throws, we gave up second shots, and we didn’t guard the paint or the rim and we didn’t score,” Indiana coach Frank Vogel said.Sounds bad. It looked even worse.Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, 16 during a 30-2 N

More SportsMay 8, 2013

Choo sends ’em home

CINCINNATI (AP) ― One of the NL’s best closers was one strike away from a milestone save. Devin Mesoraco and Choo Shin-soo turned everything upside down in a span of five pitches.Mesoraco homered on a full-count pitch from Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, and Choo followed with his second homer of the game, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.So sudden, and so shocking for everyone.“He’s the best closer in the league,” said Choo,

BaseballMay 8, 2013

Ferguson to retire from United

Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United manager at the end of this season, the English Premier League champions announced Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on one of the most successful careers football has known.Ferguson, 71, has been in charge at Old Trafford for 26 years, guiding United to 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League crowns.It was not until Tuesday that rumours of Ferguson's shock retirement started circulating but he said it was a decision he had been consider

SoccerMay 8, 2013

Striker Son coveted by U.K., German teams: report

Hamburg SV striker Son Heung-min is attracting interest from European soccer clubs including Arsenal and Tottenham of the English league and Dortmund of Germany, according to news reports.The speculation grew that the 21-year-old South Korean may end his tenure at Hamburg after reports indicated that several teams are showing interest in him. Son’s contract with Hamburg expires after the 2013-04 season.Hamburg’s sporting director Frank Arnesen said that the club would be forced to sell Son if th

SoccerMay 8, 2013

Kim Sang-hyun makes immediate impact with new KBO team

After being traded by the same Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team for the second time in his career this week, Kim Sang-hyun didn't initially hide his disappointment.In his first game for the SK Wyverns since being moved by the Kia Tigers, the right-handed slugger put what bitter feelings he might have had behind him, and made an immediate impact on the field. Batting cleanup for the Incheon-based club following Monday's trade, Kim went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Both RBIs ca

BaseballMay 8, 2013

Bulls stun Heat in Game 1

MIAMI (AP) ― Nate Robinson was spitting blood in the first half, then delivered the deepest cuts of the night in the final moments. And the Chicago Bulls reminded the Miami Heat that no one in the NBA plays them any tougher.Yes, the streakbusters struck again.Robinson scored 27 points, Jimmy Butler added 21 points and a career-high-tying 14 rebounds, and the Bulls beat Miami 93-86 on Monday night in Game 1 of the teams’ Eastern Conference semifinal series. The team that snapped Miami’s 27-game w

More SportsMay 7, 2013

Pacquiao plans ring return vs. Rios in Macau

Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring Nov. 24 to meet Brandon Rios in a welterweight bout in Macau, the eight-division world champion’s promoter said Monday.Bob Arum told the Associated Press that Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs) has been focused exclusively on his political career in the Philippines since the congressman’s stunning sixth-round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last December. Pacquiao has lost two straight fights after a 15-bout winning streak, also dropping a much-disputed decisio

More SportsMay 7, 2013

Bruins spoil return of playoff hockey to Toronto

TORONTO (AP) ― The Maple Leafs increased their shots and hits in Game 3 against Boston. Their mistakes also went up, and that was enough for the Bruins to win 5-2 Monday night.Adam McQuaid, Rich Peverley, Nathan Horton, Daniel Paille and David Krejci, with an empty-net goal with 1:17 remaining, scored for Boston, a playoff-savvy squad that came out with an edge. And left with an edge in the series 2-1.“I think, as a team, we played a good road game,” Krejci said. “Maybe we didn’t have as many ch

More SportsMay 7, 2013

Forbes: Tebow most influential

NEW YORK (AP) ― Even on the unemployment line, Tim Tebow remains a popular presence.The former Jets quarterback, cut by New York last week after one disappointing season and now a free agent, was selected as America’s most influential athlete, according to a survey released Monday by Forbes.com.Tebow had the most influence on fans, according to 29 percent of respondents, finishing ahead of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (25 percent), Jamaican track star Usain Bolt (23 percent) and Yankees shorts

More SportsMay 7, 2013

New KBO team to be called the Wiz

The new professional baseball club set to join the top league in 2015 will be called the Wiz, team officials announced Tuesday.KT, the nation’s largest fixed-line operator which will run the 10th team in the Korea Baseball Organization, said the Wiz, short for wizard, was the winner of a naming contest.KT received the KBO’s approval for expansion in January this year and will spend 2014 in the minors before joining nine other clubs in the KBO in 2015.The Wiz will be based in Suwon, Gyeonggi Prov

BaseballMay 7, 2013

Simmons, Braves hold off Reds

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Andrelton Simmons is starting to get noticed for more than those amazing defensive plays.The young shortstop homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs on Monday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-4 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds’ winning streak at three games.The Braves won at a place where they’ve had little success lately. They were 0-4 at Great American Ball Park last year and 14-25 overall since it opened for the 2003 season. Simmons led the way on o

BaseballMay 7, 2013

Couples, Montgomerie among 5 inducted into Hall

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) ― About the only thing Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie had in common was a golf swing they could trust for a lifetime.Couples became the first American to reach No. 1 in the world and won the Masters by a blade of grass that kept his ball from trickling into Rae’s Creek. Montgomerie found fame on the European Tour, where he won the Order of Merit a record seven times in a row, though he never won a major, a glaring hole in his credentials.Couples sauntered down the

GolfMay 7, 2013

Couples, Montgomerie among 5 inducted into Hall

Sharapova, Azarenka advance at Madrid Open

MADRID (AP) ― Maria Sharapova rallied from a break down in the first set to beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 7-5, 6-2 Monday and reach the second round of the Madrid Open.The second-seeded Russian said she was still adjusting to changing weather conditions in Madrid and “the altitude as well” after winning the title in Stuttgart last weekend. “It was a tough match,” Sharapova said. “I was really happy that I got that break back in the first set and was able to win in two sets.”Victoria Azarenk

More SportsMay 7, 2013

Zucker’s goal gives Wild 3-2 win over Blackhawks

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) ― Jason Zucker scored at 2:15 of overtime to give Minnesota a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, pulling the Wild within 2-1 in the Western Conference quarterfinal series.Zach Parise scored for the Wild early in the third period, but Duncan Keith got one back for the Blackhawks with 2:46 left in regulation to force the second overtime in three games of this best-of-seven series. Game 4 is here on Tuesday night.After taking the top-seeded Blackhawks to ove

More SportsMay 6, 2013

Serena advances in two sets at Madrid Open

MADRID (AP) ― Top-ranked Serena Williams won her opening match on the red clay of the Madrid Open on Sunday.She and other stars are glad the tournament returned to the traditional surface after its trial with blue “Smurf” clay flopped last year.After dispatching Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-6 (5), 6-1, the defending champion said she liked the new courts at the Caja Magica.“I think these clay courts are really good,” she said. “I think they’re a little bit faster than the ones I was practici

More SportsMay 6, 2013

Kerr wins again at Kingsmill in 2-hole playoff

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Cristie Kerr watched her short winning par putt fall on the second hole of a playoff against Suzann Pettersen, hugged her caddie, a few players who stayed around to watch and had one more hug she had waited a long time to give.“Where’s my dad?” Kerr said during the celebration Sunday on the 18th hole at Kingsmill’s River Course.Her dad, Michael Kerr, was on his way ― as fast as his motorized cart would take him.“I rarely get nervous when she plays,” he said. “I’ve s

GolfMay 6, 2013

Kerr wins again at Kingsmill in 2-hole playoff

Cain gets better of Ryu as Giants sweep Dodgers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Giants ace Matt Cain didn’t make much of his first victory this season, even though it completed a series sweep of divisional rival Los Angeles.Ending a two-week drought by San Francisco’s starting pitchers meant more to the three-time All-Star.Cain pitched into the eighth inning to end the longest winless-streak of his career, and Hunter Pence accounted for all of the scoring in the Giants 4-3 victory over the Dodgers on Sunday night.“All of the starters, we just hadn’t bee

BaseballMay 6, 2013

Cain gets better of Ryu as Giants sweep Dodgers