Sunday, May 22, 2016

Erislandy Lara decisions Vanes Martirosyan in action-free fight and other top stories.

  • Erislandy Lara decisions Vanes Martirosyan in action-free fight

    Erislandy Lara decisions Vanes Martirosyan in action-free fight
    The first time Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan fought, it was an unwatchable snoozer that ended in a technical draw.They met in a rematch Saturday, and it was another fan-unfriendly fight, but it was one Lara won by unanimous decision to retain his junior middleweight world title at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.Two judges scored the bout 116-111, and one had it 115-112, as Lara retained his 154-pound crown for the fourth time. ESPN.com also scored the fight 116-111 for Lara.The pair first ..
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  • Louis van Gaal: Where it went wrong for Man Utd manager

    Louis van Gaal: Where it went wrong for Man Utd manager
    FA Cup: Defiant Van Gaal 'proud' of Man Utd Cup triumph Louis van Gaal called Manchester United "the biggest club in the world" when he was appointed in the summer of 2014 - the sort of bold statement a disillusioned fanbase longed to hear after the nightmare of David Moyes' tenure.The 64-year-old Dutchman was meant to be the antidote to the Scot, who was out of his depth after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson. He was the big, brash personality who would embrace the scale and stature of the club...
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  • St. Louis Blues' adjustments spark huge response, lead to Game 4 win

    St. Louis Blues' adjustments spark huge response, lead to Game 4 win
    SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Head coach Ken Hitchcock in his postgame news conference a few nights ago put it on himself to change things up to find a way to get his team back in the Western Conference finals.Take a bow, Mr. Hitchcock.A gutsy goalie change, tweaked forward lines and some altered tactics produced the momentum shift the St. Louis Blues needed to get off the mat and yielded a 6-3 win on Saturday over the San Jose Sharks, tying the series up at two games each.After poring over five hours of ..
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  • Spieth, Koepka on top of Nelson with little confidence

    Spieth, Koepka on top of Nelson with little confidence
    IRVING, Texas – There’s something to be said for scraping it around. If one didn’t have access to a leaderboard, the comments coming from the top two players at the AT&T Byron Nelson panted a dire picture. “Very stressful round of golf to play because I just don't have confidence over the ball right now,” seethed Jordan Spieth, utterly uninterested in looking at the silver lining. “I hit the ball terrible,” Brooks Koepka burned. That Koepka and Spieth hold down the top two spots on the leaderboa..
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  • Dodgers lose 3-2 in 11th after Tsao issues walk-off walk (May 22, 2016)

    Dodgers lose 3-2 in 11th after Tsao issues walk-off walk (May 22, 2016)
    SAN DIEGO (AP) It was tough enough for the Los Angeles Dodgers to watch Melvin Upton Jr.'s two-run, walk-off home run Friday night. Then came Yangervis Solarte's walk-off walk with two outs in the 11th inning Saturday night, which gave the San Diego Padres a 3-2 victory. ''We've finding different ways to lose games,'' manager Dave Roberts said after the Dodgers dropped their fourth straight and sixth in seven. ''I haven't seen this one. It's a tough one. To try to defend it or find an ans..
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  • Shoemaker strikes out 12, Angels lose 3-1 to Orioles

    Shoemaker strikes out 12, Angels lose 3-1 to Orioles
    AP 2:39 a.m. EDT May 22, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Shoemaker finally delivered the dominant start the Los Angeles Angels have been waiting for. The bullpen just couldn't hold it.Matt Wieters, who turned 30 Saturday, hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 win over the Angels.Wieters lifted a 1-0 sinker from Joe Smith (1-3) over the wall in left-center to put the Orioles ahead after t..
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  • Raptors' lively man in the middle saves series

    Raptors' lively man in the middle saves series
    TORONTO — Bismack Biyombo wagged his finger at the Cleveland Cavaliers. And he got one back from at least one Cavalier, a figurative single-digit salute in honor of how miserable he had made their evening Saturday night at Air Canada Centre. Near the end of the Toronto Raptors' resilient and necessary 99-84 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, Biyombo batted a rebound to a teammate to cap a memorable night for both the Raptors and himself. Then he got batted back when Cavs f..
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  • MLS: Red Bulls tie record in rout of NYCFC

    MLS: Red Bulls tie record in rout of NYCFC
    An absolute shellacking of NYCFC from their intra-city rivals, with Bradley Wright-Phillips and Dax McCarty each bagging a brace. Bradley Wright-Phillips and Dax McCarty each scored twice and the New York Red Bulls routed New York City FC 7-0 on Saturday to tie the MLS record for largest margin of victory. McCarty put away a header into the top-right corner, off a corner from Sacha Kjelstan, in the third minute, and Wright-Phillips added two goals -- the second coming on a bicycle kick in stopp..
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  • Joey Logano wins 'interesting' All-Star Race

    Joey Logano wins 'interesting' All-Star Race
    Concord, N.C. -- I was totally confused watching the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.You were totally confused. I know this because of the tsunami of confusion gifs that landed on my Twitter timeline, everything from Elmo shrugging to Han Solo darting his eyes to the guy from Scanners whose head exploded.Editor's PicksI called my brother, a lifelong NASCAR fan who has a Yale law degree. He was totally confused. I called my old college roommate, an astronautics professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy..
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Gusty effort by pesky Ryan Callahan lifts Tampa Bay Lightning back ... .Census shows big US cities continue to grow .
Donald Trump would speak with North Korea's Kim Jong Un .International Space Station orbits the Earth for the 100000th time .

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