Friday, May 27, 2016

Jose Mourinho and Manchester United are a miserable match made in heaven and other top stories.

  • Jose Mourinho and Manchester United are a miserable match made in heaven

    Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Two fallen icons that need to rehab their image couldn't possibly make for a better pairing. Manchester United have hired Jose Mourinho to be their new manager, just days after firing Louis Van Gaal. A move that once might have been surprising to many fans, now this hiring can only be considered expected, because after the misery both United and Mourinho have experienced, they've become an absolutely perfect fit for each other. United are in a three-yea..
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  • REPORT: Berman to Retire Following NFL Season

    REPORT: Berman to Retire Following NFL Season
    Sportscaster Chris Berman has been with ESPN since 1979, but his tenure could be coming to an end. According to theBigLead, the 61-year-old will be leaving the network following the 2016-17 Football season. ESPN Spokesman Josh Krulewitz declined ...
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  • Senate gives US women's soccer team symbolic victory with equal pay resolution

    Senate gives US women's soccer team symbolic victory with equal pay resolution
    The U.S. women's soccer team has three World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals. What they don't have, say players, is equal pay.  On Thursday the squad scored a symbolic victory in their battle for equal pay when the Senate passed a non-binding resolution calling on the U.S. Soccer Federation to "immediately eliminate gender pay inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity."  Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) penned the resolution..
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  • LSU, Jared Poche top Mississippi State, 6-2, to reach SEC tournament semifinal

    LSU, Jared Poche top Mississippi State, 6-2, to reach SEC tournament semifinal
    Jared Poche dominated all the drama out of most of Thursday's nightcap. The junior lefty escaped first- and second-inning jams, then allowed just one Mississippi State base runner in the next four innings. No. 7 LSU (42-17) meanwhile scored four runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings on its way to a 6-2 victory and berth in Saturday's SEC tournament semifinals. The top-seeded and top-ranked Bulldogs (41-14-1) finally threatened in a top of the seventh sparked by a Tigers error. Freshman ..
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  • Thunderous road: Can Warriors really pull out of here to win?

    Thunderous road: Can Warriors really pull out of here to win?
    OAKLAND, Calif. -- There's a difference between surviving and truly living, like the difference between scraping by on bread and water and savoring a sumptuous meal. The Golden State Warriors subsisted on Thursday night, holding off the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-111 in a Game 5 to prolong the Western Conference finals. They just failed to provide a convincing argument that they can overcome the decisive home-court advantage in Oklahoma City that pushed the Warriors to the brink in Games 3 and 4...
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  • Martin Truex Jr. takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with lap of 192.328

    Martin Truex Jr. takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with lap of 192.328
    CONCORD, N.C. -- Martin Truex Jr. put himself in good position for another strong showing at the Coca-Cola 600, a race he thought he should have won last year.Truex turned in a lap of 192.328 mph to grab the pole away from Joey Logano on his final lap of qualifying Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano, who had the top time in the first two rounds, will start alongside Truex on the front row Sunday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race."We put it all together when it counted," Truex s..
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  • Baylor University regents fire head football coach; Ken Starr steps aside

    Baylor University regents fire head football coach; Ken Starr steps aside
    Baylor University's Board of Regents has fired its head football coach, and its president will soon resign, amid allegations that the world’s largest Baptist university has continuously mishandled -- and sought to suppress public discourse about -- sexual assaults committed by its football players and other students. The president, Kenneth Starr, will remain at the university as its chancellor and a law professor, though the terms of the arrangement are still being discussed. In a statement rele..
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  • Stamkos returns for Game 7 loss to Penguins

    Stamkos returns for Game 7 loss to Penguins
    PITTSBURGH -- The emotions were still too raw for Steven Stamkos to ponder what comes next for him.The Tampa Bay Lightning captain had worked so hard and endured so much to get back in time to play in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday, and there was a lot for him to digest after the season-ending 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. A question about whether he had considered that this might have been his final game as a member of the Lightning produced a curt reply."No," Stamkos..
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  • Ray Rice delivers 'important message' to Ravens rookies

    Ray Rice delivers 'important message' to Ravens rookies
    OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens had a surprise speaker Wednesday: Ray Rice.Two years after being abruptly released by the team, Rice spoke to Ravens rookies about life lessons after practice."[Rice] delivered an important message that included his story, both the good and the bad," the Ravens said in a statement. "He clearly had the attention of our rookies."It is believed to be the first time Rice has been at the Ravens facility since an acrimonious split between him and the team.Rice..
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