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Miami (FL) takes on No. 10 North Carolina, seeks to break 6-game slide

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Miami Hurricanes (15-13, 6-11 ACC) at North Carolina Tar Heels (21-6, 13-3 ACC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tar Heels -14; over/under …

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Confederate is harness racing’s Horse of the Year

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Confederate, who last year won 13 of 15 races and became the fastest 3-year-old pacer in history, was named 2023 Horse of the Year at the U.S. Harness Writers Association banquet Sunday. The colt received 112 of 129 votes. Confederate’s wins included the Meadowlands Pace, Breeders Crown and Cane Pace. After finishing second in the North …

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Mittelstadt’s shootout goal seals Buffalo Sabres 3-2 win over Carolina Hurricanes

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres solved several of their season-long inconsistencies when Casey Mittelstadt scored in the fourth shootout round of a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night. The victory extended the Sabres’ modest winning streak to a season-high three straight — their best since a 3-0 run from April 6-10 last season. Buffalo won …

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Fordham faces George Mason following Rose’s 23-point outing

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. George Mason Patriots (18-9, 7-7 A-10) at Fordham Rams (11-16, 5-9 A-10) New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Fordham takes on the George Mason Patriots after …

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José DeLeón, MLB pitcher for 13 seasons, dies at age 63

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — José DeLeón, a major league pitcher for 13 seasons who led the National League in strikeouts for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1989, has died. He was 63. Los Leones del Escogido, DeLeón’s team in the Dominican Winter League, said he died Sunday evening at Cedimat hospital in Santo Domingo. The team said DeLeón …

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Caitlin Clark’s triple-double leads No. 4 Iowa over Illinois, 101-85

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 24 points on the way to her 16th career triple-double, Hannah Stuelke added 20 and No. 4 Iowa defeated Illinois …

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