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Letters: Jansen will get no relief from the fans So, Kenley Jansen doesn't like spring training and spent the whole time fooling around and going home early, flinging footballs instead of firing fastballs, and spouting off to any quote-starved reporter in range.
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Kings take offense to those who thought quest for more goals this season would deter defense
Kings take offense to those who thought quest for more goals this season would deter defense
“This is part of our culture,” Doughty said. “I think when the young guys see how older guys do their job, they realize they have to do the exact same thing. They can’t let it slip. They have to do exactly what myself or Kopi are doing. It’s just in the culture now, and obviously John reinforces things, with video or whatnot, but I think it’s just imprinted on our minds.” Source: Los Angeles Times
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Molly Ringwald: The Breakfast Club star 'troubled' by hit film
Molly Ringwald: The Breakfast Club star ‘troubled’ by hit film
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Molly Ringwald’s essay asks how we should view art that comes to feel outdated or awkward with the passage of time US actress Molly Ringwald, who starred as a teen in cult 1985 high school drama The Breakfast Club, has admitted she finds some of the scenes hard to watch now. Writing in The New Yorker, Ringwald describes how she re-evaluated the film…
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How the internet is clogging up city streets
How the internet is clogging up city streets
Image caption Ride-hailing services have had a big impact on the volume of traffic in New York Traffic in New York is slowing down. Jams are endemic in Manhattan, especially in its business districts. Daytime traffic in the busiest areas now moves almost 20% more slowly than it did five years ago. It seems a place ripe for wide use of ride-hailing apps that, you might think, would alleviate some…
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George Ezra accepts he'll never be a 'cool pop star'
George Ezra accepts he’ll never be a ‘cool pop star’
Image copyright Phil Smithies Image caption George Ezra: “My life was changing but, subconsciously, I was battling that.” “Every gig I ever play, I promise myself I’m going to be the cool pop star,” says George Ezra. “But I’m just not that person. After two songs, I’m grinning from ear to ear.” That grin is infectious. When Ezra played in London earlier this week, the whole room lit up with…
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Facebook urged to block Nazi relic sales
Facebook urged to block Nazi relic sales
Facebook has been urged to do more to prevent the sale of Nazi memorabilia on its website. Items including an SS badge, a Nazi military cross and Third Reich propaganda materials have recently been posted on Facebook’s Marketplace. Facebook does not allow the sale of offensive items and removed the goods after being contacted by the BBC. Campaign groups said internet companies had a…
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Reclassify cancers to improve treatment, researchers say
Reclassify cancers to improve treatment, researchers say
Image copyright Getty Images Cancers should no longer be categorised by where they are first formed in the body, but instead by similarities in tumour types, researchers say. A US-led study of 33 cancer types from more than 10,000 patients found they could be reclassified into 28 clusters that shared similar molecules. Reclassification would ultimately lead to better, more targeted treatments,…
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Tensions escalate in Brazil as Lula refuses to surrender to begin his prison term
Tensions escalate in Brazil as Lula refuses to surrender to begin his prison term
“Caravans from all over the state are arriving to defend President Lula,” Vagner Freitas, president of the national Unified Workers Central union, known as CUT, told cheering demonstrators gathered outside the steelworkers union. “We are here, and if they want to remove Lula from here, they’ll have to take us all with him.” From: Los Angeles Times…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s nausea at Martinsville reaffirms decision to walk away
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s nausea at Martinsville reaffirms decision to walk away
Unlike his father, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has never been driven by an end-all passion in the pursuit of racing. It is a bit of an acquired taste, something you would expect when your father is a NASCAR legend. Daddy died as a NASCAR icon. Junior just wants to stay alive, enjoying life’s other pleasures. His decision to retire and focus on family and health was recently reaffirmed while watching a…
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Bolt d'Oro goes up against rival Justify in Santa Anita Derby
Bolt d’Oro goes up against rival Justify in Santa Anita Derby
Mick Ruis and his wife, Wendy, were standing near the rail at Santa Anita’s Clocker’s Corner early Friday morning waiting to see their horse, Bolt d’Oro, take one final gallop before Saturday’s $1-million Santa Anita Derby. He was excited, energized, looking forward to the most anticipated Kentucky Derby prep race in the country. “See this,” Ruis said, picking up a copy of Saturday’s Daily Racing…
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Menendez brothers convicted of killing parents reunite in jail
Menendez brothers convicted of killing parents reunite in jail
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The brothers confer during their 1995 trial The Menendez brothers, who once shocked the nation in the brutal killing of their parents, have reunited behind bars more than two decades after they were convicted for murder. Erik Menendez, 47, and Lyle Menendez, 50, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 killings, gripped the country during the 1990s in…
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Masters 2018: Ten of the best shots at Augusta
Masters 2018: Ten of the best shots at Augusta
To mark the 30th anniversary of that bunker shot by Sandy Lyle at the 18th on his way to winning the 1988 Masters, BBC Sport delves into the archive to relive 10 of the greatest shots ever played at Augusta – but which is the best? Vote coming soon. In the meantime take a look at our top 10. Find out how to follow coverage of the 2018 Masters across the BBC here including live, uninterrupted…
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Tonight's Dodgers-Giants game postponed by rain, rescheduled as doubleheader on April 28
Tonight’s Dodgers-Giants game postponed by rain, rescheduled as doubleheader on April 28
The Dodgers have listed Clayton Kershaw as the starter for Sunday’s series finale. The team planned to start Kenta Maeda on Friday, but could shift Maeda into the bullpen for the weekend and start Rich Hill on Saturday. Hyun-Jin Ryu will likely be skipped on this turn through the rotation. Source: Los Angeles Times
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Somerset in control against Ireland in Taunton match
Somerset in control against Ireland in Taunton match
Eddie Byrom congratulates Marcus Trescothick after the former England opener reached his half-century Four-day game: County Ground, Taunton Somerset 342-5 (87.0 overs): E Byrom 124 no, Trescothick 75, Gregory 54 no; McCarthy Ireland (yet to bat) Scorecard(external site) An unbeaten 124 from opener Eddie Byrom helped Somerset to a commanding 342-5 against Ireland after the first day of four at…
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Dozens sue Canadian fertility doctor for 'using wrong sperm'
Dozens sue Canadian fertility doctor for ‘using wrong sperm’
Image copyright Courtesy of Rebecca Dixon Image caption The Dixon family learned this year Daniel was not Rebecca’s biological father. A Canadian fertility doctor is being sued by dozens of people who claim he used his own or unknown sperm to impregnate their mothers. In November Dr Norman Barwin was sued after a DNA test said he was the father a former patient’s daughter. At least 11 others now…
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Nadal levels Davis Cup tie in first match since January
Nadal levels Davis Cup tie in first match since January
Rafael Nadal had been out since retiring with a hip problem in January’s Australian Open World number one Rafael Nadal beat Philipp Kohlschreiber to level Spain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Germany in his first match since January. Nadal won 6-2 6-2 6-3 to set a new Davis Cup record for combined singles and doubles victories with 23 in a row. The 16-time Grand Slam winner, 30, had been out…
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Downfall of former South Korean president, sentenced to 24 years in prison, came quickly
Downfall of former South Korean president, sentenced to 24 years in prison, came quickly
“To this day, I don’t think it’s been proven that President Park has personally, financially, gained, in terms of bribery,” he said, reflecting the court’s ruling, which also found that she indirectly gained by helping herself politically and by funding a friend’s businesses, which included national sports promotion. From: Los Angeles Times…
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