Sports Etc. News

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The game itself is moving to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis this year, although Military Bowl officials are quick with a caveat: It's still the Washington region's bowl.

The Eastern League announced on Monday that Binghamton Mets outfielder Cory Vaughn had been named Player of the Week for May 13 through May 19.

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A former women's college basketball star and top WNBA draft pic made headlines this week after she revealed that her college coach told players not to come out about their sexuality because it would hurt their chances of being recruited and also make the school's program look bad, ESPN reports.

The tough one who never fails to go full-throttle, never backs away from an opponent, a challenge, an injury.

The scene is always the same. After every University of Kentucky basketball home game, the coach walks across the Rupp Arena court, puts on his headset and starts talking with Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari will do things a bit differently with his young but talented Wildcats team this season.

Tied with five holes to play in Sunday's final round of the City Stroke Play tourney at Carey Park Golf Course, Tanner George found his stride.

Kenesaw's Lane Tibbs runs to the Class D 3,200-meter title during the state track and field meet Friday in Omaha.

Michael Gonzalez dives back into first base safely during UW-Whitewater's NCAA Division III Midwest Regional game with UW-Stevens Point Thursday night.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy First Class Cadet Joshua Surgeon, right, fights in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championship finals April 6 at Foxwoods Resort and Casino.

The Auburn women's golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships.

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Dave Joerger, an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies and possible NBA head-coaching candidate, starred at Staples-Motley and Moorhead State.

Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry.

Meet David Ray Wooten. Yet his victims may know him by several other names. According to police, Wooten established a fictitious company in Park Ridge in an effort to gain the trust of his victims.

Staring down elimination, Colleyville Heritage answered every challenge Friday from District 6-5A rival Hurst L.D. Bell to survive Game 2, 7-6 in 10 innings before a standing-room-only crowd.

Doug Fuller said his Dips & Dogs customers often tell him he should open a sports bar in downtown Hinsdale where families can have an inexpensive meal and adults can enjoy a alcoholic beverage or two.

Calhoun senior Sebastian Willer has only been at CHS two years after moving from Germany, but has made his presence felt in football and track.

Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.