TOKYO (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki says he hasn't retired, but his move to the front office of the Seattle Mariners is seen by many in Japan as the beginning of a long "Sayonara" for a national treasure.
Ichiro dominated Japanese TV talk shows and social media on Friday. National broadcasters ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Goran Dragic is going back to his native Slovenia in a few weeks for the summer. There's a couple of weddings the Miami Heat guard needs to attend, a trip scheduled with his wife to Paris for a fashion show and probably even some pickup basketball to ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Olympic Committee will appeal to Switzerland's supreme court against rulings which cleared some Russian athletes of doping at the Sochi Games.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams says it is "unsatisfied both by the decision and the motivation" of verdicts by Court of Arbitration for Sport.
...NEW YORK (AP) - George Harrison's first electric guitar is up for auction.
Julien's Auctions says Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Quarrymen. Harrison traded his acoustic guitar for the electric model with Ray Ennis, who was a member of The ...
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HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) - Evelyn and Jerome Matula were still polka-dancing newlyweds in 1950 when they spotted a half-finished cottage in the woods along the San Jacinto River east of Houston. It seemed idyllic, with panoramic views and a sandy path to the river, where their three children and later ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The 11 World Cup cities - all in European Russia - don't always reflect the diversity of a country with dozens of native ethnic groups. With its largely Muslim population and distinctive local culture, Kazan offers a different perspective.
With Germany, France and Spain all visiting in ...
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