Baseball playoffs feature mix of newcomers, pickups, injuries and fresh faces
Start with playoff newcomers Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum. Throw in rocket-armed rookies Aroldis Chapman and Craig Kimbrel. Add a dash from pickups Cliff Lee and Lance Berkman. Mix in banged-up Josh Hamilton and Evan Longoria.

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International baseball coming to St. Petersburg, mayor says
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Playoff baseball is already here. Now spring training games are coming back — in a manner of speaking. Mayor Bill Foster announced Monday that national teams from Australia, Canada and the Netherlands will compete at Al Lang Field starting in 2011. Included on their schedule will be spring exhibition games against the ...

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Mattoon soccer plays to scoreless tie at Red & Gold
CHARLESTON - Mattoon opened its Red & Gold Soccer Tournament play with a 0-0 tie against Olney Friday.

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Euro soccer head says video technology not needed
The head of European soccer insists referees do not need help from video technology.

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Basketball camp at Valley High School canceled
GILCREST — The Black Hills State University basketball camp, hosted by BHSU coach Bradd Schafer, has been canceled. The camp, for grades kindergarten through 12th, was to take place Wednesday and Thursday at Valley High School.

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Iowa basketball: Bryce Cartwright says he is clear to join team
In addition to a new head coach, the Iowa men’s basketball team will also have two point guards on scholarship this season, unlike a year ago.

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SOCCER / Canning Maradona is 'painful' decision
Diego Maradona was removed as Argentina's soccer coach Tuesday, his stay ending after nearly two years on the job and a humiliating exit in the World Cup quarterfinals. The Argentine Football Association said it would not renew his contract. The federation... Diego Maradona - Argentine Football Association - Argentina - World Cup - Association football

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Soccer-Donovan says evaluating transfer options
United States forward Landon Donovan is considering possible moves to Europe away from his Major League Soccer club the Los Angeles Galaxy.

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Tulane men's basketball coach Ed Conroy picks up another signee
New Tulane men's basketball coach Ed Conroy got another recruit to sign on the dotted line. Jonathan Frye, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Greensboro, N.C., is the third player in Conroy's first recruiting class, joining guard Kevin Brown Houston and...

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Palin says IL girls basketball team should play in Arizona
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has railed against a suburban Chicago high school for skipping a girls' basketball tournament in Arizona because of concerns over that state's new immigration law.

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