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Determined Hayward takes aim at Team USA spot

It wasn’t just the coaches and players competing for a national championship. It wasn’t just the 70,000 college basketball fans inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis that 2010 evening.

Jim Dandy, Haskell intriguing preludes to Travers

The three colts who won this year’s Triple Crown races are taking different paths to the $1 million Travers on Aug. 24 at Saratoga. The prestigious Travers is called the Midsummer Classic for good reason.

LAS VEGAS 51s 5, RENO ACES 3

■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Rafael Montero (2-2); Aces, Mike Boisinger (4-4)

Local Connie Mack team loses second regional tourney game

Wilkinson (Wash.) rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday to beat the Southern Nevada Bulls of Arbor View High 6-3 in the Connie Mack Western Regional baseball tournament in Bellevue, Wash.

Emerging Irving states his case in Team USA scrimmage

The competition is going to be fierce for spots on next year’s USA Basketball squad that will compete in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. So Kyrie Irving decided he had better get a head start at making a positive impression.

Harper’s first walk-off HR lifts Nats over Pirates

WASHINGTON — For a kid who’s still only 20 and had yet to hit a game-ending homer in his nascent career, Bryce Harper sure inspired a lot of confidence in his teammates as he walked to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

Kunzer-Murphy reorganizes UNLV athletic department

UNLV interim athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy is reorganizing the athletic department, changing positions throughout and instituting substantial pay cuts.

John Thompson gave U.S. vision for Olympics

His still is an imposing figure, towering on this particular day over those NBA players sitting on chairs and listening to his every word.