DETROIT – Quicken Loans is returning as the presenting sponsor of the Grand Prix in Detroit. The announcement about the Detroit-based online mortgage lender’s sponsorship of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix was made Thursday. The event takes place May 29-31 at the island park in the Detroit River, …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Sooner or later the Atlanta Falcons will get their act together outside the friendly confines of the Georgia Dome. Whether that happens Sunday against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium remains to be seen. The Falcons have lost both of their road games this season in Week …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Jake Arrieta makes his 2014 debut when the Chicago Cubs entertain the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the middle installment of a three-game series. Arrieta, who has been on the disabled list since March 30 with right shoulder tightness, went 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in …
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ALAMEDA, Calif. – Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen remains hopeful that running back Maurice Jones-Drew will be able to play in Sunday’s home opener against the Houston Texans. Nick Roach’s status isn’t as encouraging, meaning the Raiders likely will be without their starting middle linebacker for a second straight week. …
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Fort Wayne, IN (SportsNetwork.com) – Sam Saunders carded his second straight 6-under 66 on Friday to move two strokes clear of the field after two rounds of the Hotel Fitness Championship. Saunders, who is Arnold Palmer’s grandson, completed 36 holes at 12-under-par 132. He broke the 36-hole scoring record that …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven teams are chasing three places in the knockout stage of the World Cup on Thursday. Here are the basic permutations: GROUP G United States vs Germany: Germany would win the group with at least a draw, and is likely to go through even with a …
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CANBERRA, Australia – The Iraqi city of Mosul, which is held by Islamic State movement fighters, has become the second terrorist hot-spot to be declared off-limits to Australians under a new counterterrorism law aimed at deterring foreign fighters. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Monday that the Mosul district in northern …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran is demanding the extradition of a suspected Iranian militant arrested in Pakistan. Wednesday’s report by the semi-official Fars news agency quotes Gen. Masoud Rezvani as saying that Tehran is asking Islamabad to hand over Abdulsattar Rigi, arrested over the weekend in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province. Rezvani …
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YANGON, Myanmar – Scientists say a tiny bird long thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar’s grasslands, but its fragmented habitat is threatened by human encroachment. The Jerdon’s babbler was first discovered in the 1860s but had not been reported in 74 years. A team of scientists from …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The two leaders of the Dutch Security and Justice Ministry have quit amid a scandal over a deal made 15 years ago in which a convicted drug trafficker was paid millions of guilders by prosecutors who were actually trying to strip him of his criminal profits. …
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