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Deion Sanders takes Colorado Buffaloes south for bonding

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FOUNTAIN, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders loves everything about taking his Colorado Buffaloes 113 miles south of Folsom Field to Fountain Fort Carson High School for a week of workouts, tune-ups and team bonding that featured a stay at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus and a visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy. One thing would make it even better: scrimmaging with or against the Falcons, something Sanders is hoping the NCAA will soon allow teams to do in the offseason as he first suggested a couple of years ago when Syracuse wanted to visit Boulder for a ...

Softball season over for West Suburban

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KIRKLAND, Wash. — The West Suburban 14U softball team reached the end of the road in the quarterfinals of the Little League Juniors World Series Thursday night. West Suburban fell to Hudsonville, Mich., 2-1, and was eliminated from the tournament. Teener Minor CM survives Cumming Motors scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and edged Furrer Beverage, 9-8, in the Altoona Teener Minor double-elimination playoffs at Seitz Field on Friday. Trailing 8-7, Dirk Pardee singled in Avery Sowers with one out in the seventh to tie the game. Then, with two outs, Jase Kosicki ...

NASCAR starting new stage break this weekend

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NASCAR plans to implement a new stage-break procedure for its Cup Series races beginning this weekend at Iowa Speedway and continuing through the remainder of the season. Under the new rules, when a natural caution occurs with 10 or fewer laps remaining in Stage 1 or Stage 2, it will be ...

Penguins sign Koivunen to big deal

Penguins

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins made a significant investment in their future on Thursday, signing forward Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract worth $4 million annually. Koivunen, 23, was a restricted free agent. The deal signals Koivunen is an important part of the franchise as ...

Hoop champions

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Metzler Brothers Transport (Central) won the Summer League CBRC Basketball championship. Team members include (from left): First row — Kaemen Oakes, Jace King, Levi Wareham, Andy Bassler, Brooks Decker. Back row — Coach Joe Kitt, Parker Scott, Bentley Dickson, Jesse Muthler, Lincoln Monk, ...

Johnstown teams pick up easy AAABA wins

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JOHNSTOWN — Mainline Pharmacy defeated Cleveland, 6-1, on Wednesday night to advance to tonight’s National AAABA Tournament quarterfinals where it will take on Imler’s Poultry of the Altoona AAABA League. Game time is 7 p.m. at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point. Mainline flipped the ...