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Warlord involved in hundreds of murders repatriated to Colombia after serving US drug sentence 02/28/2024 01:12am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso was repatriated Tuesday after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States and being denied several requests to be sent to Italy, where he also has citizenship. Mancuso arrived in Bogota’s El Dorado Airport on a charter flig Shohei Ohtani shows he's "built differently," slugs 2-run HR in first exhibition game with Dodgers 02/27/2024 06:56pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani stepped into the bright Arizona sun, carrying the weight of a $700 million contract and the expectations that go with it, before launching a two-run homer in his first exhibition game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not a bad way to endear himself to his new legio Cherry Starr, philanthropist wife of the late Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr, dies at 89 02/27/2024 06:18pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Cherry Starr, the philanthropist wife of former Green Bay Packers quarterback and coach Bart Starr, has died. She was 89. Rawhide Youth Services, an organization that helps at-risk youth that the couple worked closely with, posted a video tribute to Cherry Starr that notes she 20 years since NHL's record-setting brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere 02/27/2024 05:12pm • Minnesota's Marcus Foligno took a hit, delivered one of his own to Chicago's Jarred Tinordi, and the two big guys dropped the gloves. Outdoors in front of 82,000 people in the Meadowlands, it took even less for Matt Rempe and Matt Martin to spice up the Rangers-Islanders showdown with a fight. When Relive the biggest modern NHL brawl through the words of those who were involved 02/27/2024 01:42pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 2004 brawl between the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators still holds the NHL record for the most penalty minutes in a game in NHL history with 419. It ended with 21 fighting majors, 20 ejections and a handful more misconduct penalties. Only one suspension was doled ou 'Everyone's so soft': NHL players past and present on how they see fighting in hockey today 02/27/2024 11:15am • NHL players past and present give their thoughts on fighting’s role in hockey: ___ The goal of hockey was the team that scores more goals than the other that wins the game. So, to me, that was the most important. Fighting was never the most important thing in my life, but I did it anyway and I fo Christian Horner with Red Bull team at start of F1 testing in Bahrain despite ongoing investigation 02/21/2024 01:03pm • SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Team principal Christian Horner was with Red Bull as Formula 1 preseason testing began Wednesday even as he faces an ongoing investigation by the team's parent company into an alleged claim of misconduct. Horner was alongside Adrian Newey, who is the team’s chief technolog Attorney: Husband denies any involvement in disappearance of American woman in Spain 02/20/2024 05:50pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The husband of an American missing in Spain under suspicious circumstances played no part in her disappearance and disputes her family's contention that their impending divorce was “nasty,” his attorney said Tuesday. David Knezevich was in his native Serbia when hi Why children are still playing tackle football, despite brain risks 02/19/2024 10:22am • Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork, maybe attract a college scholarship. Growing research shows it also can cause injuries that damage developing brains. That leaves families to balance the risks against the opportunities. Many are opting o In an Atlanta suburb, youth tackle football is a way of life 02/19/2024 10:16am • BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — Four days before the biggest game of their lives, dozens of 6- and 7-year-olds wearing full pads and Kelly-green jerseys bounded onto a practice field in suburban Atlanta. Under bright lights last fall, the Buford Webb football team performed tackling drills and ran sprints. Jaromir Jagr's return to Pittsburgh ends with his No. 68 being retired — and catharsis 02/18/2024 08:32pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — There were jokes. And laughter. And catharsis. Just no tears. At least none from Jaromir Jagr. Maybe because they were unnecessary when the Pittsburgh Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Sunday. The look on Jagr's face, the subtle catch in his voice, the smile that remains boyi American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras 02/16/2024 02:31pm • MADRID (AP) — Ana Maria Knezevic traveled from South Florida to Spain in December to get away for a while. Her family and friends say the naturalized American originally from Colombia has been going through a nasty divorce from her Serbian husband, but the trip was also a chance to explore new pla Prince Harry races head-first down a skeleton sled track and says 'everybody should do this' 02/16/2024 01:22am • WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Prince Harry raced head-first on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a track at next year’s Invictus Games site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everyone should do it. Harry was in Whistler, British Columbia, with wife Meghan, the Duch Former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. has 'no clue' whether he will retire after this season 02/14/2024 05:43pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It could be months before Martin Truex Jr. figures out his racing future. Truex dragged out his decision until summer each of the last two NASCAR seasons and insisted Wednesday he hasn’t made up his mind regarding 2025. “I have no idea what I’m doing next year,” ACC will stay with 15 teams for basketball tournaments next year despite expansion to 18 teams 02/14/2024 03:56pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Next year’s newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference won’t feature every team in its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The league announced Wednesday that the ACC will feature the top 15 teams in next year’s tournaments, which will be the first after the le