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GRIFFIN ON WAY BACK PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin's right forearm strain is improving, and the 20-year-old is optimistic he'll be back soon. Griffin initially reported discomfort in his forearm after a loss to the Chicago Cubs on May 27. He appeared as a designated hitter over the next two games before going on the 10-day injured list on May 31. The team thought his stay on the IL would be brief, though the timeline for his possible return was pushed back after the nature of the injury turned out to be a little more severe than the club anticipated. ...

Sorsby ruling shocks college football

A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being declared ineligible by the NCAA for wagering on college sports, including bets made on his own team while he was at Indiana. The decision sent shock ...

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FORMER BUCKEYE PLEADS NOT GUILTY ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos pass rusher and former Ohio State Buckeye Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty Monday in a domestic violence case stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend. Cooper will have a motions hearing in a Douglas County courtroom on July 6 with the potential for a jury trial on July 22, just before the Broncos report for training camp. Cooper's attorney, Harvey Steinberg, said the defense doesn't plan to file a motion to dismiss the charges and requested a trial date as soon as possible so that Cooper wouldn't have ...

Hurricane warning on the Cup circuit

Carson Hocevar sat on the Michigan International Speedway pit wall with a blank look and calmly waited as Bubba Wallace laid into him with an animated lecture. As Wallace did nearly all the talking, Hocevar nodded and offered a few smiles. The one-sided conversation ended with Hocevar patting Wallace on the shoulder — defusing the tension while offering little remorse. The third-year Cup Series driver, whose aggression has earned him the nickname of "The Hurricane" in rubbing the NASCAR establishment the wrong way, left a trail of wreckage in his wake Sunday at Michigan. With a ...

Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are warning the White House that a critical surveillance authority is likely to lapse this week amid bipartisan backlash over President Donald Trump’s pick to temporarily lead the nation’s intelligence community. Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sounded the alarm in a letter over the weekend after a failed procedural vote to extend the program. The senators urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also acts as the president’s National Security ...