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Deputies: Semi-pro football coach gave players illegal shots

Ivy League’s top ref pokes fun at Brady, Deflategate

Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif dies of illness at 69

Charleston Southern chasing Big South title

Notre Dame football to appear on all-access Showtime series

Speck Mellencamp to serve 4-day sentence in 12-hour stints

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NFL draft returning to Chicago in 2016

Doug Melvin is leaving as general manager of Brewers

Aretha Franklin cancels Las Vegas show because of exhaustion

Judges eye legality of grand jury process in Penn State case

Eagles sign cornerback Marc Anthony

Meghan Trainor cancels tour, will get surgery on vocal cord

Jordan in court, not on court, for trial on his brand value

Driver fatigue cited as cause of crash that injured comedian

Update on the latest in sports:

Jackson family thanks doctors for supporting ailing father

FIFA picks Olympic veteran Carrard to lead reform task force

Streaking Jays host Oakland…Cards, Pirates in key series…Greinke goes for Dodgers

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei eyes job at German university

Update on the latest in sports:

Officials investigating after Ironman competitor dies

London’s National Gallery staff launch indefinite strike

Olympic discus champion Harting to skip worlds in Beijing

McIlroy will play in PGA Championship…Ravens’ Smith to retire after season…Closer shut down

Update on the latest religion news

Romania’s a republic, but royal upset makes headline news

Here is the latest South Carolina sports news from The Associated Press

Wilimovsky adds to world title with win at US nationals

Mets top Rockies…Nats crush Dodgers…Angels pounded by White Sox…Royals pad lead

Nonprofit fills empty spaces in NYC with art exhibitions

Lawsuits over 2013 reality show helicopter crash settled

Sandra Lee to undergo new surgery in breast cancer fight

Scorsese, DiCaprio to adapt ‘Devil in the White City’

Sam Smith joins Madame Tussauds collection in San Francisco

Update on the latest in sports:

Aniston’s secret wedding officiated by Kimmel, Stern says

Storm dumps 3 1-2 inches on Broncos facility on day off

Fisherman on TV’s ‘Wicked Tuna’ pleads not guilty to fraud

Tony Lara from Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ dies in Sturgis

Mets keep prospect Conforto in majors with Cuddyer off DL

Temple University presenting media award to Wolf Blitzer

Red Sox closer Uehara out for season

Parent of Columbia House files for bankruptcy protection

Colts hope Frank Gore can provide boost to running game

Pitt’s Boyd, Blair sorry about DUIs that cost them opener

RB Thomas Tyner out of fall camp; could be out for season

Oklahoma offensive lineman Kenyon Frison suspended

Ravens WR Steve Smith to retire after this season

Hernandez lawyers seek dismissal of Boston murder indictment

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