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Olympians chase rest ahead of Stanley Cup runs

National Sports

DENVER (AP) — The NHL players who skated at the Milan Cortina Games peaked way earlier than usual. They had to, with an Olympic gold medal on the line. Very little downtime later, they're trying to peak again. They need to, with hockey's silver Stanley Cup up for grabs. The game plan ...

NBA heads into its stretch run

National Sports

The NBA stretch run has arrived. The postseason (not playoff) teams are set: Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington, Brooklyn and Indiana have all been eliminated from the Eastern Conference race while Memphis, New Orleans, Dallas, Utah and Sacramento are out of the Western Conference race. That ...

Fortes’ tiebreaking double spills Brewers

Local Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nick Fortes hit a tiebreaking two-out double off Trevor Megill in the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night. Milwaukee took its first loss after opening the season with a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox. Megill ...

Sports briefs

National Sports

No luck for Italy (AP) — Italy is out again. The 4-time champion misses 3rd straight World Cup with shootout loss in Bosnia One of soccer's historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low. Four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beat ...