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Running backs in spotlight as No. 11 USC visits No. 13 Irish

by ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2017November 8, 2019

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Quarterbacks have received most of the attention whenever Southern California and Notre Dame have their annual showdown in college football. The running backs have often decided the outcome. It should be no different Saturday night when No. 11 USC (6-1) and No. 13 Notre Dame (5-1) meet as ranked opponents for […]

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No. 2 Penn State faces No. 19 Michigan with high stakes

by ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2017December 13, 2017

This team is back. That team is back. The practice of proclaiming that a struggling traditional college football power has returned to elite status after a big win is fraught with false steps. The truth is that a return to glory can rarely be narrowed down to a single game. But if there ever was […]

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These aren’t your 1988 Dodgers, not even close

by ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2017December 13, 2017

These aren’t your 1988 Dodgers, not even close. Justin Turner was a 3-year-old then, wondering what all the fuss was about when watching Kirk Gibson’s home run on TV at his grandmother’s home in Southern California. Clayton Kershaw wasn’t even walking yet, much less tinkering with the curve ball Vin Scully called Public Enemy No. […]

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Fire breaks out on third floor of Sanford apartments

by FROM STAFF REPORTS October 21, 2017November 8, 2019

SANFORD — A two-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of an apartment building on Friday afternoon, calling Sanford firefighters into action one day after firemen had fought a five-alarm blaze on Island Avenue on Thursday afternoon. Sanford fire crews received a call at 3:16 p.m. with reports of a blaze on the third […]