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Helene Elliott: Kings to try a new mix-and-match approach

LOS ANGELES-Anze Kopitar suspected something might be up. In two games at San Jose, the Kings had scored two goals and lost twice to the Sharks, dropping into a 2-2 tie in the teams' Western Conference semifinal playoff series. The Kings perfected the art of playing taut, low-scoring games last...

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SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Percy Harvin feels like a wanted man with Seahawks

Before Pete Carroll can "Win Forever" with the Seahawks he has to worry about winning now.
NHL HOCKEY

Flyers' Voracek walks away from car crash

The images make a Flyers fan's heart stop: a flashy sports car belonging to the team's star player, mangled on the side of a road.
MLB BASEBALL

Marcos Breton: Nationals' Harper evokes memories of Giants' Will Clark

Sometimes a simple weekday ballgame turns into something greater, as it did Wednesday when a superlative talent almost single-handedly beat the Giants and proved not all ballplayers are created equally.
NFL FOOTBALL

Charles Woodson brings confidence to Raiders

Charles Woodson has no intention of being an aging mentor playing out his golden years in silver and black.
MLB BASEBALL

Marla Ridenour: Indians' strong start might not end with usual fading finish

The Indians have been in this position before.
NBA BASKETBALL

Kevin Ding: Dwight Howard, Mike D'Antoni and the Lakers

Mitch Kupchak sounded tired of this already - but not out of any impatience with Dwight Howard.
MLB BASEBALL

Phillies' Utley headed for MRI with sore rib area

Five years ago, on May 22, 2008, Jayson Werth felt a sharp pain in his right side during a game in Houston. Two days later, he was placed on the disabled list with a right oblique injury and eventually returned in two weeks.
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

LGBT activists in Doral protest Rubio after gay couples left out of immigration plan

MIAMI-Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee's failure to include undocumented gay foreign nationals in a bipartisan immigration reform bill the panel approved late Tuesday.
NFL FOOTBALL

Browns' Jimmy Haslam apologizes to fellow NFL owners for federal investigation

Jimmy Haslam, whose purchase of the Browns was unanimously approved in October, apologized to fellow NFL owners for the negative attention an ongoing federal investigation targeting his family business, Pilot Flying J, has brought upon the league, Jarrett Bell of USA Today reported.
MLB BASEBALL

Slowey latest to catch Marlins' injury bug; Phillies win

MIAMI - Manager Mike Redmond has been relying on a cheat sheet of sorts during his pregame press gatherings. It's his reference for the Marlins' injured players and where they stand in their rehab programs.