Christopher Dean Hopkins
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Cleveland didn't enter Friday with much hope, trailing Golden State 3-0 in the Finals. The Warriors smashed anything left with a signature third-quarter run, pushing the lead to 21, and won 108-85.
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The championship is the first by a D.C. team in one of the big four U.S. sports leagues in a quarter century and prevents a fairy-tale ending to the Las Vegas hockey team's first season.
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White people have called the police on black people in multiple incidents recently, despite no crimes being committed. Professor Khalil Muhammad thinks it's a problem with a complex history.
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The Hollywood mogul is expected to hand himself over to police at 8 a.m. Friday in Manhattan, a source tells NPR. He's expected pay a million-dollar bail and surrender his passport.
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The three women held hostage in the lengthy standoff Friday reportedly were employees of a mental health program operating out of the Napa, Calif., area home for elderly or disabled veterans.
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Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman also were elected. Players suspected of using steroids, including ace pitcher Roger Clemens and home run kings Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, were left out for another year.
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The Bulldogs won the Rose Bowl in double overtime thanks to three long touchdown runs by Sony Michel. Meanwhile, Alabama's defensive players outscored Clemson on both sides of the ball.
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Guillaume started as a stage actor, but playing refined butler — and later lieutenant governor — Benson DuBois for nine years starting in 1977 made him a TV star and a symbol of hard-won success.
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The Americans came into Tuesday night with good odds of making the 2018 tournament. But their loss to Trinidad and Tobago, combined with wins by both Panama and Honduras, will leave the U.S. at home.
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In their 21-game winning streak, Cleveland had never trailed entering the ninth inning, but were down 2-1 Thursday night against Kansas City. They won 3-2 in the 10th inning to keep the streak alive.