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SportsNEWBERRY — Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame first baseman Willie Stargell once said, “When they start the game, they don’t yell, ‘Work ball.’ They say, ‘Play ball.’”
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ATLANTA — Five months into his new life in Major League Baseball, Kenshin Kawakami could be a pretty lonely guy by now. Since February, he has been away from family and friends back in Japan. He has no one here that he is particularly close to and who speaks his language, unless you count Daichi Takasue, his 22-year-old interpreter and, by default, his closest companion.
Damien Leonard might be the best basketball prospect from South Carolina in some time, which means the rising junior from J.L. Mann High would have a big decision to make in two years. Would he be the next in a line of “one-and-done” players, spending one year in college before leaving for the NBA? Or would he stay longer?
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WASHINGTON — A mammoth milestone home run by Adam Dunn was upstaged by his simple single that helped Washington rally to beat Atlanta.
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Winthrop’s women’s basketball team will open the season in the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Lady Eagles will travel to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech on Nov. 13. Winthrop fell to the Yellow Jackets last season, 65-27, at the Bahamas Sunsplash Shootout.
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Marino Vanhoenacker of Belgium set a course record in winning his fourth straight Ironman Austria triathlon on Sunday, while Bella Bayliss of Britain won the women's event.
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