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Odorizzi makes first start for Rays facing Blue Jays

When the Rays and Blue Jays meet Monday at Rogers Centre, it will be a matchup of experience vs. youth. Thanks to their game being postponed Sunday against the Yankees, the Blue Jays will send their 38-year-old ace, R.A. Dickey, to the mound against 23-year-old Jake Odorizzi. The knuckleballer will be facing Tampa Bay for the second time in 12 days. "I faced Tampa two starts ago, so ...
Tampa Bay Gets 1st Look at New Players as OTAs Begin

TAMPA | When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers start offseason training activities (OTAs) this week, there will be a lot of new faces on defense. That is expected when a team goes 7-9 and has the worst passing defense in the ...
Officials Multiple stabbed in Pinellas

SOUTH PASADENA, Fla. - Emergency officials in Pinellas County are working a multiple stabbing incident at a pub in Indian Rocks Beach. According to Pinellas County Sheriff's officials, "multiple" people have been stabbed during an altercation at the Lana's Red Lion Pub at 1407 Gulf Boulevard. Officials said at least one person would be airlifted to a local hospital. When ...
Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma 21 injured

One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents scurrying for shelter. At least 21 people were injured across the state.The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.At least four ...
Bae wins Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour title

Tom Gillis hits from the first fairway during the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Irving, ...

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An early teaser poster for Olivers Stones W., a rushed-to-the-theaters portrait of the 43rd President, asked us to get ready, implying that the film was going to be made of contentious, polarizing stuff. Naturally, the mere idea of making a film about George W. Bush while he was still in office and ... ...

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MLB Tampa Bay 3 Baltimore 1

Tampa Bay Rays beat Baltimore 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Moore surrendered five hits, walked only one and struck out three en route to his major-best eighth victory. The left-hander lowered his ERA to 2.29 with the 106-pitch ...
Rays hit 2 HRs beat Orioles 3-1 for 3-game sweep

Matt Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game ...
St. Petersburgs Night of Museums

This weekend, St. Petersburg will see two international events take place that happen only once a year: Restaurant Day, when anyone can don a toque and become a chef, will take place on May 18, right before the Night of Museums, which begins at 6 p.m. that evening and lasts till 6 a.m. the following ...
Belmont Stakes Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards

Jockey Gary Stevens celebrates aboard Oxbow after winning the 138th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, trails at center and finished fourth. (AP Photo/Patrick ...
Beliveau called up for a day Torres sent to Minors

BALTIMORE -- To help cover their bullpen for Sunday's game against the Orioles, the Rays recalled left-hander Jeff Beliveau from Triple-A Durham to serve a one-day stint in the Major Leagues, and they optioned left-hander Alex Torres back to Durham. Once Sunday's game is over, the plan is for Beliveau to be optioned back to the Minors. Beliveau got the news Saturday night following a ...

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Zenit pioneer security with school for stewards

Zenit St. Petersburg will become the first football club in Russia to open its own school for match stewards.

Russian football matches are typically watched over by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of police keen to stamp out hooliganism but their presence is often blamed for ramping up tensions. Zenit's security chief Yury Fedotov said intense policing damaged fans' experience of games.

"We are convinced that going to the stadium should give people a holiday feeling and positive emotions. That's why Zenit, as the first Russian Premier League club, has taken measures to reduce the number of police at the stadium, replacing them with stewards from private security organisations," he said on the club website Thursday.

Stewards at Zenit's new school will be taught the laws governing matchday security and "the basics of etiquette," the club said.

There have been plans to reduce the police presence at Russian stadiums before but they have often fallen short.

In July, Premier League security head Alexander Meitin proposed "invisible security" and planned to use the pre-season Super Cup as a demonstration of how stewards could replace police but the scheme fell apart when heavily-armed police units turned up at the game despite being told they were not needed. ...