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(TNS) May 18—Rachel Becker had everything most softball players long for during a decorated four-year stay at Purdue. There was something missing, though.

For three quarters Thursday night, Jamal Murray was pedestrian. He short-armed shots he normally buries and bypassed teammates with better looks.

May 18—The rules of the hamburger phone are simple as initially codified during a charter flight to Chicago and just in time to make some history Thursday. If a Cardinals player wants to predict a home run from a teammate, all he has to do is walk over to the hamburger phone acquired recently, dial that player’s jersey number, and watch.

The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents unanimously voted to move the men’s and women’s soccer programs to NOC Enid from NOC Tonkawa Wednesday afternoon at the May meeting. The move will be completed in time for the new Enid Jets Soccer program to start in August with the Fall 2023 season, as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 2 Athletics.

Ten disastrous minutes separated the Chicago Cubs from the cusp of ending a season-high losing streak to their worst loss of the season. A five-run lead entering the bottom of the eighth should have provided enough cushion for the Cubs to put away the Houston Astros.

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green believes the Warriors would still be playing if it hadn’t been for him. Speaking to Stephen A.

BOSTON — Jimmy Butler almost got the Celtics last year. If his would-be go-ahead 3-pointer with 17 seconds left in Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference finals had gone in, it might have been the Heat tangling with the Warriors in the Finals.

Three members of the Ponca City boys varsity soccer team signed letters of intent to play in college earlier this week. Those signing most recently were: -- Sergio “Checho” Aguilar, with Ranger College, Ranger, Texas -- Antonio Aguilar, with Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa --Eliseo Ramirez, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa.

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Braves needed this. They needed to see their comeback efforts turn into a victory.