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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself. This week a St. Louis judge overturned Johnson’s murder conviction and ordered him freed. Johnson

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat first baseman Ji-Man Choi in salary arbitration while Seattle outfielder Teoscar Hernández and St. Louis pitcher Génesis Cabrera went to the last two hearings of the year. Choi got $4.65 million instead of $5.4 million. Teams lead 8-5 with six decisions to be issued Saturday. Hernández

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scott Rolen will have a St. Louis Cardinals cap on his Hall of Fame plaque and Fred McGriff will not have a team logo. Rolen was a seven-time All-Star third baseman elected last month by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He played for Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Cincinnati. McGriff

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist Forget the U.S. hockey team knocking off the mighty Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics. That shocking upset doesn’t compare to the Kansas City Chiefs winning the Super Bowl against all the imaginary odds floating around in Travis Kelce’s head. Or the Georgia Bulldogs somehow capturing a second straight

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Outfielder Teoscar Hernández  has gone to arbitration with the Seattle Mariners and will set a record win or lose. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Génesis Cabrera also has appeared before a panel on the final day of hearings this year. Hernández asked for a raise from $10.65 million to $16 million,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 18-year-old Kansas man is facing charges after a crash that killed a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer, a pedestrian and the officer’s K-9 police dog. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said Friday that Jerron Allen Lightfoot, of Tonganoxie, is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. They allege Lightfoot

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. Over 100 straight days of racial justice protests that turned downtown Portland into a battleground. A violent breach of the state Capitol. Clashes between gun-toting right-wingers and leftist militants. Over the past decade, Oregon experienced the sixth-highest number

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn each had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko also scored for the Blues who swept the

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Aquan Smart’s 14 points, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 78-64 on Thursday night. The Redhawks improved to 14-14 with the victory and the Panthers fell to 9-19.

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Efforts to prohibit public libraries from displaying sexual content have passed the Senate and House floors in North Dakota. Supporters say the bills would reduce children’s exposure to pornography, while opponents say it would limit children’s access to scientific and educational content on the human body. The Senate

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A grand jury in Nevada has indicted New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and Cincinnati Bengals newly acquired cornerback Chris Lammons in connection with an alleged beating at a Las Vegas nightclub last February. The Clark County grand jury handed up the indictment in Las Vegas on Wednesday on the

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay outfielder Harold Ramírez and Los Angeles Angels infielder Luis Rengifo won their salary arbitration cases, while St. Louis closer Ryan Helsley and Arizona infielder Josh Rojas lost. Ramírez will get $2.2 million rather than Tampa Bay’s offer of $1.9 million, and Rengifo will receive $2.3 million instead of

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday.

COO{ERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Award winning broadcaster and former major leaguer Tim McCarver has died at age 81, baseball Hall of Fame announces.

PROVIDENCE A third person who played a role in an internet romance scam that cheated multiple victims across the country out of a total of about $3.2 million has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors say 28-year-old Sadae Mills, of Houston, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering.