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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Tennessee women's basketball Coach Pat Summitt recorded her 1,000th career victory Thursday night in a 73-43 rout of SEC foe Georgia.
In her 35th year in Knoxville, Summitt is the first coach, man or woman, to reach the 1,000-victory plateau. She did it in her second try this week.
The 17th-ranked Lady Volunteers, whose roster this season features seven freshmen, suffered an 80-70 loss at second-ranked Oklahoma Monday night.
Summitt's career record rose to 1,000-186, and her career milestones include being co-captain during Team USA's silver medal-winning team at the 1976 Olympics; eight national championships, three straight from 1996-98; and an Olympic gold medal in 1984.
"I've been extremely blessed to be your coach," she told a packed, enthusiastic crowd at Thompson-Boling Arena. "We've had a few challenges this year and we may be young, but our plan is to be at the Final Four."
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Javier Lopez snuffed out a Chicago comeback bid in the ninth inning Friday to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. actor Ben Schwartz is joining the cast of Justin Timberlake's new movie "Runner, Runner," the producers said.
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U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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