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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Justin Verlander collected his 19th victory -- his seventh straight win -- and Alex Avila homered Monday in the Detroit Tigers' 5-2 win over Tampa Bay.
Verlander (19-5) yielded just one run on three hits over seven innings while fanning eight to tie his career-high in wins. The Tigers' ace lowered his ERA to 2.28, second-best in the American League behind Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels, and raised his major league-best strikeout total to 212.
Avila delivered a two-run shot in the second inning and Don Kelly also went deep for the Tigers, who padded their American League Central lead to 5 1/2 games over the second-place Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann (8-5) was touched for four runs on six hits over 7 1/3 innings, losing his first decision since May 4.
Evan Longoria and Matt Joyce hit long balls for the Rays.
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BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
A team effort led by Kevin Garnett overcame a one-man show by LeBron James Friday and the Boston Celtics held on to defeat Miami 101-91.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
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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