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Justin Smoak ripped his 18th home run, a two-run shot in the sixth inning, and the Mariners held on to win their final road game of 2013, a 3-2 decision over the L.A. Angels in a contest twice delayed by a swarm of bees. The victory snapped Seattle’s three-game losing streak as the Mariners finished

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Washington moved up one spot to No. 16 in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday following its emphatic, but hardly surprising, 56-0 smashing of Idaho State Saturday. The ranking is the highest for the Huskies since the fifth week of the 2002 season when they stood at No. 12.

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An intense, rugged scrap between two of MLS’s best ended in a 1-1 draw Saturday night as the Los Angeles Galaxy poured on pressure in the last five minutes but failed to get a winner past the Sounders defense. The Western Conference leaders were denied a club-record sixth straight win, but they gained a point

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Grant Green’s three-run double in the second inning and Collin Cowgill’s straight steal of home in the seventh provided the L.A. Angels the edge to beat the Mariners 6-5 Saturday night. L.A.’s win overshadowed Raul Ibanez’s 300th career home run that placed Ibanez’s name alongside that of Hall of Famer Ted Williams.

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Catcher Chris Ianetta knocked in Kole Calhoun with a two-out single in the 11th inning, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over he Mariners Friday night. Ianetta’s hit off Bobby Lafromboise, the sixth Seattle pitcher, pinned on the Mariners their league-high 13th walk-off loss of the season (49th over the last four

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