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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman were walking back to the Atlanta clubhouse, having finished up a stint in the batting cages on a rainy morning, when they spotted Bryce Harper sitting at the end of the Washington dugout.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jarmo Kekalainen was a couple of minutes late for his first news conference as the Columbus Blue Jackets' new general manager. "I apologize for being a little late," he said sheepishly. "I got lost in the building.

PEORIA, Ariz. - Chad Cordero got nervous every time he pitched in the majors. When he first faced Sammy Sosa a decade ago as a precocious rookie reliever for the Montreal Expos, he had to step off the rubber to stop his legs from shaking.

JUPITER, Fla. - A cluster of media stood outside the Miami Marlins clubhouse, awaiting the arrival of owner Jeffrey Loria, when outfielder Bryan Petersen walked past. "Somebody getting married?" Petersen said.

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JOHANNESBURG - Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated basic gun-handling regulations and exposed himself to a homicide charge by shooting

LONDON - The head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics hopes a winning vote coincides with wrestling being reinstated to the program by the IOC.

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Outfielder Moises Sierra sits motionless, his Blue Jays uniform top covered by a bib. He's in the lunch room but food isn't on his immediate menu.

SAO PAULO - With Brazil about to make its first appearance in the World Baseball Classic, the sport which is barely known in the land of soccer is starting to attract some rare attention.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A northern Alberta judge will hand down his sentence today for a young man convicted in a crash that left four high school football players dead and a fifth badly injured.