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Shane Ray's NFL comeback bid from wrist injury takes him from CFL to Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Through the woe-is-me low points, wrist surgeries, mood swings, counseling sessions and tryout obstacles created by the COVID-19 pandemic Shane Ray experienced over the past five years, the one-time promising NFL edge rusher never lost sight of his desire to play...

NBA Finals preview capsule: Breaking down the Nuggets vs the Heat
Preview capsule for the NBA Finals, which start Thursday in Denver: East No. 8 MIAMI HEAT (44-38, 12-6) vs. West No. 1 DENVER NUGGETS (53-29, 12-3) How they got here: Heat — beat No. 1 Milwaukee 4-1, beat No. 5 New York 4-2, beat No. 2 Boston 4-3. Nuggets — beat...

Former Broncos kicker Brandon McManus hoping for 'equally great run' with Jaguars
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon McManus started planning for the next chapter of his NFL career years ago. McManus would regularly seek out opposing special teams coaches during pregame warmups and introduce himself. He figured making contact and conversation might come in handy...

With matchup finally set, Nuggets' Malone says beating Heat will be 'biggest challenge of our lives'
Aaron Gordon bristled at the notion the Denver Nuggets must operate the “rust versus rest” seesaw with 10 days between their Western Conference title celebration in Los Angeles and the start of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Rest? “We've been working,”...

Jimmy Butler helps Heat to 103-84 Game 7 win over Celtics and spot in NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) — No unprecedented comeback, no last-tick miracle, no cavalcade of higher seeds is going to prevent these Miami Heat from playing for the NBA title. Eastern Conference finals Most Valuable Player Jimmy Butler scored 28 points, and Caleb Martin had 26 points and 10...

The NBA Finals are set: It's the Heat and the Nuggets for the Larry O'Brien Trophy
Cancel that flight plan, Denver. Turns out, the NBA Finals are starting in the Mile High City after all. And Jimmy Butler was proven right. Finally, we have a title-series matchup: The Miami Heat, champions of the Eastern Conference even after getting in as only the...
Shooting at New Mexico's Red River motorcycle rally kills 3, wounds 5
RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon. Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three...
Today in History: May 28, Dionne quintuplets are born
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 28, the 148th day of 2023. There are 217 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed Blacks, left Boston to fight...

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash...

Environmental groups prevail on limit to grizzly bear deaths in Wyoming cattle grazing area
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An appeals court is sending a plan to allow continued cattle grazing in a vast, mountainous area of western Wyoming back to federal forest and wildlife officials, telling them to consider limiting how many of the area's female grizzly bears may be killed for preying on...
