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RG3 still aiming to return by Week 1

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:02 MDT

RG3 still aiming to return by Week 1

Updated May 23, 2013 07:41PM MDT

Robert Griffin III’s rehab started with a “cry festival.” On Thursday, the road back included running some drills at an offseason practice. Wearing a helmet but no jersey and sporting a large brace on his reconstructed right knee, Griffin did some handoffs and throws with other teammates recovering from injuries. It’s the latest step toward his goal of playing in the season opener in September. “As soon as I woke up out of the surgery, I put the date of the first game in my phone,” Griffin said....

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49ers coach Jim Harbaugh to drive Indianapolis 500 pace car

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:19 MDT

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh to drive Indianapolis 500 pace car

By Janie Mccauley The Associated Press

Updated May 22, 2013 11:35PM MDT

Santa Clara, Calif. • Jim Harbaugh insists he will coachable when it comes to the tricks of driving the Indianapolis 500 pace car this weekend. The San Francisco 49ers’ coach will return to the city where he spent four years as a player to take part in the Indy 500 festivities. Track officials made the later-than-usual announcement that the former NFL quarterback would be behind the pace car wheel in a news release sent out early Wednesday morning. Asked how fast he would allow himself to go, or...

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Thursday’s sports TV/radio programming

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:20 MDT

Thursday’s sports TV/radio programming

Updated May 22, 2013 11:35PM MDT

Television — Auto racing • Formula One, practice for Monaco Grand Prix, 6 a.m., NBCSN • NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for History 300, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m., SPEED • NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Coca-Cola 600, 1:30 p.m.; pole qualifying, 5 p.m., SPEED College softball playoffs • Texas A&M at Oklahoma, 5 p.m., ESPN • Washington at Missouri, 7 p.m., ESPN Golf • European PGA Tour, PGA Championship, 3 a.m., TGC • PGA of America, Senior PGA Championship, 10 a.m., TGC • PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza I...

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WR Crabtree not on 49ers’ practice field

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:20 MDT

WR Crabtree not on 49ers’ practice field

The Associated Press

Updated May 22, 2013 11:35PM MDT

Santa Clara, Calif. • San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree is not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon’s organized team activity, though the team has provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon. The 25-year-old Crabtree, the team’s 10th overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Texas Tech, had career highs last season with 85 receptions for 1,105 yards and nine touchdowns for the NFC champion Niners, who lost 34-31 to the Ravens ...

Obama is no Nixon, but misdeeds not trivial

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:57 MDT

Obama is no Nixon, but misdeeds not trivial

By XXXXXX The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 19, 2013 11:09PM MDT

Standing before reporters Thursday, President Obama declined an invitation to compare the recent scandals weighing down his administration with those that forced President Nixon to resign in 1974. So allow us to do the work for him: There is no comparison. Nixon, in a series of crimes that collectively came to be known as Watergate, directed from the White House and Justice Department a concerted campaign against those he perceived as political enemies, in the process subverting the FBI, the IRS...