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The Seattle Mariners, who were closing their 2011 season Wednesday, announced earlier in the day they will commence 2012 by playing the Oakland Athletics in a two-game series March 28-29 in the Tokyo Dome. This will mark the fourth time — and first since 2008 when the Red Sox engaged the Athletics — that a

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For a few days this week it seemed inevitable that the Pac-12 Conference would add a minimum of two and a maximum of four new members. But on Tuesday night, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott officially squashed a potential Pac-16, explaining that conference presidents and chancellors are happy with the current league alignment.

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