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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
Rookie Smith hopes to build on successful...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Thorns rookie Sophia Smith laughs when she recalls the conversation with her dad back in high school about her blossoming soccer career. The No. 1 pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft and U.S. national team prospect comes from a family of basketball players — and it was just assumed early on she’d head in the same direction. But no. “I think he quietly knew that I liked soccer more. But when I...

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Maroon becomes back-to-back Cup winner with Blues,...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Patrick Maroon didn’t get the chance this time to lower the Stanley Cup so that his son, Anthony, could kiss it before lifting it again over his shoulders. Anthony stayed home in the U.S., as did fiancée Francesca as Maroon celebrated with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night as he became a back-to-back NHL champion. A year ago on the ice in Boston, the St. Louis native won the Cup with the Blues, his...

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Bubble hockey champions: Tampa Bay Lightning win...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The joyful yells from the bench could be heard in the empty arena in the final seconds and the roar from players when Commissioner Gary Bettman called for Steven Stamkos to accept the Stanley Cup echoed even louder. The triumph of winning the NHL championship in a bubble was certainly no less sweet for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brayden Point scored his playoff-best 14th goal and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Monday...

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Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman wins Conn Smythe...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — When the Tampa Bay Lightning were still in Toronto, they enjoyed some fresh air outside at the football stadium inside the bubble. Victor Hedman kicked and made a 50-yard field goal, soccer style, perfectly splitting the uprights. Is there anything this guy can’t do? Hedman did it all on and off the ice for the Lightning on the way to winning the Stanley Cup, and the big Swedish defenseman was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy...

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Not 1 for aged: Stars come up...
All those old guys couldn’t get the Dallas Stars another Stanley Cup championship. Rick Bowness is the 65-year-old interim head coach who has been behind NHL benches in parts of five different decades. Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry are the veteran forwards in the mid-30s who had spent their entire careers with their original teams before signing with Dallas in free agency last summer just for this chance. Instead of a title for the aged after the best efforts...

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Conn Smythe Trophy Winners
The most valuable players in the Stanley Cup playoffs: 2020_Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning 2019_Ryan O’Reilly, St. Louis Blues 2018_Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals 2017_Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 2016_Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 2015_Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks 2014_Justin Williams, Los Angeles Kings 2013_Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks 2012_Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings 2011_Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins 2010_Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks 2009_Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins 2008_Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings 2007_Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks 2006_Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes 2005_Lockout 2004_Brad Richards, Tampa Bay...

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Stanley Cup Winners
2020 — Tampa Bay Lightning 2019 — St. Louis Blues 2018 — Washington Capitals 2017 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2016 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2015 — Chicago Blackhawks 2014 — Los Angeles Kings 2013 — Chicago Blackhawks 2012 — Los Angeles Kings 2011 — Boston Bruins 2010 — Chicago Blackhawks 2009 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2008 — Detroit Red Wings 2007 — Anaheim Ducks 2006 — Carolina Hurricanes 2005 — Lockout 2004 — Tampa Bay Lightning 2003 — New Jersey Devils 2002...

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Stanley Cup Champions
2020 — Tampa Bay Lightning def. Dallas Stars, 4-2 2019 — St. Louis Blues def. Boston Bruins, 4-3 2018 — Washington Capitals def. Vegas Golden Knights, 4-1 2017 — Pittsburgh Penguins def. Nashville Predators, 4-2 2016 — Pittsburgh Penguins def. San Jose Sharks, 4-2 2015 — Chicago Blackhawks def. Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2 2014 — Los Angeles Kings def. New York Rangers, 4-1 2013 — Chicago Blackhawks def. Boston Bruins, 4-2 2012 — Los Angeles Kings def. New Jersey...

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Saturday’s best
STARS —K.J. Costello, Mississippi State, passed for an SEC-record 623 yards and had five TD passes to help the Bulldogs knock off sixth-ranked and defending national champion LSU, 44-34. —Kyle Trask, Florida, threw for 416 yards and six TDs and the No. 5 Gators spoiled the head coaching debut of Mississippi’s Lane Kiffin with a 51-35 victory. _Sam Ehlinger, Texas, threw for 262 yards passing and five TDs, including a 12-yard pass to Joshua Moore in overtime, to send...

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Palat scores, Lightning tie Stars at 1...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ondrej Palat scored to pull the Tampa Bay Lightning into a 1-1 tie with the Dallas Stars after two periods of Game 5 of the final Saturday night as they try to finish the series and win the Stanley Cup. They will need at least one more goal in the next 20 minutes — or beyond — to make that happen. Corey Perry scored in the first period for Dallas, which is playing hard to...

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French virus testing labs under strain amid...
ARGENTEUIL, France (AP) — France’s COVID-19 resurgence is palpable in the buzzing biology lab of this public hospital in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil. Tube after tube arrive with new nasal swabs, now about 240 per day. And the lab director struggles to obtain enough reagents to keep up with escalating demand. More than 1 million of France’s 67 million people took a virus test over the past week, putting labs like this under growing strain. Getting a virus...

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Shattenkirk scores in OT, Lightning up 3-1,...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Kevin Shattenkirk scored in overtime on a controversial power play, Brayden Point had two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 Friday night to take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final and move to the cusp of winning the title. With Game 5 Saturday night, Tampa Bay is potentially 24 hours away from its second championship in franchise history. The Lightning won the Cup in 2004, but this...

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Kirobo Launches KIRO Token with ‘Whale-Proof’ Staking...
Blockchain startup Kirobo has announced the conclusion of its successful beta phase, opening the way for the launch of its KIRO token and innovative “whale-proof” staking program. Kirobo’s mission is to protect cryptocurrency users from human error, tackling an estimated 18% of people who have lost funds through sending errors.  With support from the Israel Innovation Authority, Kirobo’s solution was to build an additional logic layer into blockchain protocols called Retrievable Transfer, suitable for individuals, custodians, exchanges, and wallet...

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Stamkos scores, leaves, Lightning beat Stars 5-2...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept dominating without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night to take the lead in the series. Even though he only skated five shifts for 2:47, the Lightning captain making his 2020 playoff debut 211 days after he last played...

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New SUV is next step in VW’s...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is unveiling a battery-powered sport-utility vehicle that is headed for global markets including the United States and China, as the company takes a major step forward in its campaign to make electric cars a mass-market choice. The ID.4 combines the battery drive favored by environmental rules in Europe and China with the compact SUV design that has drawn many consumers away from hatchbacks and sedans. The new model comes close on the heels of...

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