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A corner kick from Caitlin Binder found the head of Dara Demich and then the back of the net in the 88th minute as the Slippery Rock University women's soccer team knocked off sixth-ranked California (Pa.) University 1-0 Wednesday.

It was the first victory of the season for The Rock (1-1-1).

SRU goalkeeper Annabelle Hegeman earned the shutout, the second of her career.

The Vulcans (2-1-1) came into the match with eight goals in three games.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers suspended veteran broadcaster Ted Robinson for the next two games following comments this week on a San Francisco radio station about the Ray Rice domestic violence case that were deemed insensitive.The Pac-12 Networks also announced it had suspended Robinson for the next two weeks and that he would undergo sensitivity training. The 57-year-old Robinson spoke while co-hosting on KNBR radio Monday and said Rice’s now-wife, Janay, was partly to blame for not speaking up.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops was “furious” running back Jojo Kemp predicted a victory over the Florida Gators and “rubbing it in their faces.”Florida’s 27-game winning streak over the Wildcats didn’t stop Kemp from talking trash ahead of Saturday’s Southeastern Conference opener. The sophomore from DeLand, Florida, told the Louisville Courier-Journal Tuesday that “it’s going to be fun walking out with a victory and rubbing it in their faces.”Stoops said on a conference call that he was “outraged and I talked to him about it. ... He was trying to make light of some friends he has on this program but like I told him yesterday, `you think they’re gonna hear all that? They’re gonna hear the last five seconds of what you said.’ “

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Saku Koivu retired after an 18-year NHL career with the Anaheim Ducks and the Montreal Canadiens.Koivu is a four-time Finnish Olympic medalist.

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