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Ilka Stuhec is Downhill World Champion; Lindsey Vonn 3rd

Lindsey Vonn of the USA competes during the women’s
downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cham-
pionships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia is the new world champion in
downhill while Lindsey Vonn took bronze trying to regain
her title in another season disrupted by injuries as she tar-
gets the 2018 Olympics.
(Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
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AP source:
Nuggets trade Nurkic to Blazers for Plumlee

PAT GRAHAM Sunday because the trade with the emergence of
AP Sports Writer has not been announced. Nikola Jokic.
DENVER (AP) — A person The Vertical first reported Plumlee was a first-round
with knowledge of the situ- the deal. Denver also re- pick by Brooklyn in 2013,
ation tells The Associated ceives a second-round before being dealt to
Press that the Denver Nug- pick and cash, while the Portland two years later.
gets have traded big man Blazers get a first-rounder. The former Duke standout
Jusuf Nurkic to the Portland Nurkic is averaging eight averaged 11.1 points this
Trail Blazers for center Ma- points this season. The season for Portland, which
Portland Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee (24) dunks in an son Plumlee. 7-footer known as the sits a game behind Denver
NBA game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. The person spoke to the AP “Bosnian Beast” became for the eighth playoff spot
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) on condition of anonymity somewhat expendable in the West.q