I’m 4-for-4 and I’m fully confident I’m going to make it 5-for-5,” Dick Vitale said of his latest cancer diagnosis.

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An airliner lifts off in the distance as explosions echo across Beirut and smoke rises after fresh Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Photo: Hussein Malla/Associated Press A lot of missiles ...