AP Sports Style Tips
Numbers — lots of ‘em. And sometimes it gets confusing when you’re trying to write a paragraph about the shooting guard who made three 3-pointers in the third quarter of last night’s game, a 33-23 loss, the team’s third in a row, leaving its record at 3-3. Here’s some quick reminders about how — and…
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