NYC to ring in '08 with 100th ball drop
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New York's most famous New Year's tradition celebrates its 100th birthday Monday, as organizers of the Times Square ball drop have given the crystal globe an environmental makeover.
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ATHENS, Greece - While the U.S. men's basketball team fell short of its gold-medal goal, the bronze it won Saturday night helped the American delegation reach a bigger goal - it was the 100th U.S...
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With Kobe Bryant serving a one-game suspension, Los Angeles drops their season-high third straight game, falling, 99-94, to New York on Tuesday night.
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NEW YORK -- The Rudy Tomjanovich Era in Los Angeles may be ending, quite surprisingly, after only half a season.
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Yankees manager Joe Torre called George Steinbrenner to wish him a happy 76th birthday. He might want to wait a while before picking up the phone again after New York was routed 19-1 by Cleveland on Tuesday night.
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Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, partygoers are making Times Square in New York City the top destination spot to ring in the new year, according to a survey of Priceline.
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The masses descended again on Madison Square Garden last night, 19,763 strong, all brimming with expectation. There was a new Knicks era to cheer, or so they had heard.
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Electronic bidding began for Barry Bondsâs 755th and 756th home-run balls, with the price for the record-breaker starting at $100,000.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - Evander Holyfield wanted to retire back on top. The New York State Athletic Commission apparently had other ideas.
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A plan to raise $100 million by charging for parking near a new stadium is one of the top proposals in the city's bid to find private money to finance the ballpark.
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The number 23 has become a benchmark for the Knicks. Last season, the number represented futility as they only won 23 games. This season, it inspires hope.
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The 100th World Series opens Saturday night in the city where the Fall Classic began in 1903 with Cy Young pitching a complete game against Pittsburgh for the Boston Pilgrims, predecessor to the Red Sox.
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Questions will be asked tonight at Madison Square Garden. Difficult questions. Questions about the futures of Felix Trinidad and Ricardo Mayorga. Very likely they will be questions only one of them will be able to answer.
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The boxing ring at Madison Square Garden, where Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali plied their trade, went down for the count on Wednesday.
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Tampa Bay will still be known as the Devil Rays next season. That may change in 2008.
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The game ball was retrieved following the Celtics&#39; 107-73 victory over the Knicks last night. It will be appropriately lettered and presented to coach Doc Rivers to commemorate his first win for the club.
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It&#8217;s a beautiful day in Queens, the lines to enter the United States Open grounds are moving faster and today&#8217;s spectator freebie is a bar of soap. Lest one thinks the Open fans are cleaning up their act, the bar was already nicely crowded before the matches started at 11 a.m. A crowd has gathered [...].