Varitek stays one step ahead
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The first two at-bats were the kind of moments he'd like to forget. Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek looked, for lack of a better word, wobbly in his initial appearances against Anaheim fireballer Bartolo Colon.
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Inter Milan, Chelsea and AC Milan maintained their perfect records on Wednesday in the European Champions League group stage on Wednesday.
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The Capitals fight back from three-goal deficit to within one but canÃÂ¿t complete the comeback and the Lightning win, 5-4.
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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL: The English club was the first to make the cut after defeating CSKA Moscow. AC Milan advanced after overcoming Barcelona 2-1.
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Catcher Jason Varitek, considered by many the free agent the world champion Red Sox could least afford to lose, has reached agreement on a four-year deal with the team that will pay him $40 million through the 2008 season, sources directly involved with the negotiations said last night.
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SEATTLE -- So, Jason Varitek, we all know you are the de facto captain of the Boston Red Sox. You are the quiet leader of this team, the man who turned a season around by shoving your mitt into the face of Alex Rodriguez, and a man who's got a 15-game hitting streak in the wake of last night's 13-2 ...
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Alexander Ovechkin scores four goals and an assist to lead the Capitals to an 8-6 win over the Senators on Saturday night.
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Andriy Shevchenko&#39;s first half header gave AC Milan a 1-0 win over Barcelona in front of a 68,000 crowd here on Wednesday and moved them a big step closer to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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NEW YORK -- Making wholesale substitutions as the Yankees piled on the runs yesterday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona removed Jason Varitek. The catcher and de facto team captain promptly removed his equipment from the dugout and went to the clubhouse. He did not need to witness New York put the finishing touches on a 14-4 victory. He had seen ...
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Petr Cech Against some spirited Russian revolutionaries Cech stood firm, making three outstanding saves to maintain his team&#39;s control.
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Washington Capitals' Alexander   Ovechkin has no problem being a marked man this year, a   multi-talented, high-scorer on an otherwise mediocre team.
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CSKA Moscow beat Paris St Germain 2-0 in a scrappy Champions League encounter on Wednesday to move temporarily to the top of Group H. Sergei Semak put the Russians ahead with a
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Josh Beckett's so locked in it would surprise few if he were led to the mound blindfolded and still hit Jason's Varitek's mitt location spot on. No matter that the Red Sox scored 13 runs last night, Beckett could have been staked to 1 1/2 runs and he could have held on to the lead. The fact that the Rockies ...
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CHELSEA moved five points clear at the top of Group H last night, continuing their 100 per cent record in the Champions League group stage with a 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow.
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Two goals from Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic kept Werder Bremen&#39;s Group G hopes very much alive. Anderlecht went ahead through Christian Wilhelmsson near the half-hour but Klasnic struck either side of the
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Scoring is nice. So are defense, consistency, and staying in games. But not if they're coming in losing efforts.
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1738: Stand-in Porto goalkeeper Nuno makes a superb reflex save from Yuri Zhirkov to stop Moscow going ahead. 1730: The first of Wednesday&#39;s eight Champions League games kicks off with CSKA hosting current