Twellman looks to buck late-season trend in playoffs
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Jack Buck, born in Holyoke, was a Red Sox fan as a youngster. But Buck made his broadcast mark in St. Louis in the 1950s, when the city was producing high-level baseball (the Missouri city had two major league teams) and soccer (several World Cup players).
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Now in his 12th full season, Derek Jeter has been in the playoffs for 11 consecutive years. But this is a different team and a different time.
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FOXBOROUGH &#151; Taylor Twellman returned to the Revolution for last night&#146;s 1-1 tie against Chivas USA, entering as a 56th-minute substitute for Adam Cristman. Twellman, who arrived on a Caracas-Atlanta-Boston flight Friday night, connected with two point-blank headers that were blocked by goalkeeper Preston Burpo.
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The only thing fans want the Philadelphia 76ers to win these days is the draft lottery. The playoffs are far out of reach for the third-worst team in the NBA, so winning games won't do anything except lower the number of available ping pong balls.
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The Eastern Conference playoff picture got a bit tighter and a lot more intriguing in a matter of hours.
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Lenny Wilkens gave a hint of his plans for puzzling forward Tim Thomas before the game, when he talked about how he had tried to get the 6-10 forward going, but he added, &quot;You know, I can only wait so long with him.
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The Nets and the Phoenix Suns are part of a trend that seems to have pervaded this young season: Teams with high expectations that have stumbled out of the gate.
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Amare Stoudemire was a reluctant center when the season began. Shaquille O'Neal is liable to remind him why.
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Pitching, as usual, will play a critical role in these playoffs, positively and negatively.
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Taylor Twellman improved his goal total to 12 in 18 regular-season games against New York as the Revolution and Red Bulls played to a 2-2 tie last night. But Twellman departed just after referee Richard Heron signaled four minutes of added time.
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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In this era of wild-card entries and best-of-five-game playoff series, a talented team can stroll through the regular season, fire its manager, pick up its pace and find
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To get more prime-time games during the week,  this year's Series could drag into November. Just the time to be playing in Denver and Boston
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New York now moves into the final five weeks of the regular season significantly short-handed in the battle for a playoff spot.
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Tonight&#39;s game featuring the Miami Heat and their three-time NBA finals MVP Shaquille O&#39;Neal versus the San Antonio Spurs and their two-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan has obvious potential as an early-season championship preview.
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With nearly six weeks left on the NBA schedule, the Dallas Mavericks already are in the playoffs.
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Another round of playoffs is giving Scott Rolen a chance to get his timing back.