PRE-SEASON GAMES GET A LITTLE NASTY
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During a three-game swing to Utah, Dallas and Minnesota, the New York Knicks lost all three by a combined total of 82 points. Team captain Stephon Marbury said there could be tough times for Coach Lenny Wilkens if this continues.
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Injuries are the part of the game most controlled by fate, and the Giants, who were fraught with injuries last season, look more susceptible than usual.
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It&#39;s bad enough when a team loses both starting defensive ends in one game. But when one of them is named Michael Strahan, it becomes a near disaster.
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If last night&#39;s Seahawks-Broncos exhibition game was a Super Bowl preview, as some have predicted, the Seahawks are in trouble.
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The last several months have seen a brutal assault on our faith in the redemptive power of sport and the episode that bothered me the most was the wormy departure of Bobby Petrino.
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The operative word in the National Football League this season is ouch.
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There&#39;s something very strange about the Royals and Tigers on Thursday afternoons. Baseball scores start looking more like football scores.
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So many angles. So many sub-plots. So much intrigue for a game pitting two non-winning teams holding one-way tickets to irrelevance.
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Not ready, at least for the thin air where champions or even playoff teams hang out at this juncture in the season. A pair of 2-0 teams met at Ford Field Sunday, and as you may have expected
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The bullpens in this series are so beat up and overused -- the Boston pen has thrown 60 innings in six games, the New York relievers have gone 60 2/3, and the two teams are playing their fifth game in five days -- that getting quality innings from a
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As we head down the stretch of the season, the significance of each game will be amplified. While it is difficult to envision any team looking past an opponent at this juncture of the season
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Yes, it&#39;s only three games but some things are obvious early on. The Redskins are in serious trouble at quarterback. And trouble at quarterback might as well be a computer virus; it ruins everything, even the defense.
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Ah, October, a time when leaves start turning, the carpet in the Metrodome gets a thorough vacuuming and Dodgers fans usually don't even get a chance to leave games early.
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Another day, another duff game. At least it had a semblance of meaning, featuring a once mighty side lurching from one nightmare to another against an embryonic team who are marginally improving.
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The league is belatedly waking up to its behavioral problems, with the players leading the charge for harsher punishments.
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Players and coaches say the dynamic between recruit and school changes after the oral commitment is made, and communication that once was warm and glowing can get downright nasty.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.