Sporty Santas do battle
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FAR above the Arctic Circle in Sweden's coldest, most northern region, Santa is getting ready for Christmas - with the annual Santa Claus Winter Olympics.
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Description: Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant will exchange baskets instead of presents on Christmas Day when their teams, the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, respectively, meet on the court.
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Moviegoers seeking a bit of seasonal  entertainment are being offered blood and terror alongside  Santa and his reindeer -- much to the horror of U.S. religious  groups.
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Albert Pujols is the star and Scott Rolen the favorite son for the St. Louis Cardinals. For one game at least, Jim Edmonds is the hero.
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It&#39;s the first of the festive season duels and it&#39;s one of high stakes and even higher interest. The two major videogame consoles, Sony&#39;s Playstation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft&#39;s Xbox, are involved in a multi-million
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When the world championship tournament of junior hockey begins on Christmas Day, The Ralph, as it is known, will temporarily become the center of the sport's universe.
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Santa Claus is facing tough times in Europe. So, for that matter, are the Virgin Mary, Joseph and even baby Jesus.
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It fell on Christmas Day, and so maybe the way to start is with something snappy about St. Nick Saban, or the Miracle off 27th Street, or perhaps how Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga unwrapped his best holiday gift last.
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There's a Yule duel brewing this Christmas day. Not one, but two separate versions of "The Yule Log," one of television's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson has decided to play Santa Claus at Manchester City by giving his players a holiday on Christmas Day rather than make them slog through training like most of their peers at other English clubs.
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A trio of title hopefuls can only hope they're playing as well at the end of the season as they are at the beginning of December.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29  - Those famously churlish Philadelphia fans cannot hide behind the urban legends. The truth is out there: they simply booed Santa Claus.
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Sports leagues and their television partners will take big ratings wherever and whenever they can find them. But it&#39;s not exactly in the Christmas spirit that the NBA presents Pistons vs.
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By Douglas A. Kaid, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Sometimes the other team is simply better. It's a tough thing to admit for competitors who spend all season trying to convince themselves they can't be beaten if they play their best.
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Brawl teams Indiana and Detroit play on Christmas Day, as Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant go head-to-head.
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The NBA will have two of its games televised nationally as part of a Christmas Day package, and they could not be more emblematic of the challenges the league faces.
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Christmas is just around the corner and major computer games software publishers are readying their wares for the festive season. But these latest games are not your typical children&#39;s programs.