D-Backs Undergo Makeover After Bad Season
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The guy who paints the name plates on the Arizona Diamondbacks lockers must be getting arm cramps. After 111 losses a year ago, the Diamondbacks have undergone a near-total overhaul, and they're not finished. Expect at least six players in the opening day lineup to be new to the team.
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DAVIE, Fla. -- In the same week that news broke about Ricky Williams&#39; new calling as a holistic healer, there&#39;s now word that he could be back in a Dolphins uniform by the end of the season.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are starting to shorten their list of managerial candidates, and Mark Grace is out of the running for the job.
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Offense: Julius Jones. Talk about making up for lost time. Despite missing seven games with a fractured scapula, the Cowboys rookie running back came back not only in shape but in a groove.
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On Wednesday, the New York Yankees pulled out of trade talks for Randy Johnson because the asking price was just too high. For Diamondbacks fans this is surely a huge relief.
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The Giants wonât admit it, but itâs beginning to look a lot like last year. The sicker they get, the easier it becomes for others to get well.
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Unless there&#39;s an extenuating circumstance - see the University of Arizona last September - it&#39;s generally considered poor form to change football coaches in midseason.
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The Diamondbacks took a major step toward regaining respectability in the baseball world with Thursday&#39;s signing of free-agent third baseman Troy Glaus, and a top-end starting pitcher could be just around the corner.
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In spring training, when Jonathan Papelbon was being groomed for a spot in the Red Sox' rotation, he realized how different starting was from the closing role he had filled in his rookie season.
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As the shuffling of players intensifies this off-season, some of the Boston Red Sox' pictures will come down. The champions will have to change.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Arizona Diamondbacks, who made a big splash before and during baseball&#39;s winter meetings, soon could be facing life without the Big Unit.
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The Nets veteran players, whose poise was supposed to be a franchise trademark this season, have turned out to be the leading culprits in the teamÂs identity crisis.
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The team&#39;s NHL affiliation has changed from Dallas to Phoenix. The coaches and players who will dress in the new team colors are also new.
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Cracking down on holding by defensive backs has been one of the central storylines this season, and it had its roots in the Patriots' AFC title game win over the Colts last year.
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Brandon Backe wasn&#39;t pleased when the Devil Rays, for the 2001 season, switched the minor-leaguer from outfield to pitcher. Considering how it worked out, Backe should give Tampa Bay a big thumbs up.
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For the first time since 1982, the NBA is sending two teams back for a do-over.
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Unless the seasonâs opening two weeks were an 80-point aberration, the staple of this organizationâs success, defense, seems to have disintegrated on Tom Coughlinâs watch.