Davis, Welsch want to get into the swing
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Ricky Davis and Jiri Welsch make the ultimate odd couple. The two, unavoidably linked in any discussion about the final spot in the Celtics' starting lineup, have personalities as different as their games. Where Davis draws attention with his dunks and demands the ball, Welsch feels comfortable in the background and understands how to play effectively without ...
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Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson was appreciative of his club's late-game uprising in the opener of yesterday's day-night doubleheader with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but what seemed to please him the most were the performances of two recent pitching additions.
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Lou Holtz wanted his South Carolina team to focus on its game against Clemson this weekend. The Gamecocks players suddenly have a lot more on their minds.
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Davis Love III and 13-year-old son Dru shot a 13-under 59 on Saturday for a share of the first-round lead with defending champions Bernhard and Stefan Langer in the Del Webb Father/Son Challenge. Love, a 3-handicapper, turned 13 on Saturday.
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Top seed Roger Federer and number two   Rafael Nadal are in action at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with   players, organizers and spectators alike hoping for better   weather.
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The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros hope Texas will be the swing state in their National League division series after both teams&#39; bats resembled toothpicks for much of Games 1 and 2 in Atlanta.
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Tired of watching his vaunted matchup zone allow open shots, Temple coach John Chaney tried a triangle-and-two and even some man-to-man.
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When Ozzie Guillen learned that alcohol is banned after games in the Coliseum clubhouses these days, the Chicago White Sox manager responded with profanity and anger. His club couldn't muster nearly that much passion during the actual game &#151; and the Oakland Athletics beat Jon Garland to give another boost to their playoff chase.
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One of the great things about the pre- game phase of spring training is "live batting practice." It's when hitters step into the batting cage and try to hit real big league pitching. The hurlers give them the courtesy of telling them what's coming, but the ball isn't lobbed into their wheelhouse.
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Jon Lester had what was described as a "strong side session" yesterday at Fenway in front of pitching coach John Farrell and manager Terry Francona . The Red Sox wanted to watch him throw and then map out a plan for the foreseeable future.
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CONCORD -- Standing on the neatly trimmed greens at the Nashawtuc Country Club yesterday, Sean Lewis dug a left cleat into the turf and unleashed a powerful swing that cut through the muggy air.
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NORTON -- Golf isn't only about Tiger Woods. There were other players out there at TPC Boston yesterday swinging in the September sun, trying to establish their own reputations.
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The Chicago White Sox are surging, and there could be more to come if their starting pitchers continue to pitch well.
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Sitting behind a table at the Celtics' practice facility yesterday, draft night additions Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Gabe Pruitt appeared to be a study in opposites.
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For some of this yearâs Davis Cup teams, like Israelâs and South Koreaâs, the wait to rejoin the World Group has often seemed interminable. But the Americans cannot quite believe they are being asked to play again so soon.
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Rain can't dull the palpable electricity at this year's U.S. Open. AP sportswriters Ben Walker and Howard Fendrich will be filing periodic dispatches from one tennis' greatest annual spectacles:
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Americans Charles Warren and Kevin Sutherland got the party started at the Phoenix Open on Thursday, firing sparkling 65s to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour's biggest bash.