Column: Second place is the first loser
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Jack Nicklaus figures at least one of his major championship records is safe. Tiger Woods left Oakmont having squandered another chance to win a major while playing in the last group, unable to make but one birdie in the final round of the U.S. Open despite having a short iron for his approach to the green on a half-dozen occasions.
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Another day, another mismatch: the contest that was meant to bring the Champions Trophy to life proved to be as one-sided as its predecessors.
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With only weeks remaining before the elections, it&#39;s too early to say who will come out a winner. But at least one loser has already been named: Diebold, the company that makes touch-screen
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On the surface, you might conclude that John Force&#39;s second round loss to Gary Scelzi on a holeshot at the 50th Mac Tools US Nationals on Monday was a demoralizing defeat.
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MUMBAI, Nov. 5. - Even if they had won, which they nearly did, they would have had a dig at the track. But losing made the vehemence even more.
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In many Olympics competitions winners and losers are determined by less than a fraction of a point and even the slightest error in scoring can set back an athlete from the gold to the bronze.
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There are favorites and there are expectations, but to compete in the Olympics is to hazard the risk of being outfought, outscored, out-happied.
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Sometimes it's just too easy to pick a winner.
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The greatest race of the Olympics  produced the most unlikely winner.
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ATHENS -- Unfortunately for the United States, the Olympic boxing tournament has gone just about as expected.
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Another notch on the Canadian medal chart of expectations ended with the least likely of fourth place finishes at the Olympic Games.
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Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder.
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Back in the days when the Washington Senators were losers, which was often, there was a saying: &quot;First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.
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ATHENS, Greece  Their own country has a hard time celebrating a silver medal. If it isn&#39;t gold, it&#39;s symbolic of second place or third place, and that&#39;s just not the American way when it comes to the Olympic Games.
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The amazing thing about those famously empty seats at Olympics: They might be the big letdown in the Games&#39; first week. Who knew?
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Julia Mancuso slipped to second in the overall World Cup standings after Tanja Poutiainen won a giant slalom race yesterday and Nicole Hosp finished second in Zwiesel, Germany.
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The Red Sox, who have gone since 1918 without winning the World Series, have added a record-breaking streak to the mix. Boston is the first team in baseball history to finish in second place for seven straight years, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.