Toms is leader in NEC clubhouse
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David Toms finished at 4-under-par 66 just ahead of a downpour yesterday during the second round of the NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio, leaving him the clubhouse leader.
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Good things happened for Theo Epstein the last couple of years when baseball's general managers gathered for their annual meetings. In Tucson, Ariz., two years ago, he went from promoting Billy Beane as the next GM of the Red Sox to effectively landing the job himself. Then he used last year's meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., as a springboard ...
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New York Yankees manager Joe Torre has reached across one of baseball's biggest rivalries to donate &#36;25,000 to the Jimmy Fund, which raises money for children with cancer and has long been affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.
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SAN ANTONIO There&#39;s a foursome sharing the lead at the SBC Championship on the Champions Tour. Tom Kite, Tom Jenkins, Dave Stockton and James Mason each opened with a 5-under-par 66 today in San Antonio.
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AKRON, OHIO - Stewart Cink led all the way in winning the NEC Invitational by four shots. He&#39;s the first player on the PGA Tour to win wire to wire this year.
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Stewart Cink, celebrating his selection for the Ryder Cup, leads the storm-hit NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
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Tom Fitzgerald wasn't waiting for the hockey jobs hot line to ring. Quite the contrary. He enjoyed his work as a NESN commentator during Bruins broadcasts. Ditto for his role as assistant coach at UMass-Lowell.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Frank Thomas hit his 500th home run Thursday, routinely putting his head down as he rounded the bases while joining one of baseball's most elite clubs.
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Two of the top teams in Hockey East, UMass and New Hampshire, will go head to head beginning tomorrow night at the Mullins Center, where the Minutemen are unbeaten (4-0-3). On Saturday, the venue switches to the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.
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An all-star field headed by Kentucky Derby champion Street Sense and Europe's Dylan Thomas will take the Breeders' Cup spotlight at Monmouth Park at the weekend battling for a share of $24 million in prize money.
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Former Ryder Cup-winning European  captain Sam Torrance believes this year's team will benefit  from defending the trophy on American soil next week.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. One day into the Ryder Cup, American captain Hal Sutton is already working on Plan C. Sidelining this year&#39;s Masters champion for this morning&#39;s round of four-ball
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Tom Lehman of Scottsdale faces the task of reversing the losing ways of the US Ryder Cup team. Today Lehman will be named captain of the 2006 US team that will challenge the Europeans at the K Club in Kildare
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Free from the burden of trying to make the Ryder Cup team, Stewart Cink looked at ease yesterday at the NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio. The marathon day ended with his name atop the leaderboard.
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By Craig Crosby, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Sep. 21--UNITY -- Tom Roberts still recalls the early years. The lean  years.
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BOSTON (Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox signed  Japanese reliever Denny Tomori to a minor-league contract  Tuesday with an invitation to spring training.
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Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald Sunday were named to the European Ryder Cup team by captain Bernhard Langer. That completes the team that will face the United States at