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Among the things that have occurred frequently at the 2004 Olympics: Weird happenings, and success by American athletes. In the final event of the Games last night, both were in evidence.
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By Stephen A. Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 18--It was supposed to be just two games. It was supposed to be two victories on the books: one against a virtual junior-varsity squad in Houston and another vs. New York, which had spent most of the afternoon looking just as bad.
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Strange things are happening to the pro teams in this city. The Cavaliers are in the NBA finals. The Indians are in first place. And the Browns drafted an offensive lineman &#151; in the first round. Maybe it's a sign.
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There is a strange La Liga round of fixtures in store, mainly because itâs difficult to tell if more than one game is taking place.
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Dead end? You bet. The game is going nowhere? Oh baby, you got it, and in a hurry.
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The Sporting News - Plenty of postseason "truisms" will be trotted out until the end of the World Series, but in reality some of the better-known ones aren't all that true.
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A rivalry in the Olympic pool that's straight out of Homeric central casting .
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EAST RUTHERFORD. N.J. - The dramatic, twist-filled journey to 16-0 ended Saturday night in the Meadowlands, the flash bulbs from cameras flickering, Super Bowl-like, as the final seconds of the clock ticked down.
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There&#39;s something very strange about the Royals and Tigers on Thursday afternoons. Baseball scores start looking more like football scores.
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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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On first blush, today's Division 1-AA playoff game between Massachusetts and Lafayette seems to be a mismatch of colossal proportions.
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They occur every college football season, games in which logic gets suspended and disbelief takes over. Call this the first Say What? Weekend of the 2007 season.
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The differences were about as glaring as the final score. Kansas 85, Boston College 60.
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Fans booing and shouting from the moment the puck drops. Close games that turn on a single bad bounce. And, oh yes, a couple scraps here and there.
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Each time I leave one of these championship games, I am not convinced that the right teams have reached the championship round. The current system needs to be fixed.
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After Boston College's 6-3 win over Boston University at Conte Forum last night, Eagles coach Jerry York and forwards Patrick Eaves and Ryan Shannon came to a consensus: It was a weird game.
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The unusual continues for the head-shaking Seattle Seahawks.