Sosa soars with 601st HR
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Sammy Sosa hit career home run No. 601, the first of three homers the Texas Rangers hit in an eight-run fifth-inning outburst en route to an 11-3 victory over the Houston Astros last night in Arlington, Texas.
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American Shani Davis breaks the track record Sunday in Inzell, Germany, winning his second 1,000-meter race in two days in World Cup speedskating.
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THE share market reached a record high today, despite a negative lead from the US where markets fell overnight. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index was trading at 3595.
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Sammy Sosa's 599th home run, a grand slam, helps Texas take down Cincinnati, 7-6, on Friday.
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LONDON -Nathan Astle&#39;s 145 helped give New Zealand a record-setting 210-run victory over cricket rookie United States in the ICC Champions Trophy Pool A match at the Oval yesterday.
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Sammy Sosa has fired back at comments made by manager Dusty Baker prior to Sunday&#39;s season ending win over the Atlanta Braves.
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Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam and a solo shot, and the Chicago Cubs hit three straight home runs in the first inning Wednesday on their way to a 13-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Slugger Sammy Sosa signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, taking a first step toward a return to the major leagues.
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The four-day layoff wasn&#39;t enough time for Sammy Sosa to heal and he did not start Monday because of bursitis in his right hip.
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The Chicago Cubs got rid of one problem by finding a taker for unhappy slugger Sammy Sosa. Now they're faced with another, potentially bigger predicament. Though Sosa's production has dropped, he was still a key piece of Chicago's offense with 35 homers and 80 RBIs last season. Throw in departed free agent Moises Alou, and the Cubs lose a combined 74 home runs and 186 RBIs.
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Sammy Sosa swung and missed in his chance to make history in his first game against the Chicago Cubs. Sosa, trying to become the fifth player with 600 career home runs, was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Texas Rangers' 5-4 loss to the Cubs on Tuesday night. Sosa hit 545 homers with the Cubs from 1992-2004, when he was the 1998 NL MVP and a seven-time All-Star.
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Michael Owen scored his first goal for Real Madrid as the record nine-time European champion beat Dynamo Kiev 1-0 in soccer&#39;s Champions League.
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Andre Agassi produced one of his great performances to overcome a record 51 aces from Joachim Johannson on Sunday.
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Greg Maddux overcame a shaky start to  post his 301st career win while Sammy Sosa hit his 566th career  home run as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-6 in  Milwaukee Thursday.
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Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 -- one day's salary -- for arriving late to the Cubs' regular-season finale at Wrigley Field and leaving the game early. The slugger's agent, Adam Katz , said yesterday Sosa most likely will file a grievance. Sosa arrived 70 minutes before Sunday's first pitch, and he apparently left 15 minutes after the game started without ...
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Sammy Sosa becomes the fifth player to reach 600 home runs in the Rangers' 7-3 win over the Cubs on Wednesday.
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Sammy Sosa grabbed his 568th career homer and Aramis Ramirez followed up with another third-inning blast to guide the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 win over the Houston Astros in the National League (NL) Thursday.