[TS] Sports of The Times: A Loyalty That Extended to the Uniform, and Beyond
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Former Duke lacrosse player Jimmy Regan, who chose the Army over law school, was honored by family, friends and teammates as the ultimate team man at his funeral on Friday.
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Saluting an ex-player who gave up football to serve his country.
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The Big Game has a new name and a fat contract to go with it. And corporate America has tarnished another great college football tradition.
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A new account of the career of Ernie Accorsi, the former Giants general manager, tells about a day that almost changed the history of both of New Yorkâs football teams.
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Stadiums were filled to capacity. TV ratings were high. In most ways, this was another great season for the NFL. Except for this: America's favorite league took some serious hits to its image.
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Some athletes are predisposed, genetically hard-wired, to draw attention, one way or another.
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On homecoming day, there is always added incentive for the home team to outperform the visitors. That incentive is not lost when the visiting team happens to be riding a 15-game winning streak.
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It's a hard town for sports fans who don't toe the line. Sure, root for the Yankees and you're reviled. But there's a subtler band of loners in the Boston sports world: those who notice the fine details of not only screen passes or double plays, but also the clothing the players wear on the field.
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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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The author had resigned himself to a communication impasse. That is, until three years ago, when he made the fateful decision to begin watching the New England Patriots play football.
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout.
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Time away from the game has given Wayne Chrebet some perspective.
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Games between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have, for at least the last half-century, attracted a media mob fascinated with every scrap of information about the famous rivalry.
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SOMETIMES home-team fans become so caught up in the crisis of the week that they lose track of the big picture of a game or season.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots have raised the bar. Before the team's run of three Super Bowl championships in the last five years, simply winning the AFC East was considered by many a significant accomplishment. The shift has been reflected at the cash register of the team's pro shop; there was a time when fans would covet ``AFC East championship" gear, ...
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Because there haven&#39;t been too many of them recently, the word `` dynasty&#39;&#39; is tossed around all too freely when there&#39;s talk of dominant professional sports teams.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.