Loss has Mercury scrambling to hold final playoff berth
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The Mercury wasted a 13-point lead and dipped to .500 at 16-16 with a 73-58 loss to the Seattle Storm at KeyArena Wednesday night.
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With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away &#151; at least for a day.
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With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away -- at least for a day.
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After their loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the Giants were faced with a riddle: How can a team that has lost five of its past six games still hold a playoff spot?
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Hee-Won Han stumbled her way into a playoff last month, then stumbled in the playoff and lost. On Sunday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, she did the opposite, making a clutch birdie on the final hole of
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Now that they are finally healthy, the Golden State Warriors think they can make a run at a playoff spot.
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The quality of the N.L. West has made the race a multiteam cliffhanger in the final days of the regular season.
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Cappie Pondexter scores 26 points to lift the Phoenix Mercury to a 102-100 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
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HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros enter today&#39;s contest against the Colorado Rockies knowing that a victory will earn them an improbable playoff berth.
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Scanning the lists of teams who haveÃÂ already clinched playoff spots, one would be hard-pressed to find a single team without serious flaws and serious questions.
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As darkness descended in the Valley of the Sun, the Giants flickering playoff hopes may have been all but extinguished in the cool desert air.
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HOUSTON -- It should come as no surprise that two teams which refused to fade away when they were on the verge of falling out of the regular-season race would not go quietly in the playoffs, either.
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Penny Taylor scored 30 points Sunday and the Mercury cruised to a victory against the defending champion Detroit Shock in the fifth and deciding game of the W.N.B.A. finals.
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PHOENIX - Cappie Pondexter scored 9 of her 33 points in the final five minutes and the Phoenix Mercury advanced to the WNBA Finals with a 98-92 win last night over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
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3. Packers (9-6) have clinched division title and third playoff seed. Seahawks (8-7) have clinched playoff berth. Can clinch division title with a win or a Rams loss.
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The U.S. men's basketball team head into  the Olympic playoffs Thursday looking as much to salvage their  reputations as to win a fourth straight gold medal.
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Some teams steamroll into the NFL playoffs, some back in and some stumble in as if they'd finally found their way home after wandering around dizzy and lost.