As N.H.L. Picks Up Speed, Fighters Are Phased Out
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Major penalties for fighting fell 41 percent last season, an indication that need for enforcers â the fistic specialists in the N.H.L. â is in jeopardy.
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The final wild-card spot in the N.F.C. will probably come down to a battle among three 6-8 teams.
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The cut-price airline industry is no longer enjoying the exponential growth that it once did.
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Many of the N.H.L.âs Sun Belt teams are enduring attendance problems, plummeting local television ratings and talk of franchise shifts.
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Many revert to former careers or, like Dee McMahon, look for new ones.
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A growing number of home-based business are no longer trying make their small operations look bigger.
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A logjam is developing in the Catholic Central League, but with its recent performances, Cardinal Spellman's boys' soccer team is starting to separate from the pack.
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With a three-game set vs. Florida, Montreal bids adieu to its pro baseball team Hurdles exist, but relocation process now appears irreversible, by Richard Griffin.
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Some cities are seeing a drop in the number of officers on the beat and a shift in police resources to fight terror.
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Unless the seasonâs opening two weeks were an 80-point aberration, the staple of this organizationâs success, defense, seems to have disintegrated on Tom Coughlinâs watch.
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The irony of players being less interested in being protected than the people charged to protect them is just one of the challenges facing the N.F.L. as it deals with player concussions.
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With most Division 2 teams preparing for their final regular-season games, the NCAA playoff picture is beginning to take shape.
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Outside law firms have become the nexus for law and order in college sports, creating an increasingly lucrative revolving door of lawyers and the N.C.A.A.
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The N.F.L. and its network have run into a granite wall in their battle against several major cable companies.
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With the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season Wednesday, there is speculation about where the 88-year-old league goes from here and whether it can survive.
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Whether itâs money, the roar of the crowd or just to improve oneâs place in history, there are more boxers who later regret the decision to return to the ring rather than those who stay home.
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The dark cloud hovering these past two years over the National Hockey League has descended, and we may not see the light of play for quite some time.