Championship Games in Title Only
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League championship games can mean big bucks but may not always be risks worth taking as they can serve as landmines to dodge on the way to the BCS title game.
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Last year: Meg Mallon won the season-ending tournament for her lone 2003 title, beating Annika Sorenstam by a stroke. Last week: Heather Daly-Donofrio won the Tournament of Champions in Mobile, Ala.
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Actually, I just finished looking at the final BCS standings and could use a boost. More to the point, I could use an aspirin. So let me get this straight: Pittsburgh loses to Nebraska and Connecticut, narrowly
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Leaders Olympique Lyon earned the title of Ligue 1 winter champions for the first time as a 1-1 draw at home to Olympique Marseille on Friday left them unbeaten
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Can you believe this? For the first time since Week 2 we have a full slate of 16 games this weekend and not one of them involves two teams that I sincerely believe will go to the playoffs.
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Winning is neither everything nor the only thing in soccer. Teams often play for a certain result. During the regular season, a tie away from home can be rewarding. In Major League Soccer's playoffs, goal differential will likely determine who advances in two-game series.
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The Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers have their work cut out. The San Antonio Spurs have the Jazz in an 0-2 hole in their Western Conference final. The Detroit Pistons have the Cavaliers in an 0-2 hole in their Eastern Conference final.
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Each time I leave one of these football 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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WESTWOOD -- A quick question: Which team deserves the No. 1 ranking? Acton-Boxboro? Everett? Xaverian? They all have legitimate claims to the throne.
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When, where: Tonight, 7:30, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: FSN, WRKO (680). Records: Memphis is 4-13 (fifth in Southwest Division); Boston is 5-11 (fourth in Atlantic Division). Scoring: Hakim Warrick 15.9, Chucky Atkins 15.1, Mike Miller 14.4. Rebounding: Miller 6.4, Warrick 5.9, Lawrence Roberts 5.8. Assists: Miller 3.9, Atkins 3.7, Damon Stoudamire 3.6. Head to head: This is the ...
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Points: The Big East race is barely under way, but the winner of this matchup of teams with 1-0 league records takes sole possession of first place.
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This was the first MAC title game to be played at a neutral site...The Rockets captured the West Division while the RedHawks were the East Division champs in the regular season...Toledo&#39;s four previous appearances in the MAC title game included three
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No players are pictured on the front or back covers of the Montana football media guide. Displayed instead are images of the two NCAA championship trophies the Grizzlies have won
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When, where: Tonight, 7:30, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: CSN, WEEI (850). Records: Minnesota is 7-34 (last in the Northwest Division); Boston is 33-7 (first in the Atlantic Division). Scoring: Al Jefferson 20.8, Rashad McCants 15.0, Ryan Gomes 11.7. Rebounding: Jefferson 12.1, Gomes 5.3, Craig Smith 4.8. Assists: Sebastian Telfair 5.9, Marko Jaric 4.4, McCants 2.4. Head to head: ...
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Admittedly, this is not Michigan vs. Ohio State. It's not Notre Dame/USC. Nor is it Harvard/Yale.
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Team scoring-Patch 27, Naples 51, Aviano 69, Vilseck 86. Milan and Vicenza were incomplete.
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Blame it on the Red Sox. For only the second time in 112 years, the Stanley Cup -- the oldest trophy competed for by North American sports teams -- will not be awarded. And both times, the Red Sox were the defending World Series champions.