Last run goes out of kilter
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ATHENS - Vanderlei de Lima had been running in Greek heat for well over two hours and, by the way, was mugged along the way by a lunatic in a red kilt and high green socks.
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The last event on the final day of Olympic competition ended in more embarrassment for the Greek organisers yesterday when the leader of the men&#39;s marathon was bundled off the course by a protester.
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The temptation is overwhelming. Go ahead, admit it. You're fighting it as you read this. You are thinking this series is over.
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As the Mets fritter away their once-commanding grip on first place in the National League East, some wonder if the teamâs experience is just one of those New York collapses.
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A CRAZED former priest ruined the men&#39;s marathon yesterday when he burst out of the crowd and grabbed the race leader. Cornelius Horan&#39;s stunt cost Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima his chance of the gold medal.
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It is now officially out of their hands. It is now up to games yet to be played, to the computers, and to the pollsters around the country.
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For a star runner at Brigham Young, this was hardly a clean getaway.
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The 28th Olympic Games came to an end in Athens, Greece with an exuberant closing ceremony. There was drama up to the last gold medal with a spectator running onto the course of men&#39;s marathon with about 15 minutes to go.
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To battle your way down the interminable ramps leading to the exits at Yankee Stadium after Friday night&#39;s game, you would have thought the days of a last-place finish in a 10-team league from 1966 were back to haunt us.
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The TV timeout is one of the banes of a sports fan's life. You're at a stadium, the game is rolling along . . . until everything just stops for 1 1/2-2 1/2 minutes.
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It knocked one out of the park for its third quarter.
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Marion Jones was out of breath and had nothing left at the end of her seventh sprint Friday night. She could not catch up to Lauryn Williams, missed her outstretched hand with
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Svetlana Khorkina&#39;s 20-year gymnastic career came to a disappointing end on Sunday when she finished last in the final of the women&#39;s uneven bars.
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It wasn't quite deja vu. The finish of yesterday's Camping World 200 was more like looking in a mirror -- the same thing, but in reverse.
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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Each time I leave one of these 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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In some of the most basic ways imaginable &#151; how fast people can run, how high they can jump, how far they can throw &#151; the march of progress has stopped.