Sparks survive Storm surge in regular-season finale
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In a possible Western Conference finals preview, Nikki Teasley scored 21 points to lead the Sparks past the Seattle Storm 83-80 in the regular-season finale Saturday night.
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It was crunch time in a playoff game and Marlon McCree saw the ball heading his way. In the time it takes to breathe, he had to react, and how he did so would perhaps determine the fate of his San Diego Chargers.
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BILOXI, Miss. -- He doesn't seem the type to rattle easily. A gravel-voiced retired seaman with piratical swagger, Jim DeSilvey survived Katrina's 25-foot storm surge here by tying one end of an electrical cord around his waist and the other around a utility pole.
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LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Sparks aim for their seventh straight win at home when they host the Sacramento Monarchs on Sunday at the Staples Center.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Tangela Smith scored 21 points Friday night, helping the Sacramento Monarchs humble the top-seeded Los Angeles Sparks 72-52 in Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff series.
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Carolina's Scott Walker scores in overtime after the Hurricanes score twice in the final 1:25 of regulation to give Carolina a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs.
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HIS could be the big one. This could be the Hurricane Ivan of sports, the perfect storm that levels the landscape of a formerly major league.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Eli Manning withstood relentless pressure, endured a pounding, and still delivered the knockout punch in overtime.
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Led by Lauren Jackson&#39;s 27 points, the Seattle Storm pummeled Sacramento out of the Western Conference Finals with a decisive 82-62 Game 3 victory Tuesday night at Key Arena to advance to the WNBA Finals.
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How our lives ground to a halt when a storm knocked out power.
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She's just a rookie, and already Jordin Sparks is going further in the NFL than her father. Only 2 1/2 months after the youngest "American Idol" winner released her debut album, the teen is set to perform the national anthem Sunday at the Super Bowl. In nine years as a pro cornerback, pop Phillippi Sparks never reached the big game.
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Two storms battered the island; Ivan may spare it. Still, residents prepare for worst - or stubbornly plan to stay. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Mother Nature has her lightning, and she used it to delay the Division 1 North softball semifinal between Acton-Boxboro and Beverly for about 30 minutes last night at Martin Park.
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The song before the game said, âEliâs coming,â which drew a big roar from the Giantsâ stadium crowd. And his first snap, taken at 4:17 Eastern Standard Time, was accompanied by a blizzard of strobes.
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June 11: Kamila Vodichkova scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, helping the Storm to a tough win. Lauren Jackson scored 22 points, but was just 7 of 18 and had just two rebounds.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have been simply unbeatable. More so, in fact, than they have been in nearly a decade. Ty Conklin made 35 saves, Jordan Staal had two goals and an assist, and the Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 Thursday night for their eighth straight victory. It's the Penguins' longest win streak since a 10-game stretch in January and February 1999.