Sports of The Times: A Team of Destiny and Teflon
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George J. Mitchell must list any culprits and suspects in baseballâs investigation of performance enhancing drugs to ensure that no Red Sox skeletons have been hidden.
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They play for millions of dollars in a sport where every move is analyzed and scrutinized by owners, general managers, coaches and scouts.
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Can we call it the most exciting league encounter in the world? The rest of the world thinks so. Can we expect the most raucous, unfriendly atmosphere at the pressure cooker that is the Nou Camp?
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A Ken Burns documentary reveals a champ whose individualism ignited his rise--and his downfall
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The National Football Leagueâs pioneer globalizing expedition went even better than the leagueâs slick marketers could have anticipated.
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So many angles. So many sub-plots. So much intrigue for a game pitting two non-winning teams holding one-way tickets to irrelevance.
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The term âthrowing in the towelâ takes on new meaning this week, thanks again to televisionâs continuing creative contribution to sport.
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Special to TheSweetScience.com, from the Pat Putnam Classic Series, this article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated.
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While it was sure to be a hit in the east, it certainly wasnât so popular at Texas Stadium. Thatâs where Terrell Owens, Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles ripped apart the
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Funny thing about pro sports. One team&#39;s mess is another team&#39;s messiah. In Toronto last week, the Vince Carter era came to a close, and not a minute too soon.
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It&#39;s a conflict between personal faith and modern-day, big-money sports, a matter of private belief open to public scrutiny. And it poses a question: Where does an athlete&#39;s allegiance lie when religion collides with sport?
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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As Ryan Wilson at AOLâs FanHouse points out, cheaters do prosper sometimes. Itâs unclear whether they need to be wearing a weathered hoodie while doing so. ESPNâs Matt Mosley makes an excellent point about the use of âpit bullâ to describe a player. That should be right up there on the list with referring to yourself [...].
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Something strange is happening in US men&#39;s team sports in the international arena. We saw it with the men&#39;s basketball team at the Olympic Games, and we witnessed it again last weekend at the Ryder Cup.
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It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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In an era of big athletic budgets, the undefeated Warriors have played smart and rallied an island.
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It's one of those footnotes that maintains great shelf life. It was the 2003 draft, the first with Jack Del Rio as Jacksonville's head coach, and what unfolded in the first round provided a key ingredient to this team's makeup.