Pads rookie Cassel tops Bucs for 1st win
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Rookie Jack Cassel pitched six solid innings for his first big league win, Khalil Greene hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Monday night to keep a 1 1/2-game lead in the wild-card race.
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Rookie John Van Benschoten pitched  eight strong innings to seize his first major league victory,  powering the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Houston Astros 6-1 in  the National League (NL) Friday.
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After a 1-7 injury-riddled start, the Carolina Panthers are one win away from returning to the playoffs after blowing past the Buccaneers, 37-20, on Sunday.
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Beware, the Seahawks' stars are well again. And so is a remade, hard-hitting defense. Shaun Alexander, playing pain-free for the first time since he broke his foot 12 months ago, ran for 105 yards and one touchdown Sunday in a 20-6 victory over Tampa Bay.
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Chris Simms will make his first pro start at quarterback for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week, replacing Brad Johnson .
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Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby grabbed the headlines before Evgeni Malkin stole the show. The ballyhooed matchup of last season's top two rookies lived up to the hype, but Malkin &#151; this year's leading rookie &#151; was the star on Monday night.
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They were the most dismal of losses, a pair of setbacks against Carolina that kept the Bucs from reaching the 2003 playoffs. They couldn&#39;t make a simple extra point in the first one.
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TAMPA -- Aaron Brooks threw two touchdown passes in the last four minutes, including a 7-yarder to Donte Stallworth with 32 seconds left, to keep the New Orleans Saints' playoff hopes alive yesterday with a 21-17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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IRVING, Texas - They never trailed and didn&#39;t have any turnovers. They made five sacks and got strong play from a rookie cornerback forced into action when a starter was hurt.
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Ben Roethlisberger keeps his rookie magic rolling by leading a closing two-minute drill that results in Jeff Reed's game-winning field goal to give Pittsburgh a 17-16 win over Jacksonville.
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With their star runner out with an ankle injury, Aaron Brooks rallies the Saints to a final-minutes win by hitting Donte' Stallworth for a 16-yard score to defeat the 49ers, 30-27, on Sunday.
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Chris McAlister returns one of Baltimore's three interceptions 61 yards for a touchdown and rookie Haloti Ngata lumbered 60 yards to set up a field goal to key a 27-0 rout of Tampa Bay.
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TAMPA -- Everywhere Michael Vick turned, there were red Tampa Bay Buccaneers jerseys. Making one of the NFL's most exciting players look ordinary for much of the day, the Bucs dominated Atlanta, 27-0, yesterday to keep the first-place Falcons from clinching the NFC South championship. Simeon Rice became the 22d player in league history to reach 100 sacks, getting Vick ...
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The St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Bucs both got off to a fast start Monday night, scoring on their first possessions and they were tied 7-7 after the first quarter.
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They made five sacks and got strong play from a rookie cornerback forced into action when a starter was hurt. Several big pass plays were made, the kickoffs were good, and the punting was solid.
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Debuts are rarely pretty, especially for rookies such as Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who will make his first start Sunday.
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Ryan Newmanâs victory Sunday gave team owner Roger Penske his first victory in the Daytona 500.