Suppan fired up for friendly competition
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If they didn't know better, the Cardinals might suspect that he's the embedded Town Teamer, as Tom Gordon sometimes appeared to be for the Yankees this month.
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Hosts West Indies and unpredictable Pakistan, two teams equally blessed with the same explosive potential, fittingly open the 2007 World Cup here on Tuesday at Sabina Park.
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ARE, Sweden  - Saturday's opening super-G presents Bode Miller with the first test of a world championship campaign that could end in dazzling success or fizzle out in failure.
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SIMILAR to the actorâs role, the art of supreme defending is all about timing. The maxim will not be lost on Jean-Alain Boumsong, who is already guaranteed to secure the vote of player of the year from virtually every Rangers supporter.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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advantage. Already he has beaten Russia&#39;s Evgeny Makarenko, the two-time defending world champ, who arrived at the Games with a bulging rsum.
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Miikka Kiprusoff is carrying the weight of a small European country aching for athletic success.
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Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand beat Argentine Mariano Zabaleta 7-6 (3), 6-4 in a first round match Monday at the Paris Masters, setting up a clash with defending champion Tim Henman.
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But the match has another compelling storyline: the Magpies&#39; little-known UEFA Cup opponent is an Israeli club, Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin, with a rare mixture of Jews and Arabs.
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Astros ace Roger Clemens has been -- understandably --the focal point of today's Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. That is not to say St. Louis starter Jeff Suppan is an afterthought. In fact, he could play a major role in helping the Cardinals advance to the World Series.
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In a showdown of two of the state's premier rushers, the defenders dictated the pace of the game.
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Coach Brent Sutter wasn&#39;t about to be deceived by the score, nor was he ready to lambaste his lads for a lapse they were able to bounce back from in the end.
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THE resilience of this Australian team is remarkable. To a man, there is a steeliness of resolve and a pride that overwhelms, even intimidates, an opponent.
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PERTH, Australia  - The Pakistan pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami will get their first crack at an Australian Test batsman so far on this tour when they take on a Chairman&#39;s XI captained by Justin Langer in a limited overs match here.
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Warm up to some real winners this year.
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MOST of the big names, including the Alan Shearer-inspired Newcastle United, progressed safely to the new group stage of the UEFA Cup after a frantic nightâs action last night, although Parma and Real Zaragoza cut it fine.
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RICKY laughed when I suggested going to tonight&#39;s game with him and the AC Milan supporters group he leads - Commandos Tigre - the club&#39;s and arguably Italian football&#39;s most famous ultras.