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ATHENS -- During yesterday's celebration of the assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Greek orthodox clergy had a stern reminder for the organizers of the Olympic Games: No matter what the advertisements and speeches say about Greece's modern, Western orientation, this country is still the domain of its decidedly traditional, ubiquitous state-sanctioned religion. Speaking over the Byzantine chants of a ...
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Most of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays cleared out of the visitors' clubhouse quickly last night, leaving a few stragglers to watch the highlights of their game against the Yankees.
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One thing you learn over the years is how Indian spectators love to get involved, even when the match is as dead as this one. It places them in a unique position and the pity is that a game that offered so much turned out the way it did.
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DOZENS of spectators took on stewards in alarming crowd disturbances following yesterdayâs ICC Champions Trophy match between Australia and New Zealand at The Oval.
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There&#039;s a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
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Many of the players arrive from work still in business-casual attire. They change into their uniforms in the comfort of their cars. They engage in friendly tete-a-tete with the "enemy."
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A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing.
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All the action from the Boxing Day games.
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More than 70,000 soccer fans were evacuated because there may have been a bomb in the stadiumâ¦and there WASNâTa riot? More than 70,000 people were evacuated from Real Madrid&#39;s Santiago
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They've bumped and grinded and sung their way
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Walking around Fisherman&#39;s Wharf earlier this week, Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak ran into players from Navy, New Mexico and Troy.
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One day after several tournament favorites fell nationwide, top teams returned to form with a few notable exceptions.
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For much of the bronze-medal game against Lithuania, several of the younger players on Team USA were having themselves a good time.
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It was a longer and more exciting night than usual for goalies, sharpshooters and fans in NHL arenas all around the country.
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For some the Paralympics, which opens on Friday, is a sideshow after the Olympic athletes have packed their bags and left town. For 4,000 competitors from 140 nations, 15,000
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Video gaming has long suffered a reputation for creating sedentary and solitary zombies, pasty and pudgy except for their muscular thumbs. A growing number of games, however, are getting gamers off their couches and on their feet, not only shouting, gyrating, singing and dancing, but sometimes -- gasp! -- playing nicely with others, face-to-face, in groups.
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The players come from towns as small as 200, cities as big as Philadelphia. Most were told they weren't tall enough, fast enough or athletic enough to play big-time college basketball.