Below .500, they could still get even
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Two games under .500 -- and first place in the brutal Atlantic Division. That's what's at stake tomorrow night for the Celtics. With the Knicks conveniently losing yesterday to Boston's next opponent, the rampaging Chicago Bulls, the door is open for Doc Rivers's gang.
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He was down in the count, 0 and 2, but on these magical October days for the Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek's first-inning dilemma in last night's Game 2 of the World Series hardly rated as desperate.
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Rick Pitino's 500th career victory looked an awful lot like the 499 that came before it.
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ST. LOUIS - When the St. Louis Cardinals were playing .500 ball for the last two weeks of the regular season after already having clinched the National League Central championship, one question persisted.
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Don't focus on the wrong numbers, like most TV announcers do.
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The Yankees won three of four games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to climb above .500 for the first time in more than three weeks.
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When the Atlanta Braves were six games under .500 in late June, it appeared their streak of division championships would end. Similarly, when the Braves trailed the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning Friday
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PHILADELPHIA -- Temple, clawing toward the .500 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference, had dispatched three straight bottom-feeding opponents by an average of 28 points entering yesterday's game against the University of Massachusetts. Rather than being intimidated by the league leaders, however, the Owls had the vision to be standings-blind.
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It's on track to meet sales targets, but profits might not keep pace.
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Home prices are not very far below peak levels in most markets, but continued weakness could change that.
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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Brian Cashman used his autonomy as the Yankeesâ general manager to put together a team that is three games below .500 despite some high-priced veteran talent in the lineup.
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THERE can&#39;t be many times when the only unbeaten team in the division goes into a match with the leaders with 15 points to make up.
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The bigger they are, the harder they could fall.
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This game matching the two worst offensive teams in the Big East had no problems living down to the low expectations.
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There's a dent in the number that sets it apart from its peers.
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A little money is actually a lot, but a lot of money may not be much.