Sports of The Times: A Careful Game Plan, and a Bold Step
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Eli Manning was a cautious but confident executioner on Sunday, the better quarterback against the noted Giants killer Jeff Garcia by the length of Interstate 4.
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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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If you hadn&#39;t been following the NFL lately and tuned into yesterday&#39;s Monday night game, you may have thought you had stepped into a time warp.
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IT&#39;S TIME for Major League Baseball -- and its players union -- to agree to get tough on steroids by adopting a zero-tolerance policy that requires more frequent testing and ever-harsher penalties for those who use -- and continue to abuse -- such
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Reports of substance abuse by top competitors in the baseball and cycling worlds remind us once again that it is important to keep athletic heroics in their proper perspective.
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Two recent events have me thinking that maybe we put too much importance on winning in sports. First, there were reports that baseball superstars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi took steroids, drugs that can help make players stronger.
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA  and NHL will join forces with the United States Olympic  Committee (USOC) to combat the use of performance enhancing  drugs in sport.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in track suits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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At this hour , one can make a case for the Patriots and Cowboys as the best teams in their respective conferences. In this spirit, let's step into the time machine and see what lies ahead.
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There is an art to picking a team during qualifying, when a coach must take into account fitness, injuries, fatigue, suspensions and commitments to professional clubs.
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As we head down the stretch of the season, the significance of each game will be amplified. While it is difficult to envision any team looking past an opponent at this juncture of the season
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Teams have a better chance of winning if they go for it when facing fourth-and-short.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.
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A pulled hamstring or booted grounder might not be the only factor that could help decide baseball&#39;s playoff chase. Contenders such as the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, New York
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We tend to concentrate on deals that have been cleverly played or defended, but in the real world everyone makes mistakes. When an opponent does something wrong, you must be ready to benefit.