Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage
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With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball playersâ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.
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It&#39;s in the nature of athletes to imagine themselves immortal, if not impervious to harm, as though they live by a different set of rules from ordinary people.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.
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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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EUROPEAN football could be rocked by proposals setting the minimum number of homegrown players clubs must field. Under new Uefa guidelines, it could be that all clubs in Europe are forced into having between
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The problem with having a lot to play for is the prospect of losing it all.
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In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the Pacers-Pistons game last Friday night, you would think that pro sports leagues would be looking to move fans farther away from the action.
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When the Giants face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, the outcome may depend on how the Giantsâ aggressive defensive line performs against the Cowboysâ big and gifted offensive line.
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Expectations come with a noose. In a sport where the need to live one day at a time is always reinforced, not living up to long-range projections often tightens that noose.
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No matter how athletically gifted an aspiring young boxer may be, if the kid can&#39;t take the physical demands of training or the pain and punishment that is dished out in the ring, he or she won&#39;t last very long in the fight game.
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CHESTNUT HILL -- You'd think that if your team generated 50 or more shots in a game, your team would win.
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Bush league or smart play? Sometimes the answer depends on the individual involved. It almost always depends on which team you like.
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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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One way to compete with a team whose payroll is more than $100 million dollars more than yours is to do all you can to make sure you're not going to beat yourself.
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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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One yearâs winner can lose big in the next cycle.
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TORONTO - The next phase of winning, after you&#39;ve won at home and on the road, after you&#39;ve blown out teams, captured nail-biters and overcome large fourth-quarter deficits, is to beat an opponent more than once.