If only the ball bounced better than the checks
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Wanda Szeremeta was delighted with the chance to play professional basketball in the United States in 1979, but not grateful enough to play for free. The evening after the owners of the New Jersey Gems gave her a check that bounced, Szeremeta joined the team's owner in the ticket booth. As each fan handed over his or her cash for that night's game, Szeremeta grabbed the money and tucked it in her sock. When she had $300, she told her boss, ``OK. Now I'll play."
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It was notable not only for the way in which Kevin Youkilis littered the box score with hits - again - but for the way in which he almost littered the base paths with outs.
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For this former quarterback, it took a Hail Mary thrown like a baseball to win the basketball game. With 0.6 seconds left in overtime, Jordan Snipes of Guilford College rebounded the other team's missed free throw, wheeled around and heaved the ball the full length of the court.  Swish.
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BOURNE -- In baseball, the perfect game is an instantly recognizable accomplishment. In football, it's a little trickier.
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Now that we&#39;ve found out the Bowl Championship Series formula for deciding the Division IA college football champion is not only asinine but illegal, maybe we can count on the domino effect eliminating the biggest misdeed in sports.
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South Africa go into Saturday&#39;s deciding match against the West Indies with a slight advantage: they have the better run rate.
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Roy Hibbert had a big game at the other end of the court.
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The highlight reel is usually reserved for Ray Allen , not Tony Allen . It was quite the opposite last night.
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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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Statistics in sport often tell only half  the story.
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The People have chose to brand the ball rather to send it to space.
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It was as predictable as a coffee spill at Starbucks that Julius Hodge would have the ball in the waning seconds with the game on the line.
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First came the &quot;Blanco Bounce.&quot; Entertaining, but ultimately only a sideshow. Four years later, there was the humiliation of being bounced from the World Cup by a country that doesn&#039;t even care &amp;#151; well, much &amp;#151; about soccer.
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Instinct took over when Chauncey Billups grabbed a long rebound with 4.9 seconds left. Normally, he&#39;d call a timeout and let coach Larry Brown design the final play.
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Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Football, athletics, even cricket - the stain of cheating and doping now seems ingrained in our most cherished games.
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When a team is as erratic as the Nets, what should be routine â like beating teams competing for lottery picks and hitting free throws â becomes surprisingly difficult.
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This one felt like it should have counted for more. The brilliant blue sky, the barrage of first-inning hits off New York starter Kevin Brown, and the masterful performance by Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling seemed wasted somehow. The regular-season home finale, a dominating win against a most hated rival, should have carried more weight.