Wild card Haynes enjoys moment in Open spotlight
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As a tot, Angela Haynes hit her first tennis strokes on the same Compton courts that produced Serena and Venus Williams. Now 19 and ranked 185th, Haynes tasted her first bit of the Grand Slam success so familiar
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Ty Law tied the Patriots' all-time record for interceptions last Sunday when he made a diving catch for the 36th pick of his career, but there are other things he wants. Like Michael Haynes's arms and legs.
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IRVING, Texas -- Cowboys center Andre Gurode is scarred, sore and still getting used to the bulky padding on his forehead after being cut up by the right cleat of Tennessee's Albert Haynesworth. He also has accepted Haynesworth's apology, even though he still doesn't understand why it happened.
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Astros: Houston got rolling under manager Phil Garner, who replaced Jimy Williams at the All-Star break, and an amazing late-season surge carried the Astros to the wild card.
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After dialing his number all day with no luck, Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth finally got the chance Tuesday to personally apologize to Andre Gurode for tearing open the Cowboys center's face with a cleat.
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Jarrod Washburn is a starter by trade, not a closer, a man more accustomed to easing his way into games rather than nailing doors shut. Early in his career, the Angels lefthander saw his share of the relief biz, and it was just enough for him to know it wasn't really his calling.
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Tennessee defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth finally gets the chance to apologize personally to Dallas center Andre Gurode, whose face he tore open with his cleat.
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Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, on the verge of seeing his team win a playoff spot in his first year, reached back to his roots as a Red Sox fan to describe how his team has played this season.
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STEWART CINK, named as a wild card for the United States&#39; Ryder Cup team last Monday, made captain Hal Sutton feel even better about his choice when he won the NEC world championship in Akron.
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HOUSTON - The crowd was on its feet, beckoning the latest slugging surprise in the Houston Astrosâ vaunted offense to re-emerge from thedugout.
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They&#39;re not strangers anymore. Not strangers to each other. Not strangers in the strange land that is the postseason. When last the Anaheim Angels entered the playoffs â-here
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SAN DIEGO -- With their chances in the NL West looking bleaker, the San Francisco Giants at least gave themselves a big boost in the wild card race.
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Astros manager Phil Garner was bathed in champagne in the Houston dressing room Sunday after his ball club completed a sweep of Colorado, 5-3, to win the undisputed National League wild card spot.
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Eli Manning is often the eye of the storm that circles him this season, and he seems to play better when the game grows chaotic.
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Something tells me Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is a guy who can deal with a 13-1 loss in the first game of the World Series. He knows it's not the end of the world. He knows there are other things more important. He has all the perspective any baseball man will ever need.
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Mysterious as he attempted to be, in the end Clint Hurdle hardly pulled a surprise. He repeated himself, in fact, by putting Ryan Spilborghs in as Colorado's designated hitter in last night's World Series opener at Fenway Park.
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Carlos Beltran was a star long before he joined the Houston Astros. He was smacking homers and scoring runs for awful teams in Kansas City for years. His glove dazzled minor league scouts in Wilmington and Wichita before that. And his speed was evident even as a schoolboy in Puerto Rico. Still, this postseason has provided a showcase for Beltran unlike any other.