Rangers Have Plenty of Chances, but Fall Short
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Goalie Steve Valiquette had played admirably in his second consecutive day starting in place of Henrik Lundqvist, but the Rangers failed to capitalize on many scoring chances.
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Goal scoring has been like pulling teeth for the New York Rangers this season.
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Mark Mulder has lost his edge, and the Oakland Athletics are in ever-greater danger of losing their spot atop the AL West. Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer off Mulder, and the Texas Rangers kept creeping back into the playoff chase with a 10-3 victory over the A's on Wednesday night.
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Phil Nevin paused briefly to watch the ball before starting the emotional, and long-awaited, trot around the bases. Forgotten for a moment was the offensive slump that has been so bad Nevin didn&#039;t even play the previous two games for the Texas Rangers. Done was the 0-for-17 skid that had made manager Buck Showalter feel as though he needed to assure the designated hitter he&#039;d get another at-bat Thursday night.
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This was his day, one he&#39;ll remember long after it fades from most others&#39; memories. But it almost wasn&#39;t that way. This was almost a disaster of the highest order, one the Rangers might never have forgotten or recovered from, for that matter.
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With a little under three hours to go before the first pitch of a crucial series with the Red Sox, the Texas Rangers -- losers of four straight games -- looked anything but concerned about their immediate fate on the diamond.
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The Mighty Ducks&#039; surprising playoff run ended short of the Stanley Cup finals, leaving them disappointed yet optimistic about the young players who emerged as steady contributors under pressure.
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A week off did wonders for the New York Rangers and their playoff hopes. During a five-day break from games between last weekend and this one, the Rangers could only watch as teams pushed them below the postseason cutoff. With a pair of home wins, New York is right back in the thick of the hunt.
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ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers might not be in a must-win situation yet, but they&#39;re hurting their playoff chances with each loss.
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The Rangers continued two frustrating streaks: their habit of following promising stretches of games with baffling ones and their inability to beat any team in the Western Conference.
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With the playoffs again out of reach for the Texas Rangers, they can take care of personal achievements. Gary Matthews Jr. scored three times, Michael Young and Mark Teixeira each drove in four runs and all three reached milestones Friday night as the Rangers began their final home series with a 12-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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PARIS  - Glasgow Rangers&#39; hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup suffered a major setback when they went down to a 1-0 defeat against AZ Alkmaar.
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On Brian Leetch night, the New York Rangers got it done with defense. Henrik Lundqvist was perfect through three rounds of the shootout, and Brendan Shanahan scored the only goal in the tiebreaker for the Rangers, who finished a two-game homestand against the Atlanta Thrashers with a 2-1 victory last night.
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The Rangers were lucky they did not have much time to reel over how they would play indefinitely without Brendan Shanahan as they chase a playoff spot.
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The Kings, the worst team in the Western Conference, scored two goals before the Rangers could take two shots Tuesday night.
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Twenty-four hours on, Rangers&#39; removal from the UEFA Cup seemed no less of an embarrassment at Ibrox. The 2-0 defeat to Auxerre on Wednesday night revealed a multitude of failings, and not all of them were
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Providing the Rangers nice flashbacks to last seasonâs first-round playoff sweep and playing a dreadful stretch of their own, the Thrashers ran into an angry and energized Rangers team.