Cagers fighting history in New York
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The Michigan menâs basketball team has a chance to carve out its own little piece of history, beginning tonight in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT in New York.
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In the wake of protests and chants, taunts and insults, the Knicks found a new way to torture their critics Wednesday by winning big.
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Across the spectrum of mass-appeal professional sports, Americaâs greatest regional rivalry has not been a pretty sight for New York fans.
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With cockfighting about to lose its last bastion in the United States, animal rights activists are training their sights on Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory where the blood sport is both beloved tradition and big business.
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Punches have been exchanged, video played and, now, charges filed.
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Except for religion, few things arouse as much emotion as politics and sports. Tuesday, New Yorkers will be able to indulge in both.
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NEW YORK The streets of this city and the roadways leading into it were vehicular combat zones. Big trucks ruled the highways. But their size turned against them in tight urban quarters, where motorized guerrilla warfare raged and speed and agility were needed to do battle with yellow cabs.
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A fight breaks out, and even though people at the far side of the crowd can&#39;t see what&#39;s going on, they are immediately on edge.
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Animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the the leagueâs headquarters, as the N.F.L. grappled with the fallout from Michael Vickâs federal indictment on charges related to dogfighting.
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Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks have lost 8 of their first 10 games, has gone from being the WorldÂs Most Famous Arena to the WorldÂs Crankiest Home Court.
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From time to time, basketball players are referred to as &quot;cagers.&quot; The term dates back to the early years of basketball when courts were surrounded by chicken wire to separate players from unruly fans.
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Several proposals are under consideration that should produce a lively floor fight.
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In an era of heavyweight has-beens and pretenders, eight of the world&#39;s so-called best big men will punch it out at Madison Square Garden in New York tonight.
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PORT CHESTER, New York  - A dispute over voting rights reminiscent of the U.S. civil rights era has broken out in this New York town, where the federal government has thrust itself into the debate and a judge suspended an election.
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After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series faced its opening round Tuesday.
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Every fighter Ward faces is Dudley Do-Right, and in every bout Ward is Snidley Whiplash. American athletes are not riding a tidal wave of love at these Olympics, and the boxing fans are particularly expressive in their anti-US sentiment.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.