[TS] Sports of The Times: Dysfunction Loves Company on Atomizing Giants
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Unless the seasonâs opening two weeks were an 80-point aberration, the staple of this organizationâs success, defense, seems to have disintegrated on Tom Coughlinâs watch.
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B aseball&#39;s dirty little secret is leaking out all over now. Steroids known as the &quot;clear&quot; and the &quot;cream&quot; have gushed into the news, staining the reputations of stars such as Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, and
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As the New York Giants transition into building their team for 2008 and a potential Super Bowl repeat, they are faced with an unusual question: Does Jeremy Shockey still have a place on the club?
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Tim Jarrett understands what I'm saying. What a great Superbowl, and what an opportunity for Boston sports fans to learn the value in losing. What? Value in losing? You bet.  It wasn't that long ago when Boston was one of the best cities in the USA for sports precisely because Boston teams were such spectacular losers. I'll never forget the misery of the Dowbrigade after the Red Sox lost something (or did they win, I forget). They must have lost because he swore he'd never let them break his heart again the way they had for his whole life (he's about my age). Losing teaches you that there's more to life than winning, and that's the best lesson possible and it's the one lesson you keep needing to learn over and over until you lose everything, which like it or not is what we all do in the end. People write poetry about losing, great music is composed about lost causes. Who writes an ode to winning? They're too busy getting drunk or getting laid.  Never have I loved a team more or felt more kinship with my fellow fans than when our team goes down in flames after a season of great ups and downs. No doubt there are no smiles or tears of joy in Boston today. But there is hope. And that, even when you win, is all that's left after a great season.
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Veteran New York  Giants players Michael Strahan and Antonio Pierce laughed off a  recent flurry of talk about dirty tactics on the gridiron on  Friday.
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The Chicago Bears stole the New York Giants' early-season formula for success - again and again and ...
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ESPN announced yesterday the signing of Rick Reilly, whose contract with Sports Illustrated expires at the end of November. He will write the back-page column in ESPN the Magazine and deliver essays on âSportsCenterâ during its golf coverage.Reilly said he succumbed to ESPN after rejecting offers 5 and 10 years ago. âThe money was ridiculous,â he said in a news media conference call. âThis is an itch Iâve always wanted to scratch, to take my voice to a different place.â Despite being on TV regularly with one-minute commentaries, he said ESPN wanted him for his column. âBelieve me, with this nose, I know whatâs best for me,â he said.
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The Giants on offense looked effortless in spurts, but were slowed in vital spots, often by their own mistakes and penalties. But the teamâs defense was the biggest concern on Sunday.
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For 12 years as the Padresâ manager, Bruce Bochy had a pretty cushy gig. Now with the Giants, he will deal with topics that include steroids, contract disputes, grand jury hearings and a home run record.
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GROTESQUELY muscled men. Tainted records. Suspicions of drug use. Sounds like professional wrestling - or is it Major League Baseball?
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Our position is: Steroid scandal grows out of a culture that accepts winning at any cost. Shock, outrage and uproar have surrounded New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi&#39;s admission that he used steroids and
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During a three-year career in which Corey Websterâs role with the Giants has expanded and shrunk, again and again, a crowd at his locker has not always been a positive thing.
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The New York Giants had the perfect answer for the suddenly imperfect New England Patriots: a big, bad defense and an improbable comeback
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What on earth is wrong with the Yankees? I&#39;m not talking about their woeful pitching or their erratic offense. I&#39;m talking about their demand that MLB award them a win by forfeit because the Devil Rays were
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Either the Giants are an underachieving lot, or they simply represent an apt definition of N.F.L. mediocrity, a team that will not get better without changes.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Veteran New York Giants players Michael Strahan and Antonio Pierce laughed off a recent flurry of talk about dirty tactics on the gridiron on Friday.
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To understand the Boston-based high-tech community, it seems you must understand baseball: Bostonians' signature neurosis over being second-best flowers in both arenas. And when financiers and technology executives met recently to talk about creating a climate for Web 2.0 startup success here, they used the language of the operatically accursed, beloved Red Sox, invoking RBI more often than ROI.