March 5, 1904: Having a Ball
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Nikola Tesla offers his explanation of the phenomenon known as ball lightning. More than a century later, we're still not sure it's real. Compiled by Tony Long.
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Straight-shooting ball is one of a slew of nanotechnology products aimed at the sports market.
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After a pennant race and postseason dotted with reversed rulings, baseball will get another chance to see who else wants to give replay a look. The topic is on the agenda for Thursday at the GM meetings. And there seems to be growing support among teams to join the NFL, NBA and NHL in using instant replay on calls such as fair or foul and homer or not, but definitely not balls and strikes.
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It should come as no surprise that York University picked up the stadium project ball after the University of Toronto dropped it. It has been apparent the Argos and the Canadian Soccer Association would be
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Even in an exhibition game on the first Saturday in March, baseball can still provide you with one of those moments .
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ST. LOUIS - When the St. Louis Cardinals were playing .500 ball for the last two weeks of the regular season after already having clinched the National League Central championship, one question persisted.
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When, where: Tonight, 8, at Target Center, Minneapolis. TV, radio: CSN, ESPN, WEEI (850). Records: Boston is 37-9; Minnesota is 10-37. Scoring: Al Jefferson 21.5, Rashad McCants 14.9, Ryan Gomes 11.8. Rebounding: Jefferson 12.3, Gomes 5.5, Craig Smith 4.7. Assists: Sebastian Telfair 6.0, Marko Jaric 4.4, McCants 2.3. Head to head: This is the second of two meetings. The Celtics ...
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By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK - Talk about turning back the clock. Former major league pitcher Jim Bouton announced Thursday the launch of an organization that will play by 19th century rules: The Vintage Base Ball Federation. Yup, back then baseball was two words.
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1906 &#151; Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3-0 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
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On a warm, dry evening 50 years ago, thousands of people packed the old polo ground in Accra, capital of the soon-to-be-independent country of Ghana. Ernest Tetteh was in his final year of high school and recalled that the atmosphere turned electric as midnight neared.
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One hundred and twelve years ago, there was a birth in the nation&#39;s southern-most states. It is the Auburn-Georgia series and it takes place in Jordan-Hare Stadium, one of the nation&#39;s loudest, biggest and most historic.
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CIRCUMSTANCE: Their first season together ended in a playoff sweep by the Utah Jazz, on May 12, 1997. Kobe Bryant, then an 18-year-old rookie, shot an airball on a potential game-winner in regulation and then three airballs in overtime.
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Jayson Stark writes for ESPN, âItâs hard to say exactly which moment it was that we realized the iPod had taken over our entire civilization. But it might have been this one: The day we first heard, last summer, that baseball players were using their iPods to do their pregame video studies  â  as opposed to, say, their pregame Shakira video studies. What we have here, friends, is one of historyâs most amazing gizmos ever.â
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US basketball once stood in the same Olympic pantheon as Cuban boxing and Chinese table tennis. From basketball&#39;s inclusion in the Games in 1936 until this summer, the United States
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Checklist for having a ball at the ball: Tuxedo with tails or shimmery designer gown? Check. Rented limousine? Check. Pedicure, manicure and movie-star hairdo? Check.
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1738: Stand-in Porto goalkeeper Nuno makes a superb reflex save from Yuri Zhirkov to stop Moscow going ahead. 1730: The first of Wednesday&#39;s eight Champions League games kicks off with CSKA hosting current
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1919 &#151; Bert Adams of the Philadelphia Phillies tied a National League record for catchers as he recorded seven assists in one game.