Claxton Smooth Down the Stretch
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Paul Claxton, playing his tenth Nationwide season, earns a one-shot victory and a check for $108,000 in the Melwood Prince George's County Open, becoming the first player to accumulate $1 million on the Nationwide Tour.
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Phil Mickelson looked more like a bowler than a three-time major champion, adjusting the black brace on his left wrist as he stared down the first fairway, an alley lined not by gutters but the gnarly, ankle-deep rough of Oakmont Country Club. It was a gentle swing and a favorable result, right down the middle.
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Most MLS teams are in a comfortable position for the last two weeks of the regular season. Too comfortable.
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RALEIGH, NC - Wyatt Sexton got knocked down time and time again. When he did stay on his feet, his passes rarely found their target.
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The cracks that were appearing in the NHL Players&#39; Association&#39;s resolve in the last two weeks were apparently smoothed over during a meeting Tuesday in Toronto.
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After getting the clutch two-out hit that gave him his first multi-RBI game in the majors, Brandon Watson was not done. He stretched the single into a double with a headfirst slide that barely beat the throw from right field.
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Some players try to get too technical with their swings and seem to lose some of their feel and imagination. Charles Howell has not known any other way but critiquing his swing on tape.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - PGA Tour veteran Fred  Funk's positive approach paid dividends when he carded a  one-under-par 69 to move one stroke clear of the field after  the third round of the $4.2 million Buick Championship  Saturday.
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NEW YORK  - If the job of raking the leaves  falls to you, experts advise approaching it like a sport: warm  up, cool down and watch your form.
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MELROSE -- The last thing Melrose expected as it headed into last night's Middlesex League matchup with second-to-last place Stoneham was a close game. As New Englanders, they should know better.
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GARDNER -- As Jess Barton sprinted the final 100 yards of yesterday's 2.9-mile MIAA Division 1 Cross-Country State Championships at Gardner Municipal Golf Course, she allowed, just for a moment, her emotions to get the better of her. &quot;When I got to that stretch, I started smiling,&quot; said Newton North's Barton. &quot;I got halfway before I got tired and stopped ...
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&quot;Pleasantly Perfect was eased back soon after the start, was unhurried along the backstretch, gradually worked his way forward on the far turn, closed the gap between horses to reach contention on the turn, angled four wide nearing the quarter pole, made
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Solid results, good expectations..
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Third-base coach Wendell Kim, often criticized for being too aggressive in sending runners home, won&#39;t be back next year. Also, Gene Clines is replacing Gary Matthews as hitting coach, with Matthews taking Clines&#39; old spot at first base.
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FOXBORO, MA -- Itâsa clichÃ© that is used far too often, but unfortunately thereâs no real other way to say it. Good teams find ways to win games, bad teams find ways to lose them.
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A comfy conference lead. A welcome break in the schedule. A grind-it-out victory over one of the league's elite, a victory without your best player. Not a bad way to end a month of January that brought the Celtics back to earth. A little.
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Phil Mickelson&#39;s notable move was to take a pass on playing a practice round Wednesday. The reason: Team captain Hal Sutton told his players to prepare for Friday&#39;s first day however each sees fit.