Champions Take Different Path to Finals
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Oregon State has returned to the College World Series finals, despite losing six position players and three workhouse pitchers from last year.
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The nature of the center position has changed in recent years, but NBA title teams almost always have had a dominant post player.
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James Blake struggled yesterday but advanced to the final of the ATP Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, defeating Hyung-Taik Lee of South Korea, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.âAlmost never on tour does a match go according to plan,â Blake said. âYou get a little frustrated. But at 27, Iâm better at not letting a little frustration turn into a big frustration.âBlake will face the winner the late semifinal between the unseeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and the wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - European champions Greece   shocked odds-on favorites the United States 101-95 to reach the   final of the world basketball championship on Friday.
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Take a peek at some of the moves the pros are making.
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In December 2005, it looked like a fairy tale. Croatia had won their first Davis Cup title and had four top-class players in the ranks.
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Title contenders Argentina and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championship on Saturday after strong games from their star players.
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Each time I leave one of these football championship games, I am not convinced that the right teams have reached the championship round. The current system needs to be fixed.
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IN THE ordinary course of events, the final fixture in a Champions League group that a team have won might have little meaning for staff or players.
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The battle for the Champ Car World Series title, which appeared all but over last month, is suddenly very much alive. The combination of an eighth-place finish by series leader Sebastien Bourdais and a runner
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 26 -- When Maria Sharapova walked on court for the Australian Open final, she kept thinking about the sage advice of another champion.
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IT WAS typical of the trend of the match that it should finish this way. There was a power threat lurking from early on in a contest that took an age to warm up.
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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Winning is neither everything nor the only thing in soccer. Teams often play for a certain result. During the regular season, a tie away from home can be rewarding. In Major League Soccer's playoffs, goal differential will likely determine who advances in two-game series.
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Healthy at last, Justine Henin-Hardenne is back at the top of her game. And she has a gold medal to prove it. In a No. 1 vs. No. 2 final that wasn&#39;t really close, the top-ranked Henin-Hardenne overwhelmed
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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If the Carolina Hurricanes return to the Stanley Cup final they are likely to travel the same tough route taken by the Edmonton Oilers last year, the team they beat to lift the title.