[TS] Sports of The Times: Rocky Is Shown, but Wrong Team Takes Cue
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The Giants remain alive, temporarily sharing the sixth seeding and last N.F.C. wild card with the Falcons.
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Once upon a time, America ruled. No, no. I mean ruled . When I was growing up, we were international sports tyrants. We took it all for granted.
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The Knicks were an unmitigated mess. Then they were brilliant. If only the two were reversed, the home crowdÂs anger, frustration and ultimate disappointment might have been eased.
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Statistics in sport often tell only half  the story.
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If theyâd lost a game, they would understand. If they hadnât won their conference championship game, they wouldnât argue. If theyâd even ever really struggled to win, they could see being left out on the championship picture.
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Bush league or smart play? Sometimes the answer depends on the individual involved. It almost always depends on which team you like.
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Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder.
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Bostonâs victory in Game 2 of the World Series turned, in part, because of one of those understated, blink-and-itâs-gone moments.
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TAMPA -- Perhaps it would be foolish to consider last night's match against the Tampa Bay Lightning a must-win game.
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Clevelandâs win over Detroit was the ultimate reversal of fortune for a beleaguered sports city accustomed to big-game failure.
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It&#39;s hard to know what to do with Terrell Owens, laugh at him, or rebuke him and bemoan his comportment as further evidence of the extinction of sportsmanship.
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Far be it from me to question Doc Rivers's coaching at this point of the young season, but was anyone else watching the Wizards-Celtics game last Wednesday -- I know you're out there, it's OK to admit it -- and wondering why Al Jefferson was not sent into the game when Raef LaFrentz fouled out?
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October is in our sights, and the two important teams from Massachusetts are confounding the experts. It&#39;s the Red Sox baseball club, not the Kerry presidential campaign, that&#39;s supposed to be in its pre-autumn swoon.
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Game-by-game report: Find out who prevails in the showdown that no one predicted with James Dart
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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It&#39;s a conflict between personal faith and modern-day, big-money sports, a matter of private belief open to public scrutiny. And it poses a question: Where does an athlete&#39;s allegiance lie when religion collides with sport?
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This year's National Basketball Association playoffs recently provided not one but two examples of a very interesting facet of human decision making. Even if you are not a sports fan, these moments tell you something about human nature.