Futility still a theme for the &#39;cursed&#39; few
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Bee Staff Writer. If misery loves company, the baseball fans of Chicago are in big trouble. They don&#39;t have the Boston Red Sox to kick around anymore.
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The Boston Red Sox might try to defend their World Series with an even wackier group than the self-proclaimed &quot;bunch of idiots&quot; that ended the franchise&#39;s 86-year dynasty of disappointment.
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TORONTO (CP) - The NHL season isn&#39;t dead yet, but it is on its last legs. The cautious optimism accompanied by last week&#39;s offer by the NHL Players&#39; Association was replaced by doom and gloom Tuesday as both
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Haven&#39;t seen too many people dare to cross Bill Parcells, verbally or in print. Not many have the guts. Most are afraid to incur the Tuna&#39;s wrath.
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Like the &quot;Curse of the Bambino,&quot; baseball's unwritten rules are still a part of the game.
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Congratulations, BoSox fans. Your time has arrived. The Curse has been broken once and for all. No longer will you be taunted by obnoxious Yankees fans waving signs that read only &quot;1918.
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In a game of whose starting pitcher was worse, the Red Sox finally won something â-arely. Because both Boston&#39;s Bronson Arroyo and the Yankees&#39; Kevin Brown were awful last night
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Eighty-six years after the Boston Red Sox last won the World Series, and 51 weeks after the Yankees spoiled their last best chance, the long-frustrated franchise is again facing its rivals and its ghosts.
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Since the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920, the team has suffered through years of futility, leading many fans to believe the team is cursed.
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It&#39;s tough defending the heavyweight championship, even in this era when the talent level ranges from mediocre to embarrassing.
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it&#39;s been more or less around the clock since the steamy lead-in to Monday Nihilist Football last week. Why we haven&#39;t seen this sort of firestorm in ... oh, about 10 months.
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Boston Red Sox fans are about to have a serious identity crisis. As of Wednesday evening, their reputation of being underdogs since 1918 (held in the grip of the Curse of the Bambino) is no more.
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Let's get one thing straight: the Curse of the Bambino has not been lifted. The job is not yet done.
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They are the team of which the Boston Red Sox dare not speak. At least, not yet anyway. The Yankees may be somewhere on their minds, maybe even stuck in their craws.
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Now the curse is over. The Curse of the Bambino legend in baseball lore basically says the reason the Boston Red Sox hadn&#39;t won a World Series since 1918 is that the Boston owner sold pitcher Babe Ruth to
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L arry Brown still is depressed about the violence in the stands at the Palace of Auburn Hills. And why not, his team certainly didn&#39;t play the right way last Friday night.
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There&#39;s an old adage that says, &quot;the more things change, the more they suck.&quot; Well, maybe that&#39;s not quite how it goes, but it should be, given the blandness of the Vans Warped Tour 2004.