Host crowd can&#39;t help its heroes
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ATHENS -- Allen Iverson says on his website that as a troubled teenager, he was sent to jail in 1993 after being convicted of an offence called &quot;maiming by mob.&quot; ...
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There&#039;s a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
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About a ton of heavyweight flesh and not one ounce of credibility paraded across a ring at New York&#39;s Madison Square Garden in what looked like promoter Don King&#39;s parting shot in his ongoing feud with HBO.
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ATHENS - They weren&#39;t our own tarnished heroes this time, they were bad actors in an overwritten Greek tragedy. But outside the Athens Hilton yesterday morning off the downtown boulevard called Vasillias Sofia, the scene was all too familiar. So were the ...
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&#39;&#39;The views of the host do not necessarily reflect the views of the station or its sponsors.&#39;&#39;. The Browns were not thrilled when Warren said he would gladly pay a $50,000 fine to rub out Roethlisberger, who
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Athens -- It&#39;s a good thing the Olympics end today. It seems the American team has overstayed its welcome by a few days. For the most part, the Greeks have been outstanding hosts.
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NEW YORK - They clung to hope that the Red Sox would choke at the last minute and once again fail to win the World Series, but when it didn't happen, some Yankees fans yesterday begrudgingly gave the Sox their due.
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And not just because the Cavaliers&#39; 1-3-1 zone was too much for the visiting Wildcats, but because nothing - uncharacteristically - seemed to go right in a 78-60 loss to Virginia at University Hall in front of 7,792 fans, some of whom stormed the court
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Phish may have swum off into jam-band history with this past weekend&#39;s Coventry festival in Vermont, but thousands of fans turned away from the event  many with tickets in hand  are plenty mad, and they&#39;re angling for much more than just an apology.
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The team that did near the worst in Olympic baseball drew the most fans while the team among the most feared were not there. Such was the Olympic baseball competition, where
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Across the spectrum of mass-appeal professional sports, Americaâs greatest regional rivalry has not been a pretty sight for New York fans.
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Australians try to tame the giant.
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Fox&#39;s Emmy telecast  proved that you don&#39;t need to have a comedian serving as host.  You can sneak jokes into presenter speeches. You can have  &quot;Family Guy&#39;s&quot; Brian and Stewie hurl clever insults. You can  use taped pieces and a rant from Lewis Black. You can do all  that and put together an acceptable though unspectacular show.
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I thought the commotion before the race was disgraceful. Obviously, those in the stadium didn&#39;t represent the whole of Greece, but it looked bad for the organisers of a good Games thus far.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Wise Guys said this one might be a challenge, but this time the Wise Guys were wrong. What the sellout crowd at Gillette Stadium and the ESPN audience saw last night was a Big Brother/ Little Brother mismatch.
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Not everyone is so desperate to be a part of the action on   Wisteria Lane, it seems.
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Red Sox Nation had a muster last night at Fenway Park, priming the pump of its seemingly bottomless support for a team that will begin the playoffs today in search of a World Series championship that has eluded the city since the end of World War I.