City offers rare playoff double
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Curse the Yankees and Mets all you want; you've got to love any city that can serve as host for two baseball playoff games in the same day/night. In this spirit, I love New York.
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Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants can reach the playoffs two ways. They certainly boosted both chances Tuesday night...
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Manchester City added to the pressure on the shoulders of Newcastle United manager Sam Allardyce with a 2-0 Premier League away win at St James' Park on Wednesday that saw then leapfrog Liverpool into fourth place in the table.
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For only the second time in a regular-season game, John Smoltz sensed an extra excitement that normally comes in the postseason.
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San Diego -- The sports cliche about taking them one game at a time does not apply in a final-week drive for the playoffs. That, the players say, is looking too far ahead.
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This weekend Manchester City entertain Spurs, and with last seasonâs seven-goal FA Cup epic between the two teams still fresh in the memory, entertain could be the operative word.
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Now the NBA has returned with the city's second expansion franchise, the Bobcats.
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This season&#39;s format for the semifinals of the MLS playoffs has the higher-seeded team opening play on the road. That&#39;s not a good thing for the Los Angeles Galaxy as they meet the Colorado Rapids in Game 1 of their two-leg aggregate score series.
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Sport:  Football:  Goals from Darrius Vassell and Benjani Mwaruwari gave City victory on a emotional day at Old Trafford
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Sport: Football: Manchester City claim rare away win as Newcastle manager endures another torrid night
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Time was that clinching the League and Cup double at White Hart Lane was as good as it got for any fan of Arsenal. Relegation to a Manchester City goal at Old Trafford was Red Devil Hell to a United supporter.
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Try double-overtime in the Washington Wizardsâ 126-125 victory over the expansion Charlotte Bobcats Thursday night in a game that had fans cheering, dancing and reveling in the sportâs return to their city for the first time in two years.
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Manchester United gave Alex Ferguson a 1,000th game anniversary present by reaching the last 16 of the Champions League yesterday, while four-time winners Bayern Munich romped into the second round with a 5-1 beating of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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Las Vegas, which will host this yearâs N.B.A. All-Star Game next weekend, wants to showcase itself as worthy of becoming a full-time major league city.
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The Patriots and Red Sox are coming to New York this weekend, but neither team is quite the same only two seasons after they won championships.
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Middlesbrough manager Steven McClaren was delighted by his team&#39;s offensive output against Manchester City Monday night. Striker Mark Viduka scored twice, and his striker partner Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored the other in a 3-2 win.
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OAKLAND - The weekend showdown and pitching matchups were perfect for a season-ending billing, but the unheralded stars Friday night became even more amazing for pennant-drive stories.