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Ted Lilly pitches eight scoreless innings and the Blue Jays end a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the Orioles on Wednesday.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers had plenty of excuses for losing this season: Kendall Simmons' knee and Kendrell Bell's oft-injured groin. Chad Scott's knee and Plaxico Burress' thigh. Tommy Maddox's elbow and Casey Hampton's knee. So much for excuses. So much for losing.
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Just when the Miami Heat were getting back on track, they may have lost the person they can least afford to be without.
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Ben Gordon has 24 points and Joe Smith adds 23 as the Chicago Bulls hand Miami its 11th straight loss, 126-96, despite the return of Shaquille O'Neal from a hip injury.
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Dregs Weekend got off to a rotten start for the Celtics. Hoping to break a long road losing streak, continue a modest overall winning streak, and take advantage of the conference's have-nots, Doc Rivers's lads came up a tad short on all counts last night.
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A loss Wednesday night to last-place South Florida seemed the lowest of lows, but the Orange learned quickly that beating No. 8 Georgetown Saturday could alleviate all that pain.
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The New York Knicks happily exploited another fourth-quarter collapse by the Miami Heat, who sent Pat Riley to a new low Saturday night.
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Their fall to the bottom of the league is complete with an uninspired loss to another very bad team. By Matthew Barrows -- Bee Staff Writer.
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The loss did not sit well with Northeastern quarterback Anthony Orio and his teammates. But what ate at Orio more was his offense's inability to finish what it started in last Saturday's 27-0 loss at Northwestern.
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It wasn&#39;t very exciting, and the result was another loss. The bright side of Olindo Mare&#39;s last-second field goal to beat the Browns 10-7 was that the loss likely took the Browns up to the #2 spot in the draft.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It was less than an hour after Purdue&#39;s second consecutive wrenching loss, and the workmen at Ross-Ade Stadium were taking down the portable lights that have shone on the Boilers the past two weeks.
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FOXBOROUGH -- You get yanked from the Miami game. Non-injury scratch. Coach wonât say why. The team is depleted at wide receiver, yet youâre still wrist-slapped.
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Tom Brady threw a dumb pass and AJ Feeley threw a beauty, finally giving the Miami Dolphins something to savor in their miserable season: an upset of the New England Patriots.
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The Dallas Mavericks used a strong fourth quarter to rally for their eighth straight win. The Miami Heat are rolling, too, and when they return to the court after the All-Star game, coach Pat Riley will be back on the sideline for the first time since Jan. 3.
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The Knicks happily exploit another fourth-quarter collapse by the Heat, who send Pat Riley to a new low with Saturday night's 88-84 loss.
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With a posted total of 42 or higher a the home team is off of a home win the road team scored 24 or more points their last game and the road team played a close gameâeither lost by five or less or won by 10 or less, itâs gone under 27-5.
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When it mattered most, when Miami needed one defensive stand to force overtime, the Hurricanes simply couldn&#39;t do it. That fact, perhaps as much as a loss that might have taken them