Giddy Fans Savor Red Sox Win, Broken 'Curse'
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Proclaiming a generations-old curse  lifted, bleary-eyed but euphoric Red Sox fans on Thursday  savored the joy of a World Series victory that ended an 86-year  championship drought.
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ST. LOUIS  - Boston Red Sox fans awoke on  Wednesday with their impossible dream on the brink of becoming  a reality.
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Moments after the Boston Red Sox beat the rival New York Yankees to advance to their first World Series since 1986, fans poured out of bars around Fenway Park and set off wild celebrations throughout New England.
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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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Count Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts among those Boston baseball fans who have waited a lifetime to see the Red Sox win the World Series.
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As Boston aims for a first-round playoff sweep over the Anaheim Angels on Friday at Fenway Park, the Red Sox are positively giddy.
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No Friday night miracles this time. The Red Sox, who boosted the hopes of their fandom with an inspired comeback victory over Mariano Rivera and the Yankees in the Bronx Sept. 17, were unable to repeat that feat last night.
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Much of America cheers on the Red Sox as the team tries to end its drought of championships.
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BOSTON It was as if David Ortiz wanted to give a gift to every fan at Fenway Park. They had made him a folk hero. His legend was about to grow.
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FOR the first time in 86 years, there was no last-minute home run and no fielding error to break the hearts of the Boston Red Sox fans.
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Baseball's Boston Red Sox broke the "Curse of the Bambino" Wednesday night with their first World Series victory in 86 years, and no one is happier for them than broadcaster Fox.
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The Red Sox put the Curse of the Bambino to rest with their World Series win this week. And now a Pittsfield couple is memorializing the death of The Curse, all in the spirit of Halloween.
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LOS ANGELES  - The curse is over, and now Hollywood is reaping the rewards of the Boston Red Sox&#39;s World Series victory.
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Tens of thousands of stunned, giddy Red Sox fans stumbled through the streets of New England on Thursday morning to celebrate something many thought impossible: a World Series victory for baseball's perennial also-rans that put an end to an 86-year-old curse.
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After their epic comeback against the  New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox can now lift a curse  hanging over them for more than 80 years.
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ST. LOUIS  - The Boston Red Sox won their first  World Series title since 1918, and buried a curse, with a 3-0  victory over the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday.
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If anything, unprecedented good fortune appears to be smiling on the Boston Red Sox who have fumbled and stumbled their way to a 2-0 World Series lead over the St.