October 29, 2009
NEW YORK -- Look out for Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and this New Red Machine. Lee outdueled CC Sabathia, Utley homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies kept rolling through October, beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on a misty Wednesday night in the World S...
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April 1, 2009
Take me out to the ballgame ... because I can't afford it.The high price of going to a game is now the No. 1 problem in Major League Baseball, a new Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll of fans shows.Soaring salaries and steroids dominated fans' worri...
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January 30, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. -- Try this in high school or at the mall, and you'd have an all-out brawl. But at the Super Bowl, it's perfectly OK: Go ahead and grab Larry Fitzgerald or Troy Polamalu by their long hair, then yank 'em down. "It's legal. It is a body part, l...
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January 9, 2009
MIAMI -- Tim Tebow gave Florida the jolt it needed, and the Gators toughed out a second BCS title in three years. Their 24-14 win over No. 2 Oklahoma in a choppy, sloppy affair Thursday night made them a national champion. But it likely did little to quie...
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January 8, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Bob Stoops posed next to the crystal football and played along with a wave of photographers. They asked him to look to the left, he did. They asked him to smile, he did. Any shot they wanted Wednesday inside a hotel ballroom, he g...
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October 30, 2008
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Now that they've won the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies get to celebrate with a parade down Broad Street on Halloween. Their costume problem is solved. They can go dressed as champions. "It's bigger than I actually felt like...
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October 29, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- In the middle of all this World Series chaos, Joe Maddon sounded rather calm. Bumped to a hotel in Delaware until Game 5 resumes tonight -- if the weather cooperates -- the Tampa Bay manager and his young team rode out the storm together.
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October 26, 2008
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- First it was wet, then it got wild for the Philadelphia Phillies. Carlos Ruiz finished off a madcap ninth inning with an infield single with the bases loaded, and the Phillies outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 early Sunday in Game 3 of...
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January 23, 2008
NEW YORK -- Even by Super Bowl standards, this one has it all. Unbeaten team vs. unpredictable team. Most valuable player vs. least likely Manning. New York vs. Boston. Plus a supermodel, to boot. And kicking off the hype, Tom Brady's bum foot. Who needs...
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January 19, 2008
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Mouthy to a fault, quarterback Philip Rivers made a pronouncement Friday that pleased the San Diego Chargers: He's optimistic about playing in the AFC championship game. Rivers returned to the practice field, encouraged his sprained r...
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January 13, 2008
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre somehow spun free from the Seahawks' clutches and stumbled ahead in the snow. Ever the gambler, he flipped a wobbly, underhanded pass that he had no business trying, let alone completing. "That's right!" he shouted...
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January 8, 2008
NEW ORLEANS -- No. 2 LSU danced, dodged and darted its way into the end zone Monday night, turning the BCS national championship game into a horrible replay for No. 1 Ohio State. It was over early, with Matt Flynn throwing four touchdown passes in a 38-24...
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