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submitted by Lisa for team Bicyclism 155 weeks 4 days 2 hours 50 minutes ago
On Saturday, the world's top cyclists converge for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, a 750-mile race from Sacramento to Escondido. Among them will be seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong. He races for the first time in the U.S. since emerging from retirement. Floyd...(more)
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submitted by owen for team Batboy's revenge! 219 weeks 2 days 7 hours 14 minutes ago
A mysterious box of letters, memos and legal documents pertaining to the White Sox team accused of throwing the 1919 World Series -- some of the papers thought to be lost since the middle of the last century -- is bound for the auction block this...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Batboy's revenge! 67 weeks 2 days 19 hours 32 minutes ago
It had to be the first pitch. It just had to be. Could anyone in his right mind picture Juan Uribe letting a half dozen go by before delivering his team a pennant?
Ryan Madson threw a slider, and not a very good one. Uribe pounced. That's...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Bicyclism 90 weeks 2 days 18 hours 32 minutes ago
Call Levi Leipheimer the dominant rider of the Amgen Tour of California and it's hard to get much of an argument.
He has won the race the last three years, his top early-season form and strong teammates combining to elevate him above other riders.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Coach Vinny Del Negro drops his guard, and the cliches, when discussing how much Chauncey Billups means to the Clippers, and how deeply the veteran guard's season-ending injury has affected the team.From Cleveland — It's a Vinny Del Negro I do not know.
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submitted by Augie Brown 104 weeks 2 days 8 hours 2 minutes ago
The New Orleans Saints have won Super Bowl XLIV.
They beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 here at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees was 32-of-39 for 288 yards and two touchdowns.
But it was the big 75-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Tracy...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 hours 47 minutes ago
AP - Alex Edler scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Tuesday night for their fifth win in six games.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 hours 47 minutes ago
AP - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, LeBron James added 24 against his former team and the Miami Heat tuned up for a long road trip by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 on Tuesday night.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 hours 47 minutes ago
Kobe Bryant drowned his sorrows over his hometown loss to the Sixers Monday night at Delilah’s (100 Spring Garden). The newly-single Lower Merion raised Lakers superstar dropped by the gentleman’s club around 1 a.m. Tuesday with a few friends and was joined a little later by...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 9 hours 47 minutes ago
The San Diego city attorney's office will not file charges against the Lakers star after a man claimed he was assaulted by Bryant at a church service last year.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 47 minutes ago
Injuries are part of the game. It's bad personnel decisions that have haunted the Clippers over the years, but that may not be such a problem under new GM Neil Olshey.Monday night's Clippers victory over the Orlando Magic was marred by an Achilles' tendon injury to...(more)
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submitted by Collin Frost 250 weeks 2 days 3 hours 23 minutes ago
The World Cup of soccer is still three years away. But in South Africa, the site of the 2010 games, it already feels disturbingly close at hand.
A surveyor on the construction site of the stadium on the outskirts of Soweto. Stadiums must be built or renovated...(more)
