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Monday Dinner: In the passing game, it’s a matter of trust
It's an Elvis Costello album. It's a Hal Hartley movie. It's a Bob De Niro theme in a few parental movies. Yep, trust is important. And in fantasy sports, it's one of our baselines, one of our guiding...
View ArticleJeff Green chases down Mychel Thompson for the block (VIDEO)
The Boston Celtics made a number of notable acquisitions this offseason, from veteran scorer Jason Terry to rookie power forward Jared Sullinger. One of their biggest additions, though, was a player...
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Charles Woodson to miss six weeks with broken collarbone
The Green Bay Packers will be without one of their defensive leaders for at least the next six weeks as Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that defensive back Charles Woodson suffered a broken...
View ArticleYao Ming is not particularly good at golf
Were it not for persistent and ultimately career-ending injuries, Yao Ming might have been one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But even the greatest eventually shuffle off to the golf...
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NLCS Game 7: Never-say-die Giants cap classic comeback with 9-0 rout over...
Score and situation: They may have used the most painful (and wet) route to get there, but the torture-minded San Francisco Giants are headed back to the World Series. A 9-0 romp over the defending...
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The 2012 World Series schedule is set
The Detroit Tigers finally got a World Series dance partner when the San Francisco Giants managed a 9-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 7 of the NLCS on Monday night. Neither team will have...
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Lionel Messi: A model who would rather be playing football
Modeling clothes is so boring. It feels like...it feels like...I don't know what it feels like, but it makes my stomach hurt more than the time I had ice cream for breakfast and dinner. I want to go...
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Barcelona theater group uses pictures of Sergio Busquets and Pepe in acting...
A Barcelona theater group is using images of local diving legend Sergio Busquets and villainous finger-stomper Pepe in ads for acting classes. The pictures of the two players on the ground, Busquets...
View ArticleHunter Pence’s breaking bat hits ball three times for three-run double (Video)
SAN FRANCISCO — Only Hunter Pence. Only the athletically awkward Pence could have swung his bat, broken it, hit a pitch three times and come away with a three-run double in the biggest game of the...
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NFL power rankings: This is what parity looks like
There is, as we speak, a better than 40 percent chance that your favorite NFL team has exactly three wins. If that team is in the AFC, that chance goes up to 56 percent. Right now in the NFL, there's...
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Drink it up, Marco: Scutaro named NLCS MVP after hitting .500
SAN FRANCISCO — His team ahead by nine runs in the ninth inning Monday night, and with Game 7 of the NLCS paused for a moment, Marco Scutaro leaned back and, looking skyward into the black, he opened...
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Bears defense comes up big in 13-7 win over the Lions
The Chicago Bears used a strong running game to control the clock on offense and its defense forced six three-and-outs and created three turnovers inside the red zone in their 13-7 win over the...
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Jay Cutler shows toughness in game, compassion for family of slain fan
Remember the Jay Cutler whose toughness everyone (including several NFL players) questioned when he missed the second half of the 2010 NFC championship game with a knee injury? Well, that same Chicago...
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Cardinals grounded on all fronts
SAN FRANCISCO — They stopped hitting, they couldn't field and their pitching wasn't very good. Other than that, Mr. and Mrs. St. Louis, how did you like how the NLCS turned out? After showing promise...
View ArticleWild trick play TD accounts for year’s first bounce pass assist before hoops...
We're still a few weeks away from basketball season, but we've now seen a first glorious bounce pass assist, thanks to an inventive high school football team in Florida. The team pulling off the rather...
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Will Clark: ‘I had flashbacks’ watching Marco Scutaro hit .500 in the NLCS
SAN FRANCISCO — For all Marco Scutaro achieved in the NLCS, going 14 for 28 at the plate, sparkling on defense and winning the series MVP, the most accomplished playoff series in club history still...
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Jaromir Jagr backs NHL owners after Alex Ovechkin’s lockout condemnation
When the lockout ends, Jaromir Jagr's 19th NHL season will begin with the Dallas Stars. He's the kind of veteran player that's made his money, put in his time and isn't exactly on the front lines of...
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Mountain West Preview: Ex-Wyoming center Adam Waddell projects the league
Adam Waddell, who started every game for Wyoming as a senior center last year, spoke with me this week to help preview the Mountain West. Here's his scouting report on the league next season: 1. With...
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Ilya Kovalchuk demands full value of his contract from NHL, whatever that is
Add Ilya Kovalchuk to the growing chorus of NHL players in the KHL who are prepared to stay in Russia if the owners reduce their salaries in a lockout settlement. He's made noise about this before, but...
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Mike Ilitch’s title bid for Tigers and five more early storylines from the...
The San Francisco Giants won their sixth consecutive elimination game this postseason to advance past the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. They're now locked in to host the well-rested Detroit...
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