Players familiar with the drill
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Tomorrow's encounter with the Miami Dolphins represents the Patriots' final divisional game of the season. A win would give New England a 5-1 record in the AFC East and, coupled with a Jets loss, their fourth straight division title and fifth in six years.
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The Revolution are apparently prepared to fight to extend their season. Clint Dempsey and Pat Noonan shoved each other and flailed away briefly yesterday at the Gillette Stadium practice field, while the team prepared for tomorrow's playoff game against the Columbus Crew.
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Not so long ago, D.C. United was throwing inexperienced players into the starting lineup and calling up minor leaguers to fill the roster.
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Some players try to get too technical with their swings and seem to lose some of their feel and imagination. Charles Howell has not known any other way but critiquing his swing on tape.
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WESTWOOD - There is an ideal way to kick-start an offense: Give it a short field.
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During the week they participate in team meetings and punish their bodies during practice alongside the other players. But on game days, practice-squad players like the Jets' Joe Kowalewski watch from the stands.
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There are football players, and there are guys who were born to play football. They called him the Minister of Defense, and he defined his position in an amazing career that took him from the University of
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PHILADELPHIA -- That was indeed Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli running drills, offering encouragement and barking at a few flustered players who dared sit down during the first day of practice.
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Allan Houston took some major steps toward returning to the Knicks&#39; lineup when he took part in half-court contact drills at the Knicks&#39; training facility in Greenburgh yesterday.
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The wheels are in motion within the Patriots' linebacker corps. After losing Junior Seau for the season because of a broken right arm, the team practiced for the first time yesterday and had the following look in its 3-4 defense: Mike Vrabel taking Seau's spot on the inside next to Tedy Bruschi, and Tully Banta-Cain lining up with ...
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Elevation. Everyone's familiar with it, but only a rare breed can attain it. It's the intangible that allows a player to make his teammates play beyond their natural abilities.
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SAN DIEGO - These clearly are not the San Diego Chargers of the recent gloomy past. They can pass. They can catch. They can play defense.
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The depth of the teamâs starting rotation, a weakness for much of the season, is a strength now with the emergence of Ian Kennedy and the solid return of Mike Mussina.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Beginning with his first practice at training camp in July, Corey Dillon was introduced to the code.
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ATLANTA -- When the quarterback is forced to scramble, the tight end finds a way to get open. That&#39;s a drill Michael Vick and Alge Crumpler work on during practice.
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Clutch hits and timely defense &#151; the Little Leaguers from Columbus, Ga., sure are well-schooled in some of the fundamentals of baseball.
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By Douglas A. Kaid, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Sometimes the other team is simply better. It's a tough thing to admit for competitors who spend all season trying to convince themselves they can't be beaten if they play their best.