Short Series was long on highlights
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Best Player: It was hard to argue with Boston&#39;s Manny Ramirez, who was recognized as the MVP. A case could be made for at least four or five other Red Sox, but Ramirez made a significant contribution with his bat in every game.
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When it comes to time, it's all about perspective. Seven minutes of commercials will always seem longer than seven minutes of game action.
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By the time things mercifully came to a conclusion last night -- or was it early morning? -- the dominant story for the first two-thirds of Game 1 of the ALCS, a 10-7 Yankees victory, had been reduced to a footnote.
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There was a nice little mini-drama last night with the Lakers playing in Seattle. Not as big of a deal as Kobe vs. Shaq or Kobe vs.
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ATHENS : As the Athens Paralympics drew to a close 1,001 moments, each more poignant and powerful than the last, rise to the surface in the search for the defining image of these unforgettable Games.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Robert Siegel and Wall Street Journal sports writer Stefan Fatsis, reporting from Athens, talk about some of the highlights of this week&#39;s Olympic Games events.
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It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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NEW YORK -- Phantasmagorical. In a word, that's what it was. Homer, the old Greek scribbler, would have relished this 3-hour-48-minute rewrite of his ``Odyssey." Though only a tennis match, the wandering of two combatants called Andre and Marcos through a variety of perils along the treacherous way to the third round of the US Open was high melodrama in ...
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This one felt like it should have counted for more. The brilliant blue sky, the barrage of first-inning hits off New York starter Kevin Brown, and the masterful performance by Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling seemed wasted somehow. The regular-season home finale, a dominating win against a most hated rival, should have carried more weight.
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The final installment in this series--did they meet their goal of a five-second boot?
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A good subplot can be one of the most intriguing parts of a sports story. Sammy Sosa chasing Mark McGwire while the Cardinals chased the Cubs. Shaq and Kobe feuding while the Lakers ran off three consecutive championships.
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Promoted as â âWide World of Sportsâ meets the Big Apple,â âStreet Gamesâ will traverse the five boroughs in 10 half-hour episodes that focus on rarely televised activities like handball and roller derby.
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The game was a rout, the kind that causes viewers to flip to another channel long before the final buzzer.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- History doesn&#39;t always comply with a television schedule. It cannot be choreographed, even when you think you can see it coming a mile away.
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On paper, it looked like a matchup of youth against age. It even appeared it could have been one of those classic boxer-versus-slugger wars.
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It was a fun ride while it lasted. It took the Braves much farther than most expected, but its conclusion came much earlier than desired and brought the same anguish this
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By the time anchor Frances Rivera took the Channel 7 newscast back from sports reporter/anchor Larry Ridley Wednesday night, after the Celtics-Rockets highlights and the sights of spring training, just 2 minutes 45 seconds had elapsed. Barely a glimpse of sports in a newscast devoted primarily to babies born in gas stations and car crashes. Barely a nod to the ...