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Red Wings beat Penguins to close in on Stanley Cup (Sports, 24 articles)
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Leading the best-of-seven series 3-1 and clinging to a 3-2 lead with the final minute of Game Five ticking down on Monday, the Stanley Cup had been polished and the champagne put on ice. Just as the capacity crowd at the Joe Louis arena was getting ready to celebrate, the Penguins' Maxime Talbot spoiled the party by scoring with just 35 seconds remaining in regulation to push the game into overtime. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Petr Sykora of the Pittsburgh Penguins scored a power-play goal at 9:57 of the third overtime period to shock the Detroit Red Wings and their fans in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night. Sykora fired a wrist shot past Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood with Jiri Hudler in the penalty box for high-sticking in a 4-3 win as the Penguins battled back from the brink of defeat. " I just live in the moment said Samuelsson, who scored two goals in 22 games during the 2002-03 season with the Penguins. Roy not only made 63 saves in a triple-OT win in Game 4 of the 1996 finals to win the Cup against Florida, he won the Cup as a rookie in hockey's ultimate pressure cooker, Montreal.
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Horse and Harness Racing, Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course - (Sports, 9 articles)
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Then he went to the Kentucky Derby and won from the No. 20 post, which had only been done once before in the 134-year history of the event. Dutrow, who cut his teeth at Pimlico helping his dad train horses, knows that neither the inside post nor the outside post is kind to horses. As the next two weeks play out leading up to the 133rd Preakness, the conversation will be less about Big Brown's competition he has nearly none but rather of horse racing safety.
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NFL grants partial reinstatement to Dallas Cowboys' Pacman Jones (Sports, 14 articles)
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The key to the deal may not be the length or even the money, which is close to what Randy Moss received. The best part: Owens will not be playing out the final year of his contract, eliminating a potentially explosive topic from a team that needs its attention on ending an 11-season drought without a playoff win. For Jerry things couldn't be better with Dallas Cowboys 09:38 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
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Fielder homers to help Brewers beat D'backs (Sports, 4 articles)
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Johnson (4-2) broke a tie with Roger Clemens to take sole possession of second place on baseball's career strikeout list in the first inning when he fanned Mike Cameron. Braun then clobbered an 0-1 pitch deep to left field, putting the Brewers ahead 2-1 with his 16th homer of the season. The Brewers, who began the three-game series Tuesday with a 20-42 record at PNC Park, can sweep a series there for the first time since the ballpark opened in 2001 by winning Thursday.
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Zambrano's pitching, hitting lead Cubs over Padres (Sports, 10 articles)
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Distractions don't derail surging Sox Cubs have best record in majors 6-hitter for Slowey, K.C. loses 11th in row Pirates end Reds' home win streak. CUBS IN BRIEF SAN DIEGO A guy from a local TV station asked Jim Edmonds to go on the air for a few minutes before the Cubs' game Monday in San Diego. CUBS IN BRIEF The Cubs' first objective coming out of spring training was clear: Take advantage of an early schedule weighted heavily with home games.
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Celtics and Lakers’ Rivalry Has Its Roots in the 1962 Finals (Sports, 8 articles)
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In 1975, Washington's K.C. Jones made the wrong move when he assigned Mike Riordan to defend Golden State's Rick Barry, who averaged 40.8 points a game and was named Finals MVP after leading the Warriors to a 4-0 sweep. Before the confetti fell at Staples Center last Thursday, a chant swept through the arena: " We want Boston. Fisher flashed a smile Monday at the mention of his nearly 2-year-old daughter, whose battle with retinoblastoma und cancer in the left eye und drew national attention last spring.
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Nadal and Djokovic to Meet in Semis (Sports, 7 articles)
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At least Ivanovic and Jankovic will play in an intramural semifinal that will be their first meeting in a Grand Slam event and mandatory viewing in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. The second seed, who extended his unbeaten run at Roland Garros since his debut in 2005 to 26 matches, will face world number three Novak Djokovic for a place in the final. Nadal, the three-time defending champion, matched the most lopsided Grand Slam victory of his career Tuesday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in Paris.
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Ozzie to Williams: Fix it :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: White Sox (Sports, 7 articles)
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Carlos Quentin Nick Swisher and Alexei Ramirez homered Tuesday night and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-5. Gavin Floyd (6-3), allowed four runs und two earned und and six hits in seven innings, including Mark Teahen's two-run homer in the seventh. Greg Walker was still the hitting coach, Ken Williams the general manager, the 25-man roster was still intact and more importantly, the club was still in first place.
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RAIDERS: Culpepper, McCown remain in close race for starter (Sports, 11 articles)
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P (08-31) 04:00 PDT Seattle - The practice season is over, the game stats are in, and the winner is... well, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is going to need a few more days on this one. If Thursday's 19-14 loss to the Seahawks will preside as the knot buster, Raiders quarterback Daunte Culpepper just may have won the starting job for the Sept. 9 season opener against the visiting Lions. P (10-01) 04:00 PDT Miami The Raiders threw a victory parade Sunday, and not even a little rain could drown their triumphant march.
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Awards and Prizes, Getty Images Incorporated, Michael Phelps - (Sports, 11 articles)
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INDIANAPOLIS - Still a year away from the Summer Olympics, coaches, commentators and swimming enthusiasts are already running out of adjectives to describe what Michael Phelps is capable of in the pool. Phelps won the 200-meter backstroke last night with a time of 1 minute, 54.65 seconds, less than 0.3 of a second off the world-record pace. INDIANAPOLIS - The third day of the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships was marked by a pair of exciting rivalry races one marred by a bad start, and the other capped by an exciting finish.
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Red Sox’ Ortiz Will Wear a Cast on His Wrist for Two to Three Weeks (Sports, 5 articles)
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" The integrity of the tendon hasn't been compromised at all Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein said before Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Tuesday, June 3, 2008; 8:01 PM BOSTON The long black cast stretched from the middle of David Ortiz's left biceps to just above his knuckles. Boston's home run and RBI leader suffered a partial tear of the sheath that surrounds his tendon while swinging Saturday night at Baltimore.
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Sports, NCAA Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association - (Sports, 4 articles)
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Gait also has coached and owned professional teams, designed sticks and is developing a line of lacrosse clothing. " I have been shooting a lot better, taking smarter shots said Hardy, who failed to score a goal in six games this season. Moving across the high slot from right to left, Hardy ripped a shot that eluded senior goalkeeper Joey Kemp and bounced into the bottom-right corner of the cage.
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Newest Yankee, Reliever Giese, Trying to Blend In (Sports, 6 articles)
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Dan Giese had never been to Yankee Stadium before Tuesday, when he showed up five and a half hours before game time. It felt like a graduation ceremony on Tuesday night in the Bronx, with everyone applauding a student who stays on stage for an instant. Chamberlain lasted just 2 1-3 innings and Roy Halladay held the New York Yankees in check despite some control problems of his own, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night.
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