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Pirates top Yankees behind Maholm, McLouth (Sports, 5 articles)
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Despite the Yankees' loss, the AL topped the NL in interleague play for a fifth consecutive season, going 149-103. Joe Girardi thought back to the last time the Yankees tried to play here, and how that game began against the Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Paul Maholm. With his personal life in big headlines on the front page of The Post, Alex Rodriguez remains calm in the face of a very real crisis facing the Yankees. Will the Yankees improve at the plate, where they have scored 20 runs in the past seven games? " I think so, we have the skill Rodriguez said. On June 26 the Yankees spanked Maholm for three runs and four hits during the start of a game at PNC Park that was rained out in the third. The Yankees need pitching, yet they watched this week as two top starters were traded - C. C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers and Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees farm system has improved so much, Cashman said, that when he passes on a trade, it is not because he does not have the necessary prospects.
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Olympics will shine Phelps-like spotlight on Hoff - (Sports, 19 articles)
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Just a half-hour after his third-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle yesterday, Michael Phelps took to the starting blocks for the 100-meter butterfly and another showdown with world record holder Ian Crocker. Phelps had previously coasted to victory in the 200-meter freestyle, casually setting a U.S. Open record with his time of 1 minute, 44.98 seconds. OMAHA, Neb. - With about three weeks to go before the competition to determine the U.S. Olympic swimming team, elite athletes like Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps don't have to turn heads at the final Grand Prix meet this weekend.
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Busch nips Edwards to win under caution at Daytona (Sports, 6 articles)
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Fourteen drivers who will race in tonight's L 400 Sprint Cup raced Friday, and learning about track handling after the sun goes down was very much on their minds. Busch bested Carl Edwards in a door-to-door drag race Saturday night that ended under caution with Busch earning his Sprint Cup Series-best sixth victory of the season. The points leader with six victories in the Sprint Cup Series, Busch won for the fifth time in the Nationwide Series.
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Panthers Roll in a Giant Way (Sports, 6 articles)
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(John Woods/Canadian Press) Geroy Simon and his B.C. Lions teammates could have fun Friday night after a long, emotional week following the death of team president and CEO Bob Ackles. Jarious Jackson tossed five touchdown passes, including a pair to Simon, and the Lions amassed 508 yards of total offence in a 42-24 waxing of the hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Jan. 8 A season of rapid progress and bold achievements for quarterback Eli Manning, tailback Tiki Barber and the rest of the New York Giants ended with the meekest of exits from the playoffs.
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Cashner gets a brief taste of Chicago :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Cubs (Sports, 8 articles)
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CUBS IN BRIEF The Cubs' high hopes for the present and the future crossed paths at Wrigley Field before the game Thursday. Granted, the new Cubs pitcher didn't face any hitters, throwing only a light side session before his scheduled debut Saturday. The guys who actually threw to hitters Ted Lilly, for starters didn't have such a great day in a 12-7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, just the third loss in the Cubs' last 20 home games.
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Pietersen ton puts England on top (Sports, 4 articles)
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IAN Bell fell agonisingly short of a double century at Lord's but his Test-best 199 left England in a commanding position against South Africa on the second day of their series opener. SRI Lankan cricket's governing body has yet to resolve the crisis over next year's England tour that clashes with a more financially lucrative tournament in India, officials said. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE will play in the last eight of the English Twenty20 Cup after Yorkshire were booted out of the tournament on Thursday for fielding an ineligible player
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Davis back in hometown, joins Clippers (Sports, 5 articles)
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The Lakers have seven days to decide whether to match Golden State's four-year, $17 million contract offer, which would boost Los Angeles' payroll past the luxury tax. Arriving on the heels of the departure of Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, Davis will be involved in a rebuilding period for the perennially woeful Clippers. There is, however, a solid group of restricted free agents because several members of the 2004 draft class failed to secure contract extensions last summer.
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Russia's Isinbayeva raises pole vault record (Sports, 4 articles)
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Isinbayeva cleared 16 feet, 6 inches (5.03 meters) Friday at the Golden Gala meet, improving on her previous mark of 16-5 1/4 (5.01) set at the 2005 world championships in Helsinki, Finland. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva on Friday laid to rest any doubts she 'll be able to defend her Olympic title in the women's pole vault, breaking her own world record at Rome's Golden Gala meet. Stuczynski, who was not in Rome, set the American mark of 4.92 metres in winning the U.S. Olympic trials.
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Sanchez Wins Seventh Stage of Tour (Sports, 5 articles)
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The Liquigas rider, who had been 26th overall, was withdrawn by his team on Friday after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO) and will not start the 172.5-km eighth stage from Figeac to Toulouse. Blood tests in the Tour de France have shown abnormal results for about 20 cyclists, but none was above the official limit, the French anti-doping agency said Friday. The tests were carried out on July 5 in Brest before the first stage of the three-week race, said Philippe Sagot
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Ripken Hall of Fame induction reports - (Sports, 6 articles)
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With many of the estimated crowd of more than 70,000 fans departing from Cooperstown today, and most of the rest leaving tomorrow, the town is no doubt looking forward to getting back to business as usual. This was my first trip to Cooperstown, and I have to say the village has treated me well. Sometime in the early afternoon on Tuesday, Cal Ripken will pick up the phone in Baltimore and Tony Gwynn will pick up the phone in San Diego, and it won't be to make a bet on the AFC championship game.
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Packers GM, coach won't grant Favre's request - (Sports, 6 articles)
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As far as the team is concerned, that might mean showing No. 4 the door und although working out a trade might be more palatable to the Packers than granting Favre the release he has requested. The Packers' front office has spent the past several offseasons dealing with weeks and months worth of speculation about the three-time MVP's future plans. The Packers' statement said Favre, who was placed on the reserve/retired list, has the right to petition NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to be reinstated und a request the league would grant automatically.
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Frank Stewart (Sports, 5 articles)
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As declarer at 3NT, Tangle captured East's queen of diamonds with the ace, led a spade to the ace, took the A-K of clubs and led a third club to West's queen. The king of clubs is an entry to the king of spades, and South can return to dummy with a high heart for the good clubs. A raise to two clubs is strong and leaves room to look for game or slam; a raise to three clubs is weak.
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Longoria and Hart Elected All-Stars in Online Vote (Sports, 4 articles)
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Tampa Bay's rookie third baseman ended up with an even better trip to New York for the last All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. A couple minutes into his news conference, about a dozen of his teammates rushed into the room and sprayed Hart and his children with beer, loudly cheering his first-time selection. Wright, who is batting.288 with 17 home runs and 70 RBIs, will be making his third consecutive appearance in the All-Star game.
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Beasley ends speculation, declares for NBA draft - (Sports, 4 articles)
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Beasley was named Big 12 Player of the Year and finished second to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough for numerous Player of the Year awards. An agile, 6-foot-10 power forward, Beasley is exceptionally versatile, able to power his way inside or step out to the perimeter, shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc. How one of the country's best high school basketball players ended up spending his senior season here at Notre Dame Prep, in a small city 50 miles west of Boston, confounds even Beasley.
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Chambers wins at British trials, awaits judge's decision (Sports, 4 articles)
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC TRIALS Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July Coverage: BBC One (Sat 12 at 1645 BST), BBC Two (Sun 13 at 1730), Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website. Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers powered to victory in the 100m at the British Olympic trials to move a step closer to securing a place in Beijing. The 30-year-old, who is seeking a High Court injunction next Wednesday to lift his lifetime Olympic ban for drug offences, won in 10.00 seconds.
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