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About Last Night ...
What you missed while dropping your pants and firing a rocket ... • World Cup: Italy wins, and the match wasn't even fixed! • MLB: Athletics take Tigers to extra innings, and what does that mean? "Bad news for the Tigers!" • Tour de France: As the third stage nears completion, we ... oh no! Valverde...

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What you missed while wishing Roger Ebert good health... • U.S. Women's Open: It's in the hol ... oops, no it isn't. Sorenstam, Hurst meet in playoff today for title. • Tour de France: American George Hincapie has the maillot jaune (that either means "yellow jersey" or "scarlet fever," our French is...

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• MLB: White Sox 8, Cubs 6. A.J. Pierzynski hit a 3-run home run to win it for the White Sox, but then the Cubs fans pelted the field with garbage, so that'll teach him to never do it again....

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• MLB: Red Sox 2, Marlins 5. What's it take to cool off the red hot Red Sox? The Marlins, that's what! Well, Dontrelle Willis, anyway....

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What you missed while arbitrating wth Paulie and Silvio ... • It's The Halladay Season: Blue Jays peck Nationals into submission, 8-4, as Roy Halladay earns 10th win. • Venus Rising: After starting slowly against Lisa Raymond, Venus Williams rallies for 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2 second-round win at Wimbledo...

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What you missed while Joe Mauer was raking you for another couple of hits ... • Wimbledon: Roddick, Federer, Venus, Sharapova, McEnroe, Laver, King, Connors all win. • Lee Shall Overcome: Derrek Lee's first homer in three months leads Cubs over Brewers. Cubs win! Cubs Win! • Soccer ... Yes, Soccer! ...

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What you missed while trying to sneak your Viagra through customs ... • Net Gains: Federer, Agassi advance at Wimbly-don. • All They Found Was The Letter 'Z' Carved Into Raul Gonzalez's Shorts: Zinedine Zidane leads France over Spain in World Cup. • Crimson Slide: Griffey hits No. 550, but Reds blow...

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What you missed while Sponging your Bob ... • When Beavers Attack: Oregon State wins first-ever College World Series title. And the crowd goes wild (yay!). • Foul Mood: We'd like to get worked up over the penalty call, but it's soccer, and we have kind of have no idea. Sorry. Italy beats Australia 1...

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What you missed while spray painting your cat to look like a skunk ... • NASCAR: This Jeff Gordon fellow; he drive very fast, no? • College World Series: We're not that familiar with the term "decisive Game 3," around here, but evidently Oregon State has forced that by beating North Carolina, 11-7. ...

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• College World Series: UNC 4, Oregon State 3. A passed ball and a steal of home of gives Game 1 to the 'Heels. Beavers are left completely unsatisfied. • MLS: Galaxy 0-0 Dynamo. Some World Cup players returned home for some MLS action, but Landon Donovan didn't play for the Galaxy. Which means he d...

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• MLB: Mets 6, Blue Jays 1. Tom Glavine wins #286, and is now tied for 25th all-time with Robin Roberts. SportsCenter, Good Morning America, 286 wins... is there nothing that woman can't do? Game recap here at MiracleMets.net. • Track and Field: Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin win 100m events. American ...

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What you missed while getting in some extra toadying at the office ... • World Cup: Brazil 4, Japan 1. OK, Ronaldo is fat. But to paraphrase Lincoln's quote on Grant, "Tell me what food that Ronaldo likes. I would like to send some to my other players." • Perfect 10: Braves still stick in the well, ...

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What you missed while you and the other Wiccans were celebrating the summer solstice ... • MLB: No streak for you! Marlins can't reel in 10th straight win, lose to Bedard, Orioles. • World Cup: Several Portugese players injure themselves trying to pronounce "Gelsenkirchen," but beat Mexico anyway, 2...

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What you missed while driving to the bad part of town to score some Kryptonite ... • Tall Men Hugging In A Non-Sexual Way: Wade's 32 leads Heat to first NBA title, 95-92 over Mavs. • X-Men: Xavier Nady's two homers lead Mets over Reds 9-2. • Word Association Football: England wins Group B after 2-2 ...

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What you missed while mushing from Nome to Fairbanks ... • NHL Finals: Hurricanes prove that water beats oil, although it took %@*!$# long enough to do it. • MLB: Extra! Read all about it! Big Unit, Yankees foiled by Phillies, Myers, 4-2! Hey mister, it costs fifty cents! Hey! • World Cup: Generalis...

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What you missed while telling your General Custer stories to the kids with, remarkably, no profanity ... • NBA Finals: It's still quite possible we'll never see a road Finals win in our lifetimes. Heat lead Mavericks 3-2. • World Cup: You cannot stop Fred, you can only hope to contain him. Brazil be...

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• MLB: Dodgers 4, A's 5. Congratulations to those die-hard fans who stuck it out for 17 innings and were then rewarded by seeing a dramatic game-winning... walk. • Boxing: Jermain Taylor draws with Winky Wright. And people complain about the ties in soccer... • MLB: Orioles 4, New York 2. 8 innings,...

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• MLB: Orioles 6, Mets 3. Mets go 9-1 on a road trip, then lose their first game back at home to the sad-sack Orioles and Erik Bedard, he of the 5.60 ERA. • Golf: David Duval shoots a 68. I don't have any idea how it happened, but it's sort of exciting. If you aren't familiar, Duval is sort of the R...

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What you missed due to jet lag ... • NBA Finals: Road Worriers — Heat beat Mavs to even series 2-2. • World Cup: They're not booing, they're saying "Rooooooney!" England advances to second round. • MLB: Todd Hollandsworth's three-run homer leads ... Todd Hollandsworth? You cannot be serious. Anyway,...

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What you missed while searching for ... a shrubbery! • NHL Finals: They're baaack! Oilers win in OT to come within 3-2 of Hurricanes. • MLB: Better Living Through Chemicals: Giants beat D'Backs as Bonds hits No. 717. • World Cup: Germany beats Poland in penalty time, leaving fans on both teams worke...