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About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering why you haven't seen Naked Cowboy lately ... • NFL: You know, it's very possible that Oakland might win one game this year. • MLB: If I were a Carpenter ... Cardinals win! We are light as a feather, we are as happy as an angel, we are as merry as a schoolboy. We are a...

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What you missed while securing your clove hitch ... • Tennis: Switzerland Rules! ... Roger Federer tops Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 for third consecutive U.S. Open title. • NFL: Rush Limbaugh's favorite quarterback throws three TDs as Philadelphia Eagles stifle Houston No-Bushes. • MLB ... AL We...

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• Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-4, 6-4. Nike evidently has invented the first ever cocktail dress/athletic wear. • MLB: Padres 4, Giants 5. Barry Bonds is slowly catching fire. Not literally, unfortunately. • College Football: Ohio State 24, Texas 7. Apparently, Matthew McCo...

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• MLB: Phillies 3, Marlins 2. Numbers 55 and 56 for Ryan Howard, who is personally making this a very enjoyable fantasy baseball season for me. • Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Amelie Mauresmo, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. I'm pretty sure Mauresmo would win in a fistfight, though. • Golf: Michelle Wie misses cut at...

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What you missed while, as you get ready to watch your Illini on Saturday, you try to figure out how to get from the New Brunswick train station to the Rutgers Stadium ... anybody happen to know how? ... • MLB: Mets 7, Dodgers 0 ... the magic number is 7. • "There is something you do not know ... I a...

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What you missed while doing time for tackling a Pee Wee football player ... • MLB: Mets beat Braves ... we have a magic number, folks. Repeat: We have a magic number. • Tennis: Andy Roddick milks that applause a little too much. Wonder who his coach is? • European Championship qualifying: France bea...

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What you missed while studying for your last-minute fantasy draft (too bad you never put that effort into college) ... • MLB: Santana rocks ... Johan Santana becomes majors' first 17-game winner as Twins blank Rays. • Tennis: Jankovic overcomes crippling case of Dementieva to gain U.S. Open semis. •...

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What you missed while realizing that a bikini is no longer standard Monday wear ... • Golf: Tiger wins again. The rest of you are worthless and weak! Now drop and give me 20. • College football: Gary Cismesia, not just a rare skin disease anymore. FSU tops Miami 13-10. • MLB: Colors ... Manny's retu...

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• FIBA World Championships: Spain 70, Greece 47. Spain's not falling for your old "let's all hide inside a wooden horse" trick. • MLB: Reds 1, Padres 7. Nice to see Jake Peavy remember that he's Jake Peavy. Complete game, 2 hits, 14 Ks. • College Football: Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10. I feel pret...

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• Tennis: Roger Feder def. Tim Henman, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. At one point in his career, Tim Henman was 6-1 against Federer. Did those matches take place when Henman was 10 years old and Federer was 3? • MLB: Giants 2, Cubs 6. If you want us to take you seriously as a playoff contender, you can't let the C...

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What you missed while watching the movie "Snakes on a DVD Three Months Earlier Than Planned" ... • Tennis: Take that, Cyprus! Agassi takes marathon win over eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5, at U.S. Open. • College Football: Spurrier gets 150th win the old-fashioned way ... wi...

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What you missed while "topping it off," as they say ... • MLB: The Monroe Doctrine ... Tigers beat Yankees in ninth, avoiding doubleheader sweep. • Tennis: '24' ... Andy Roddick celebrates birthday by advancing in U.S. Open. Come on Andy, we're running out of time! • Softball: Meanwhile, in China .....

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What you missed while finishing up some last-minute National Chicken Month shopping ... • NASCAR: Rusty Wallace unhurt after collison with ... a woman in a 2004 Mercedes? • MLB: Ow, ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! • Tennis: All U.S. Open matches rained out, and yet FEMA does nothing!...

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What you missed while teaching your dog to drive. • NFL: Carson Palmer's bionic knee holds up just fine as Bengals devour Packers 48-17. • MLB: Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Marlins ended up winning the World Series? Funny, right? Anyone? • Tennis: "I'm not dead yet!" Agassi wins in first round o...

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What you missed despite the best efforts of the Gay Assistants Corps ... • NFL: Well, that was a fine homecoming ... Kubiak, Texans lose to Broncos 17-14. • MLB: Tigers continue to do just enough to cling to AL Central lead, despite our best efforts ... Little League World Series: Final is rained ...

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• FIBA World Championships: USA 113, Australia 73. The Australian team played like Greg Norman on a Sunday at Augusta. More on this in a bit. • NASCAR: Matt Kenseth wins Sharpie 500. And in doing so, he clinched a spot in the "Chase," which I'm told is a big deal. • MLB: Yankees 7, Angels 12. Yankee...

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• NFL: Steelers 7, Eagles 16. David Akers is in midseason form, hitting from 40, 49, and 52. • MLB: Astros 5, Pirates 1. Roger Clemens got his 347th career win, but since it came against the Pirates, I've still got him at 346 . • NFL: Cardinals 23, Bears 16. Matt Leinart's line: 15-of-21 for 144 yar...

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What you missed while realizing that pretty much anything you do today will be a letdown from yesterday ... • Daunte's Inferno: Panthers beat Dolphins 19-10 in NFL exhibition. • MLB: Vanilla Hose 5 1/2 back after 10-0 win over El Tigres. • World Basketball: U.S. humiliates small western African repu...

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What you missed while waiting for Amazon to just deliver the damned game already ... • IBA World Basketball: The words "Angola" and "triple overtime" just don't seem to go together. And yet ... • MLB: Yankees pummel Mariners behind Chien-Ming Wang. We're calling it for ... ah, not yet. • Soccer: Aja...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while blowing up your new football without aid of a pump ... • Tennis: Agassi, Serena Williams fail to get U.S. Open seedings. We will not sleep tonight. • MLB: Takeout Piazza ... Mike Piazza's single drives in only run of game as Padres beat Dodgers. • Motor Sports: NASCAR fines Car...