last-night Page 49 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

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What you missed while drubbing Qatar in basketball ... • MLB: Nasty collision between Aaron Rowand and Chase Utley mars Phillies' 6-5 win over Cubs. • NFL: Cowboys, sans T.O., throttle Saints 30-7 in first NFL game in Shreveport since 1970, y'all. • Tennis: Your Rogers Cup winner is ... not Roger. N...

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What you missed while searching for bliss but not even finding your pants ... • Red Sox Nation ... Not in the best of moods this morning. • NFL: Manning paints portrait of perfection against Seahawks ... before subs gag on it. (Sorry, Lil' Ronnie). • MLB: A's improve to 25-11 since All-Star break wi...

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• NFL Preseason: Cardinals 3, Patriots 30. Matt Leinart completes 4-of-11 for 45 yards in his Cardinals debut, and reminds many of a young Neil Lomax. • Busch Racing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins Carfax 250. Sometimes, in order to win, you have to completely screw Carl Edwards. • Swimming: Aaron Peirsol ...

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• MLB: Yankees 14, Red Sox 11. Not a lot of love for Johnny Damon in Boston right now, I'm guessing. • Track and Field: Asafa Powell ties 100m world record. It feels weird to mention something like that and not use the word "steroids." • WNBA: Sparks 72, Storm 84. Lauren Jackson has 22 and 9 for Sea...

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What you missed while cheering on Roger Ebert to come back... • NFL: Eli's Comin' ... Manning leads Giants to rout of Chiefs. • MLB: Return of The Gambler ... Rogers gets first win since July 5, as Detroit beats Texas 4-2. • Golf: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? Naw, try Lucas Glover and Chris Riley...

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What you missed while vaccuming the lawn ... • Tennis: It's not the Roger's Cup anymore ... Roger Federer ousted in second round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters by a teen. • MLB: Bruce Froemming umpires 5,000th career game, receives tribute mooning from Red Sox mascot. • Soccer: En...

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What you missed while being amused at the idea of Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner being roommates ... • MLB: Jose Reyes asks what the heck he has to do to win a game for the Mets. • World Basketball: U.S. pummels far east peninsula known for cooking cabbage underground. • Tennis: Federer begins defense...

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What you missed while dreaming of Bob Newhart with a headset... • NFL: Raiders' Randy Moss throws a bit of a hissy fit in game with Vikings as we suspected he might. • MLB: We still scoff at a grown man named Chipper, but he hit three homers, tying a major league record, to lead Braves' romp over Na...

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What you missed while praying for Janky Spanky... • MLB: Michael Tucker Must Die: At least the Nationals think so after 3-1 loss to the Mets. • Tennis: Federer almost blows a Gasquet, rallies to win second straight Rogers Cup. • Basketball: US stops Lithuania 111-88. We'd say this is probably a foul...

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• NFL: Packers 3, Chargers 17. Phillip Rivers, 15/21, 169 yards, 1 TD in the first half. I'm pretty psyched about that. Of course, I once said the same thing about Ryan Leaf. • Boxing: Oleg Maskaev def. Hasim Rahman via 12th round KO. And America mourns. • MLB:: Giants 5, Dodgers 6. I keep waiting f...

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• Golf: It's the rare non-major tournament with golfers you've heard of: Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els... of course, your leader is a guy named Tom Pernice, Jr. • MLB: Mariners 7, Rangers 14. Congratulations to those of you with Mark DeRosa on your fantasy teams t...

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What you missed while being berated by Nick Saban ... • NFL: Manning plays one series, Rams beat Colts 19-17 in exhibition thriller game. • PGA International: Phil Mickelson cannot stop the might of Mathias Gronberg. • MLB: Redbird singing in the dead of night/take these broken wings and learn to fl...

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What you missed while keeping an eye out for an immature, blue-footed booby ... • MLB: Dodgers win 13th stra ... no wait, they blew it. • Tennis: Roger Federer advances at Rogers Cup with 50th straight North American hard court win, but Andy Roddick is still the winner in our book. • Soccer: What wa...

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What you missed while out fighting crime ... • World Series of Poker: Truthfully, we saw better acting in Gigli. • MLB: Isn't Taylor Tankersley a newspaper comic strip? Anyway, Marlins beat Nationals 4-2. • Celebrity Dating: Roddick, Sharapova have been an item for more than a year, according to the...

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What you missed while painting the lawn green ... • Howard's End: Ryan Howard hits 39th homer, gets 100th RBI to lead Phillies over Braves. • Tennis: David Nalbandian loses at Rogers Cup before we even learn how to pronounce his name. • World Series of Poker: Vegas baby, Vegas! Gold avoids being kic...

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What you missed while trying to make yourself cry at will ... • NFL: Raiders beat Eagles 16-10 in Hall of Fame Game. • PGA: OK, now Tiger Woods is just showing off. • Horse racing: Dear Bluegrass Cat — You are a horse. You cannot read. This cannot be read to you. But nice going, and thanks for not b...

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• NASCAR: Jeff Burton earns pole at Allstate 400. That means he gets a little bit of a head start on the other guys. • MLB: Indians 3, Tigers 4. I'm starting to think that Fausto Carmona was a bad idea for my fantasy team. • Eating: Kobayashi eats 58 bratwursts. It's a new world record. I would damn...

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• MLB: Rockies 5, Giants 2. The fans litter the field with debris after Barry Bonds gets tossed. This may be the only time San Francisco will ever remind you of Philadelphia....

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What you missed while listening to poker on the radio ... • Golf: Woods, Woody chasing Weir at Buick Open. Meanwhile, Wie woeful. • MLB: Utley hit streak keeps going, and it's becoming impossible to watch the Cardinals. • Basketball: Take that, small island territory! United States beats Puerto Rico...

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What you missed while dodging flying burritos ... • Golf: Not only do we not see Michelle Wei on this leaderboard, but we're still working on figuring out what Weetabix is. • World Series of Poker: Several top players eliminated despite their comical glasses. • MLB: Um, in case you haven't noticed, ...