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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...

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What you missed while recreating the Battle of Waterloo entirely with chickens ... • NBA Finals: Not quite time for Miami fans to get excited yet, but it's a start. Wade leads two-point win over Mavericks. • MLB: Glavine roughed up, but Mets beat Phillies anyway. • World Cup: Goooooooo oh, forget it...

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What you missed while furiously scrubbing red-white-and-blue paint off of your face ... • NHL Playofs: Hurricane Recchi puts Carolina one step from Stanley Cup. • World Cup: George and Yortuk Festrunk, the two wild and crazy guys, feel a bulge in their tight American pants at this result: Czech Repu...

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What you missed while hitting Bullock's knuckles repeatedly with your face ... • NBA Finals: Shaq gets schooled, ducks press, gets fined, Mavs go up 2-0 on Heat. • Franch Open: Nadal wins it all ... come on, he was player Federer. Nadal owns Federer. • MLB: Cubs beat Reds 9-3, ushering in baseball's...

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• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina 1, Edmonton 2. Well, when you can't figure anything else out, just plow into the goalie and hope for the best. Seems like it's a series now....

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• MLB: Phillies 8, Nationals 9. Twelve innings and thirteen pitchers used in this one. The 10,000th fan in the building today gets to throw the 9th inning for the Nationals....

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What you missed while reading up on this sport called "soccer" that they speak of ... • NBA Finals: Terry's 32 help solid-hoofed herbivorous mammals beat the Heat in Game 1. • French Open: Say it with us; Justine Henin-Hardenne. No, once again you've mispronounced it. Anyway, she's in the finals aft...

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What you missed while trying to figure out if your child is the antichrist ... • NHL Playoffs: Someone had better inform Edmonton that this is only a best-of-seven series. 'Canes go up 2-0 behind Ward. • MLB: Carl Everett, of all people, homers in 11th to lead Mariners over Twins 11-10. • Tennis: Ra...

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What you missed while grooming your ocelot ... • MLB: Alex Cintron's three-run homer leads White Sox over Tig ... wait ... Chicago won a game? Seriously? • Tennis: Venus eclipsed by 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in hot, girl-on-girl action at the French Open. • Golf: Vaidisova? She's positively ancie...

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What you missed while teaching your tortoise to use the computer ... • NHL Playoffs: Prehistoric Fossil Fuels lose game, Roloson, possibly series to 'Canes. • MLB: Bonds' 716th homer will have an asterisk; not because of steroids, but because it came against the Marlins. • No soup for you! Wie fails...

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What you missed while bribing the punk kids with a bike ... • French Open: An American in Paris. James Blake ousted, leaving Venus Williams as the last U.S. participant. • MLB: Feliz Navidad. Pedro Feliz wins it in 12th for Giants over Mets. • Motor Sports: The Pros From Dover. Kenseth rallies over ...

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• NBA Playoffs: Mavericks 102, Suns 93. If Avery Johnson's performance as coach of the Mavs proves anything, it's that no matter how goofy your voice might be... you can still succeed in life. Inspirational. • Tennis: Dinara Safina defeats Maria Sharapova. 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. And thus, I am very angry wi...

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• NBA Playoffs: Heat 95, Pistons 78. It must've been a pretty strange evening in Stan Van Gundy's house. • MLB: Yankees 6, Orioles 5. If he keeps up with this clutch hitting, fans are really going to start liking this Derek Jeter guy. • MLB: Reds 14, Astros 3. Houston starter Wandy Rodriguez watched...