lastnight Page 49 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

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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...

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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...

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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...