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Yanks Take 2 of 3 From Reeling Defending Champs
The Kansas City Royals won the World Series last year. They've won the last 2 American League Pennants. This time, like the Yankees, they're struggling just to get into the Playoff race.On Monday...
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How to Be a Giants Fan In Dallas -- 2016 Edition
"I'm in hell!"– Morgan Freeman"Worse: You're in Texas!"– Chris Rock-- Nurse BettyOn Sunday, September 11, the New York Giants play the Dallas Cowboys, in what Texas native Molly Ivins – frequently...
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How to Be a Jets Fan In Buffalo -- 2016 Edition
On September 15, the New York Jets will play Thursday Night Football, away to the only NFL team that actually plays its home games in the State of New York: The Buffalo Bills, coached by former Jet...
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Yanks Salvage Finale In Baltimore
The Yankees needed to take at least 2 out of 3 in their weekend series against the Orioles in Baltimore to stay in the American League Eastern Division race, and to strengthen their place in the Wild...
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How to Go to an East Brunswick Football Game -- 2016 Edition
This Friday night, at 7:00 PM, my alma mater, East Brunswick High School, opens its 56th season of varsity football, away to Sayreville War Memorial High School.It will be another 2 weeks, until...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame NBC for Canceling Star Trek
L to R: James Doohan as Scotty, Walter Koenig as Chekov,DeForest Kelley as McCoy, Majel Barrett as Chapel,William Shatner as Kirk, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura,Leonard Nimoy as Spock, and George Takei as...
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Yanks Sweep Jays, Back In Race for Title 28
When Brian Cashman traded Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova for the failed Adam Warren and 247 "prospects" who might never make it, I figured the season was over.I'm the guy...
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Yanks Walk Off vs. Rays, Race Tightens
The surging Yankees began a 4-game home series with the struggling Tampa Bay Rays last night. CC Sabathia started, and was a little shaky, allowing single runs in each of the 1st 3 innings. Joe Girardi...
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Yankees Beat Rain and Rays
There were 3 rain delays in last night's game at Yankee Stadium II. Such delays can kill a leading team's momentum. It's already come back to bite the Yankees once this season.Not this time. Coming off...
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Dallas Cowboys: The Manchester United of the NFL
Tomorrow, the New York Giants open their 92nd season of National Football League play, and the Dallas Cowboys open their 57th, against each other, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Cowboys'...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Toronto -- 2016 Edition
Today, September 11, the 2 cities most affected by the attacks of September 11, 2001 faced each other in Major League Soccer, as the New York Red Bulls hosted D.C. United at Red Bull Arena in Harrison,...
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Top 10 U.S. Sports Rivalries That No Longer Exist (Or Mostly Don't)
Tonight, a team will be reborn: The Rams will play their 1st regular-season game as the Los Angeles Rams since Christmas Eve 1994.And a rivalry will be reborn, as the Rams take on their historic (1946...
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Top 10 Teams Likeliest to Move
On May 12, 2011, I did "The Top 10 Major League Sports Teams Likeliest to Move." Things have changed, and the article requires an update.At #7, I had the Buffalo Bills. The change of ownership has let...
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Yanks' Momentum Screeches to a Halt
This past Saturday, the Yankees made it 7 straight wins, 4 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the American League Eastern Division lead, and tied with the Baltimore Orioles for the 2nd AL Wild Card...
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How Long It's Been: An NFL Game Was Played In Los Angeles
This Sunday, the restored Los Angeles Rams will host the Seattle Seahawks at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It will be their 1st game in the L.A. area since they moved to St. Louis after the 1994...
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How to Be a Jets Fan In Kansas City -- 2016 Edition
With all the fuss over the Royals' 1st World Championship in 30 years last October, it's easy to forget that Kansas City is, first and foremost, a football city. And on Sunday, September 25, the Jets...
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Bums Out. Off to the Sox. This Is It.
On Tuesday night, the Yankees bounced back against the Los Angeles Dodgers. CC Sabathia pitched into the 7th inning, allowing just 3 hits and 1 walk, striking out 7. But the Yankees hadn't scored...
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The Day the Season Died
There are 3 times when a baseball fan gets hurt.The 1st is when he realizes that he is not going to be a major league player, when he realizes, to paraphrase Sylvester Stallone, that the game doesn't...
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You Can't Go Back. Nor Should You.
Me, with Bart, our cat, in 1978.Yeah, I know, he doesn't look thrilled.But he treated me like a brother.Last year, I went back to my old neighborhood. I saw my elementary school. It's in decent enough...
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Houston -- 2016 Edtion
I close my Trip Guides for the 20 current Major League Soccer franchises with the Houston Dynamo. The New York Red Bulls do not visit them this season (although a Playoff matchup is possible), but New...
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