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Twins now playing by different rules
Before they went upscale at Target Field, the word that best described the Twins varied according to whether they made the playoffs. They were efficient in the good years, cheap in the other ones.
The cost of everything has soared post-Metrodome,...Tags: Josh Beckett, Justin Morneau, New York Yankees, Jason Varitek, Rick Porcello
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Bears' season going to pieces
MINNEAPOLIS — In a telling fit of frustration appropriate for Sunday's 21-14 loss to the Vikings, Bears wide receiver Devin Hester followed up a failed late fourth-down conversion by throwing his helmet against the turf of Mall of America Field....
Tags: Philosophy, Adrian Peterson, Tim Jennings, Football, Chicago Bears
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Where don't Bears need help?
MINNEAPOLIS — On the play Chicagoans will remember most from the Bears' season-ending 17-13 victory Sunday over the Vikings, safety Major Wright nearly made it a meaningful game after all.
Wright leaped to break up a pass intended for Vikings...Tags: Phil Loadholt, Henry Melton, Chicago Bears, New Year's Day, Donovan McNabb
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Bears face Urlacher dilemma
When the Bears line up to play the Vikings at the Metrodome, they may be getting a look into the 2013 season. They will be without Brian Urlacher, who has a hamstring pull. And being without him next season is a possibility. The 34-year-old...
Tags: New England Patriots, Reggie Wayne, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Dom DeCicco
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Giants leave fate to Zito
ST. LOUIS — Six years. That's how long it has been since Barry Zito has pitched the kind of game he's going to need Friday night, and he hasn't been cryogenically frozen in the interim. He has been getting older, losing velocity off his fastball...
Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Jon Jay, Philadelphia Phillies, Carlos Beltran
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Difference in baseball is striking
Javier Baez is considered widely to be the best prospect in the Cubs' farm system. His counterpart for the White Sox is Courtney Hawkins. Baez, a 20-year-old shortstop, and Hawkins, a 19-year-old center fielder, both have tremendous hitting skills. They...
Tags: Brian Johnson, Javier Baez , Mark Appel, Comerica Park, Baseball Statistics
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Time for Emery to shake things up at Halas Hall
DETROIT — Wearing a knotted tie and a focused gaze, Patrick Mannelly looked like a nervous stockbroker staring at the morning ticker as he sat on a folding chair Sunday inside the visiting Bears locker room. A few feet away, fellow Bears veteran...
Tags: Roberto Garza, Adrian Peterson, Henry Melton, Detroit Lions, Matt Forte
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Your Morning Phil: WBC, Appel, Torre
MIAMI – Talking baseball while wondering how badly Tiger Woods blows away the field at Augusta: 1. Nothing against tulips, wooden shoes and Bert Blyleven, but I wish Monday’s 7-6 game in Tokyo had gone the other way. While it’s cool...
Tags: R.A. Dickey, Gio Gonzalez, Mark Appel, Arkansas Razorbacks, American League
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Harbaugh's winning ways
NEW ORLEANS — America looks at Jim Harbaugh and sees one of the NFL's brightest and most charismatic coaches who wears the same black 49ers sweatshirt and hat every day leading up to Super Bowl XLVII. Chicago still sees No. 4. America hears...
Tags: Bill Walsh, Walter Payton, Jim Harbaugh, Chicago Bears, Football
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Smith's tenure at crossroads
Suspense surrounded Halas Hall last year over who would take the fall for the Bears squandering a 7-3 start and missing the playoffs. Who besides Mike Martz, that is, because in retrospect we practically blamed Martz for everything from causing too many...
Tags: Charles Woodson, Caleb Hanie, Tim Jennings, Ted Phillips, Football
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If Bears want to keep Urlacher, they better win without him
Nothing signaled a Bears season suddenly gone askew Wednesday more than reporters surrounding backup linebackers Geno Hayes and Dom DeCicco, who both are closer to becoming potential answers to a trivia question than making a major impact. What two...
Tags: Detroit Lions, Geno Hayes, Ndamukong Suh, Arizona Cardinals, Tim Jennings
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Oakton looks for long stretch in the playoffs
TribLocal - Arlington Heights » NewsIn February, Oakton Community College’s baseball team opened its spring season with three games in the Metrodome – the Minnesota Twins’ former home. In March, …...
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