Game-winning 500th home run hit by a special man, player, writes Dan McGrath
Jim Thome, a baseball gentleman of the first order, solidified his stature as one of the game's signature sluggers Sunday when he walloped the 500th home run of his distinguished career, becoming the 23rd player in baseball history to reach the milestone.
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Parking his posterior on a chair in the boardroom of the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, Rory Lamont shifts with marked unease when it is suggested that he is starting to sit rather pretty in the Scottish rugby scheme of things. Having delivered the first two scores in his country's Pool C opener against Portugal in St-Etienne nine days ago and been the form player in Scotland's two warm-up matches and their one World Cup contest to date, the former wing is looking like a real find of a full-back in the navy blue No 15 jersey.
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Eoin Reddan is confident his exposure to big matches with the European champions Wasps will prepare him for Friday's crucial World Cup match with France. Reddan will win his fourth cap when Ireland run out at the Stade de France after replacing the out-of-form Munster veteran scrum-half Peter Stringer in the starting line-up.
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First the good news for Scotland. The All Blacks will be officially off colour at Murrayfield on Sunday afternoon. They will in fact be the All Silvers, donning their second-choice jerseys for the Pool C fixture to avoid a clash with the navy blue of the hosts. "We'll still be playing for New Zealand and running out with the same guys," the second row Chris Jack observed yesterday. That is the bad news for the Scots.
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Manduro, the season's highest-rated performer, will undergo surgery this morning to stabilise the fracture that shockingly ended his racing career.
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If ever you get into a debate about the sheer soul-numbing degradation of cricket that is currently being enacted under the pjyama-clad guise of World Twenty20, you might care to submit Exhibit A.
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It's win or go home for the Canadian women when they face Australia in the final game of the opening round at the Women's World Cup on Wednesday (CBC, 4:45 a.m. ET).
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A.J. Burnett pitched brilliantly and pinch-hitter Russ Adams hit a two-run double in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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More than 42,000 tickets were snapped up in less than 30 minutes Tuesday morning for the first-ever NHL regular-season outdoor game in the United States.
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Goaltender Sean Burke on Tuesday officially announced his retirement from an NHL career that spanned parts of three decades.
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Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons met Monday with two officials from the commissioner's office to discuss his role, if any, in the Signature Pharmacy steroid scandal.
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AC Milan 2-1 SL BenficaNuno Gomes's late strike could not undo the damage done by goals from Andrea Pirlo and Filippo Inzaghi.
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Real Madrid CF 2-1 Werder BremenRuud van Nistelrooy scored his 50th goal in the UEFA Champions League to lead Real Madrid CF to victory.
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FC Porto 1-1 Liverpool FCDirk Kuyt cancelled out Lucho González's early penalty as the visiting team's ten men earned a useful point.
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Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg BKThe Norwegian minnows earned an impressive draw as Chelsea had to come from a goal down in London.
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FC Schalke 04 0-1 Valencia CFDavid Villa's second-half goal earned Valencia the points as the hosts were left to rue missed chances.
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PFC Litex Lovech 0-1 Hamburger SV The visitors took a step towards a place in the UEFA Cup group stage as Romeo Castelen struck to earn an away win.
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Coach Ron Jans has committed himself to FC Groningen for two more years as his side prepare for the home leg of their UEFA Cup tie against ACF Fiorentina.
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Former Czech Republic international defender Marek Nikl has left UEFA Cup hopefuls 1. FC Nürnberg to rejoin CU Bohemians Praha, the club he left in 1998.
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FC Spartak Moskva have sealed a new four-year deal with 23-year-old Russian international winger Vladimir Bystrov, binding him to the club until 2011.
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Real Zaragoza have agreed to extend goalkeeper César Sánchez's deal by 12 months until June 2009 as the club's UEFA Cup campaign gets under way on Thursday.
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The Mets frittered away three separate four-run leads in their latest loss while the Phillies won their sixth straight game and now trail the Mets by only a game and a half in the N.L. East.
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Mike Mussina took charge Tuesday night by allowing three singles and a walk over seven sparkling innings as the Yankees crept to two and a half behind games the Red Sox in the A.L. East.
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St. Francis in Brooklyn has built a reputation as a premier destination for players from Eastern Europe who are also looking to pursue their education.
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Madison Square Garden Chairman James L. Dolan said that he fired Anucha Browne Sanders without talking to her supervisor or reading the report of an investigation into her claims.
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After listening to testimony from N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell, some senators warned the league that it needed to fix its own problems or Congress would fix those problems for it.
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He goes eight strong innings for 17th victory and magic number is four.
Disco polluted the airwaves. Rod Carew was honored as the American League most valuable player. And an Angels pitcher led the league in earned-run average.
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Their playoff hopes take a big hit as closer Takashi Saito gives up walk-off home run to Rockies' Todd Helton in 9-8 loss; L.A. drops earlier game, 3-1.
DENVER -- You didn't have to check the scoreboard or a box score to figure out how the Dodgers did Tuesday.
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I called him " Dullard ," and gave him almost the same kind of treatment Dan Evans , Paul DePodesta and Dodger Boy got.
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It's punks growling from the carpool lane, grandmothers crooning from their couches, weary men banging on steering wheels and giggling teens cheering through blankets.
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Reds starter Aaron Harang hung the Cubs out to dry Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, while the Astros did the Cubs no favors by putting a couple of rookies into their rotation for their series with the Brewers.
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Lovie's message to 'our quarterback' is not loud, but clear
He did not offer his standard blanket statement, the one that's supposed to smother wildfires.
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Now it's up to former Bears defensive tackle to show Dallas he finally has learned his lesson
Tank Johnson's NFL suspension prevents him from playing Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys, with whom he signed Tuesday, against his old team the Bears.
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No more Appalachian States, Florida Atlantics or Dukes for the teams of the Big Ten. Now they have only each other, for the most part.
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