Cubs sweep, hit road with magic number 4
The Cubs have accomplished nothing yet, and manager Lou Piniella felt compelled to remind everyone of that Sunday afternoon.
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You don't have to understand the Pythagorean theorem to figure out the Cubs' potential National League Division Series opponents, but it probably helps.
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Charles Tillman groaned as he pulled a T-shirt over his head. His head ached, his arms ached, his chest ached, his legs ached.
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No spark from Hester in struggle to score points
It's hard to fathom that a guy standing 6 feet 6 inches and weighing 275 pounds could get lost in obscurity. That's what happens when you're on the same special-teams unit as Devin Hester.
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After a decade in the Premiership you are now with Cardiff City in the Championship. Has it been a difficult transition? No, I've really enjoyed it. The fans seem to have taken to me and I believe we'll be right in the race for promotion come May. It's obviously a bit different to the Premiership ? the pace, quality and footballing brains are not quite as sharp. But there's not that much difference.
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In a business built on dreams, it is usually the reality of money that talks loudest. But, not for the first time this season, the little man ? or, in this case, woman ? is having a say. By winning the Group 3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy at Newbury on Saturday the sprinter Rowe Park staked his claim to a tilt at the Prix de l'Abbaye on Arc day at Longchamp next month. The four-year-old cost his trainer Linda Jewell £1,200 as an unbroken juvenile and less than a year ago had proved incapable of winning a Lingfield seller.
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There has never been any doubting that when Lee Westwood is good, he is very, very good. Three top-10 finishes in the last three weeks suggested he was good again. Yesterday a flawless 65 in the final round of the Quinn Direct British Masters showed he was back to his best.
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Halifax will stand between Widnes and their promotion ambitions on Thursday night after the guile of Graham Holroyd guided them over another play-off hurdle. The West Yorkshire club with the half-built ground might have no immediate Super League aspirations of their own but they emerged as the best of the rest in Dave Rotherham's last game as Whitehaven coach.
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Huddersfield's best season in Super League ended fittingly, with a performance of stark contrasts. Overawed by the occasion for much of the game, the Giants suddenly found their confidence in the last few minutes and came close to making Hull pay for not finishing them off when they had the chance.
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with a rare, treatable form of leukemia.
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The Montreal Alouettes will try to halt a three-game losing streak on Thanksgiving Day afternoon when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CBC, 12:30 p.m. ET).
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The streaky Stampeders will try to gain ground in the CFL West when they host the Saskatchewan Roughriders Monday afternoon in Calgary, a potentially high-scoring affair (CBC, 4 p.m. ET).
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The Ottawa Senators look to stay unbeaten early in the season when they host the New Jersey Devils on Monday afternoon.
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Fresh off a pair of wins at home to start the season, the Edmonton Oilers play their first road game Monday at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
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Villarreal CF may be the top seeds in Tuesday's UEFA Cup draw, but there are former UEFA club competition winners in every grouping from Pot 1 through to Pot 5.
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UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against AC Milan and their goalkeeper Dida in the wake of events at last week's UEFA Champions League tie in Glasgow.
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In the first of a series of interviews with Europe's top coaches, Arsène Wenger discusses how much winning the UEFA Champions League title would mean to him.
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Forty teams await their fate in the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage which will be held at UEFA's HQ in Nyon, Switzerland, starting at 12.00CET on Tuesday.
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A thigh tear will cause FC Porto full-back Bosingwa to miss qualifiers for Portugal and also makes him a doubt for his club's next UEFA Champions League tie.
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A thigh tear will cause FC Porto full-back Bosingwa to miss qualifiers for Portugal and also makes him a doubt for his club's next UEFA Champions League tie.
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VfB Stuttgart will be without Arthur Boka for their encounter against Olympique Lyonnais later this month after he suffered knee ligament damage at the weekend.
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S.S. Lazio's South American midfielder Cristián Ledesma is to undergo surgery on his left knee on Sunday after damaging cartilage during training.
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Jean-Jöel Doumbé and Mark Wilson are set to miss the rest of Celtic FC's group stage campaign after the defenders were each ruled out for around two months.
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Magnus Haglund said reaching the group stage was "bigger than winning the title" as IF Elfsborg joined fellow Swedes Helsingborgs IF in next week's draw.
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Jimmy Calderwood said "Scottish football is on a high" after his Aberdeen FC side commpleted a great week for Caledonian clubs by reaching the group stage.
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Captain Luka Modrić was left to reflect upon "the match of our generation" after NK Dinamo Zagreb knocked AFC Ajax out of the UEFA Cup in Amsterdam.
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With the careers of the aging Yankees — and their manager — on the line, the next generation of players took over to trounce Cleveland.
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With their come-from-behind victory, the Giants won their third game in a row, while the Jets burrowed deeper into the lower rungs of the N.F.L. standings.
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The Cardinals’ victory serves as a reminder of how the gap is closing between the top-tier teams and the rest.
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Jeff Gordon moved back on top of the points standings with six races remaining in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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Geroy Simon amassed 211 reception yards to lead the B.C. Lions to a team record 14th win of the season, 25-24 over the visiting Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night.
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Toronto's Matt Stajan beat Montreal Canadiens goalie Cristobal Huet with 94 seconds left in regulation to lead the Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
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Daniel Sedin had two goals and an assist while his brother Henrik added three assists as the Canucks downed the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 at the Pepsi Center in Colorado on Saturday night.
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Mike Fisher notched two power play goals and Joe Corvo added three assists to push the Senators past the Boston Bruins 3-2 at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Saturday night.
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John Avery ran for two touchdowns and Andre Talbot caught two more as the Toronto Argonauts clinched first place in the East with a 41-13 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at windy Mosaic Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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