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'Wheelmen' Exposes Doping Culture And The Armstrong 'Conspiracy'

5:33pm October 24, 2013

Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell say that champion cyclist Lance Armstrong was at the center of "the greatest sports conspiracy ever." Their book chronicles everything from group blood transfusions on the team bus to extensive efforts to silence and intimidate those who might expose the abuse.

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Red Sox Take One-Game Lead In World Series

8:07am October 24, 2013

by Mike Pesca

The Red Sox won the World Series opener in Boston on Wednesday night, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1.

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Will Other Teams Follow Grambling's Boycott Lead?

4:22pm October 23, 2013

Over the last week, the Grambling State University's football team boycott has stolen the spotlight. In this sports commentary, Dave Go

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Tara Heaton (left) and Crystal Mayfield with guide Fred Williams at a women's antelope hunt in Wyoming. Before the event, both women had hunted almost exclusively with male relatives, not other women.

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Enthusiasts Encourage More Women To Give Hunting A Shot

3:00pm October 23, 2013

by Irina Zhorov

Hunting is a popular U.S. pastime, but most hunters are male. A women's foundation in Wyoming is trying to change that through mentorship and a new women's hunting competition. The sport isn't just fun, the group says; it's also a good way for mothers to put food on the table.

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Hit The Numbers: Stats guys say that the clutch is a random crap shoot.

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Frank Deford: 'Some Of Us Are More Valiant Than The Rest'

9:16am October 23, 2013

by Frank Deford

As the World Series begins, the sports commentator longs for proof of the existence of a legitimate clutch hitter. Stats guys say that the clutch is a random crap shoot.

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Fake Jerseys Work In A Pinch For Bogota Soccer Team

6:53am October 22, 2013

Walk around any city in Colombia and you'll find vendors selling counterfeit soccer jerseys. That came in handy for Bogota's Independiente Santa Fe team. They showed up for an away game in the wrong color, so a team official bought knockoffs from vendors.

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The Essex Base Ball Organization, a vintage baseball league, holds its games on a farm in Newburyport, Mass.

Pitching Like It's 1860, Teams Play Ball With Vintage Flair

3:54am October 20, 2013

by Edgar B. Herwick III

In this curious base ball league, the umpire wears a top hat and the players drink water out of pewter mugs. The rules and equipment follow 19th-century protocol. A history-lover's dream, the games take place on a farm, evoking the sport's pastoral early years.

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Calculating The Worth Of The Redskins Brand

7:40am October 19, 2013

The name of Washington's football team has been hotly debated: criticized for being a racial slur but defended but the team's owner as actually being a kind of tribute to Native Americans. Host Scott Simon talks to Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen about the economics of the Washington Redskins brand.

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UMass Bets Big On Football Program Despite Poor Attendance

10:09pm October 18, 2013

by Henry Epp

Like many public universities before it, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has made the move to the top level of college football, known as Football Bowl Subdivision. The program is now in its second year of play. The team is struggling and attendance is weak. The school is pumping more money into football, and some faculty are questioning the investment. But others are calling for patience.

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You Asked For It: Frank Deford's Top 12 List

12:35pm October 16, 2013

by Frank Deford

Commentator Frank Deford responds to suggestions of things he should comment on. Here, he takes on the Washington Redskins' name; high school football games on national TV; hockey fights; Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame; and the tradition of pouring Gatorade on winning coaches.

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