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Houston Astros Daily Updatenew
With the Astros, it's best to take the Irish Fatalism approach, where you assume the worst is going to happen. And when something good happens, you feel more relieved than happy.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
10-24-2005 |
Sports
Jockey Phenomenon Bounces Back From Bad Breaknew
Seventeen-year-old Kyle Kaenel, who broke his neck in Phoenix, Ariz., is back on the track and winning.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-14-2005 |
Sports
Tags: Arizona, Horses, Illinois, Chicago, break neck, Lindy McDaniel, Pinckneyville, ponies, pony, rookie jock
Legendary Baseball Organist Tickles the Keyboardnew
All great musicians have their quirks; for St. Louis Cardinals organist Ernie Hays, it's his notorious potty mouth.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-11-2005 |
Sports
Jackass Jack McKeonnew
Florida Marlins Manager Jack McKeon has made so many mistakes down the stretch that he personally destroyed any chance that the Marlins would make the playoffs.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-11-2005 |
Sports
Ice Timenew
The Columbus Blue Jackets' go-to asskicker Jody Shelley chats about sticking up for the team and shooting for the playoffs.
Columbus Alive |
Brian Lindamood |
10-06-2005 |
Sports
Watching the Wicketsnew
Booming abroad, cricket makes tenuous inroads via transplants and converts into American culture
Tags: cricket
The Making of an Improbable Powerhousenew
The Glenville High School Tarblooders are supposed to win state, making their coach one of the most talked-about men in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
09-27-2005 |
Sports
Young African-American Aims to Be Champion Bowlernew
Somebody forgot to tell 21-year-old Emil Williams Jr. that bowling is for fat, beer-guzzling honkies.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-27-2005 |
Sports
Chiefs' Star Signs With Rocawear Fashionnew
Larry Johnson, known both for his football playing and his temper, is modeling a line of clothes aimed at the urban market.
Ballpark of a Future Pastnew
The new ballpark for the Oakland A's may inject a dollop of real design innovation into baseball's wrongheaded fixation with nostalgia.
Track Scarsnew
A track meet scandal that got two high school coaches punished appears to be much ado about next to nothing.
Living and Dying by the Windnew
Kiteboarding is a wet, hot extreme sport that combines the thrill of flying with the threat of grievous bodily harm.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
09-05-2005 |
Sports
Cricket: Remade in the USAnew
The venerable game of cricket changes the rules to win new fans. But Americans have to change too if it's ever going to take off.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-05-2005 |
Sports
Bill Parcells' Guysnew
Can has-beens from a coach's glory years change the Dallas Cowboys from mediocrities to monsters?
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
08-29-2005 |
Sports
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
