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Whether it's the AL West or the NL West in MLB, the level of play seems to drop off substantially when rating the various divisions. In the AL West, the LA Angels and the Oakland A's are presently tied for the lead, but then a team like Texas drops four in a row and they still only find themselves...

• Date Added: 7/27/2006
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This Friday, over 7,000 men and women from all walks of life will sit down at THE Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and bet $10,000 that they can bluff with the best poker players in the World.

Last year's World Series of Poker shattered all participation and prize money records...

• Date Added: 7/27/2006
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July 24, 2006 (Dublin, Ohio) – With the precision of Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Tiger Woods created a masterpiece on the Royal Liverpool golf course Sunday and laid waste to the rest of the field.

While Chris DiMarco played remarkably to finish second just two strokes off the paste,...

• Date Added: 7/26/2006
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The St. Louis Cardinals visited Hollywood on the weekend and in sweeping the series against the Dodgers, sent a statement to the rest of the NL that they are getting their act together.

The three-game sweep was the Cardinals' first at Dodger Stadium since April 1993. They have won nine...

• Date Added: 7/26/2006
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Finding a name on college athletic team is a matter of pride for every student. Prospective student athletes are increasing every year and athletic recruiting services are becoming more than a necessity. The guidelines and procedures of prospective student athletes are provided by NCAA...

• Date Added: 7/24/2006
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Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world today. It is the dream of every student to find his or her name on a reputable College Basketball team. However, Basketball college recruiting is done through a guided procedure. Only those with special talent find their names in Basketball...

• Date Added: 7/24/2006
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Has there ever been a manager in baseball like Felipe Alou who can get results while playing with less then a full deck? With all the swirling controversy in San Francisco, Alou has been able to keep his players focused long enough to post a 49-47 record, good enough for second place and just 1 ½...

• Date Added: 7/21/2006
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Day 19 of July, 2006 and to suggest that the Atlanta Braves are swinging the lumber would be a bit of an understatement. They have played 14 games in the seventh month of the year and are 13-1 on the over total in that span. Do you have your

• Date Added: 7/19/2006
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In the past several years, as the Boston Red Sox have lurked around the top of the American League East, the one constant and reliable figure on the hill has been Tim Wakefield. The knuckleballer was second on the team with 119 2/3 innings, but after grappling with back discomfort for the better...

• Date Added: 7/18/2006
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If we compare the NFL regular season with a marathon, then the league's signing season for draft choices is more like a sprint. And with all the NFL franchises scheduled to report to training camp by the end of the month, this is the time when the team negotiators and the agents for nearly 200...

• Date Added: 7/18/2006
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If you were sitting on your deathbed, having been just told you have one single hour to live, how much would a second hour of life be worth to you? $100? $1000? Every cent you have? Chances are, at that point in your life, nothing would be worth more than another hour to spend with your friends,...

• Date Added: 7/10/2006
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There are 3 types of handicaps out there. They include: (1) honest handicaps; (2) sandbagger handicaps and (3) Hollywood handicaps.

Thankfully, the most common type of handicap is the honest handicap. This is a handicap that is determined by using a standard and accepted formula as defined...

• Date Added: 7/3/2006
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Are you looking to get some concert ticket that you feel is out of your reach? In this ever changing online industry, you can now just buy tickets online whether for a sporting event or a theater show. There are many portals online that provide this...

• Date Added: 6/27/2006
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Since the early 20th century, SCUBA diving has gone from an incredibly risky undertaking well out of reach for all but the fabulously wealthy to a relatively safe sport with a rapidly growing participant community.

SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, so named for...

• Date Added: 6/19/2006
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Box Lacrosse, also referred to as boxla or boxcrosse is an indoor version of outdoor field lacrosse. The difference between a field lacrosse game and a box lacrosse game is like night-and-day.

Box Lacrosse is predominantly played in Canada during the summer months. Box Lacrosse started in...

• Date Added: 6/19/2006
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Equitation refers to classes where the rider's style is judged. In an equitation class, your horse doesn't have to be the smoothest jumper in the world, or the most elegant mover, the rider is the one being judged, and the horses' movement is irrelevant to some degree.

Equitation divisions...

• Date Added: 6/19/2006
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Archery like any sport has rules, most of the rules are best practice rules that are used to keep archers and spectators safe. In general it is good practice to observe these rules whether competing or just shooting for fun.

1. Aim
Always shoot arrows at the target. Arrows can be...

• Date Added: 6/19/2006
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The world's leading luxury yacht show in Monaco is to pay for 55 wind turbines in New Zealand - enough to generate power for 45,000 homes - making the event 'carbon neutral'.

Under the watchful eye of Prince Albert, the yacht show is part of Monaco's new stance on global warming, and comes...

• Date Added: 6/11/2006
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Youth baseball leagues are up and running across North America, and around the globe. The game is very popular in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, the Caribbean, and in South America. Millions of kids look forward to playing on their local teams. It's a chance to meet new friends, travel to other parks or...

• Date Added: 6/10/2006
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Leaves have a neat way of getting rid of water vapour. They have chambers with tiny pores (stomata) that allow water vapour to escape (transpiration).

Have you seen people wearing clothes having almost the same expertise? Clothes, which are elastic, non-absorbent, weatherproof and...

• Date Added: 5/23/2006
• Views: 351