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What are the components of sports? For starters, at an early age, sports involvement is designed to teach you things like sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and teamwork. Next, there is usually a set of game rules to follow when taking part in sports. And finally, there's a team or individual competition that yields a winner.
Sounds simple, but when it comes to the world of sports, debates over which team is the best, whether or not the coach blew the game, or which athlete deserves the highest accolades, can rage on and on. The Sports Blog is here to provide a play-by-play and help keep score of the latest sports-related news and views.
From game rules and regulations and recent sports scandals to controversies concerning performance-enhancing drugs to over-the-top contracts, sports stories are always big news. Whether you love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, or other sports, add this to your required reading list, sports fans!

Fisk is in the house
The Red Sox just showed Carlton Fisk on the video board, and he got a nice ovation from the Fenway crowd. The Hall of Fame catcher split his 24...

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Dodger Thoughts: The Big Lineup Question Answered
Dave Roberts will be in center field for the Giants, according to Jill Painter of the Daily News.


Take a Deep Breath and Begin to Reflect on the Aftermath
Yes, I was talking to myself with that title, and probably to many other dire-hard fans who saw the flurry of moves that happened, and some that...

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One pitch, one run for O’s
Josh Beckett grooved a fastball on the first pitch of the game to Orioles leadoff hitter Brian Roberts, who took it to right field for a home ru...

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Catfish Stew: A’s Do Nothing
Well, that trade deadline was boring. Plenty of bait (Blanton, Johnson, Piazza, Kennedy, Stewart, the DFA'd Kielty) but not a single fish caught...

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Carlito’s Link Dump
So I had all manner of goodies that I wanted to post over the weekend, but I couldn’t because my laptop went haywire again. All the same m...

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There’s a game tonight?
In addition to this afternoon's intrigue, the Sox will, in fact, take the field tonight in the first of three games with Baltimore. Here are th...

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Murphy’s reaction
Just got off the phone with David Murphy, who will be heading back to Providence before he joins the Texas Triple A club in Oklahoma after th...

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