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<title>Jay-Zs American success story filled with expletives</title>
<description><![CDATA[    HE WAS BORN Shawn Carter, he became Jay-Z, and the 43-year-old rapper and industrialist has become one of the most unlikely success stories in an American landscape littered with them.By day he is a pinstriped, sweet-talking entrepreneur, cutting deals...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:37:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In Las Vegas, bet with your head, not over it</title>
<description><![CDATA[    LAS VEGAS - Why am I here. Well, why are you there. Heck, why wouldnt I be here. Where else in America can I play blackjack and go bowling 24 hours a day. I can drink PBRs for dinner or breakfast without shame, guilt or consequence.I love this town. La...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:54:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Another summer of heartache looming for Pirates fans.</title>
<description><![CDATA[    AS SUMMER BECKONS, so does the agonizing avalanche of &quot;serious&quot; baseball literature. A new book by NYU president John Sexton, &quot;Baseball as a Road to God,&quot; discusses how the game has a sacred dimension to it that connects fans to cer...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:11:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Golf should support different strokes for different folks</title>
<description><![CDATA[    AS A FORMER golfer - Ill get back to that momentarily - I am appalled and aghast by the latest ruling that will ban an &quot;anchored putter.&quot;This means that players such as recent major-title winners Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els and Ad...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 20:28:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>MLBs ongoing saves crisis a perfect storm</title>
<description><![CDATA[    WE ARE IN the midst of a double-pronged saves crisis in Major League Baseball, and, frankly, its keeping Couch Slouch up at night.First of all, the &quot;save rule&quot; has been under fire for years.Second of all, baseballs best closers hardly ever bl...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:55:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Woeful Astros becoming a special kind of awful</title>
<description><![CDATA[    I FEEL SO bad writing about the woebegone Houston Astros today, if at all possible I will refrain from mentioning any of their players.(Why shine a harsh spotlight on those poor, anonymous souls. They are not public figures - granted, theyre on public ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 22:57:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>42 shows how far weve come, how far we need to go</title>
<description><![CDATA[    MANY YEARS AGO I saw &quot;The Jackie Robinson Story&quot; starring Jackie Robinson and thought to myself, &quot;Well cast.&quot; Then last week I saw &quot;42,&quot; starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, and thought to myself, &quot;Boy, that ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 22:57:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Time again to take a stand against the Heat</title>
<description><![CDATA[    WE DEDICATE THE start of the NBA playoffs to the fabulous, fallen Kobe Bryant, whose bend-but-dont-break body finally collapsed during his 48-minutes-or-bust attempt to carry the Lakers on his creaky back to the postseason.Over the second half of the r...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:33:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Time for MLS to borrow a page from the NHL</title>
<description><![CDATA[    NOTE TO READERS: Every few years, Couch Slouch has fun at Major League Soccers expense. So if you are an MLS devotee, we invite you - in fact, we implore you - to leave the room now. I poke at MLS because, well, I can, and because its really, really re...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:04:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Road to the Final Four not without potholes</title>
<description><![CDATA[    I GOT OFF the road to the Final Four a few years ago - frankly, just too much traffic. So while much of Sports Nation has slowed down, sat back and enjoyed Louisville, Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State over the weekend, I simply took a walk toward W...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:41:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dodgers giving Yankees a run for their money </title>
<description><![CDATA[    THE NEW YORK Yankees have had Major League Baseballs highest payroll in each of the last 14 seasons. But this past offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers - triggered by new ownership and the prospect of new local cable TV money flowing down the L.A. River ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:07:55 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Vonn-Tiger latest in long line of jock-jock twosomes</title>
<description><![CDATA[    THE TIGER WOODS-Lindsey Vonn pairing - when Tiger goes on Match.com, Id love to see how he customizes the attributes hes looking for in a mate - has revived the jock-jock twosome business. Theres nothing like good-looking, in-shape partners; if the wor...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:13:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Even with Battier, Heats win streak continues</title>
<description><![CDATA[    HOW IS IT possible the Miami Heat has won 22 straight games. Of course, there are the Three Tenors: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the other guy. But in a move that hasnt drawn too much attention, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra often puts them on the floor w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:14:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Looking for a Silver lining on Selection Sunday</title>
<description><![CDATA[    AS WE FAST approach the splendor of Selection Sunday - exceeded these days in the holy trinity of American weekend celebrations only by Super Bowl Sunday and Easter Sunday - I am reminded of the unholy trinity of cottage industries that have grown rema...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:00:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Stenica brings new meaning to speed dating</title>
<description><![CDATA[    BY THE TIME you read this, Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. may have broken up. Its just the nature of relationships, and, in this case, even more so the nature of office relationships.(Everyone knows the old expression - you should never drive a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:37:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Keep wrestling, drop javelin from Olympics</title>
<description><![CDATA[    HOW DO YOU drop wrestling from the Summer Games. Heck, if the International Olympic Committee ran NASA, it might eliminate astronauts from the space program.Wrestling is about as pure and organic of athletic competition as it gets: You try to outmaneuv...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:22:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>LeBrons hot streak the best run since Ben &amp; Jerrys</title>
<description><![CDATA[    IN ASSESSING LEBRON James, I recall that, when Michael Jordan was deemed the greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, my immediate reaction was, &quot;Hes not even the best player in NBA history.&quot; So, keeping in mind that LeBron is not Wilt C...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:20:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fifty Shades of Greyhound and other tales from the Dog Show</title>
<description><![CDATA[    SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star game, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is Americas hidden sporting gem: Better athletes, fewer tattoos. The motto is, &quot;Win or go home,&quot; and, of course, you go home with your tail betw...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:45:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A Super game, even without Bieber</title>
<description><![CDATA[    FINALLY, BIG Brother fought back. Serena Williams had trumped Venus and Eli Manning had out-clutched Peyton - and, of course, Albert Brooks always has been a bit funnier than Super Dave Osborne - but on Super Bowl Sunday John Harbaugh outlasted bratty ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Time for the 47th annual Super Bowl Viewing Guide</title>
<description><![CDATA[    SO ABOUT TO watch my 47th consecutive Super Bowl, tying the all-time record, I brace for being swamped by Super Bowl week interviews with CNN, NFL Network, TMZ, Al Jazeera and the like, but nooooooo:Instead, all the hype is for Brother v. Brother. Harb...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:23:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Winfrey real star of Armstrong interview</title>
<description><![CDATA[    LANCE ARMSTRONG went on national television last week - well, he appeared on something called the OWN network - and, in a &quot;worldwide exclusive,&quot; told Oprah Winfrey he had doped as a cyclist.Other upcoming Oprah interview exclusives:<li>Madonn...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Canadas long national nightmare is finally over</title>
<description><![CDATA[        OUR LONG NATIONAL nightmare is over; check that - Canadas long national nightmare is over:The National Hockey League is back, baby!Midweek Predators-Coyotes games. John Tortorella news conferences. Andy Sutton suspensions. Late June Stanley Cup fin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:00:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Catching up with the Springbrook (Md.) boys basketball team</title>
<description><![CDATA[        THE SPRINGBROOK HIGH School boys basketball team in Silver Spring, Md., is 7-3 - a shaky 7-3. But if those boys could handle the press, cut down on turnovers, rebound better and make a few more free throws, this might be a title-season-in-progress ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:08:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Belichick: Genius coach or luckiest man in America.</title>
<description><![CDATA[    BILL BELICHICK, who has coached in five of the last 11 Super Bowls, is either the sharpest mind in the NFL or the luckiest man in America. He is the football version of Ryan Seacrest, who is either the savviest personality in Hollywood or the luckiest ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:40:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A winless Super Bowl champ. It could happen</title>
<description><![CDATA[    NOTE: THIS COLUMN contains a piece of shocking information not suitable for all sports fans. Reader discretion is advised.The NFL recently announced it might expand its playoff format, to perhaps allow as many as half of the leagues 32 teams into the p...]]></description>
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