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Cardinals' Vivas suspended for positive drug test
St. Louis Cardinals minor league infielder Wilfred Vivas was suspended for 50 games Monday after a positive test for a banned substance under baseball's minor league drug program. Vivas, on the Cardinals' Venezuelan Summer League team last season,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Survey: Packers rank 1st in local brand strength
Associated Press WriterThe Green Bay Packers have a losing record this season -- 5-7 -- but the team is No. 1 when it comes to a powerful marketing brand. The franchise was named the strongest team brand in its local market compared with professional sports teams across the...Tags: Major League Baseball, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Red Wings, National Football League, New York Giants
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Ex-player Burgess, managed in Tigers system, dies
Tom Burgess, who played briefly in the major leagues before serving as a coach under Joe Torre and Bobby Cox and a manager in the Detroit Tigers system, has died. He was 81. Burgess was a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball Canada...Tags: Death and Dying, Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Joe Torre, Baseball
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South American stars sure to add intrigue to today's MLS Cup final
Today's MLS Cup final between New York and Columbus in Carson, Calif., will mark several firsts as the league ends its 14th season. This is the first time either team has reached the title game, and it's the first time the winner will hoist the newly...Tags: David Beckham, ESPN, Major League Baseball, Landon Donovan, Baseball
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New football stadium worth price of admission?
caitlin.strang@newsday.comGiants co-owner John Mara and Jets owner Woody Johnson helped unveil the New Meadowlands Stadium -- now 60 percent complete -- in a special tour with local media yesterday. The $1.6-billion facility, which will feature 40,000 square feet of video screens...Tags: National Football League, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Football, Eli Manning, New York Giants
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C. Izturis appears at top of O's wish list at short
The Orioles have talked to the representative for free agent Cesar Izturis, the latest indication that the slick-fielding shortstop is at the top of their list to fill the team's vacancy at the position.
Izturis, 28, hit .263 this past season with one...Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Edgar Renteria
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Pujols elbows way to 2nd MVP
You don't have to get your team into the playoffs to win a Most Valuable Player Award. That has always been the case, and Albert Pujols' victory over Ryan Howard in this season's National League race affirms that is still the case, even with four teams...Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, All Stars, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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On this date: Nov. 14
1851: Moby Dick was published in the United States. 1943: Ernie Nevers of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first pro football player to score six touchdowns in a game. 1968: Yale University announced it would admit women. 1969: Apollo 12 blasted...Tags: Carmen Electra, Ernie Nevers, Moby, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Will USC wind up in the French Quarter?
USC fans and players weary of ringing in the new year in Pasadena but still hoping to land in a major bowl game just might get their wish. . . .
In a scenario with seemingly little downside for Mark Sanchez & Co., the Trojans might even be inclined to...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Major League Baseball, National League, Baron Davis, Albert Pujols
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Preacher Roe dies at 92; pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Elwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, the cunning left-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s and early '50s who was selected to four consecutive All-Star teams, died Sunday of colon cancer in West Plains, Mo., according to the Dodgers website....Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Cancer, New York Yankees, Death and Dying, Major League Baseball
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Eagles Notebook - November 17, 2008
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER It was the fourth time the Eagles have settled for a tie since the NFL began applying sudden-death overtime rules to regular-season games in 1974. The Eagles (12-16-4 in OT, including 1-1 in the playoffs) also tied at Detroit in...Tags: Bobbie Williams, Football, Major League Baseball, Pittsburgh Steelers, Antonio Chatman
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Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe dies
john.jeansonne@newsday.comPreacher Roe, a five-time All-Star and central character on Brooklyn's storied "Boys of Summer" teams, who was known for a pitching resourcefulness that included use of the banned spitball, died Sunday. He was 93, according to most sources, though his Web...Tags: Jackie Robinson, All Stars, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Pee Wee Reese
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