(SportsNetwork.com) – Great teams are multi-faceted and the Washington Nationals are beginning to look like — at least for 2014 purposes — a great team. The Nationals overcame a starting pitching skid with timely offensive outbursts and arrive in Philadelphia on Monday night to begin a three-game series with the …
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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Kolten Wong capped a dramatic four-homer night for the Cardinals by belting the winning solo blast off Sergio Romo in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 5-4, and tie the National League Championship Series after two games. Matt Adams turned on …
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Indianapolis, IN (SportsNetwork.com) – Drew Brees passed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 9-of-15 efficiency as New Orleans outlasted Indianapolis, 23-17, in exhibition action on Saturday. Mark Ingram totaled 46 yards on eight carries, Pierre Thomas added 66 yards on four grabs, while Marques Colston and Austin Johnson contributed …
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Flushing, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Wilmer Flores had the best game of his young career and made Mets history in the process, belting two home runs and leading New York to a 9-1 rout of the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. Flores finished 3-for-4 with a pair of homers and six runs …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Malik Newman led the two-time defending champion United States to the FIBA Under-17 World Championship final, scoring 15 points in an 89-68 victory over Serbia on Friday. Newman is from Jackson, Mississippi. Diamond Stone of Milwaukee added 12 points, and Harry Giles of Winston-Salem, North …
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Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Prince Fielder’s streak of consecutive games played is over at 547. The Texas Rangers first baseman was not available for Saturday’s game against Toronto after being diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck. Fielder, acquired by the Rangers from Detroit in November, last missed a …
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Has anyone noticed that President Obama’s newfound affection for democracy in the Middle East has not resulted in a call for an end to the autocratic regime of Saudi Arabia? We also have heard of no serious protests in Saudi Arabia — although we will see what the planned “day …
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It didn’t start out well: the 47% of Americans who approved last week of the U.S. air strikes in Libya ordered by President Obama is lower than for any other military action since WWII, according to a new Pew poll. By comparison, here are the percentages of Americans who approved …
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If the mainstream media’s obsession with Oakland, California-based radio magnate Harold E. Camping teaches us anything — it should be that our country hosts a Rapture Industrial Complex (RIC) of sizable proportions. The RIC is a multimedia colossus that involves books, radio, movies, TV, newspapers, and dog care service providers. …
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Millions of Americans will head to beaches and barbeques this Memorial Day weekend, perhaps even hundreds of millions, while only hundreds of thousands are likely to attend formal Memorial Day observances devoted to remembering the men and women who have given their lives so that the rest of us could …
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