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Young, gifted and under center
The current bumper crop of black quarterbacks leading their teams to the playoffs doesn't mean racism is dead in the NFL.
The "transition" game
The NBA is suffering, not because it misses Michael Jordan, but because there are too many teenage millionaires who can't shoot.
Champions again, thank you very much
Hype about a blood feud aside, the Mets prove to be delightful hosts as the Yankees storm to another title.
Suck it up, Mets fans!
Your team's $98 million payroll undercuts your working-class pretensions. Besides, you're gonna lose.
Put the bat down, Fox
If only the network bringing us the World Series could get over Roger Clemens' meltdown, maybe it could focus on the basics: Sound and pictures.
Where have you gone, Darryl Strawberry?
As his old team takes a 3-1 Series lead over his other old team, a former hero takes another classic fall.
Why you should root for the Mets
It's John Franco, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon vs. Roger Clemens, Rudy Giuliani and Puffy Combs. Any questions?
Scab power
A pair of former "replacement" players, Rick Reed and Benny Agbayani, lead the Mets to victory in Game 3.
Strung out on pinstripes
Two days into New York's baseball orgy, the city is cranked up and wild-eyed, but the gunslingers of the Yankees and Mets have only just begun to stare each other down.
Mets robbed by wrong coast team!
ESPN brings you the latest baseball scandal. But at least they're finally talking about the Giants.
Night of the thoroughbreds
On an evening of amazing feats, an Australian hero and an American legend shone the brightest.
Who let the dogs out?
If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball.
The Olympics: Thursday
French track star sprints for the exit in Sydney.
They're no angels
Is women's basketball a kinder, gentler game? The WNBA shows that women aren't nicer than men -- but they aren't better, either.
John Rocker's San Francisco treat
White hecklers and gay mashers greet the Atlanta Braves bigot on his first trip to the Bay Area -- but is yelling "trailer trash" the best way to fight racism?
I hate this game
NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything.
John Rocker, whipping boy
He was torched for talking about New York the way baseball executives do. But he'd still be in the majors if he'd been getting people out.
Now they belong to the ages
Their merciless sweep of the Padres in the 1998 World Series places the New York Yankees in the pantheon of the greatest teams ever to play the game.
Escape from New York
The San Diego Padres hope getting out of New York will change the momentum of the World Series.
Rumble in the Bronx
This is the main event: The gritty Padres venturing into the hard-as-nails mayhem of Yankee Stadium to face one of the most elegant -- and greatest -- teams of our time.
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