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5187. wabbit - 10/9/2006 3:05:39 PM  With Terrell Owens watching from the sideline, Donovan McNabb turned ordinary receivers into big-time playmakers. McNabb threw touchdown passes of 40 yards to Reggie Brown and 87 yards to Hank Baskett, and Lito Sheppard returned an interception 102 yards in the final minute to seal the Eagles' 38-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. As for T.O., the most overhyped homecoming in recent memory was totally ordinary: three catches, 45 yards, 0 drama.
Getting a huge boost from their trademark defense, the Chicago Bears scored the first five times they had the ball Sunday and ruined the homecoming of former coach Dick Jauron with a 40-7 drubbing of Jauron's Buffalo Bills to go 5-0 for the first time in 20 years. Rex Grossman threw two touchdown passes, Cedric Benson scored his first two NFL touchdowns and the Bears capitalized on five Buffalo turnovers as they piled up their biggest points total since 1993. Suddenly, the team that always counted on its defense to make up for an anemic offense in recent seasons is averaging 31 points a game, outscoring even the high-flying Indianapolis Colts through five games.
Asante Samuel intercepted two passes by Joey Harrington after 21 sacks in four games sidelined Daunte Culpepper with a bruised shoulder and the New England Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 20-10. The Patriots (4-1) had just one takeaway in the first three games and three for the season before coming up with three Sunday.
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5188. robertjayb - 10/10/2006 11:07:29 PM R.I.P., Bevo XIII
AUSTIN – Bevo XIII, 22, the longest-tenured mascot in Texas Longhorns history, is gone to the big ranch in the sky.
5189. wabbit - 10/11/2006 12:49:47 AM  More on Bevo XIII - After Nebraska beat Texas in the 1999 Big 12 championship game in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Bevo XIII was walking off the field when nature called.
With perfect timing, he left his mark squarely on the Cornhuskers logo.
Brennes said Bevo XIII will be memorialized in the new Silver Spur/BEVO Center, due to open the first weekend in November at Royal-Memorial Stadium.
 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg has a new cast, a new shoe and is healing well, while his left rear hoof is "gradually" improving from laminitis.
The cast was changed for the first time in six weeks, and Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday he was "pleased" with the progress in the leg that was shattered when Barbaro took a horrible misstep at the start of the Preakness on May 20.
Barbaro's left hind foot, which had laminitis, continues its slow healing process.
Bernardini destroyed three over matched competitors on Saturday in the $750,000 Jockey Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The colt drew off to win the 1 1/4 mile race by 6 3/4 lengths. Bernardini will win the Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old and a victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic should make him Horse of the Year.
5190. wabbit - 10/11/2006 12:55:37 AM  Joe Torre will remain as manager of the New York Yankees, finally getting the word from owner George Steinbrenner after the team's surprise elimination from the playoffs last weekend.
Torre spoke with Steinbrenner on the telephone Tuesday, shortly before he walked into the interview room at Yankee Stadium and made the announcement.
"He gave me his support," Torre said. "I'm just pleased I'm able to stay on and do this."
Torre didn't go into detail about his conversations with Steinbrenner.
But Steinbrenner, in a statement issued through spokesman Howard Rubenstein, said he told Torre: "'You're back for the year. I expect a great deal from you and the entire team. I have high expectations, and I want to see enthusiasm, a fighting spirit and a team that works together. Responsibility is yours, Joe, and all of the Yankees.'..."
I'm sure Brian Cashman had some say in this, but I'm happy to see Torre return. He's a class act, imo.
5191. wabbit - 10/12/2006 2:24:30 AM  Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when Lidle's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said. No residents at the Belaire Condominiums at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River were injured.
Emergency responders found Lidle's passport in the street below, the officials said. Two bodies were found in the street. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner confirmed that Lidle was killed in the crash. The state-of-the-art single-engine airplane was a Cirrus SR-20 registered to Lidle, said Yankees manager Joe Torre.
The plane departed from Teterboro Airport in northern New Jersey at 2:29 p.m. Shortly after circling the Statue of Liberty and heading north near the 59th Street Bridge, air traffic control lost contact with pilot. There was a mayday from the pilot involving a problem with fuel before the aircraft crashed into the 50-story high-rise on Manhattan's East Side, the FAA reported.
Lidle was 4-3 for the Yankees, who acquired the right-handed pitcher in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30. He pitched 1 1/3 innings and gave up three runs in the Yankees' season-ending loss to Detroit in the American League Division Series on Saturday. Lidle, a nine-year veteran, was in the last year of his contract. Lidle was married in 1997 to Melanie Varela and has a 6-year-old son, Christopher Taylor Lidle. His twin brother, Kevin Lidle, played minor league baseball. The name of the flight instructor has not yet been released.
5192. wonkers2 - 10/13/2006 2:52:29 AM Jex, how about a little bet on the Oakland pussies? 5193. jexster - 10/13/2006 3:49:47 AM Just like a DEEETROITER..wants a bet up 2-0!
Now the poor A's get to go to Motown and get bored to death...if they don't get mugged first in the Failed State!
Crescent Sail Yacht Club 5194. jexster - 10/14/2006 4:46:07 PM Hey Wonk ...how about a little wager! 5195. wonkers2 - 10/14/2006 8:57:47 PM OK ten'll get you twenty. 5196. jexster - 10/15/2006 2:03:47 AM 
World Series on the Frozen Tundra
5197. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 10/15/2006 2:37:03 AM
DETROIT (AP) -- Magglio Ordonez lofted a high fly ball to left field and when it landed, a most amazing thing: the Detroit Tigers in the World Serie
Congrats wonker and every good wish in the series! 5198. jexster - 10/15/2006 4:27:07 AM Gotta be for DeeTroit!
I am for Macacans of all sorts and conditions and skin colors where ever they may be.
 5199. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 7:54:41 AM Jex, I assume your check for $10 is in the mail! 5200. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 7:55:37 AM Thanks, guys. Detroit is badly in need of a winner for a change. 5201. jexster - 10/15/2006 9:09:11 AM Try WonkerStein 5202. jexster - 10/15/2006 9:09:45 AM again...
It will take more than a bazeball game to revive the Failed State of Michigan 5203. arkymalarky - 10/15/2006 4:41:27 PM Congrats to Wonk and our other Detroit pals! 5204. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 5:31:26 PM tnx, arky! 5205. arkymalarky - 10/15/2006 5:34:12 PM Will you be able to go to any of the games? 5206. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 10:20:13 PM Nope.
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