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Trading deadline pushes big names out of town and into new threads
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CJ Ryan
| August 3, 2006
In the aftermath of the first of two 2006 Major League Baseball trade deadlines, some of baseball's big names are changing uniforms as well as leagues. The last time U2's hit "With or Without You" topped the charts was 1987, which happens to be the last time the Detroit Tigers reached the playoffs.
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Landis in limbo: Tour controversy exposes sports' dark side
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David Rothenberg
| August 1, 2006
Associated Press Floyd Landis says it's heart.
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Bordeau takes over as new men's heavyweight crew coach
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Jennifer Yu
| August 1, 2006
Courtesy of USNA.edu Athletics Director Josie Harper announced on Friday that Christopher "Topher" Bordeau, the men's freshman lightweight coach for the 2005-06 season, has been named the men's varsity heavyweight team head coach. Bordeau, a 1998 Princeton University graduate, helped the Tigers to win the national collegiate championships in 1995, 1996 and 1998.
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Big Green baseball captain follows big league dreams
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Evan J. Meyerson
| July 27, 2006
/ The Dartmouth Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series about Dartmouth students who were recently picked in the 2006 MLB draft.
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Forget the World Cup: the U.S. maintains its global supremacy
By
Alex Hodes
| July 25, 2006
Associated Press In an age when American dominance in sports is constantly being challenged, two men gave reason to celebrate this past weekend.
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Major leagues draft selects Bashelor '07 before graduation
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Evan J. Meyerson
| July 25, 2006
Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series about Dartmouth students who were recently drafted to play major league baseball.
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Major League Baseball first-half awards and winners-to-be
By
Evan J. Meyerson
| July 20, 2006
The first half of the 2006 major league baseball season saw its fair share of surprises, controversy and excitement.
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Rugby takes aim at sophomore summer
By
Rowan Carlsen
| July 20, 2006
Team uses Summer term as a development strategy
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Zidane deserves sympathy, not scorn, following head-butt
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Jennifer Yu
| July 13, 2006
Associated Press It shouldn't have ended this way. Zinedine Zidane should have retired gloriously, amid applause, flowers and tears.
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Midsummer madness: how the All-Star Game hurts the MLB
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John Mitchell
| July 11, 2006
The Red Sox are three games ahead of the Yankees in the AL East, and the starting outfielders for the Yankees would still be playing in Columbus if the baseball gods hadn't decided it was finally time to smite the Bronx Bombers.
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Track and field teams honored for academic achievements
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Kyle Jazwa
| July 11, 2006
/ The Dartmouth The Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams, which finished fifth and sixth in the 2006 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships, stand among the nation's top-twenty Division 1 schools in academics, based on a ranking by the U.S.
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Rooting for the underdog: How the Mets shape my life
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Evan J. Meyerson
| July 6, 2006
Associated Press On Oct.
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Un-American football: why the U.S. fails at the world's game
By
Nate Niparko
| July 4, 2006
America wants nothing more than to win the World Cup -- for about one week out of every four years.
