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Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Complete Story...
Pretend you’re a college professor, teaching a course called “American Football 101.” The course is designed for foreign students, those with little or no knowledge of the sport we love so much.
A visit from the Atlanta Falcons stirs emotions with the New Orleans Saints even when both teams struggle.
These Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Minnesota have much in common, including an intense dislike of each other's football teams.
Like most Miami and Oklahoma players of this generation, Sooners offensive lineman Brian Simmons had no idea how fierce the schools' rivalry once was.
The cool kids of the airline industry are giving big-city travelers more opportunities to show who they like more.
For devoted Boston Globe readers, it's bad enough that the 137-year-old newspaper has a murky future. Even worse: The fate of the paper will be decided by a bunch of New Yorkers.
The off-Broadway revival of Norman Corwin's 1959 political drama, "The Rivalry" is quite timely during this 2009 bicentennial celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
The essence of the game is the team concept.Pass and cut. Screen away. Help the helper.Yet at its core, the sport often stands as the ultimate one-on-one challenge.Man on man. You get yours; I'll get mine. Now, it's personal.As the NBA heads into its most meaningful games, with all due respect to five-man weaves and five-men-on-a-string defenses, we pause for a look at the power of two.
Kentucky was defending its latest national championship. Indiana's legendary coach, Bob Knight, was calling his 1,000th career game. And the nationally televised battle between two titans of college basketball finished, appropriately, as an overtime thriller.
It's an electric rivalry with major Southeastern Conference implications and a growing tradition of wild finishes and heart-thumping gambles.
Paul Pierce spotted a few pals seated courtside at Madison Square Garden and wanted to make nice. So on his way to the foul line, the Boston Celtics star stopped by to slap hands and say hey to Plaxico Burress, R.W. McQuarters and some other New York Giants.
Score one for the big sister: The mayor of this Ohio village held off a challenge from her younger brother and kept her office.
The stands were always full on Friday nights at the Wheatland High School football stadium, one of the main gathering places in a small town where everybody knows everybody and prep sports still bring people together. On most other days, the stands were pretty much empty — except for the presence of Suzanne Cozad and her video camera. "She filmed pretty much everything Mitch did," said Wheatland football player Taylor Derra. "It seemed like she was there a lot."
This is certainly not what the Atlantic Coast Conference had in mind when it decided to have Miami and Florida State open the season on Labor Day night.
Bring back OU-Nebraska, every year It's Oklahoma-Nebraska week, so you know what that means. Welcome to college football's lovefest. The series that's more mushy than a Valentine card. More syrupy than a cherry Dr Pepper. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Florida Coaches Have Confidence in Brantley"John is ready. I think if he were someplace else, he'd be the starter. We just happen to have a Heisman Trophy winner who is our starting quarterback.
McCain and N.Y. Times continue a long-running boutGoldfarb compared the editors to a blogger "sitting at home in his mother's basement and ranting into the ether between games of Dungeons & Dragons."
Cops: Ice cream vendor slashed self to implicate rivalThe rivalry between two ice cream truck operators in Fair Lawn took a twist tonight when the vendor, who earlier accused his rival of attacking him, admitted he slashed himself before calling 911, police said.
In London N5 and environs rests one of football's fiercest rivalries. The world's greatest team Arsenal has to suffer the rank displeasure of occupying the same base as Tottenham Hotspur, also affectionately known as the Spuds.
A Dangerous Game in the Strait of HormuzIran played a reckless and foolish game in the Strait of Hormuz this week that — except for American restraint — could have spun lethally out of control.
Let There Be Light For more than a year, the lights sat in Richard Diller's garage, tens of thousands of bulbs and strands gone dark on his dusty shelves. And all that time, his neighbor Steve Andrews had followed suit, keeping his own lights stowed away.
Packers vs Bears 12/23/2007The Packers are 12-2 and the Bears are 5-9, but that does not mean this will be an easy game for the Packers by any stretch. These two teams are bitter rivals, and expect them to play each other tough.
Ouch, I went 2-4 last week after a day of upsets. I sincerely hope no one is making any bets off of my picks. But then again, who would have called that the two "strongest" teams in the Big Ten would lose.
When he was a young boy Tim Tebow used to go with his brother and father to watch the Florida vs. Georgia game just about every year. It was an event that Tim looked forward to every year. Today, the annual Florida vs.
Located only eight miles apart Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have exemplified academic success. Ranked 27th and 8th respectively among national universities in the United States the two schools often battle for the best freshman class.
Jilted, diapered astronaut planned to kidnap rivalRyan sez, "Lisa Marie Nowak, Astronaut, drove all night from Houston to Orlando, wearing diapers do she would not have to stop, to kidnap her rival for the affections of another Astronaut.
Apple revenues could catch Microsoft by 2010Apple Inc. has a decent shot of outgrowing Microsoft Corp. within the next five years if it can keep churning out hit wonders, an extrapolation of revenue data from the two industry heavyweights has revealed
Ferrari takes on Lamborghini in mobile phone battleIf Lamborghini can have its own mobile phone, we suppose it's only fair that Ferrari get one too. Introducing Motorola's MotoRAZR Maxx V6 Ferrari Challenge.
Red Sox, Yanks Ready to Run Boston MarathonAlthough the five-game series kicking off Friday afternoon at Fenway Park between the Yankees and the Red Sox comes with pivotal undertones, this isn't quite the American League East apocalypse.
Women: Claws for corporate AmericaFrom the page: -- It's not a joke: Women competing with other women in the workplace can be catty and unpredictable. --
Scottish football fans punch 7 year old in the head, drag disabled man from car, give him black eyeIt seems like we've been waiting forever, doesn't it? Tiger Woods' dominance over the golf world for the last 10 years lacked one key ingredient: a rival that could match, not only his talent, but his will and determination.
Duke v. UNC tonight.Here's the question, is this going to be a good game or is it hyped because it's such a rivalry? I see Duke winning by ten, and JJ Redick putting up 25 points! UNC (14-5) seem to be hanging on by a string in the ACC, and in the top 25.
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