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Ecstasy in the Bronx! Yankees win title No. 27

Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again.

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Butler-Independence: Big, and getting bigger
By Tom Sorensen | E-mail | 8:12PM
At 7 p.m. tonight on Independence's field, Jabari Cuffie will play the biggest game of his life.
Charlotte's Meineke Bowl moves up a notch
By Ken Tysiac | E-mail | 9:59AM

Charlotte’s Meineke Car Care Bowl is move up one spot in the ACC bowl selection order starting in 2010.

Panthers rookie has big impact in debut
By Charles Chandler | E-mail | 3:40PM
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Sherrod Martin brought two footballs home from Arizona, one for each of his interceptions of future Hall of Fame candidate Kurt Warner.

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Butler confident against Patriots

Scott Fowler: The Butler Bulldogs have no doubt this season will be different.

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-- Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad missed Thursday's practice due to what he said was a spraine...

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Quail Hollow holding line on ticket prices

Tickets for the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship go on sale Nov. 16 at the same prices as this year.

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Should Panthers have hosted Butler-Independence?

In my column today on the Butler-Independence showdown Friday night, I briefly raised an issue th...

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The value of experience

Many of you can't understand why the rookies -- Gerald Henderson and Derrick Brown -- aren't alre...

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Gamecocks, Pirates interested in Byrnes tight end

Our buddy and S.C. recruiting expert Phil Kornblut tells us that both South Carolina and East Car...

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The SEC's new smiley-face policy on criticizing officials has been taken out for an early test dr...

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Q & A: Tommy Knotts

Independence head football coach talks about his team's big game with Butler on Friday.

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Q & A: Mike Newsome

Langston Wertz Jr. talks to the Butler head footbaal coach about winning the big one, defense, re-zoning and other subjects.

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Time to address Talladega issues

Jenna Fryer: NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway.

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N.C. State's Graham out for season

N.C. State wide receiver and kick returner T.J. Graham is out for the season with a stress fractu...

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