Researchers at MIT, working with the PGA Tour, have come up with a way to solve one of golf's biggest conundrums: how to determine who are the truly great putters.
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Chic, discreet and increasingly party-filled, Canada's sports hub permits jocks to cut loose.
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There's still 869 days to go before the flame is lit in London's Olympic stadium. But for sponsors, the race to make an impression is already under way.
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The Mid-American Conference—midsize, mostly Midwestern colleges like Ball State, Toledo and Northern Illinois—hasn't won an NCAA title in any team sport in almost fifty years.
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Topping the Spanish league will count for nothing if his Real Madrid side doesn't win the European Cup.
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The NFL and Verizon Wireless struck deal to distribute live games and the league's popular RedZone Channel beginning next season.
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The Cologne striker who the fans helped to buy finally delivers a goal against Bayern—his previous club and the league leader.
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Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller was the most valuable player at the Olympic tournament, but being a great goalie often means staying humble and keeping a low profile.
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College basketball's March showcase has snuck up on us, but you're not going to be lost if you hold your Madness until the third week of March.
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Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi wants to make an upcoming cricket tournament the most-watched sporting event on the planet.
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Cologne striker ends long scoreless streak in Saturday's tie with Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich.
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Already a three-time PGA Tour winner at 25, he talks with John Paul Newport about power hitting—and battling his "dipping knee."
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The reputation of one of the NFL's leading personalities took another hit, with revelations that police in Georgia were investigating Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in connection with an alleged sexual assault.
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Unlike traditional fantasy leagues, daily fantasy sports provides players a chance at instant gratification, day after day.
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With a No. 1 ranking and an unorthodox style, the Syracuse Orange are fighting to join college basketball's elite.
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With Syracuse having lost two straight, the door is open again for Purdue to claim a No.1 seed. Meanwhile, football foes Lehigh and Lafayette play for an NCAA basketball-tournament berth, and The Couch looks forward to the Manny Pacquiao fight.
The Count: Is Nomar a Hall of Famer?
Nomar Garciaparra's first go-around with the Red Sox suggested he was Cooperstown-bound. His second, this week, capped a career that fell short of the Hall of Fame.
"I hope all kids get a day off from school to watch Tiger Woods' return to golf."
"Good ride this am with @chriscastaldi and @joaoisme of Cervelo Test Team. I'm ready for the Cervelo Rest Team. Or Armrest Team."
"Nomar retired? I feel 80,000 years old. #redsox"
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Soccer's main rule-making body will discuss the latest controversial bit of Brazilian soccer magic: a penalty-kick maneuver known as the paradinha.
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Tiger Woods apologized for a sex scandal, but he left unclear when he would return to golf.
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Rita Benson LeBlanc discusses her team's role in the post-Katrina recovery in New Orleans and life as a female executive in the NFL.
Prospective players have several options to test their skills—or luck—in Vancouver Games' competitions.
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According to interviews with every team, The Wall Street Journal found that half the league's teams this season have at least one full-time statisticians.
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The Big Ten has been derided for its snail-like pace for years—and for good reason. Compared to every other major conference, the Big Ten is last in terms of a statistic that is used to measure a team's tempo.
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By measuring standard deviations from the mean, there are several recent teams that are actually worse than the New Jersey Nets.
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Since the 2001-02 season, the six major conferences have held a combined 48 tournaments. Only five of them were won by teams that might've missed the NCAAs had they not won the conference tournament.
Number of Atlanta Thrashers that hadn't been born when Chris Chelios, who joined the team this week at age 48, made his NHL debut.
Source: NHL.com
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