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Baseball fans: Take a quick tour of all 30 major league ballparks
Authors Josh Pahigian and Kevin O’Connell explore America's major league ballparks in "The Ultimate Baseball Road."
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Peyton Manning: Where does he rank among the best NFL quarterbacks?
Where does Peyton Manning rank when it comes to the NFL's Top 5 best quarterbacks?
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The Monitor's 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame picks
The Christian Science Monitor has taken a hard look at the 17 nominees for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and picked seven men who would get our vote.
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Top 10 You-can’t-write-this-stuff moments from the NFL season
From mind-blowing plays to 8 head coaches given the axe to Randy Moss wearing out his welcome with two teams inside a month, the 2010 NFL season was full of unexpected moments. Here is our top ten.
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Heisman Trophy: Top 10 winners who succeeded in pro football
The Heisman Trophy was awarded Saturday night to Auburn QB Cam Newton, as the most outstanding college football player in 2010. But a Heisman is not a guarantee of success in the NFL. Some of the 74 winners since 1935 didn't make the transition, some didn't live up to their potential due to injury. With help from heisman.com and nfl.com, we compiled a list of Heisman winners who went on to have the most success on the professional gridiron.
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Finding my voice
How a shy, quiet child became a superloud fan.
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Colin Kaepernick: More than a 49ers backup QB?
49ers QB Colin Kaepernick and linebacker Aldon Smith teamed up to vanquish the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. Colin Kaepernick, in his first NFL start, passed for 243 yards and two touchdowns.
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Baseball fans: Take a quick tour of all 30 major league ballparks
Authors Josh Pahigian and Kevin O’Connell explore America's major league ballparks in "The Ultimate Baseball Road."
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Brooklyn Nets launch new logo. Reactions mixed (+video)
The Brooklyn Nets have released a new logo, designed by rapper and co-owner Jay-Z. Love it or hate it, it won't really catch on until the Brooklyn Nets start winning more basketball games.
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NFL draft: Why Andrew Luck's rookie salary has shrunk (+video)
NFL draft 2012 top picks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III won't be making the huge money of some of their top pick predecessors, like Sam Bradford and Matthew Stafford. New rules limiting rookie salaries ensure NFL draft 2012 picks have to prove their worth on the field before making the big bucks.
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Peyton Manning: Where does he rank among the best NFL quarterbacks?
Where does Peyton Manning rank when it comes to the NFL's Top 5 best quarterbacks?
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Pro Football Hall of Fame: How are players nominated?
The Pro Football Hall of Fame will announce its 2012 class on Saturday, the day before Super Bowl XLVI. We take a look at the nomination process.
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The Monitor's 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame picks
The Christian Science Monitor has taken a hard look at the 17 nominees for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and picked seven men who would get our vote.
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Opinion: Brady, Manning worshippers: Football is our religion, Tebow. Don't mess with it.
Americans expect religious rhetoric from GOP candidates, not quarterbacks like Tim Tebow. That crosses a line into divisiveness. Football brings people together: Your denomination might be Giants or Patriots, but we're all the same underneath.
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Peyton Manning retiring? He has good years left.
Peyton Manning's future is still in question. But if the Colts don't want him, other teams will gladly take Peyton Manning.
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Tim Tebow and Tom Brady: Opposite in every way? Maybe not.
Scripture-quoting Tim Tebow and the Broncos take on the Patriots' Super Bowl-winning golden boy, Tom Brady, on Saturday in an 'Odd Couple' NFL matchup of epic proportions.
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Tim Tebow notches another victory for Denver Broncos
Tim Tebow is now 5-1 as the Denver Bronco's starting quarterback. Tim Tebow led Denver to a 16-13 victory over the San Diego Chargers. A look at the other NFL games Sunday.
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Carson Palmer acquired by Raiders after refusing to play for Bengals
Carson Palmer and the Cincinnati Bengals were in a stalemate with Palmer refusing to play and the Bengals refusing to trade him, until Cincinnati was offered a first round pick in 2012 and second round pick in 2013.
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Change Agent
To fight hunger, donate 'Just One Can'Tony Marren founded Operation Just One Can to make it easy for Americans to get involved in solving the problem of hunger in the United States.
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Al Davis: a football maverick remembered
During his many years as the coach and chief executive of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis had one simply stated motto: 'Just win, baby.'
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Monday Night Football: Patriots-Dolphins and Raiders-Broncos kick it off
Monday Night Football kicks off the 2011 season with the Dolphins hosting the Patriots and the Raiders facing the Broncos. ESPN recently announced an extension of their Monday Night Football television deal with the NFL, worth some $15 billion.
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Paying people to ID violent sports fans: a winning idea?
A California lawmaker wants to set up a fund to pay people who help identify violent sports fans. His legislation comes after brutal attacks this year at Dodger Stadium and Candlestick Park.
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NFL preseason kicks off Thursday night
NFL preseason: The games begin Thursday night, with five contests. One NFL preseason matchup Thursday features a pair of playoff teams from a year ago.
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NFL lockout: Teams cut payrolls. Commissioner gets $1.
NFL lockout forces at least seven teams to cut payrolls, either through furloughs or salary reductions, until NFL lockout ends. Some owners stand by NFL workers.
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Barry Bonds verdict: A conviction likely to satisfy no one
Following a 12-day trial and four days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of baseball star Barry Bonds convicted him of obstruction of justice for lying to a grand jury in 2003 about steroid use.
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Farmers Field: L.A. edges closer to building $1 billion football stadium
Farmers Field – a planned $1 billion football stadium in downtown L.A. – takes a few small steps toward reality this week. It could be finished by 2015. But many hurdles remain.
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Top 10 You-can’t-write-this-stuff moments from the NFL season
From mind-blowing plays to 8 head coaches given the axe to Randy Moss wearing out his welcome with two teams inside a month, the 2010 NFL season was full of unexpected moments. Here is our top ten.
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The land the Super Bowl forgot: Is L.A. in line for a $1 billion stadium?
One company has vowed to build a $1 billion stadium to help L.A. entice the Super Bowl, the Final Four, and an NFL team. But there are skeptics as well as cheerleaders.
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Heisman Trophy: Top 10 winners who succeeded in pro football
The Heisman Trophy was awarded Saturday night to Auburn QB Cam Newton, as the most outstanding college football player in 2010. But a Heisman is not a guarantee of success in the NFL. Some of the 74 winners since 1935 didn't make the transition, some didn't live up to their potential due to injury. With help from heisman.com and nfl.com, we compiled a list of Heisman winners who went on to have the most success on the professional gridiron.
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Chapter & Verse
12 things I learned about pro football historyI thought I knew a lot about pro football but "The Ones Who Hit the Hardest" was full of surprises.
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