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5:05 am
Mon September 3, 2012

Baseball's Small Market Teams Win Big

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Originally published on Mon September 3, 2012 8:29 pm

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

The Oakland A's, with one of the smallest payrolls in Major League Baseball, faced the big-spending Boston Red Sox on Sunday with hopes of capturing their ninth straight victory. And as you can hear from KGMZ radio in San Francisco, the A's won 6-2.

(SOUNDBITE OF KGMZ BROADCAST)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Lavarnway way strikes out. And the A's have swept the Red Sox at the Coliseum for the second time this year.

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4:03 pm
Sun September 2, 2012

Defensive Back Struggles to Hold a Job

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New England Patriots safety Ross Ventrone catches a pass before an an NFL game against the New York Jets and on Nov. 13, 2011, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Originally published on Sun September 2, 2012 5:57 pm

Ross Ventrone has been hired, promoted, or fired by the New England Patriots no fewer than 29 times in two years. The transition the defensive back from Villanova made into the world of professional football has been different from what most people would assume, he tells Guy Raz, host of weekends of All Things Considered.

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5:24 am
Sun September 2, 2012

Fans Not Pleased With NFL's Replacement Refs

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Now, to sports.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LIFE IS A BALL GAME")

WYNONNA CARR: (Singing) Life is a ball game, being played each day...

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5:24 am
Sun September 2, 2012

Paralympian's Pursuit Enables Aspiring Athletes

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Tatyana McFadden has won medals at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and 2008. At this year's games in London, she's participating in every wheelchair race from the 100-meter sprint to the marathon.
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Tatyana McFadden was the wheelchair champion for the 2010 ING NYC Marathon.
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Tatyana McFadden (left) with her sisters Ruthi, 13 (center), and Hannah, 16, who were both adopted from an orphanage in Albania.
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Tatyana McFadden (front), and her sister Hannah practice for the Paralympics on a high school track in Columbia, Md.
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The Two-Way
12:37 pm
Sat September 1, 2012

Fact Check: Paul Ryan Exaggerates Marathon Claim

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Rep. Paul Ryan claimed to have run a marathon in less than three hours.
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Originally published on Sat September 1, 2012 12:48 pm

Correction: the Runner's World calculator discussed below is used for training purposes. A pace calculator estimates that Ryan would have needed to run at about 6:50 per mile to complete a marathon in 2:59.

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5:12 am
Sat September 1, 2012

Week In Sports: U.S. Open To Be Roddick's Last

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Originally published on Sat September 1, 2012 2:31 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

And I wait all week to say time for sports.

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SIMON: The 2012 tennis season is in the home stretch - or is it the last set? What do we call it? The U.S. Open in New York, and it's been eventful. We'll also hit the gridiron in a moment. First, Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine joins us now from New York. Howard, good morning.

HOWARD BRYANT: Good morning, Scott. How are you?

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5:25 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

Navy Lieutenant Swims To Gold In London Paralympics, Months After Injury

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U.S. swimmer Bradley Snyder poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 100m freestyle - S11 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 9:33 pm

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2:18 am
Thu August 30, 2012

Doing It To Win: Veterans Raise Bar At Paralympics

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U.S. rowers Rob Jones and Oksana Masters train at the Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Va. The pair will compete in adaptive rowing at the London Paralympics this week. Jones, a former U.S. Marine, lost both legs to an improvised land mine in southern Afghanistan.
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Jones is one of many U.S. veterans heading to London to compete in the Paralympics. The games are changing as a new generation of wounded war vets from the U.S. and U.K. bring their particularly competitive spirit to London.
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Masters was born with disfigured legs that were later amputated.
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Jones sits on the dock at the Rivanna Reservoir before putting his boat in the water. The Paralympic movement began half a century ago when disabled vets from World War II started looking for a way to continue active lifestyles.
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The teammates use a specially adapted rowing shell that is rigged with attachments so they can row comfortably, and slip in and out of the boat on their own.
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Brad Lewis coaches Jones and Masters from a chase boat.
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The athletes put on their prosthetic limbs after the training session.
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Jones wipes sweat from his head after a morning workout with Masters. Organizers of the games say the new vets raise the caliber of the competition; veterans say Paralympic sports provide inspiration and therapy for young, catastrophically injured soldiers.
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Rob Jones and Oksana Masters will compete in adaptive rowing at the London Olympics this week. Jones is a former U.S. Marine who lost both legs to an improvised land mine in southern Afghanistan.
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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 10:22 am

On a placid summer morning last month, before the Virginia heat could hit them, a former U.S. Marine and his partner lifted their rowing scull into the glassy water of the Rivanna River, near Charlottesville.

"First thing I do is take these legs off," said Rob Jones, who like his rowing partner, Oksana Masters, is a double, above-the-knee amputee. They're the U.S. team for mixed-doubles rowing at the 2012 London Paralympics, which started Wednesday.

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Tropical Storm Isaac
9:36 pm
Wed August 29, 2012

Isaac forces Xavier runners out of meet

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Xavier University says its men's and women's cross country teams have withdrawn from a met scheduled Friday at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.

The university closed Monday as Tropical Storm Isaac approached and will not reopen until Tuesday.

University officials said it is school policy that teams do not compete when Xavier closes for emergencies.

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