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Van Slyke explores 'The Curse'Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:47PMMike Callan was Andy Van Slyke’s baseball coach at New Hartford High School in the late 1970s. Now, he is the model and namesake for the hero of Van Slyke’s new novel, “The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! … Or Do They?”  

Robby goes yard to beat RaysSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:47PMRobinson Cano's 21st home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie, powering the Yanks to a 5-4 win over the Rays.

No bottom in sight for Mariners, but maybe one coming for Don WakamatsuSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:47PMNot much left to say after this 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins. The Mariners are a team in freefall. There appear to be no answers to what has ailed them all season. Tonight, against a so-so starting pitcher, the Mariners had three hits in eight innings. They got one more in the ninth.

A Canadian key drives a Chinese successSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:46PMYong Hui Li took his Canadian experience of auto financing to build a truck-leasing empire in China. He is just one example of transnational citizens adapting proven models for different cultures

Goal of homeless soccer players is to have a chance to start overSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:46PMA vuvuzela blares over the announcer, and players use their feet to navigate around defenders. Sports - Soccer - United States - CONCACAF - Association football

Women's baseball: Wooster graduate seeking spot on the U.S. national teamSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:46PMWhen Lilly Jacobson was a 12-year-old girl playing Little League games in Reno among a team full of boys, umpires would pull her to the side and ask the same question.

A view from the very top of what's plaguing the D.C. areaSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:46PMJudging by all the woes that have afflicted the Washington region so far in 2010, you might wonder whether we're being punished for somehow offending the Almighty. Rodent - United States - Population - Canada - Xinjiang

Golf: City Championship notebookSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:45PMGOLFING BUDDIES: J.R. Cobos has been playing in the City Championship for as long as he can remember. And there aren’t a whole lot of tournaments that develop the same kind of friendships. “I enjoy the atmosphere, the camaraderie of all the...

Riding in grand styleSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:45PMDespite an afternoon shower that might have hampered the crowd, cycling in Dalton still got a boost out of Saturday’s running of the Dalton Grand Prix as part of the Georgia Cup bicycling league. Riders from across the Southeast — as well as a larger than expected contingent of local riders — navigated the six-tenths of a mile circuit through downtown while the smell of smoked turkey legs and ...