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Beside The Points For Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Luck runs out Most teams that get good breaks in close games in the first half of an NFL season will regress, and likewise many teams that lose a lot of their close games will do better in them in the back half. Lots of teams have won or lost […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 6, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman to win the New York City marathon in 40 years in what may be her final competitive marathon. Her time was two hours, 26 minutes, 53 seconds. Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor won the […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 6, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman to win the New York City marathon in 40 years in what may be her final competitive marathon. Her time was two hours, 26 minutes, 53 seconds. Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor won the […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye They finally pulled it off! After 56 years of not winning a World Series, the Astros have done the seemingly impossible and did that exact thing. It was a record-breaking best of seven, but if you want to know what got the Astros there in the first place, it all […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye They finally pulled it off! After 56 years of not winning a World Series, the Astros have done the seemingly impossible and did that exact thing. It was a record-breaking best of seven, but if you want to know what got the Astros there in the first place, it all […]

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