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An Offense That Doesn’t End (Rays vs Red Sox)
At the end of the day, it simply doesn’t look like the Tampa Bay Rays have quality pitching that’s enough to handle the non-stop offense the Boston Red Sox bring to the table this season and in this series, with game 2 highlighting the home run hitting ability of David Ortiz, helping his team take a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Stanford Cardinal – Not Good Enough to Win Without Officials
Washington have every right to feel like they should have come out of Stanford stadium with a win and remaining undefeated, but Kevin Smith’s catch was eventually called incomplete thanks to the booth, and the Cardinal carry on with their perfect (so far) season, hoping that this time it ends with more than just the Rose Bowl.
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Georgia Bulldogs – Aaron Murray Left All Alone
Being a one-loss team in the SEC doesn’t end your chances of going to the BCS championship game if you can win the conference. However, Georgia find themselves in quite a lot of trouble with a too tight win over Tennessee, and Aaron Murray losing playmakers around him and not having much left to play with.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Carlos Hyde Makes Up for Braxton Miller Turnovers
Everyone predicted Northwestern to be toughest game on the slate for Ohio State, and the predictions came true. Luckily, despite Braxton Miller turning the ball over three times, some big plays by the defense, special teams and Carlos Hyde were enough to keep the winning streak and title hopes alive, advancing to 18 straight and 5-0 this season.
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College Football – Close Calls Will Affect First BCS Standings
Only one undefeated team, Washington, lost this weekend, but no championship heavyweights lost. However, the struggles Ohio State, Stanford and Georgia had in week 6 mean that the first release of the BCS Standings will be affected by these close calls, while Alabama, Oregon and Clemson continued to cruise, leading a group of 17 undefeated teams.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Leaves Scoring Up to Alexis Sanchez
For those expecting Neymar to fill the scoring void left by the Lionel Messi injury, there are other players to look to in hope of making up for his absence, such as Alexis Sanchez, who upon his third season at Barcelona is finally looking like the forward the team envisioned when they first signed him.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Can’t Get More Clutch Than This
Every bit of criticism poured onto Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti is justified, but most of the time, it doesn’t matter. Cristiano Ronaldo can’t stop scoring goals during injury time, truly making something out of the nothing that is his team’s open play, while Karim Benzema is fading away into obscurity and Isco isn’t as good as advertised.
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Manchester United – Adnan Januzaj is the Only Player David Moyes Trusts
Sometimes the player does match the hype, and all the talk of Adnan Januzaj before the season and during his cameo appearances for Manchester United turned out to be quite accurate foreplay for the main course. While Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie look like shadows of their former selves at the moment, the young Belgian winger seems like the only refreshing thing in a malfunctioning Manchester United team.
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AS Roma – Francesco Totti Keeps the Perfection Going
Maybe until he doesn’t win a second Serie A title with AS Roma and become the greatest scorer in league history, Francesco Totti won’t retire. A brace in the clinical 3-0 win over Inter, he led his team to carry on with their perfect start, while pushing himself closer to the seemingly unreachable Silvio Piola.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Luckily Keeps Title Hopes Alive
Once again, a bit too much of injury time saves Real Madrid from being knocked out of the La Liga title race. This time, Cristiano Ronaldo needed a lucky bounce and Alvaro Morata to give his team any kind of hope with the first goal of the season for him in a dramatic and undeserved 3-2 win over Levante.