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College football, men's pro basketball, auto racing and men's college basketball also the favorite sports of many people ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, professional football leads baseball by 2-to-1 (30% to 15%) as the nation's favorite sport. Nineteen years ago, in 1985, when The Harris Poll(R) first asked this question, professional football and baseball were in a virtual tie (24% to 23%) for first place. With a few small wobbles in the numbers, football (up six points since 1985) has steadily increased its following at the expense of baseball (down 8 points...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 August 18, 2004Release Number: 04-08-55 MNF ASSIST IN RESTORING ORDER TO AL HAYY CAMP DELTA, Iraq -- Task Force Tomahawk deployed Aug. 17 from Camp Delta in Al Kut to Al Hayy at the request of the governor of Al Kut Province to restore civil order to the city of Al Hayy. Multi-National Force patrols encountered AIF resistance during their patrols in Al Hayy. During one incident, a bus inadvertently entered into the crossfire causing several passengers to be hit...

O's warehouse beckons Bonds Giant downplays long distance, recalls Pirates days with Mazzilli By Roch Kubatko Sun Staff Originally published June 12, 2004 Barry Bonds could have gazed at the B&O warehouse yesterday and imagined the possibilities, if only his line of vision weren't blocked by all the reporters and television cameras packed around him inside the San Francisco Giants' dugout at Camden Yards. He knew it was there, practically daring him to take aim. No player has hit it except for batting practice and the home run contest that preceded the 1993 All-Star Game. Who is more qualified...

Spider-Man is coming to a base near you. Ads for Spider-Man 2 will be placed atop bases at major league ballparks during games from June 11-13 as part of a promotion announced Wednesday. The move is the latest push by baseball to increase its marketing to younger fans -- and make money along the way. "I guess it's inevitable, but it's sad," said Fay Vincent, a former baseball commissioner and former president of Columbia Pictures, which is releasing the movie. "I'm old-fashioned. I'm a romanticist. I think the bases should be protected from this." The Spider-Man promotion has been in...

(July 28, 2003) -- One-hundred-and-twenty players are coming home, and two teams are going overseas. That is the tally as the NFL kicks off its opening preseason weekend -- Saturday, Aug. 2 through Monday, Aug. 4 -- by going back to its roots in Canton, Ohio while continuing to nurture the game in Tokyo, Japan. In the Pro Football Hall of Fame 's 40th Anniversary year, all 144 living members of the Hall have been invited back to Canton, the birthplace of pro football in 1920, for an "NFL Homecoming" celebration. The final number of attendees is expected to reach...

Walker: Sosa's Explanations Don't Add Up 1 hour, 23 minutes ago By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer Sammy Sosa said all the right things. It was a mistake. It was for the fans. It was an accident that will not happen again. A lot of explanations and excuses. And about as hard to believe as many of those 500-foot monster shots he launches. On Wednesday, X-rays showed that 76 of Sosa's bats confiscated a day earlier were clean. Which would mean he somehow hit a 1-in-77 chance of bad luck. Hmmmm. Sosa insists he was using a lighter, corked bat...

Kevin Millwood pitched a no hit, no run game against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at Veterans Staduim.

Incident was night's fourth involving fans on field Associated Press CHICAGO -- A fan came out of the stands during Tuesday night's game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz. Security and players came to Diaz's aid and the fan was quickly taken away. Immediately after Carlos Lee flied out to right to end the eighth inning, the fan ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz, wrapping his arms around the umpire's legs. It was the first appearance by the Royals in Chicago since coach Tom Gamboa was pummeled...

<p>Twins Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett was found not guilty of all charges against him today in Hennepin County District Court.</p> <p>Jurors in the trial of former Twins star Kirby Puckett announced about 3 p.m. that they had reached a verdict, and the verdict was read about 4 p.m.</p>

Comiskey to be renamed U.S. Cellular Field For 93 years, the Chicago White Sox played their home games at Comiskey Park. Now, in a sign of the times, their ballpark is changing names, a switch that will have a corporate ring to it. The team announced Friday that Comiskey Park will now be known as U.S. Cellular Field under a 23-year deal with the wireless service provider that will pay the White Sox $68 million over 20 years. "U.S. Cellular and the White Sox have forged a unique partnership that will provide the resources for major design changes to...