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For Page 2's Bill Simmons, Thursday night's twist of the inevitable Red Sox dagger is almost too much to bear. Now the Sports Guy will have to spend the rest of his life wondering about Grady Little's catastrophically moronic managing. Plus, Sportoon looks at two very different championship celebrations.
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Carlton Fisk's home run in '75. Lew Burdette's three wins in '57. Luis Gonzalez's bloop single in 2001. Mazeroski. Gibson. McLain. Page 2 ranks every World Series through the first 100 years of the Fall Classic. Which is the best of all time? Plus, we welcome a couple of newcomers to our list of The Most Painful Losses in Baseball History.

The Real Cubs Curse Midnight Madness
Page 2's Ralph Wiley says the Cubs may be cursed, but not by a billy goat. Instead, the Cubs' ineptitude just might spring from the way they treated Negro League star Rube Foster some 85 years ago.
 As college basketball teams open practice on Friday with Midnight Madness sessions around the country, Page 2's Alysse Minkoff ponders the sad fate of a Sports Spinster without a date for the Big Dance.

THE DAILY QUICKIE
The Daily Quickie says the Red Sox were victims of the Curse of the Grady Goat on Thursday night. Where Torre's managing light shined, Little's wits were dim. Plus, the "Moneyball" Series and 'roid rage.


Don Zimmer and Pedro Martinez? Sure, that was a fun little donneybrook, especially considering the age difference between these two warriors. But does Zim's lumbering charge toward Petey measure up to the outbursts on our list of the best coaching temper tantrums of all time?
10]  Jim Mora
After the Colts lost 40-21 to the 49ers in Indianapolis on Nov. 25, 2001, Mora lost his cool, big-time. "Playoffs?" he said. "Are you kidding me? I just hope we can win a game, another game." So much for standing up for his own guys.
9]  Jeff Van Gundy
He claimed he was trying to protect his player, the Knicks' Larry Johnson. But when the diminutive Van Gundy charged onto the court on April 30, 1998, and grabbed Alonzo Mourning's leg, he looked more like a "human hammock," according to Newsday.
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Sunday Dolphins 5½ Patriots 37
Sunday Cowboys 3 Lions 39
Sunday Giants 3 Eagles 37
Sunday Jets 3 Texans 37½
Monday Chiefs 3½ Raiders 47
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Saturday Minnesota 7 Michigan St. NL
Saturday USC 9½ Notre Dame NL
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TAILGATE TOUR
Page 2 visits the best places in college football, this time in a caboose outside South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium.

WINDY CITY
Page 2's Jim Caple was there when some of Chicago's most notable personalities took in the Cubs' collapse.

CUBBYHOLED
A tough Game 6 loss has Page 2's Eric Neel going cuckoo over the Cubs.

THE LIST
"The List" says Don Zimmer was dead wrong -- and why are people fascinated by him anyway?

INFLATION NATION
Page 2 sent seasoned black-market ticket buyer Darren Rovell on a challenging mission -- get a seat for Game 3 of the ALCS.
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It's Red Sox hurler John Burkett, left, and aged rocker Peter Gabriel. Page 2 has received 46 requests for this match. Browse our archives of past pairs or click here to submit a future duo.


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