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JIM REEVES ANAHEIM, Calif. — It is three hours before game time Thursday and pitchers Frankie Francisco and Matt Harrison are playing chess in the visiting clubhouse at Angels Stadium. Ian Kinsler is sitting between them, watching and he’s almost beside himself.First he mildly scolds Francisco for a move, then it’s Harrison’s turn to catch his wrath.'You could have won the game right there, man,' he says, shaking his head. He grabs the errant chess piece and demonstrates the move that should have been made.This is who Ian Kinsler is, a man in search of perfection, mostly in himself, but sometimes that quest bubbles over and scalds those around him.This is not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. Kinsler just became only the third second baseman in major league history to hit 30 or more home runs and steal 30 or more bases in a single season, yet at 26, he is only beginning to scratch the surface of his prodigious talent.This is why watching Kinsler frustrates me

Thinking back over the past ten or twelve years, the most successful on the field in Wasps' history, certain clubs seem to crop up time and time again at important points in the story. Leicester, naturally. Munster, for a variety of reasons. Bath, in a couple of finals.

(The Independent) A warning that the America's Cup could be headed for years in the wilderness has been made by two of the top contenders in an event that can trace its history to Britain in 1851.

This is the quiz Maple Leafs players were given during their retreat in Huntsville, Ont., this year. Answer each of the following 10 questions to see how well you know the team's history.

Angel McCoughtry led all first-year players with 12.8 points and 2.2 steals. She was rewarded Thursday when she was voted the WNBA Rookie of the Year.

WASHINGTON -- Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry is the WNBA's rookie of the year.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Angel McCoughtry wasn't having much fun during the first half of her rookie season. She wasn't playing a lot and was struggling on offense.

Daily New columnist Filip Bondy wrote another history/ghost Jets column today - 'Jets history is filled with fast starts and silly, fitful finishes,' wrote Bondy. 'This is the fourth time they are 3-0. The previous three teams made the playoffs exactly once, while capturing zero championships.'

The Indiana Fever and the Indianapolis Airport Authority will be hostinga 'Welcome Home' rally for the Indiana Fever when they return fromPhoenix ... - WNBA Indiana Fever

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2009 - The Atlanta Dream\'s Marynell Meadors was named the recipient of the 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year Award, the WNBA announced to... - WNBA