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Even in this age of specialization, you still see crossover athletes. At Hampton High, for example, football players Andy Allison and Jordan Roby play baseball in the spring. Star running back Tron Martinez was on the basketball team last winter. What...

Jayme Varco of Gloucester has gotten into five games so far in her freshman season on the University of Louisville's field hockey team (7-4, 2-1 Big East). Varco, a 5-foot-2 midfielder, is breaking into collegiate competition with a squad that has...

Each week, Gregg Sarra will pick the top 10 teams on Long Island for the fall season. Here is this week's list: 1) GARDEN CITY FIELD HOCKEY Can anyone defeat the Trojans? Garden City, which recently shut out a talented Manhasset team, remains...

Top 10 Polls: Football -- Boys Soccer -- Girls Soccer -- Field Hockey -- X-Country   BIG 10 POLL Each week Newsday will recognize the top programs of the fall season with its Big 10 poll. The poll is an all-inclusive poll for all team sports. 1....

The three-time defending state champion and No. 2-ranked Severna Park field hockey team will get its usual stern test when it competes Saturday in the Sally E. Nyborg Invitational at Roland Park. The Falcons will open against defending 3A state...

Thad Lewis threw three touchdown passes to Eron Riley to help host Duke to a 41-31 victory over Navy. Lewis threw for 317 yards and ran for 41 more, and Riley had eight catches for 137 yards for the Blue Devils (2-1). Duke also got a 37-yard fumble...

A report this week says what we've known for, like, infinity: Baltimore needs a new arena to replace the old arena. In the old arena, I saw, among many other entertainments, Raw is War, the Village People, Sesame Street Live, eight Russian women on pogo...

The Cubs ended their regular season Sunday with an 8-4 loss to Cincinnati, but the Cinderella story doesn't end there. After the New York Mets lost a few minutes later, the Cubs were assured of a National League Division Series matchup against Arizona,...

Ask Paul returns to address the glut of outfielders, the Theriot dilemma, Lou's press conferences and other extremely relevant issues: Against the Nationals, I noticed whenever a Cub got a hit they would look toward the dugout and do a pointing/wagging...

Bad hands have made short work of good intentions for the Blackhawks countless times this season, and it happened yet again Friday night. The offensively challenged Hawks gave the Edmonton Oilers all they could handle at Rexall Place on the fifth stop of...

The next week could be the longest seven days in the short NHL coaching career of Trent Yawney. With the Blackhawks' losing streak at seven after Thursday night's 2-1 loss to the visiting Detroit Red Wings, the Hawks have seven days before they face...

Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release. Late April: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM: The corporate train wreck unfolds through insider interviews and company video and audio tapes. THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES: An outgunned...