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By BABE WAXPAK
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Dear Babe: My son recently purchased what appears to be an old copy of a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card in an antique store. I'm trying to determine if this blue card is a recent "fake" or an actual reproduction that was produced years ago.

By BRIAN BLOMSTER
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
On a not-too-long stretch of a Northern California river, techniques varied; personalities, too. This was monotheism of many _ sometimes clashing _ denominations.

Despite the dogmatic differences, though, all agree the object of veneration is worth the liturgical conflict.

By RACHEL BLOUNT
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
About eight or nine years ago, Bill Weller and his cousin, Herb Brooks, spoke to a youth hockey group in North St. Paul, Minn. They shared their vision for a new way of doing things, one that would encourage more kids to participate and develop their skills while having plenty of fun.

Brooks had long been dismayed by a youth hockey culture that revolved around elite traveling teams playing overstuffed schedules.

"We talked about revamping the way things were done," Weller said.

By GERRY DULAC
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Gerry Dulac's weekly NFL prediction capsules.

Last week: 7-9

Season record: 92-53 (.634)

Pittsburgh Steelers (3-6) at Cleveland Browns (3-6)

WHEN: 1 p.m., Sunday, Cleveland Stadium

THE SKINNY: Last time at the Dawg Pound, James Harrison and the Steelers body-slammed the Browns and their fans.

By JEFF LEGWOLD
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
To sit or not to sit.

That continues to be the question. Nobody knows that more than Philip Rivers.

Rivers started an NCAA record 51 games with North Carolina State, he was the MVP of five bowl games _ four postseason bowls with the Wolfpack to go with the Senior Bowl _ he had 18 300- yard games in college, seven 400-yard games, his father was a high school coach and Rivers was throwing a regulation football in first grade.

By JOHN CRUMPACKER
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
In 20 years as a pro football wide receiver, Jerry Rice used hands that once caught bricks from his father to catch more passes, for more yards and for more touchdowns than anyone in NFL history.

By SHELLY ANDERSON
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Before there was Rutgers and the Bowl Championship Series and the hullabaloo over whether the Scarlet Knights should be worthy of national championship consideration if they finish undefeated, there was Penn State in 1969.

The Nittany Lions, under fourth-year coach Joe Paterno (doesn't that sound odd?), were not yet a powerhouse.

By MIKE MULHERN
Friday, November 17, 2006
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still second-guessing his run at Texas Motor Speedway where he was ailing with the flu, but ran up front early only to slap the wall and lose time for repairs.