ENGLAND LEAGUE CUP: The 4-3 win over Blackburn was helped along by Emile Heskey, who knocked in a pair of headers. Portsmouth won its match in extra time
Emile Heskey's two second-half headers Wednesday gave Liverpool a 4-3 victory at Blackburn and a place in the final 16 of England's League Cup.

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Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o and Dutch striker Arnold Bruggink netted late goals Wednesday as lowly Mallorca shocked Spanish league leader Deportivo de La Coruna 2-0.

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WORLD CUP: With a style described by coach Eddie O'Sullivan as 'reckless abandon,' the hooker is a veteran of 56 tests and has captained his country a record 34 times
Keith Wood looks the archetypal rugby hooker -- bald, bulky and bent nosed.

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NBA UNDERWAY: The 18-year-old rookie sensation had 25 points, nine assists, six rebounds and four steals, but it still wasn't enough to lift Cleveland past Sacramento
LeBron James more than lived up to his hype in the first regular-season game of his NBA career, playing like no other 18-year-old ever had in his professional debut as the Cleveland Cavaliers lost 106-92 Wednesday night to the Sacramento Kings.

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Toronto pitcher Roy Halladay was the top player in baseball this year, according to the annual statistical rankings released Wednesday by the Elias Sports Bureau.

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President George W. Bush signed legislation awarding Congress' highest honor to Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson more than half a century after the former Brooklyn Dodger broke major league baseball's color barrier.

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The executive caregivers of the NBA fret over the immaturity of teenagers who arrive swathed in blue blankets on their doorstep without so much as a college kegger for a life experience, yet they have become playground pushers of LeBron James.

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Mario Lemieux became the sixth player in NHL history with 1,700 points with an assist that started a four-goal run by Pittsburgh, but the New York Islanders scored twice in the third period for a 4-4 tie.

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