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For many Red Sox fans, humiliating the Expos in their own home park was the ultimate ego-building experience. But that rush of self-esteem in Bostonian veins was sucked straight out of the Montreal faithful, victims of a seemingly doomed franchise. In Monday’s game, a grandmother...

Author: By David R. De remer, | Title: POSTCARD FROM MONTREAL: Boston Invaders Turn Heads | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

That situation is starting to change. And with it, just maybe, so is TV's status as an art form. Suddenly TV's past is everywhere. The all-reruns TV Land, the offshoot of Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite franchise, has increased tenfold in the past five years by offering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Rerun Revival | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

Superstars? The Mariners and their fans are understandably pleased as punch at the way this season is turning out - they lost franchise centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to free agency and his hometown of Cincinnati before the 1999 season, and Alex Rodriguez to a the biggest payday in baseball history, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Year's Best All-Stars Are on the Bench | 7/10/2001 | See Source »

It was an inglorious way for a princess--warrior or otherwise--to end her reign, but if nothing else, the series Xena: Warrior Princess seemed to come to a definitive conclusion. After six seasons, the show's final episode saw Xena, played by LUCY LAWLESS, being riddled with arrows and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 9, 2001 | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

Immediately after the negotiations broke down, Louisiana officials held a press conference to denounce the Saints' plans for a possible Mississippi deal. Steve Perry, chief of staff for Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster, said a move to Mississippi would be "a catastrophic mistake for the franchise on every conceivable level."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Saints, Ready to March into Mississippi | 6/27/2001 | See Source »

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