Silverman: With David Ortiz, Red Sox finally see a perfect exit and other top stories.

• Silverman: With David Ortiz, Red Sox finally see a perfect exit

  

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It didn’t have to end this way.In fact, it usually hasn’t.For a franchise that has struggled frequently to send off its legends and linchpins with much grace, the Red Sox (and their fans) are enjoying the most amicable goodbye with a legend since Ted Williams.Much of this has to do with the 40-year-old Ortiz dictating the timing of his exit. And a great deal has to do with the prodigious numbers he is posting during his swan song.Without the latter, we will never know if t..

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• What we learned in Week 4: Les Miles' time at LSU has run out after latest gaffe

  

  What a way for Les Miles to end his LSU Tigers career. Les Miles produced the most Les Miles finish ever Saturday night -- that's saying something -- and it's going to finally cost him his job.Because let's be honest: It's over from here on out. The only question is the expiration date. Twelve years of mostly good fortune with clock mismanagement came home to roost as LSU (2-2) botched the waning seconds of a loss to Auburn Tigers , which won without..

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• Reed kicks game-winning field goal as Duke beats Notre Dame

  

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Duke coach David Cutcliffe need not have worried about AJ Reed's confidence. After the freshman missed his first three college field goal attempts, Cutcliffe talked this week about being concerned about Reed's body language after his miss against Northwestern last week. He opted against trying for a field goal with the score tied at 28 early in the fourth quarter, explaining afterward he didn't think a field goal would be enough. But fourth-and-goal with the ball on ..

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• College Football|Stanford's Flawless Finish Masks Its Need for a Quarterback

  

  Photo Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, right, had 165 all-purpose yards against Cameron Judge and U.C.L.A., but until late in the game, the Cardinal had to settle for three field goals. Credit Chris Carlson/Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. — Because an airplane’s flight recorder is so durable that it often survives crashes, a common joke goes, “Why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box?”A similar line could be used in regard to college football, and it wo..

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• Wisconsin might not be exciting, but it's fun to watch

  

  EAST LANSING, Mich. -- They do football the old-fashioned way at Wisconsin. Remember huddles? Remember fullbacks? Old-fashioned might be too newfangled a descriptive for this offense."Archaic," head coach Paul Chryst said after his No. 11 Badgers humiliated No. 8 Michigan State 30-6 in both teams' Big Ten Conference opener.The Badgers don't flip the ball to the official and run back to the line of scrimmage. They huddle until the 40-second clock has done half its work. They walk back to the line..

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