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5 KELVIN SAMPSON. As in: "Excuse me for being Sampsony, but I need to take this call."

Book Idea of the Week

AFTER THE Game 4 Lakers collapse, I got to thinking: I'd love to see a compilation of columns that were written in advance of a game or during an apparent blowout, but never ran because the news changed. I want to read about Big Brown's Triple Crown, Greg Norman taking the 1996 Masters and the Red Sox ending the curse in '86. Beyond being a trip to an alternate reality, the book would be a tribute to the unpredictability of sports, a history of what everyone was absolutely sure would happen—right before it didn't.

THE FINE PRINT: The Iraqi National soccer team won its World Cup qualifying match against China. So, the surge is working.

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