Puzzling stats explained!

When you are thumbing through a sports section, more than likely you know what "TD" means in football or "HR" in baseball. Then there is the universal "A" used for assists in baseball, basketball and hockey.
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Mother refuses to settle while Northwestern builds own case
University, supplement companies won’t claim responsibility for death

(U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill.—Shoved into a tattered accordion folder, the lawsuit sits on an endless bookshelf in a Chicago courthouse, 2,000 pages long and growing by the month. The file is split at the edges; the pages—all those "whereases" and "wherefores"—spill out the sides.
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Magical start for Mavs
Shaq-less Lakers find themselves at bottom of Pacific Division

The beginning of the NBA season has begged a few interesting questions and answers. Are the Mavericks this good? And, are the Lakers this bad?
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ON THE BASELINE

If you’ve been curing Saturday morning hangovers by flipping through college football games all day, like myself, then you’ve probably witnessed some pretty amazing things over the past couple of weeks. Perhaps the most amazing of all have been the fanatical on-field celebrations.
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Sports News and Notes

High school basketball game defines blowout
The sportsmanship of a Detroit girls high school basketball team is being questioned by its opponent from a Nov. 21 game. Walkerville beat Lakeshore 115-2 in the playoff game. Some of the faculty at Lakshore has been complaining about the lack of sportsmanship showed by the Walkerville state-ranked team accusing them of running up the score.
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