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Sideshow: Matt Damon says he'll take freedomWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:15AMWhat is fame, says Oscar-winner Matt Damon, other than a penal colony? Damon says his high-profile friends don't enjoy any real freedom.

THE (07-20-11) EURweb Free-4-All Page/BoardWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:15AM*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE I imagine that one of the reasons that [...]

Editorial: Paying our debtWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:14AMThose who ignore history are entitled to repeat it.

Herald exclusive: Adventures in TranslationWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:14AM“Have you secured a grant to do the translation?” I hadn’t. Foolishly, it hadn’t occurred to me. “Do you at least have a publisher?” he asked next. There was no publisher either. I reported the fact truthfully.

Ogando pitches Rangers to 12th straight win, 7-0Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:13AMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Texas Rangers came into Angel Stadium with a business-as-usual attitude. None of this "critical series" stuff. That's for the second-place team.

'We are striving hard to overtake India as number one cricket team,' says SwannWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:12AMEngland off-spinner Graeme Swann has said that his team is striving hard to overtake India as the number one ranked team in the world.

NBA Sabermetrics: The Ultimate "Moneyball" TeamTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:10PMMoneyball. Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane determined that a sabermetric approach to baseball gave a team a more statistically probable chance of winning. The belief of sabermetrics is that statistics such as batting average, home runs, and RBI are a lot less indicative of a player’s value to his team, than is slugging percentage, on base percentage, and total run production ...

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As England and India prepare for the 2,000th Test, an impassioned call: Test cricket must not dieTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:56PMThere really is nothing like it. It is sport's ultimate contest, a battle over five days full of twists and turns testing its competitors like no other.