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  1. Leading Off: Rangers go bold, La Russa overthinks; Kinsler's big dash, Lions health crisis; Vancouver booing Lu nyti.ms/rbknNQ
  2. National Writing Day wants to know #whyiwrite. Because there are billions of untold stories and someone has to tell them.
  3. Leading Off: Jets get Dolphin relief; Scuffling coaches escape fine; World Series intros; Indy circuit drawing ire nyti.ms/oYCfWU
  4. Leading Off: The handshake as sports metaphor; Cowboys go meek; Wackiness hits Wrld Series; Few lessons in Weldon death nyti.ms/np1Ohr
  5. Leading Off: Epstein trades Sox mess for new curse; Cruz vaults Texas to brink of WS; Cards just won't die: nyti.ms/r45rIk
  6. Leading Off: Tigers play thru pain. Really; Is it Rally Squirrel time?; Or just Tebow Time? Sad news for Drews nyti.ms/oVvJzo
  7. Leading Off: Of course Raiders won Sunday; Eagles/Falcons/Jets sliding; Sporting gods love Wisconsin (Pack&Brewers) nyti.ms/osuUIq
  8. Leading Off: That wasn't supposed to happen; Tigers topple Yankees, recrimination season begins in NY; Sox tap Ventura? nyti.ms/omuR3b
  9. Leading Off: Burnett unlikeliest Yankee hero w/ Granderson's major assist; Philly's unlikely star; Rays go quietly nyti.ms/ng4nDt
  10. Leading Off: Panic in Yankeeland, now beholden to Burnett (gasp); Rays on brink; Politics hits MNF, ESPN wisely ducks: nyti.ms/nRz9U9
  11. Leading Off: Sunday's karma roundup, Lions/Tigers, Packers/Brewers enjoy it, Jets/Yankees & Philles/Eagles don't nyti.ms/qxPF53
  12. Leading Off: It's (useless) prediction time as playoffs start; Can Rays' magic continue? Will Cliff Lee crack a smile? nyti.ms/pHZeER
  13. Leading Off: 3 minutes that rewrote history; Rays amazing comeback, Sox less-amazing flop; Atlanta completes dive too: nyti.ms/pVGo6c
  14. Leading Off: Baseball's finish, you couldn't make this up; Rays' karma, Sox's unlikely hero, Braves' still falling nyti.ms/n8u83y
  15. Leading Off: Red Sox tailspin deepens; Braves stall; OzzieWorld goes south; Romo plays gritty hero; More hockey slurs nyti.ms/p0BnNi
  16. Terrific, must-read by @NYTJohnBranch on the alarming deaths of hockey enforcers this summer nytimes.com/2011/09/02/spo…
  17. Cant make this stuff up: Ted Williams to be depicted on a 'forever' stamp. (Insert cryogenic frozen head joke here)
  18. Leading Off: Summitt's new role, same old fight; Pearl news; Pryor content to sit; Ways to spend NBA downtime nyti.ms/q5xCMs
  19. Leading Off: Raiders being Raiders, nab Pryor; 49ers address violence, sort of; Injuries, awesome chart & moth madness nyti.ms/p4syBy
  20. Leading Off: Another low moment in stadium violence; LSU joins brawl trend?; Burress, Favre, Tebow & other annoyances nyti.ms/pVByul