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United hosts none other than league-leading Manchester City next Sunday in another huge game.
Sir Alex's Big Game Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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Rodriguez wound up averaging 12.9 points and a league-leading 5.8 assists.
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On the color side, Daryl Johnston spoke at a league-leading 99.3 wpm, and Ron Jaworski talked the least at 30.4 note: he's part of a three-man booth.
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Mark Teixeira hit a moon shot into the second tier in right field for his league-leading 24th homer, while Nick Swisher hit his 10th as they pushed the losing Red Sox further back in the AL East race.
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Little-noticed while playing for small colleges Morgan State and Towson State, he burst into the NFL with a league-leading 582 punt return yards and 117 rushing yards in his rookie season.
The Pan Has Flashed Before Kevin Clark 2012
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Mark Teixeira hit a moon shot into the second tier in right field for his league-leading 24th homer, while Nick Swisher hit his 10th as they pushed the losing Red Sox further back in the AL East race.
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Much like the league-leading Brandon Llyod, he doesn't fit on this team.
Some questions about Mike Shanahan's handling of Devin Thomas LaVar Arrington 2010
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Rodriguez wound up averaging 12.9 points and a league-leading 5.8 assists.
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In 1966, Mr. Starr threw for just 14 touchdowns, but his yards-per-throw average was a league-leading 9.0, one of the highest in the NFL over the past 50 years—higher even than Mr. Rodgers, last season's Super Bowl MVP, who averaged 8.3 with 28 TD passes.
It's How Well They Throw the Ball Allen Barra 2011
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Girardi spends a lot of time defending his Yankees against the charge that they hit "too many" home runs—a league-leading 71 so far this year, good for an astronomical 52 percent of their runs scored.
Balls Take Yankee Bounce Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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