What is the greatest sports call ever? According to the readers of NYSportsJournalism.com:
Al Michaels "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" 39.5%
Andres Cantor "Goooaaaalll!" 15.8%
Howard Cosell "Down goes Frazier!" 14.5%
Russ Hodges "The Giants win the pennant!" 9.2%
Jack Buck "I don't believe what I just saw!" 7.9%
Kevin Harlan "With no regard for human life!" 6.6%
Johnny Most "Havlicek stole the ball!" 3.9%
Others 2.6%
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“Not the way I wanted my first day to go, but I want to get the ball and [to] get back out there." — Colorado Rockies pitcher Manny Delcarmen, in his first appearance since being acquired from the Boston Red Sox, after allowing four hits and four earned runs in a third of an inning and taking the loss on Sept. 2 against the Philadelphia Phillies in a game in which Colorado had 20 hits and scored 11 runs but lost, 12-11.

BUY Chris Chelios, who retired from the NHL this week after 26 seasons, was the second-oldest player (48) to ever appear in an NHL game (Gordie Howe was 52), is the only player in league history to appear in at least 400 games for three different teams and played in a league record 266 post-season games. He also was a member of four Olympic hockey teams representing the U.S.

SELL Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich, expected to start on Sept. 12 in the team's season opener in replace of suspended quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, hurt his knee in a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers on Sept. 2 and is out indefinitely, currently leaving Dennis Dixon as the starting QB.

HOLD Beatrice Capra, 18, ranked No. 371 going into the US Open, is being compared to Melanie Oudin, who last year took the Open by storm when she was 17, after Capra defeated No. 18 ranked Aravane Rezai on Sept. 2 in their second-round match. Oudin, who reached the quarter-finals in 2009, has already been eliminated in this year's Grand Slam event.

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