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Only in America My Only in America column appeared weekly in Scotland on Sunday - may require (free) site registration On-line editions only available. For information on syndication of these or other articles, or new commissions, please contact me. All Rights Reserved, Mark Woods

2005 02/1 NFL's nifty set-up ensures play-off competition still hot 09/1  Four hopefuls for Super Bowl will experience déjà vu all over again On-line editions only available

2004 04/1: Stakes are high and memories short in Not For Long game 11/1: Looking at baseball enigma through Rose-tinted specs 17/1: This is the day for genuine gridiron thrills 25/1: Fourteen-year-old talents strike out 01/2: Las Vegas would make ideal setting - if they banned gambling 08/2: Players' strike looming in ice-hockey face-off 15/2: Joe Public eclipsed while celebs grab all-star status 22/2: Colorado confronted by new allegation with sexual basis 29/2: Manager reckons steroid witch-hunt smacks of McCarthyism 07/3: Marge put her faith in hair of the dog 14/3: Ice-hockey brawling no longer thrilling after neck broken 21/3: Polk's determined streak lands special place in NFL folklore 28/3: March Madness virus can slam and dunk you without warning 04/4: Yankees suffer devilish sinking feeling despite heroics of Japan's risen son 11/4: Stanley Cup gets its skates on 18/4: Watch for new vehicle following CART 25/4: Frills and spills on offer as sensuous alternative to NFL 02/5: NFL's draft keeps a nation glued to the TV 09/5: Bolt for Stanley Cup turns into marathon on ice for Tortorella 16/5: Student athletes' betting over the odds 23/5: Basketball's positive discrimination backfires 30/5: Iginla pucks the trend as a black role model for ice hockey 06/6: Can Lakers' giant egos stick together to paste the Pistons? 13/6: Young wordsmith Tidmarsh proves last word in spelling 20/6: Stirring up issues of race and religion in sport 27/6: Baseball tries real world series 04/7: Maverick Cuban pushes million-to-one offer 18/7: Fights and a flying orange squeezes life out of top race 25/7: McGriff looks for magic number 01/8: New Orleans howls as Ricky the running back turns backpacker 08/8: In the name of the father, Roger gets hump and strikes out again 15/8: Contracts are out 22/8: Feminine touches drive alternative Dream Team 29/8: America's Athens angels restore national pride 05/9: Bryant's ravaged image given a life sentence 12/9: Wannabee fight shows series of low blows 19/9: Fans' rights bruised as pitcher takes the chair to ward off taunts 03/10: Expos bid adieu to Montreal after Washington wooing wins through 10/10: Sport for American bad boys means thrill of the chase 24/10: Sorry tale of gridiron gods rings too true 31/10: Kid gloves are off as Cubs inherit mantle of longest-running curse 14/11: Return of The Artest formerly known as an NBA player 28/11: Customer not always right, particularly when he starts a big fight 05/12: Baseball star used bum and tum jabs 12/12: NBA rookies Bobcats win race for a slice of basketball history 19/12: Pass to Bryant's wife by sidelined star misdirected 26/12: Bertuzzi bucks up as judge goes soft

2003 12/1: Only in America 16/2: Hotlanta filled with weird ideas in entertainment, but where did Bill Clinton go? 23/2: Imagine the reaction of Big Apple's boogying Jetes set to Ferguson's disapproving stare 02/3: Celtics struggle to lure $30m Baker 09/3: Perspective diminishes Jeter's revelations 23/3: Dixie Chicks silenced in baseball circles 06/4: Texas twinkling with stars as both sexes indulge in helpings of March Madness 20/4: Meandering Trail Blazers dopes ordered to go straight 27/4: Laughable variations in doping criteria 04/5: Moral majority harries unhappy Larry for consorting with minors 11/5: Jordan a Wizard no longer after managerial skills leave him down and out 18/5: X marks spots where wild and wicked activities inspire rising generation 25/5: Local boy LeBron will be laughing all the way to his bank 01/6: Who the devil cares after New Jersey nets sensational share of success? 08/6: Home-run expert Sosa uncorks scornful response 15/6: Oakland's Robbins reveals odd disorder which led him to wander and leave Bowl empty 29/6: Little League ID deemed essential after base elements caught breaking age rule 06/7: Student feared murder victim as wacky Waco invades nation's psyche again 13/7: Simple Simon comes a cropper as pirate racing sausage takes a tumble 20/7: Puerto Rico picks up benefits from the import Expos industry 27/7: Triple jump triumph proves you can teach your dog new tricks 03/8: Fatal end to hunt for player stresses intensity of on-campus rivalries 10/8: Clarett bids to follow Moses to the promised land of sporting millionaires 17/8: Academy pitches in 24/8: Braves' new world of client joy extends to 21 breeds of hot dog - plus Scooby-Doo 31/8: Soccer still struggling for fair kick at the ba' 07/9: 'Say it ain't so' cry Windy City's squabbling also-rans as World Series glory looms 14/9: Chicago Bulls have got balls to parade party animals as cheerleaders 21/9: It's a penalty after mascot's larking about proves too much for officialdom 28/9: Raiders' Super Seb sustains shocking record of kicking up a storm 5/10: Fervent hopes that damn Yankees will fall back 12/10: Rodeo riders emerge bruised but bullish from extreme venture 19/10: Yankees coach's grudge match with critical boss ends in departure 26/10: Grizzled Brown intends to stir up his Grizzlies 02/11: The Shaq-waves are reverberating around Lakers 09/11: Tennessee event proves sizzling success 16/11: Real globetrotter Deng jumps through hoops to make a name for himself on US courts 28/12: The stars and the strops that make the US great