New York City Opera declared a rehearsal lockout, and the unions said this could mean that the season will be canceled.

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New York City Opera Declares Rehearsal Lockout

Northampton inflict a first away defeat of the season on Premiership leaders Harlequins.

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Northampton 24-3 Harlequins

Fly-halves Owen Farrell and Freddie Burns land five penalties apiece to record the first Premiership draw of the season for both sides.

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Saracens 15-15 Gloucester

Champions Saracens win in front of a record 82,000 crowd at Twickenham to inflict a first Premiership defeat of the season on leaders Harlequins.

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Harlequins 11-19 Saracens

Even in success, failure often finds the Redskins . For so long now, they’ve been defined by disappointment. It’s as much a part of them as their uniforms. Despite performing well in stretches Sunday during its most entertaining game of the season, Washington again found ways to lose , 34-27 to the New England Patriots at FedEx Field. Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins find failure again, even on a good day

Manchester United confirm that captain Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of the season after suffering knee ligament damage.

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Man Utd’s Vidic is out for season

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor is likely to miss the rest of the season as he prepares to undergo surgery on his injured Achilles.

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Taylor set to miss rest of season

LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, is prepping for the biggest shopping week of the season and Monday announced several national deals in honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (LivingSocial is run by Tim O’Shaughnessy, who is Post. Co. Chairman and chief executive Don Graham’s son-in-law.) Read full article > >

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Black Friday 2011: LivingSocial announces half-off deals

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It’s hard to pick the most compelling element of Sunday’s race to decide the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship . Was it the jaw-dropping comeback? The historic duel? The down-to-the-wire finish? Even Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards couldn’t quite believe the race they’d just run, the season they had just concluded, the history they had just made. Read full article > >

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NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins at Homestead to edge Carl Edwards in thrilling title race

After five straight dismal performances, the Washington Redskins broke out of their funk Sunday to put on one of their best offensive showings of the season and nearly end the worst losing streak of Coach Mike Shanahan’s career. But in the end the result was the same, as the Dallas Cowboys escaped FedEx Field with a 27-24 overtime victory in a fierce rivalry game that marked the first time since 1998 the Redskins have been defeated six straight times. Read full article > >

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Redskins vs. Cowboys: Washington loses to Dallas in overtime, 27-24

Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, Coach Mike Shanahan said Monday. Hightower, who started five of six games this season and leads the Redskins with 321 rushing yards and a touchdown on 84 carries, suffered the injury in the third quarter of Washington’s 33-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers Sunday. Read full article > >

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Tim Hightower out for the year with ACL tear

When the Washington Capitals host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, they’ll aim to win five straight games to open a season for the first time in franchise history. Their franchise player, meantime, will be aiming for his first breakout performance of 2011-12. Alex Ovechkin has just one goal, one assist, a plus-minus rating of minus-2 and 15 shots on goal through the season’s first four games. Read full article > >

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Caps’ Alex Ovechkin works to break out from slow start

The Redskins got the reality check that almost had to arrive sooner or later. So, it’s probably just as well that their 20-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles came early in the season, while their record is still 3-2. A winning record is a fine psychological cushion, especially when an improving but still rebuilding team has to cope with problems that, since preseason, have been simmering issues. And now have arrived full-blown. Read full article > >

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Against Eagles, Redskins get a reality check on offensive line, defense and quarterback

The Redskins got the reality check that almost had to arrive sooner or later. So, it’s probably just as well that their 20-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles came early in the season, while their record is still 3-2. A winning record is a fine psychological cushion, especially when an improving but still rebuilding team has to cope with problems that, since preseason, have been simmering issues. And now have arrived full-blown. Read full article > >

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Against Eagles, Redskins get a reality check on offensive line, defense and quarterback

N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the season Monday night, saying the sides were “very far apart on virtually all issues.”

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N.B.A. Cancels Two Weeks of Play