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5350. wabbit - 1/8/2007 4:27:50 PM  LSU junior quarterback JaMarcus Russell will announce his decision regarding the NFL draft at a Wednesday morning news conference, several outlets are reporting. ESPN, citing no sources, reports Russell will skip his senior season and enter the NFL Draft in April. Russell is coming off a 332-yard, two-touchdown performance in the Tigers' 41-14 victory over Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl last week. The 6-foot-6, 252-pounder is expected to be a top-10 selection in April's draft and will battle ND's Brady Quinn to be the first quarterback taken.
Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said Sunday. "It was fairly apparent that this was either an accident or suicide," said Lt. Paul Vernon. Investigators were examining evidence recovered after Danelo's body was found Saturday afternoon near Point Fermin lighthouse in the city's San Pedro section. Someone flying a remote-control airplane noticed something at the bottom of the cliff Saturday and a friend hiked down to the beach and discovered the body, police officials said.
A judge ordered 34 unruly football fans to pick up litter and to perform other acts of community service Monday, the day Ohio State played for the national championship. The fans -- a mix of students, locals and out-of-towners -- admitted to underage drinking, disorderly conduct or both on Nov. 18, when the top-ranked Buckeyes defeated rival Michigan. Municipal Court Judge Julia Dorrian, an Ohio State alumna, said she scheduled the community service Monday to send a message. While other fans will be gearing up for Ohio State's showdown with No. 2 Florida in Glendale, Ariz., the 34 people who received the sentence were expected to spend the day sweeping cigarette butts out of parking lots, cleaning restrooms, picking up litter and pulling weeds at such places as the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the state fairgrounds.
Not that they missed much. With big plays, a marathon drive and a smothering defense, Southern Miss gave Ohio a tough lesson on postseason play. The Golden Eagles also gave a pretty good tutorial on how to make a halftime lead hold up in a 28-7 victory over the Bobcats on Sunday night in the GMAC Bowl. After a scoreless first quarter, Southern Miss (9-5) scored 21 second-quarter points then surged out of halftime with a season-long 17-play touchdown drive that effectively ended any comeback threat.
NCAA Football
5351. wabbit - 1/8/2007 4:28:04 PM  Bill Belichick and Tom Brady won three Super Bowls with Eric Mangini on their side. The Patriots coach taught his former student that maybe he can win another without him -- especially with his quarterback in championship form. The Jets stuck around -- until the second half rolled around. Brady capped long scoring drives with short touchdown passes to Daniel Graham and Kevin Faulk, and Asante Samuel sealed it with a 36-yard interception return for a score with 4:54 left as New England beat Mangini's New York Jets 37-16 on Sunday.
Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts kept their playoff persona alive, looking shaky and sloppy at times. At least on Saturday, they faced a team that struggled even more. While Manning's numbers were good, his performance was mediocre. Fortunately for the Colts, their beleaguered defense bailed them out with a strong effort in a 23-8 victory over the inept Kansas City Chiefs. For most of the day, the Indianapolis defense was so good -- or perhaps more accurately, Kansas City's offense was so bad -- that Manning's miscues didn't stop the AFC South champions from advancing to the next round at Baltimore. While Manning was throwing three interceptions and looking tentative, the Chiefs' Larry Johnson and Trent Green were simply awful for more than 40 minutes.
All Tony Romo had to do was put the ball down and let Martin Gramatica make an easy kick -- just 19 yards, even closer than an extra point. That's where it all slipped away from the Dallas Cowboys. The Pro Bowl quarterback who saved their season ended it, too. Romo's bobble on the field-goal try with 1:19 left led to a scramble that ended 2 yards shy of the end zone and a yard short of a first down, preserving a 21-20 victory for the Seattle Seahawks in the wildest of wild-card games Saturday night.
NFL scores
5352. jexster - 1/9/2007 3:51:27 AM The Ohio State University got a gator by the tail looks like 5353. jexster - 1/9/2007 4:25:40 AM They say The Ohio State University is not used to playing behind. Get used to it baby
Were I a fine citizen of the Great State of Ohio, I'd demand an ethics investigation. I think they threw this one.
This games so lousy, I think I check what's on Military Channel 2nite 5354. iiibbb - 1/9/2007 5:45:51 AM Florida... definitely the best 1-loss team.
Boise State... National Champs!!! 5355. OhioSTOPAS - 1/9/2007 2:03:38 PM Alas, alas. 5356. jexster - 1/9/2007 5:07:29 PM Blame Taft 5357. jexster - 1/9/2007 5:08:36 PM I'm with I3...besides those Boise State boyz sure look tasty 5358. iiibbb - 1/9/2007 10:29:58 PM You like Mormons jex? 5359. jexster - 1/10/2007 9:12:15 PM OH baby! There's a mission not 1/2 mile from where I am right now...they're one of the eye candy summer treats around here 5360. wabbit - 1/15/2007 6:54:27 PM  The Dallas Mavericks felt fortunate to get the victory. Dirk Nowitzki had 38 points and Josh Howard made a go-ahead layup with 0.9 seconds left to rally the Mavericks past the Toronto Raptors 97-96 on Sunday. Toronto's Morris Peterson was told not to switch off Howard and cover Nowitzki during a timeout before the decisive play. But Peterson did, allowing Howard to make a wide-open layup to give Dallas the lead. Toronto's Anthony Parker missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Playing in just his second game with the Denver Nuggets, Steve Blake showed the Portland Trail Blazers what they've been missing. Blake, traded to Milwaukee in the offseason and acquired by Denver from the Bucks last week, had a career-high 25 points against his former team Sunday night, in Denver's 109-93 victory over Portland.
Whoever retouched this photo of Joumana and Jason Kidd should be bitchslapped. Her head is too big, neck is too long, and please do something to mitigate the horror of that boob job. These two sound like a real fun couple. The wife of the New Jersey Nets star has filed her own domestic-violence restraining order, less than a week after the point guard accused her of beating him and extreme cruelty.
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5361. wabbit - 1/15/2007 6:54:45 PM  Reigning champion Roger Federer and former world No. 1 Andy Roddick were a pair of first-round winners, while fourth-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic was sent packing Monday by American Mardy Fish at the Australian Open. The top-seeded/world No. 1 Federer won his 30th straight tennis match by handling German Bjorn Phau 7-5, 6-0, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena.
Former world No. 1s Amelie Mauresmo and Serena Williams highlighted the opening-day winners at the 2007 Australian Open. Mauresmo is the defending champion here in Melbourne. The second-seeded Mauresmo got past American Shenay Perry 6-3, 6-4, while an unseeded Williams waltzed past 27th-seeded Italian Mara Santangelo 6-2, 6-1 in first-round action at Melbourne Park.
Australian Open
5362. wabbit - 1/15/2007 6:56:49 PM  The old Bode Miller is back. He's winning, he's joking and, of course, he's taking risks. Miller took a particularly aggressive line in the final turns of a downhill Saturday before crashing across the finish line to win the hallowed Lauberhorn race and move within two wins of Phil Mahre's U.S. record for World Cup victories. Miller finished in 2 minutes, 28.89 seconds for his 25th World Cup win, 0.65 seconds faster than Didier Cuche of Switzerland. Peter Fill of Italy was third, 1.47 seconds behind Miller. American Steven Nyman was 11th.
American bobsledder Steven Holcomb won a four-man World Cup race Sunday for his second victory in two days. Holcomb and teammates Pavle Jovanovic, Steve Mesler, and Brock Kreitzburg had a combined time of 1 minute, 45.04 seconds, 0.21 ahead of Germany's Andre Lange. Pierre Lueders of Canada was third, 0.25 behind. Lange has now secured the European Championship as the highest-placed European finisher. After four of eight races, Holcomb has 285 points to share fourth place with Lange in World Cup standings. Evgeni Popov of Russia, who finished fourth, leads with 360 points, followed by Leuders with 300 and Janis Minins of Latvia with 285.
Sven Kramer won the men's 10,000 meter race Sunday at the European Speedskating Championships. The Dutch skater won in 13 minutes, 10.44 seconds, 4.93 seconds ahead of teammate Carl Verheijen. Enrico Fabris of Italy was third, 11.07 behind. Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won the women's 5,000 in 6:58.45 to add to her victory in the 3,000 on Saturday. Renate Groenewold of the Netherlands finished second in 7:08.76 and Claudia Pechstein of Germany was third, 11.6 seconds back.
 Silke Kraushaar-Pielach led the German women to their 70th straight luge World Cup win Sunday. The Germans swept the top four places, with Kraushaar-Pielach finishing her two heats in 1 minute, 27.568 seconds while claiming her fifth win in six season races. Tatjana Huefner was second in 1:27.861. Corinna Martini was third in 1:28.120 in her World Cup debut. She replaced Sylke Otto, the two-time Olympic champion who retired Friday to have a child. Christian Oberstolz and Patric Gruber of Italy won the men's doubles in 1:27.373, catching Germany's Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch with the fastest second heat. They also pulled even with the Germans in the World Cup standings with 555 points. Leitner and Resch finished in 1:27.483, with Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder of Italy third in 1:27.550.
5363. wabbit - 1/15/2007 6:57:31 PM  Already a three-time Super Bowl winner, Tom Brady's shot at a fourth is very much alive after the New England Patriots shocked league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers on Sunday, winning 24-21 to advance to the AFC championship game. Brady overcame three interceptions, his career playoff high, to lead the Patriots to 11 points in 3:26 late in the game. He and coach Bill Belichick now have a 12-1 postseason record together, and need to win at Indianapolis next Sunday to make their fourth Super Bowl trip in six seasons. As tough a win as it was for New England, it was a gut-wrenching loss for San Diego and its coach, Marty Schottenheimer, whose job could be in jeopardy after his career postseason record tumbled to 5-13. Tomlinson shattered several league records in helping the Chargers go an NFL-best 14-2, including 8-0 at home in the regular season.
Peyton Manning couldn't get Indianapolis into the end zone and, for once, it didn't matter. That's because Adam Vinatieri provided the Colts with all the offense they needed to advance to the AFC championship game. Signed during the offseason specifically for his playoff experience, Vinatieri kicked five field goals Saturday to put his name in the NFL record book and carry Indianapolis past the Baltimore Ravens 15-6.
Field goals were crucial in these semi-finals. Ever reliable Robbie Gould, with a boost from often criticized Rex Grossman, delivered the Chicago Bears into the NFC title game. Gould, working construction 16 months ago, cleared a path for the Bears with his strong leg Sunday, kicking a 49-yard field goal in overtime for a 27-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. The game-winner came shortly after Grossman got them in position with a clutch pass to Rashied Davis.
Who needs Mardi Gras when you’re one game from the Super Bowl? Deuce McAllister and rookie sensation Reggie Bush gave this battered city a reason to throw itself a party, carrying the New Orleans Saints where they’ve never been before — one game from the Super Bowl. It was the veteran McAllister with his two touchdowns and team playoff mark of 143 yards rushing, and the rookie Bush with his collection of magnificent moves, that made the difference in the raucous Superdome. To constant chants of "DEUCE!" or "REG-GIE! REG-GIE!" the Saints used an assortment of spectacular plays to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-24.
we're down to the final four
5364. jexster - 1/21/2007 9:06:24 PM 
5365. jexster - 1/22/2007 5:25:19 AM 
5366. wabbit - 1/26/2007 7:41:58 PM Now that I've recovered from the terrific disappointment of seeing the Patriots choke and lose to Indianapolis, I feel ready to move on.
 "Gonzo" is long gone. Now they call him "Speedy" Gonzalez, and he showed why. Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez put on another brilliant display of tennis Friday, sprinting all over the court to rip winners at will as he dominated Germany's Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open final. It was a performance reminiscent of top-ranked Roger Federer's rout of Andy Roddick in the other semifinal a night earlier. Gonzalez was nearly flawless, leaving the capacity crowd gasping and the 12th-seeded Haas stunned and frustrated. Gonzalez had zero unforced errors in the first and third sets and only three for the match -- "One was really stupid," he said -- to go along with 42 winners that accounted for more than half of his 82 points. Gonzalez, who had never reached a Grand Slam semifinal before, will face Federer on Sunday evening in the championship match.
Federer was virtually untouchable as he beat sixth-seeded Roddick 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 Thursday to reach his seventh consecutive Grand Slam final, tying a record set by Jack Crawford in 1934. He really is something to see. He raises every other player's game, then raises his own. When you think he can't possibly improve, somehow he does. I felt bad for Roddick, but watching Federer was almost hypnotic.
The Grand Slam rematch of Serena Williams against Maria Sharapova has been two years in the making. Their initial meeting came in the 2004 Wimbledon final, when Sharapova won her first major. In the 2005 Australian Open semifinal, Sharapova served twice for the match -- once in the second set, once in the third -- and blew four match points before losing 8-6. Since that 2005 match, Sharapova has reached the semifinals at five other Grand Slams, and won the U.S. Open last year. Williams, who played only four tournaments in 2006 because of a lingering knee injury, hasn't added to her seven Grand Slam titles since she won in Australia two years ago. The players have split four matches -- Williams winning in straight sets at Miami in 2004, Sharapova at Wimbledon, Sharapova in three at the season-ending tour championship in 2004 and Williams in Australia in 2005. On Friday, they meet in the final of the Australian Open. Sharapova beat Kim Clijsters 6-4, 6-2 in Wednesday's semifinal. Williams, unseeded and No. 81 when the tournament began, beat Nicole Vaidisova 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the other semifinal.
Australian Open
5367. wonkers2 - 1/26/2007 7:59:44 PM The Serena Williams--Shahar Peer match was quite a battle. Williams finally blew Peer away with her amazing big serves. Peer was tenacious but no match for Williams. 5368. wonkers2 - 1/28/2007 3:34:28 PM What a comeback!Serena Williams clobbers Sharapova in Australian Open final. 5369. wabbit - 1/28/2007 7:23:41 PM  Serena Williams has become the first unseeded player in 29 years to capture the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the American claiming the trophy for a third time by dismantling Russian No.1 seed Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open 2007 women's final. Not since Chris O'Neil in 1978 has a female stormed all the way through the draw at the Australian Grand Slam, but Williams showed a steely determination right from the first point in the final and was never troubled on the way to the 6-1 6-2 victory.
Williams hadn't claimed a WTA Tour title since winning her second Australian Open title in three years at the 2005 tournament, with a lack of fitness brought about by injury woes then compounded by knee problems that restricted her to only four tournaments in 2006. But having started this year's first major with her ranking at No.81, Williams now has eight Grand Slam crowns to her name after racing out of the blocks under the closed roof at Rod Laver Arena.
 Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set, finishing a dominating run through the Australian Open by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday's final. Federer improved his winning streak to a career-best 36 matches, became the first man in the Open era to twice win three straight majors and has won six of the last seven Grand Slam titles -- his only loss was in the French Open final to Rafael Nadal.
It was the first time that a champion went through a major without dropping a set since the 1980 French Open, when Bjorn Borg did it for the third time. Ken Rosewall, who was sitting in the stands, was the last man to accomplish the feat at the Australian Open, in 1971. By reaching the final, Federer already had tied Jack Crawford's record of playing in seven consecutive finals at the majors, set in 1934. The 25-year-old Federer now is within four of Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles.
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