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Mickelson takes lead at HSBC
11/7/2009 11:58 PM
SHANGHAI -- Phil Mickelson was unwinding from a day of high energy and quick turnarounds, one that took him from a two-shot deficit against Tiger Woods to a two-shot lead over the final eight holes Saturday in the HSBC Champions.
He marveled at how ...
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11/7/2009 11:55 PM
ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia made no apology for its first shutout in three years.
"We got our swagger back," said defensive tackle Jeff Owens after Georgia allowed its second-lowest yards in school history in a 38-0 win over Tennessee Tech Saturday.
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11/7/2009 11:54 PM
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- No. 8 Iowa finally ran out of time.
Northwestern's Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score to help the Wildcats snap the Hawkeyes' 13-game winning streak wit ...
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11/7/2009 11:54 PM
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game.
Julio Jones caught a 73-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Leigh Tiffin booted a 40-yard fiel ...
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11/7/2009 11:54 PM
ATLANTA -- Josh Nesbitt scored on a 3-yard run in overtime after Georgia Tech pulled off a gutsy play on fourth down, leading the No. 10 Yellow Jackets another step closer to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game with a 30-27 win over Wake ...
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11/7/2009 11:54 PM
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MIAMI -- Graig Cooper rushed for a career-best 152 yards and a touchdown, Damien Berry ran for a pair of second-half scores and No. 16 Miami eased past struggling Virginia 52-17 on Saturday.
Thearon Collier had a 60-yard punt ...
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11/7/2009 11:54 PM
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chris Massey caught two touchdown passes and picked up two points on a safety in South Carolina State's 43-13 win over Howard on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (8-1, 6-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic conference), led 22-6 a ...
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11/7/2009 11:50 PM
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Zenyatta overcame early trouble to beat the boys in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, running her record to 14-0 in the most impressive effort of her career.
The 5-year-old mare rallied from last after a poor star ...
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11/7/2009 11:50 PM
CLEMSON -- C.J. Spiller had a career-high 165 yards rushing and his 20th touchdown of at least 50 yards and Clemson took its biggest step yet toward an Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 40-24 victory over Florida State on Saturday night.
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11/7/2009 12:54 AM
SHANGHAI -- The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International. It took a little longer before Tiger Woods gave them what they came to see Friday in the HSBC Champions.
Losing patience wit ...
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11/7/2009 12:54 AM
CLEMSON -- No more half orange-half maroon sweatshirts, divided loyalties or hurt feelings. College football's most famous family no longer has to sweat the Bowden Bowl.
Since father Bobby and son Tommy first faced off in 1999, the yearly Florid ...
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11/7/2009 12:51 AM
ATHENS, Ga. -- Mark Richt says the ball simply has not bounced Georgia's way this season.
Georgia ranks 119th of 120 FBS teams in turnover margin. Through eight games, the Bulldogs have recovered only one of their opponents' 10 fumbles. They've ...
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11/7/2009 12:51 AM
COLUMBIA -- While South Carolina State continues one of its best seasons ever, the rest of the state's small colleges are struggling.
Furman and Wofford are out of the playoff hunt. The Citadel and Charleston Southern have lost heartbreakers to ...
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11/7/2009 12:50 AM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- One team is trying to prove it will be threat in the Southeastern Conference. The other hopes to avoid another late-season swoon.
When Arkansas hosts South Carolina today in Fayetteville, both coaches will have plenty to be ...
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11/7/2009 12:50 AM
No. 1 Florida (8-0, 6-0 SEC) vs Vanderbilt (2-7, 0-5) ,
7:15 p.m. (ESPN2)
Line: Florida by 35.
Series Record: Florida leads 31-9-2.
Last meeting: 2008, Florida 42-14.
What's at Stake
Florida's 18-game winning streak, wh ...
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11/7/2009 12:50 AM
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Life got sweeter for Life Is Sweet without her daunting stablemate Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic. After fruitlessly chasing the undefeated mare in three previous races, Life Is Sweet found the winner's circle.
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11/7/2009 12:50 AM
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Jeff Gordon captured his first pole of the season at Texas Motor Speedway, waiting until the second-to-last race to extend his streak of 17 consecutive seasons with a pole, with a qualifying lap of 191.117 mph Friday at the 1¬½-m ...
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11/5/2009 11:34 PM
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves and Tim Hudson are nearing agreement on a three-year contract that would protect the team's strength at starting pitching.
A surplus of starters could give general manager Frank Wren options as he looks to improve t ...
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11/5/2009 11:34 PM
ATHENS, Ga. -- Joe Cox has only four games left to help Georgia salvage its season.
For one scary day this week, the quarterback feared he'd lost that chance.
After taking one day earlier this week to consider benching Cox, coach Mark Richt ...
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11/5/2009 11:31 PM
SHANGHAI -- So much for that notion that American golfers don't travel well.
The first World Golf Championship in Asia opened Thursday to a leaderboard filled with Stars & Stripes, led by wide-eyed Nick Watney and his 8-under 64 that tied th ...
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11/5/2009 11:30 PM
TOKYO -- Japan nearly came to a standstill as millions watched on TV while Hideki Matsui, the man they know as Godzilla, stomped around New York to lead the Yankees to the World Series title.
Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win t ...
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11/5/2009 12:08 AM
ARCADIA, Calif. -- The Breeders' Cup was contested over a synthetic track for the first time last year and that became one of the major story lines.
With Santa Anita hosting the championships for a second straight year, the artificial track is b ...
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11/5/2009 12:08 AM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Steve Spurrier has faced his share of good quarterbacks over the years. When he was at Florida, even Peyton Manning couldn't keep up with his Gators.
So as Spurrier's South Carolina team prepares to play Ryan Mallett and Ark ...
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11/5/2009 12:07 AM
NEW YORK -- Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again.
Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte won on short re ...
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11/3/2009 11:33 PM
NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte leaned forward in his chair and recounted a recent chat he had with Derek Jeter as soon as they both realized what was next in this World Series.
Pettitte vs. old foe Pedro Martinez, with the Yankees one win from ecstas ...
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11/3/2009 11:33 PM
ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech is probably a little too far back to become a factor in the national championship race.
That doesn't diminish what the program has accomplished in less than two years under coach Paul Johnson.
"I have all the confide ...
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11/3/2009 11:33 PM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier doesn't want to hear any talk about whether his Gamecocks are setting themselves up for another late season swoon.
Spurrier said Tuesday his young Gamecocks are 6-3 and "for this team, that's prett ...
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11/3/2009 11:33 PM
CLEMSON -- Clemson's Dabo Swinney knows his players will be jacked up for perhaps the biggest game of his short time with the Tigers.
Swinney also knows the ESPN cameras, the rare night start at Death Valley or the fans excitement won't make a b ...
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11/3/2009 11:29 PM
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Zenyatta was made the early 5-2 favorite Tuesday in a field of 13 for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, where she'll put her 13-0 record on the line against the boys for the first time.
Zenyatta will break from the No. 4 p ...
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11/3/2009 11:29 PM
ATHENS, Ga. -- A most unlikely person came to the defense of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes, who was suspended for half a game for apparently trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey.
Ealey said Tuesday he doesn't b ...
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11/3/2009 12:03 AM
PHILADELPHIA -- Put those parade plans on hold, New York. The Phillies are coming back.
Chase Utley hit two home runs to raise his World Series total to a record-tying five, backing Cliff Lee once again as Philadelphia staved off elimination wit ...
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11/3/2009 12:00 AM
CLEMSON -- When Clemson's Oliver Purnell talks about the Tigers reaching a higher level, pay attention.
Point guard Demontez Stitt found that out last week after the coach rappelled down from the Littlejohn Coliseum's rafters to kick off the tea ...
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11/3/2009 12:00 AM
COLUMBIA -- Darrin Horn isn't sure about South Carolina's prospects this season. Don't worry, neither is anyone else.
Listen to national analysts and you'll hear the Gamecocks are likely the fourth-best team in the difficult Southeastern Confere ...
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11/2/2009 12:44 AM
NEW YORK -- That day in Central Park two years ago was shaping up as a triumphant symbol of the resurgence in American distance running Meb Keflezighi helped inspire.
He left with an aching hip and, far worse, an aching heart.
Keflezighi was back ...
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11/2/2009 12:44 AM
DOHA, Qatar -- Serena Williams bested big sister Venus again Sunday, winning 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the season-ending tournament for her third victory of the season. Williams also won Wimbledon and the Australian Open, and clinched the year-end No. 1 rankin ...
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11/2/2009 12:44 AM
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- NASCAR demanded drivers be on their best behavior at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting sanitized what's usually one of the most spectacular races of the season.
In the end, chaos reigned, just like always.
A ...
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11/2/2009 12:43 AM
NEW ORLEANS -- These are heady days for the Saints (6-0), who'll try to match the best start in franchise history tonight when their longtime rivals, the Atlanta Falcons (4-2), visit what is certain to be an electric Louisiana Superdome.
"I can onl ...
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11/2/2009 12:20 AM
PHILADELPHIA -- Alex Rodriguez waited all game for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole career.
Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his life, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of ...
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11/2/2009 12:20 AM
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- For the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau Field on S ...
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11/2/2009 12:20 AM
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jake Delhomme left Arizona a winner, even if he had to take a trip to the hospital before he left town.
The embattled Carolina quarterback, whose downward spiral began with a playoff loss at home against Arizona last season, thre ...
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