Mon, 29/11/2010 - 22:19 by Prince damin
Berkeley, Calif. -- Andrew Luck's two touchdown passes and Stepfan Taylor's three scores Saturday fueled No. 8 Stanford's 48-14 pounding of California.
Luck went 16-of-21 for 235 yards and Stanford scored on its first eight possessions in the 113th annual edition of "The Big Game at Memorial Stadium," one of college football's top rivalry contests.
Luck also scrambled for 72 yards and Taylor carried 15 times for 59 yards for the Cardinal (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10).
Anthony Wilkerson picked up 67 yards on 18 carries in Stanford's sixth straight win, its longest streak since the 1991 season.
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Mon, 29/11/2010 - 09:27 by Prince damin
Washington -- Alex Ovechkin scored during a shootout Sunday, boosting the Washington Capitals to their third straight win, 3-2 over Carolina.
Ovechkin's goal was the only tally of the shootout. Alexander Semin and Marcus Johansson found the net in regulation for the Capitals.
After Erik Staal scored with 3 seconds left in the game to forge a 2-2 tie, the two teams played a scoreless extra session during which Caps goalie Semyon Varlamov kept his team in it with a nice stop on an Ian White shot.
Ovechkin got the shootout goal when he faked to the forehand and lifted it past Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward.
Varlamov finished up Washington's win by making shootout saves on Jussi Jokinen and Tuomo Ruutu.
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Thu, 25/11/2010 - 07:12 by Prince damin
London -- World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych claimed straight-set, round-robin victories Wednesday at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
Nadal won six consecutive games in one stretch of a 7-5, 6-2 win over third-seeded Novak Djokovic after Berdych had beaten No. 8-seeded Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-3.
Those decisions left Nadal leading Group A with a 2-0 mark while Djokovic and Berdych are 1-1 and Roddick is 0-2 going into Friday's final matches of the round robin.
Djokovic was tied 4-4 with Nadal when he had a contact lens issue. After a lengthy stoppage of play, Djokovic returned and the players split two games. But then Nadal ran off six straight games, winning the first set and taking a commanding 4-0 lead in the second.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 11:46 by Prince damin
Los Angeles -- Pau Gasol was perfect from the field and the free-throw line Sunday in the Los Angeles Lakers' 117-89 victory over Golden State.
Gasol went 10-for-10 from the field and was 8-for-8 at the foul line en route to 28 points for the Lakers, who took their fourth consecutive win and downed the Warriors for the 11th straight time. Gasol also hauled down nine rebounds.
Kobe Bryant popped in 20 points and Shannon Brown chipped in with 17 for the victors.
Golden State was led by Dorell Wright's 16 points. Stephen Curry and Jeremy Lin each added 13 in the Warriors' fourth loss in five games.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 11:43 by Prince damin
Phildelphia -- LeSean McCoy's 50-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run Sunday erased a 17-16 deficit and Philadelphia went on to post a 27-17 win over the New York Giants.
McCoy took a quick pitch from Michael Vick and broke through the left side of the line, rambling down the sideline for the decisive score for the Eagles (7-3), who won their third straight and took control of the NFC East.
The crucial score came after Vick had lost a fumble in Eagles territory earlier in the quarter and Eli Manning responded by tossing a 5-yard TD pass to Derek Hagan for a Giants lead.
McCoy gained 111 yards on 14 carries and Asante Samuel pounced on a Manning fumble late in the game to ensure the Philadelphia win.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 11:32 by Prince damin
Vancouver, British Columbia -- Taylor Pyatt's second goal of the game Sunday gave Phoenix a third-period lead the Coyotes held on to for a 3-2 decision over Vancouver.
Pyatt scored 5:52 into the final frame and Ilya Bryzgalov made the lead hold up the rest of the way, stopping seven third-period shots for the Coyotes, who won their sixth straight game.
Pyatt also found the net in the second period. Scottie Upshall got the other goal for Phoenix and Bryzgalov turned aside 25 of 27 scoring attempts to earn the victory.
The Canucks dropped their second straight home contest after absorbing a 7-1 beating by Chicago Saturday.
Christian Ehrhoff and Tanner Glass got Vancouver's goals and Roberto Luongo stopped 25-of-28 shots.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 11:23 by Prince damin
Minneapolis -- Aaron Rodgers and Greg Jennings hooked up for three touchdowns Sunday and the Green Bay Packers routed Minnesota 31-3.
The Packers (7-3) won their fourth straight and moved into a first-place tie with Chicago in the NFC North with the lopsided win, in which Rodgers tossed for 301 yards with four touchdowns, hitting Jennings seven times for 152 yards.
Jennings crossed the goal line in the second, third and fourth quarters and James Jones also logged a TD catch in the win.
The Vikings' Brett Favre completed just 17 of his 38 passes for 208 yards and an interception, which Green Bay ran back for a touchdown.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 11:22 by Prince damin
Toronto -- Amir Johnson sank a pair of free throws with 2.7 seconds left Sunday and the Toronto Raptors edged Boston 102-101.
Johnson ended with 17 points and 11 rebounds but it was Andrea Bargnani who paced Toronto, pumping in 29 points. Sonny Weems added 16 points and Reggie Evans hauled down a game-high 16 rebounds in the win.
The Raptors snapped an eight-game losing streak with the victory.
The Celtics got 22 points from Nate Robinson and Ray Allen ended up with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Allen, however, committed a costly turnover with 12 seconds left and Paul Pierce (19 points) missed a potential game-winning shot at the buzzer for Boston.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 10:46 by Prince damin
Homestead, Fla. -- Jimmie Johnson won his fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup title Sunday thanks to his second-place finish in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The unofficial tally put Johnson 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin and 41 ahead of Kevin Harvick after the season-ending race.
With his latest crown, Johnson trails just Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with seven championships each on the all-time leaderboard.
Carl Edwards, meanwhile, won Sunday's race, taking his second straight victory after going 70 events without a title. He ended up finishing fourth in the Chase for the Championship standings.
Harvick finished third at Homestead and Hamlin ended in 14th place.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 10:42 by Prince damin
Gainesville, Fla. -- Erving Walker scored 16 points and Chandler Parsons added 13 more Sunday in No. 10 Florida's 61-55 victory over Morehead State.
Walker added seven assists and Parsons grabbed 11 rebounds for Florida (3-1), which won its second straight game after jumping off to an early lead and posting a 34-17 halftime advantage.
Kenny Boynton, who added 10 points in the victory, blunted a Morehead State comeback try when he hit a 3-pointer with 5 1/2 minutes left, restoring a double-digit lead for Gators at 55-45.
Morehead State (2-2) got a big game from Kenneth Faried, who poured in 20 points and yanked down 18 rebounds in the loss.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 10:03 by Prince damin
Nashville -- Graham Gano booted a 48-yard field goal with 8:17 left in overtime Sunday and the Washington Redskins eked out a 19-16 win over Tennessee.
Gano's kick made up for a 47-yard miss that could have won it for the Redskins (5-5) at the end of regulation.
Donovan McNabb drove Washington from its own 13-yard line to set up the winning overtime kick. The key play came when a replay review reversed a would-be Tennessee interception near midfield.
The Titans (5-5) were also penalized for roughing the passer on the decisive drive.
McNabb went 30-of-50 through the air for 376 yards, one TD and one interception for Washington. Santana Moss made six grabs for 106 yards and a score for the victors.
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Mon, 22/11/2010 - 10:00 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- Josh Freeman threw two touchdown passes and Cadillac Williams ran for a score Sunday in Tampa Bay's 21-0 victory over San Francisco.
Freeman went 13-of-20 passing for 136 yards and Williams ran for 51 yards on seven carries for the Buccaneers (7-3), who won for the fourth time in five road games.
LeGarrette Blount added 82 yards on 26 carries for the victors.
The 49ers (3-7) saw their modest two-game, winning streak snapped.
Troy Smith gained 148 yards through the air but was constantly on the run, getting sacked six times. He rushed for 45 yards and Josh Morgan grabbed four passes for 51 yards.
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