The euphoria of a late winner can be overwhelming for a footballer and for Toledo's Encinas, it manifested itself in a surprise hug for the referee.
Toledo and Rayo Vallecano B were even at 1-1 late into their Segunda Division B -- Group 1 match when David Sanz headed in a corner kick to give...
Katin Reinhardt was already a household name before the Division I state championship game. The Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei High guard, who signed with UNLV, is ranked as the 45th best player in Rivals' 150, making him a marked man for most of the season.
Despite all the hype surrounding...
WASHINGTON, DC - Last season with the Minnesota Wild, Eric Nystrom scored just four goals in 82 games, which is one reason he's no longer with the Minnesota Wild. After clearing re-entry waivers last month, Nystrom was traded to the Dallas Stars.*
After nine games in Dallas, Nystrom has...
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No. 1 Star: Johan Franzen, Detroit Red Wings
The Mule was at his muliest versus the Colorado Avalanche, picking up a hat trick in the Wings'*5-2 win. His first two goals came on the powerplay with the second standing as the game-winner, and he would add his third into an empty net to...
In news that will make you care about J. League Division 2 football for just over 30 seconds, Fagiano Okayama defender Ryujiro Ueda scored an incredible long-range header against Yokohama FC this past weekend.
While you should spare a thought for Yokohama keeper Kentro Seki, who must be a...
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No. 1 Star: Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
Stephen Weiss had six shots in the Panthers' interstate tilt with the the Tampa Bay Lightning, and -- get this -- two of them went in. He added two assists for a four-point night as Florida beat up on Tampa,*7-4. The Panthers won this one with...
HOUSTON - Call Frank Edgar small all you want, but the UFC's lightweight champion has more fight in him than pretty much anyone in the sport.
The diminutive Edgar was on shaky legs throughout much of the first round at the Toyota center, but bounced back in the next two rounds and scored a...
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Owen Hargreaves actually started a real football match (well, a Carling Cup match) and not only did he make it through the opening kick off without his legs exploding, he even scored a goal. Yes, Hargreaves, who joined Man City from United on a free, put his new team up 1-0 on Birmingham...
After two matches with Barcelona, Cesc Febregas now has one goal, two minor trophies and the eternal happiness that one can only achieve by abandoning a terminally depressed Frenchman.
Fabregas got his first start for Barcelona in the decidedly unimportant Trofeu Joan Gamper match against...
Only at cavernous Coors Field.
Ty Wigginton placed the ball in the best spot possible for a bloop single. Brent Lillibridge, coming in from deep center, approached the ball like it might bite him. And then, with his relative inexperience in the outfield still showing, he hesitated.
Troy...
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PITTSBURGH -- Mark Cheick Kongo down as a candidate for Knockout of the Year, as he survived a barrage of Pat Barry punches to knock out Barry in the first round of their main event bout at the Consol Energy Center for UFC on Versus 4.
The fight started slowly, with both fighters...
The rivalry between the Seattle Sounders and the Vancouver Whitecaps goes back to their days in the old NASL in the 1970s, but the final 10 minutes of their first MLS match against each other on Saturday night might have been the best yet. The Sounders' Mauro Rosales pulled the score even at 1-1...
Lance Armstrong and former Sporting KC trialist Chad Ochocinco were among the more than sold-out crowd of 19,925 at LiveStrong Sporting Park's grand opening on Thursday night. One of the 19,925 people not only came dressed as a cow (and it wasn't Ochocinco!), but did what neither Sporting KC nor...
We are doing the district testing in out P.E. classes and if we don't pass all but one of the tests we can be held another year in P.E. I'm severely asthmatic so the running tests are very hard without bringing on an asthma attack. But if we pass it one year even if we don't pass it the second...
I know this matter was brought up before, but I haven't heard why this has not been implemented yet. It makes all the sense in the world.
Firstly, each fighter would know exactly where they stand in the fight, whether they need to go for the KO or not.
Secondly, it would eliminate the notion...
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New data show that many children with autism spectrum disorders have greater academic abilities than previously thought. In a study by researchers at the University of Washington, 90 percent of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders showed a discrepancy between their IQ score...