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There are 15 champions in Dwayne Bravos Champion. Mike Moustakas Royals Jersey . Four are cricketers. None are current members of West Indies Test team. Even little brother Darren finds no mention in the song.West Indies have won three ICC tournaments this year. Under-19 World Cup? Champions. Womens World T20? Champions. Mens World T20? Champions. But they havent won a Test series against anyone other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, home or away, since August 2012.West Indies most recent Test series ended in January. They lost 2-0, and, but for rain, could have lost 3-0. In that series, Australia ran up totals of 583 for 4 declared in Hobart, 551 for 3 declared and 179 for 3 declared in Melbourne, and 176 for 2 declared in rain-ravaged Sydney. They scored their runs at 4.67 runs per over.Champions, West Indies bowlers definitely were not. Above the dressing rooms at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua runs a strip of sans-serif capital letters. Sir Andy Roberts End, it says. At the opposite side of the ground, above the press box, is another strip of capital letters. Sir Curtly Ambrose End.Between them, those two took 607 wickets in 145 Tests at a combined average of 22.53, with 33 five-wicket hauls and five ten-wicket match hauls.On Thursday, when West Indies begin a four-Test home series against India, their squad will contain four fast bowlers with a total of 56 wickets in 31 Tests at a combined average of 40.39, and not a single five-wicket haul.West Indies have lost Jerome Taylor to Test retirement, and have ignored Kemar Roach. While both were abject in Australia - they combined for two wickets an average of 252.00, and gave away 5.79 runs per over - no team can easily replace a new-ball pair with 252 wickets and the experience of 83 Tests, even a pair as capricious, frustrating and injury-prone as Taylor and Roach.Fast bowlers win or lose Test matches, and West Indies enter their latest home season with a pace attack that is a candidate for being their weakest ever: Carlos Brathwaite, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder and Miguel Cummins.It isnt as if West Indies dont have other issues. They have dropped a wicketkeeper-batsman with 74 Tests behind him, and - Kraigg Brathwaite and Darren Bravo aside - have a top order full of question marks, the biggest among them hanging over the head of Marlon Samuels, who has been on a sensational run of limited-overs form of late, but hasnt passed 20 once in his last nine Test innings.But it is the bowling that will worry them the most, coming up as it will against the quality of Indias batting line-up and pitches that are likely to be slow and demand long spells of sustained pressure. In recent times, West Indies bowlers have not been particularly good at delivering those kinds of spells.One of the words that were going to harp on a lot is how patient we are, because we tend to get bored of bowling [at] one place and doing well and not getting wickets, so we try something [else], their head coach Phil Simmons said on Tuesday. So were going to harp on this, trying to be patient and do the things that were doing well, continuously, so that we get the wickets, and same thing with batting. You bat long and you stick around, you work hard and youll get the just reward at the end.Two days before the first Test, the West Indies team management tried to hammer this point home in the design of their net session. The quick bowlers net had an extra stump in it, nailed down on a fifth-stump line a couple of feet behind the wicket. Right through the net session, the only thing the fast bowlers attempted to do was bowl in the channel outside off stump, and the batsmen facing them tried to leave as many balls as they could. The wall of netting behind the batsmen shook violently, again and again and again. Every now and then, the fifth stump went for a spin.The effort was real, and palpable, but translating that sort of discipline into an actual match environment is a challenge of an entirely different magnitude. It will only take one bad session to remind West Indies that they are the eighth-best Test team of the nine that make up the rankings, and that they occupy that lowly spot at a time when there is talk of splitting Test cricket into two tiers.These are not good times for West Indies Test cricket, and the road uphill is steep.For all that, India cannot simply show up and expect to win. They won their last two Test series in the Caribbean, in 2006 and 2011, but only by 1-0 margins, and both those series reinforced their long-held status as a team that has always struggled away from home, seldom asserting their dominance even against weaker opposition. The last Test match they played in these islands, in Dominica, summed it up perfectly: the captains shook hands and agreed to a draw when India needed 86 runs to win, in 15 overs, with seven wickets in hand. India were content with a 1-0 win.India, began ESPNcricinfos final-day report of the Test match, will have to wait until 2016 to win more than one Test in a series in the Caribbean - a feat theyve never achieved.Indias Test captain Virat Kohli, still fairly new at his job, is an ambitious man. So is their new head coach. They will want a series win, first and foremost, regardless of the margin, but they have surely set their sights a little higher than that. Alcides Escobar Jersey . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Kendrys Morales Royals Jersey .500 on the season. 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A majority, if not all the current stars of today in competitive gaming could be retired by the time that occurs.So I took it upon myself to create Olympic teams for the top nations in the most global competitive title, League of Legends. Ten players, two from each position, were selected for the teams. While there will be some snubs -- Korea just has too much talent -- hopefully this gives you a general idea of what could be possible in the future.South KoreaTop: Song Smeb Kyung-hoTop: Kim Ssumday Chan-hoJungle: Go Score Dong-binJungle: Yoon Peanut Wang-hoMid: Lee Faker Sang-hyeokMid: Song Rookie Eui-jinAD Carry: Bae Bang Jun-sikAD Carry: Kim Deft Hyuk-kyuSupport: Kang GorillA Beom-hyeonSupport: Cho Mata Se-hyeongThis isnt fair. This is ridiculous. All right, call off the Olympics, this was a goofy idea.You could split these teams into two, and theyd probably come close to sweeping every country in the world before facing off in a South Korea 1 vs. South Korea 2 final. You could conceivably put out a lineup of Smeb, Peanut, Faker, Deft and Mata, a starting five of arguably the best players at their position currently in the world.Oh, Faker doesnt feel like playing today and wants to water his plants instead of playing Belgium? Heres Rookie to fill in and destroy everyone. You could rotate Smeb and Ssumday. You could mix and match between the bottom lane components until you found the perfect pair.Overall, this is by far -- and I mean, by far -- the strongest country in the world. While other countries might be able to put up some sort of a fight, if a starting five could find chemistry between these 10 players, the gold medal would be assured.ChinaTop: Ke 957 Chang-YuTop: Li Flandre Xuan-junJungle: Ming Clearlove KaiJungle: Liu MLXG Shi-yuMid: Li Xiaohu Yuan-HaoMid: Su Xiye Han-WeiAD Carry: Jian Uzi Zi-HaoAD Carry: Han S1mLz JinSupport: Tian Meiko YeSupport: Jin Savoki HaoThis team was selected by League of Legends Pro League commentator Indiana Froskurinn Black.The possible front-runner for the silver medal, China possesses a talented squad even without the Korean players like Mata and Deft who star in the LPL. While there is a lack of depth to the roster when you compare it to the star-studded lineup of Korea, you still have strong positions like the jungle with Clearlove and MLXG, two of the best junglers in the entire world. Wed also get to see the partnership between Chinas best support, Meiko, alongside the two-time silver medalist at Worlds, Uzi from Royal Never Give Up.TaiwanTop: Chen Ziv YiTop: Chen Morning Kuan-TingJungle: Hung Karsa Hau-HsuanJungle: Chen REFRA1N Kuan-TingMid: Chu FoFo Chun-LanMid: Huang Maple Yi-TangAD Carry: Chang BeBe Bo-WeiAD Carry: Chen Dee Jun-DeeSupport: Hu SwordArt Shuo-JieSupport: Ceng Dreamer Jian-HongThis team was selected by League of Legends Master Series expert Xander Goomiho Torres.Wait a minute China -- Taiwan might have a team solid enough to rip the silver away from you.Although Taiwans depth is even shallower than Chinas, only five players can play at one time in League of Legends. A lineup of Ziv, Karsa, either the 17-year-old prodigy FoFo or experienced ace Maple, former world champion BeBe, and proven leader SwordArt could be strong enough to knock off any country on the planet not named South Korea. Karsa and Ziv, in particular, would benefit from being able to play with each other after years of being rivals on Flash Wolves and AHQ, respectively.United States of AmericaTop: Kevin Hauntzer YarnellTop: Samson Lourlo JacksonJungle: Joshua Dardoch HartnettJungle: William Meteos HartmanMid: Eugene Pobelter ParkMid: Hai Hai LamAD Carry: Yiliang Doublelift PengAD Carry: Zachary Sneaky ScuderiSupport: Zaqueri Aphromoo BlackSupport: Adrian Adrian MaLooking at the United States rroster, this is a pool of talent with the potential to be up there with China, Taiwan and others fighting for the silver medal. Joakim Soria Jersey. . Hauntzer is on his way to being one of the better American top laners the region has ever produced, and the same can be said about Dardoch at the jungle position. Pobelter is coming off the best split of his career, and the bottom lane of the U.S. would be stacked with the potential return of the Rush Hour bottom lane between now-rivals Doublelift and Aphromoo.Hai is probably retired at this point after getting Cloud 9 Challenger to the NA League Championship Series for the next split, but hed come back for one more run to represent the red, white and blue at the Olympics in this what-if scenario.CanadaTop: Darshan Darshan UpadhyayaTop: Derek Zig ShaoJungle: Rami Inori CharaghJungle: Anthony Hard BarkhovtsevMid: Danny Shiphtur LeMid: Nicholas Ablazeolive AbbottAD Carry: Jason WildTurtle TranAD Carry: Johnny Altec RuSupport: Vincent Biofrost WangSupport: Andy Smoothie TaCanadas roster is interesting, albeit possibly a bit weak up the middle with Shiphtur and Ablazeolive both currently in the minor leagues. But a starting five of back-to-back league winner Darshan, Rookie of the Split contender Inori, Shiphtur, two-time NA LCS winner WildTurtle, and other Rookie of the Split contender Biofrost isnt shabby in the slightest.Youd get to see Shiphtur and Darshan play together, like in the old days on Dignitas, and wed get to see how former Team SoloMid AD WildTurtle meshes with TSMs new support in Biofrost. A best-of-five with the Americans, especially if Shiphtur could find his old form, would be a must-see event.DenmarkTop: Martin Wunder HansenTop: Mike Wickd PetersenJungle: Jonas Trashy AndersenJungle: Dennis Svenskeren JohnsenMid: S?ren Bjergsen BjergMid: Nicolaj Jensen JensenAD Carry: Jesper Zven SvenningsenAD Carry: Kasper Kobbe KobberupSupport: Nicolai Nisbeth NisbethSupport: Daniel Ernst Wendelbo WendelboWow, Denmark, youre scary. Not only does Denmark possibly the two best Western players in the world, Bjergsen and Zven, it has rising stars like Wunder to fill out the roster to give it an extra oomph.Trashy and Svenskeren are both strong junglers, and you could easily switch them out depending if you wanted to focus on top (Wunder and Trashy) or more likely mid (Svenskeren and Bjergsen). Support is easily the weakest link for this proposed Denmark squad, but just look at all that talent in the other four positions.FranceTop: Lucas Cabochard Simon-MesletTop: Paul sOAZ BoyerJungle: Charly Djoko GuillardJungle: Kévin Shaunz GhanbarzadehMid: Jérémy Eika ValdenaireMid: Tony ShLaYa CarmonaAD Carry: Pierre Steeelback MedjaldiAD Carry: Liv Hans StevenSupport: Bora YellOwStaR KimSupport: Hugo Dioud PadioleauI was left in another awkward position where a few of the positions were stacked (AD, top lane), but others, like the jungle, havent produced a lot of pro-gaming French talent. So, due to already being a head coach of a team in Team Vitality, Shaunz can pull double duty by being the substitute behind Djoko in the jungle. France is shallow in the jungle and mid, but the trio of Cabochard, YellOwStar and wunderkid Hans sounds interesting with sOAZ and Steeelback also able to start.BrazilTop: Felipe Yang ZhaoTop: Matheus Mylon BorgesJungle: Gabriel Revolta HenudJungle: Thúlio SirT CarlosMid: Murilo Takeshi AlvesMid: Gabriel Tockers ClaumannAD Carry: André esA PaveziAD Carry: Micael micaO RodriguesSupport: Luan Jockster CardosoSupport: Caio Loop AlmeidaThe final team on our list would also be the hosts if this hypothetical League of Legends tournament was hosted today in the Olympics. Brazil, always a favorite to make it out of the wild-card qualifiers, failed to make it to the Mid-Season Invitational against rivals Turkey, but INTZ, the winner of the most recent domestic league, will look to qualify for the upcoming World Championships. 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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Scott Darling Blackhawks Jersey . -- Arkansas entered Saturday coming off its biggest win of the season over Houston and eager to put a winning touch on an undefeated early home schedule.First, the Razorbacks had to find a way to stop hot-shooting North Florida guard Dallas Moore.While Arkansas (8-1) struggled to slow Moore throughout, Dusty Hannahs scored 17 points and Moses Kingsley added 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Razorbacks pulled away in the second half for a 91-76 win on Saturday.Moore finished 34 points, just off his career high of 37 against Edward Waters earlier this season, but Arkansas used a late 11-0 run to hold off the formidable challenge from the Ospreys (3-8).The tests keep coming for this basketball team, Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. ... Sometimes you tell kids you cant look at their records because youre going to get their best shot, and we got their best shot.Playing against Southeastern Conference competition was nothing new for North Florida, which was playing its fourth game against a Southeastern Conference school this season. That experience showed for Moore, who finished 12-of-20 shooting and hit four 3-pointers.The senior entered the game averaging 21.4 points per game this season, but he had been particularly effective in his last three games -- averaging 30 points while shooting 57.1 percent (32 of 56) from the field.Moore continued his stellar play in the first half on Saturday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting as North Florida managed a 44-44 tie with the Razorbacks.Just confidence, Moore said of the reason for his hot shooting. I shoot with coach as much as I can, because I want to be the best player I can be.Moore was unable to finish the game after a slight cramp in his right calf, but Arkansas had already taken control by that point. After trailing 63-62 late in the second half, the Razorbacks used an 11-0 run to take control against the back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference regular season champions.These kinds of game, where youre making large sums of money for your athletic department ... After a while, it wears on you, North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said. ... Arkansas, to their credit, never stopped.Jaylen Barford, who finished with 14 points, started the run with a 3-pointer as the shot clock was running out, while Daryl Macon (13 points) added back-to-back 3-pointers during the run.I just saw the clock and went tunnel vision, honestly, Barford said. I just knew I had to make that shot, because I shoot that shot every day in practice.Aaron Bodager had 14 points, while Garrett Sams finished with 10 for the Ospreys -- who were outrebounded 42-27 in the lossBIG PICTURENorth Florida: The Ospreys have experience this season against teams from the SEC, having now faced -- and lost to -- four of them. However, they entered Saturday averaging 19.1 turnovers per game, and those struggles continued against the Razorbacks -- with North Florida committing 19 turnovers that led to 21 points for Arkansas.Arkansas: Hannahs came off the bench for a third straight game for the Razorbacks, whose bench outscored North Florida 36-6. With Hannahs coming off the bench, Arkansas has now outscored its opponents 125-32 in bench points over the last three games.MAGNIFICENT MOOREMoore was the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year last season, and he was picked as the preseason Player of the Year this season. The 6-foot-1 guard has played like it against top competition this season, and hes now scored 95 points over his last three games -- against the likes of Florida, Syracuse and the Razorbacks. (Moore) is the best Ive played since Ive been here, Macon said.UP NEXTNorth Florida stays on the road, traveling to face Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday.After five straight games at home, Arkansas takes to the road to face Texas in the Lone Star Shootout in Houston on Dec. 17. Chris Chelios Blackhawks Jersey . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. Brandon Mashinter Blackhawks Jersey Authentic . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. http://www.officialblackhawksauthority.com/marcus-kruger-blackhawks-jersey-c-35/ . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. (STATS) -- Chris Klieman took a break from practice Tuesday to address members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference media.It was just a short break for the North Dakota State coach.(Were) continuing to strive to be better every day, Klieman said. What we did yesterday was great, but now were looking forward to the 2016 season.The undisputed kings of the FCS, the Bison won an unprecedented fifth straight national championship with last seasons 37-10 win over Jacksonville State in Frisco, Texas. The quest for No. 6 probably began shortly after that contest and remains in full force with this years opener against Charleston Southern looming Aug. 27 at the Fargodome in front of a nationally televised audience.The Bison, a remarkable 71-5 over the last five seasons, earned all but two first-place votes while topping the MVFC preseason poll unveiled Tuesday. Not even the controversy regarding a recent decision by the school to limit access to media outlets without a North Dakota State broadcast rights agreement can derail the focus of Kliemans program.(The media situation is) maybe overblown, said Klieman, who went 28-3 in his first two seasons as Bison coach. Ive got enough of my own problems getting ready for Charleston Southern.One problem Klieman does not appear to have is replacing star quarterback Carson Wentz, who was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in this years NFL Draft.Redshirt sophomore Easton Stick played in 11 games last season, went 8-0 as a starter and won three playoff contests while replacing the injured Wentz, who returned to start and star in the national championship game. Stick completed 61.2 percent of his passes for 1,144 yards with 13 touchdowns and four interceptions. He also finished third on the team with 498 rushing yards (5.9 yards per carry) and scored five times.Wentz proved to be a quality mentor and a special friend to Stick.Carson taught Easton everything he knows, Klieman said. We knew we had a pretty good prospect.Stick wont have to carry the offensive load himself.King Frazier finished fourth in the Valley with 1,158 rushing yards and had 11 touchdowns. He was one of five Bison named to the conferences all-preseason team also announced Tuesday.Senior linebacker Nick DeLuca is the only FCS player to be named to the Butkus Award watch list. He recorded a team-high 135 tackles plus three sacks and two interceptions for a 2015 NDSU defense that yielded 36 points in its final five games, including the playoffs.The Bison, however, dont expect to have an easy time beginning defense of their most recent title. After opening with a Charleston Southern squad that won 10 games and lost to Jacksonville State in the postseason, NDSU hosts STATS Offensive Player of the Year Cooper Kupp and Eastern Washington, then gets its only taste of FBS competition at Iowa on Sept. 17.Its the toughest non-conference schedule weve had in the six years Ive been here, Klieman said. Corey Crawford Blackhawks Jersey Authentic. Then the Valley is always a challenge.That likely wont change after five teams from the league qualified for the playoffs in 2015. Northern Iowa was picked second in the preseason poll and the only other school to garner first-place votes.North Dakota State opens conference play Oct. 1 at home against an Illinois State group its shared the league title with the past two seasons. The Redbirds, who fell to the Bison in the 2014 national championship game, were picked to finish fourth in the league and must make up for the departures of STATS Offensive Player of the Year finalist running back Marshaun Coprich and star quarterback Tre Roberson.The talking season is over, so lets go play, Illinois State coach Brock Spack said.---=MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL=Team (first-place votes)1. North Dakota State (37)2. UNI (2)3. South Dakota State4. Illinois State5. Youngstown State6. Western Illinois7. South Dakota8. Southern Illinois9. Indiana State10. Missouri State---=MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PRESEASON TEAM=FIRST TEAM=OFFENSE=QB -- Aaron Bailey, senior, 6-2, 226, Northern IowaRB -- King Frazier, senior, 5-11, 218, North Dakota StateRB -- Jody Webb, senior, 5-9, 175, Youngstown StateFB -- Brady Tibbits, senior, 5-10, 240, Illinois StateWR -- Lance Lenoir, Jr., senior, 6-0, 200, Western IllinoisWR -- Anthony Warrum, senior, 6-2, 190, Illinois StateWR -- Jake Wieneke, junior, 6-4, 215, South Dakota StateTE -- Dallas Goedert, junior, 6-5, 250, South Dakota StateOL -- Kyle Avaloy, senior, 6-5, 330, Illinois StateOL -- Zack Johnson, senior, 6-4, 329, North Dakota StateOL -- Jacob Judd, junior, 6-3, 290, Western IllinoisOL -- Jacob Ohnesorge, junior, 6-3, 280, South Dakota StateOL -- Robert Rathje, senior, 6-3, 295, Northern IowaOL -- Mark Spelman, senior, 6-3, 280, Illinois StateDEFENSE=DL -- Cole Langer, senior, 6-2, 295, South Dakota StateDL -- Greg Menard, junior, 6-2, 240, North Dakota StateDL -- Derek Rivers, senior, 6-5, 255, Youngstown StateDL -- Karter Schult, senior, 6-2, 265, Northern IowaLB -- Chase Allen, senior, 6-3, 240, Southern IllinoisLB -- Dylan Cole, senior, 6-1, 236, Missouri StateLB -- Nick DeLuca, senior, 6-3, 245, North Dakota StateLB -- Brett Taylor, junior, 6-2, 230, Western IllinoisDB -- LeRoy Alexander, senior, 6-0, 195, Youngstown StateDB -- Tre Dempsey, junior, 5-10, 178, North Dakota StateDB -- Tyson Graham, senior, 6-2, 210, South DakotaDB -- Alec Kocour, junior, 6-0, 190, Illinois StateSPECIAL TEAMS=LS -- Joshua Appel, senior, 6-2, 250, Indiana StatePK -- Zak Kennedy, sophomore, 6-0, 160, Youngstown StateP -- Sam Kuhter, junior, 6-0, 207, Northern IowaRS -- Deion Holliman, junior, 5-9, 181, Missouri State Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
The best thing about college football is that we all feel like we own it. Peter Holland Maple Leafs Jersey Authentic . Thats occasionally the worst thing, too. But the passion that the sport engenders is what separates it from the NFL, thank goodness.This has been an unusual year, from the uber-dominance of Alabama every single week to the uber-goofiness of the Big Ten Conference race, college footballs postseason inkblot test. If you have an opinion about the College Football Playoff, theres a Big Ten team for you.Believe in the sanctity of a conference champion? Believe in rewarding the best team? Believe that a good loss is better than a bad win? Yeah, the Big Tens got that.I walked into Lucas Oil Stadium in high dudgeon that a victorious Penn State would be jobbed, that the Big Ten champion that beat Ohio State should be in line ahead of the Buckeyes. In theory, perhaps. In reality, the Nittany Lions neither looked nor played like one of the four best teams in the nation Saturday night. Their chemistry is undoubtable, their spirit unquenchable, and no team east of USC improved more over the course of the season.But I would say the four teams in the playoff are better than Penn State, and No. 6 Michigan beat the Nittany Lions by 39 points. I dont want to see Penn State playing Alabama.The committees decision to reward Ohio State, and not the Big Ten champion, will be fodder for the eight-team playoff crowd. Maybe someone out there wants to decry the injustice of not seeing a rematch of No. 1 Alabamas 52-6 defeat of No. 9 USC, or would love to see an Ohio State-Michigan quarterfinal rematch, or see Clemson play Oklahoma in the postseason for a third consecutive season. The charms of those three matchups escape me.Lets face it. We all see Alabama walking down the 18th fairway of the final round of The Open, and we expect the telecast director to cut to the shot of the engraver etching Nick Sabans name onto the Claret Jug one more time. By this time, the guy ought to be able to do it in his sleep.Alabama is courting history in the College Football Playoff. The semifinals will reprise one famous college football game, and one infamous.Southern football announced itself on the national stage in the 1926 Rose Bowl when Alabama, invited only after Dartmouth, Yale and Colgate said no, beat a Washington team considered unbeatable. The Tide spotted the Huskies a 12-0 lead, but then came back in the second half to win 20-19.We will spend the next four weeks debating Alabamas place in history more than we will debate whether Washington, a team with the kind of speed at the skill positions that has challenged the Crimson Tide, not to mention a smart, athletic defense, will pull off the upset.No team needs a respite more than the Crimson Tide, which lost another defensive starter to injury Saturday when linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton suffered a right knee injury. Safety and kick returner Eddie Jackson already is out for the year, and cornerback Marlon Humphrey has a tender hamstring.Ohio State and Clemson forever will be linked by the 1978 Gator Bowl, when elderly, infirm Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes punched Tigers linebacker Charlie Bauman after his late interception sealed Clemsons 17-15 victory. Ohio State fired Hayes the next day, guaranteeing Bauman fame he never desired. More college football fans think of that game than of Clemsons 40-35 victory over Ohio State three years ago.The Buckeyes and the Tigers shared a propensity for winning close games, a muscle that Alabama barely even flexed. Ohio State won four games by one score, two of them in overtime over the Wolverines and No. 8 Wisconsin, and two of them over 6-6 Northwestern and 3-9 Michigan State. Perhaps the latter two are why the Buckeyes fell to No. 3.Clemson won six games by seven points or fewer, which begs the question at what point a virtue becomes a liability. The selection committee evidently appreciated that four of Clemsons close victories came against teams in the final 25.But lets not allow the Xs and Os to overtake these games just yet. History is hovering close by, no matter who wins. If Alabama extends its winning streak to 27 games, the comparisons to the sports greatest teams will begin in earnest. 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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Jack Hobbes scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Hartford stormed back in the second half to beat Sacred Heart 87-79 in overtime on Saturday.The win is Hartfords first road win of the season and snaps a six-game losing streak.Sacred Hearts Sean Hoehn hit a 3-pointer to give the Pioneers a 58-43 lead with 7:51 to play. But Harford immediately put together an 11-0 run which cut the deficit to four. A Jason Dunne 3 gave the Hawks a 3-point lead inn the final minutes, before a Quincy McKnight layup for Sacred Heart sent the game to overtime. Doug Gilmour Maple Leafs Jersey. .Hartford (2-7) took control in the overtime, opening an 8-2 run for a 78-72 lead. A Dunne 3 made it 84-75 and Sacred Heart never threatened again.Jalen Ross finished with 15 points for the Hawks.McKnight had 20 points for the Pioneers (3-5). 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She climbed into the stands to hug her father, Walter, a doctor who drove her 100 miles or so to tournaments in France when she was in middle school. After another painful time on court during a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss to Simona Halep on Wednesday night, she called her father and came to her decision. "I have pain everywhere after 45 minutes or an hour of play," she said. "Ive been doing this for so long. And yeah, its just body-wise, I cant do it anymore." Bartoli has been hampered by an injured left foot, right ankle, right hamstring and Achilles tendon injury. She said every part of her body hurt while she was on the court Wednesday, and its been like that for some time. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 at the start of the 2012 season, but a Grand Slam title eluded her. Bartoli finally won at Wimbledon in her 47th Grand Slam tournament, the most by any woman before winning one. After that title, her ranking moved back to No. 7. Once the joy of that moment left, the pain returned and she found herself considering the end of her career. Her rough night on the court Wednesday convinced her that she had nothing left, with her Achilles, hip, shoulder and back aching. She decided to retire without fanfare or second guesses. "You know, everyone will remember my Wimbledon title," she said. "No one will remember the last match I played here. "Its been a tough decision to take. I dont take this easily. I mean, Ive been a tennis player for a long time and I had a chance to make my biggest dream a reality. I felt I really, really pushed through the ultimate limits to make it happen. "But now I just cant do it anymore." WTA Chairman and CEO Stacey Allaster congratulated her on her career. "She is an inspirational champion and a great ambassador for womens tennis that has dedicated her life to the sport and given so much back to the game," Allaster said. 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Borthwicks ready to play for England if they want him, Collingwood said later.Then again, for many of those who filled all the available seats at this tree-ringed ground in one of Southports most affluent areas, this occasion and these counties were more than sufficient to fill their day. One of the pleasantest additions to this years county match has been the presence of a good contingent of Durham supporters, who have established a small bastion of north-eastern loyalty under the left of the two balsam poplars by the railway line.Those travelling fans have had plenty to applaud and they may yet be cheering a victory late on the third day of this match. Having resumed on 88 for 3 in reply to Lancashires 204, Collingwoods batsmen hewed an 87-run lead against a home attack led by James Anderson, whose three spells from the Harrod Drive End surely extracted enough bounce and movement to satisfy the watching national selector, James Whitaker.Even a modest Lancashire collapse in their second innings may have depressed the attendance at the third day of this game. But the home side got to the close for the loss of only Tom Smith, who had just a pushed single to his name when he fished at a ball from Graham Onions and feathered a catch to Michael Richardson. Haseeb Hameed and Luke Procter played out the final 20 overs of the day with obvious care yet also a few alarms against the Durham seamers but this pair - Lancashires odd couple? - are used to batting together in second-team cricket and their unbroken 56-run stand gave home supporters their best watching of the day.And what was particularly noticeable was that very few people left the ground before the final ball had been bowled. The yellow Merseyrail trains that race to Liverpool four times an hour in summer may have been packed later but it seemed that people were prepared to cope with the odd queue. Even in the last few overs of the day, there was a stillness on the ground and it was broken only by the generous ovation which greeted the returning batsmen in the warm evening. Durhams players were applauded, too. Chris Rushworths new-ball spell from the Harrod Drive End had offered just as severe an examination of technique as Andersons had set earlier in the daySo for all that Lancashire loyalists will turn up on the third morning with renewed hope that their side can forge a substantial lead, Durham still have the slightest of advantages in this match. They do so because Borthwick and Stokes weathered the morning attentions of Anderson and because Collingwood, who needed a stitch in split webbing on the first day, added 71 for the seventh wicket with Coughlin early in the afternoon session.Until Anderson and Jarvis ran through most of the Durham tail with the new ball, the fall of a wicket was an event, not part of an extended sequence. Stokes, who made 21 off 70 balls, was the first to go when his firm front-foot push to Matt Parkinsons first ball of the innings only gave a return catch to the delighted legspinner, who was mobbed by his colleagues. Pale-eyed, scraggy-haired and mortal-hungry for a return to Test cricket, Stokes had applied himself with almost painful concentration but his discipline was matched by that of Borthwick, who departed three overs later when beaten in the flight and bowled by Simon Kerrigan.Just as the corporate guests were looking forward to their lunchtime starter Richardson was undone by Kyle Jarviss bounce from the Harrod Drive End to leave Durham on 169 for 6. But the first part of the afternoons play was controlled by Collingwood, who lifted Kerrigan for six to the right of the press tent and then hooked Anderson over the railway line. At that point the umpires had to find a new ball to replace the new ball. Anderson, though, seemed unlikely to be denied for long and he had the Durham skipper caught behind just three balls after he had reached his fifty and raised his bat to that splendid Shotley Bridge ghetto.Even then, Durham were not finished. 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