Inzamam: hanging up his bat
I have taken this decision after much thought and I realise that my presence in the dressing room could be a pressure on the younger players. So I have decided this is the best time for me to bid farewell to a game I have loved so much.
Inzamam-ul-Haq
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Well, you have to start somewhere and its no different in the State of Hockey as the Minnesota Wild got their 2007-08 regular season started in their home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks. While it may have not been the dominating game the team had hoped for, in fact the play was downright sloppy at times, it still managed to come away with win. You can bet though, with some of the dangerous plays that occurred especially during the 3rd period this team is far more likely earned the team a stern lecture rather than praise from Wild Head Coach Jacques Lemaire.
In front of another sellout crowd at the Xcel Energy Centre, the Wild seemed a bit “tired” or “sleepy” to say the least. The Blackhawks pressed the attack right from the drop of the puck, and had the Wild on their heels.   The result of Chicago seeming to have their “legs” with them and the Wild clearly without them was Minnesota struggling to score while clearly hanging on as Chicago generated most of the quality scoring chances. This lack of speed would cost the Wild when former Philadelphia Flyer Patrick Sharp would get behind the Wild’s defense and he’d race in all alone on the breakaway, only to be denied by a great sprawling save by Niklas Backstrom. Backstrom, had to have felt rather alone on the ice as the Wild were giving up all kinds of chances in the first; including big blasts from the point by Chicago’s Magnus Johnansson.  Despite the slow start, and thanks to great goaltending of Niklas Backstrom, the game would still be knotted at 0-0.
A FINAL quarter blitz from CJ Bruton has handed Brisbane Bullets a hard-fought 116-107 win over Perth Wildcats in their NBL clash at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
Bruton scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, including three three-pointers, as the Bullets shrugged off a determined Wildcats to claim their third win of the season.
Bruton finished with 25 points, with Ebi Ere shooting a team-high 27 and Dusty Rychart adding 18.
San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley will not be suspended for his role in an on-field confrontation with an umpire that left Bradley with an injured knee and the umpire suspended for the rest of the season, baseball’s chief disciplinarian said Thursday, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Unless specifically informed otherwise, it is safe to assume that England are perpetually searching for another spin bowler or a different wicketkeeper. The latest two to be plucked out in each category are, respectively, Graeme Swann and Philip Mustard, whose displays in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka on Monday have begun to assume a titanic hue, since the tourists’ performance in other areas was so worryingly ponderous.
While the current Notre Dame football team is living in the cellar, there’s no questioning the amazing history of the Fighting Irish. This weekend’s game at UCLA has prompted a refresher course in ND legend/lore, as it represents Notre Dame’s first game in the Rose Bowl since their legendary game against the Stanford Indians in 1925, a game which earned the first National Championship for Notre Dame.
The names alone from the 1925 game are a trip down memory lane for most college football fans – the Four Horsemen, Elmer Layden, Ernie Nevers, Knute Rockne, Pop Warner, and many more – but the legendary stories from the game are part of what would entrench the legend of Notre Dame throughout the country.
Hamilton: no penalty
I did the best job I could under extremely difficult circumstances with the rain, and I did the best job I could to stay out of everyone else’s way
Lewis Hamilton
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Dida: Dramatic
Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has called for Milan goalkeeper Dida to be banned for diving.
Steyn: 5-56
Dale Steyn bowled South Africa to a 160-run victory in the opening Test against South Africa in Karachi.
Kosta Koufos walks alone onto the Ohio State practice court, pounds the ball hard off the floor from his right hand to his left, passing it between his legs along the way. He jabs his left leg and shoulder toward an imaginary defender, then pulls back and sinks a 3-point jumper.
Big deal, right? Tennessee’s Chris Lofton could do this while blindfolded, handcuffed and singing the opening aria from Rigoletto.