Oct 24
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Two wins in three games earned Bills rookie quarterback Trent Edwards the starting job, and sent J.P. Losman to a familiar place — the bench.
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Oct 24
BESEIGED ARU chairman Peter McGrath has returned home vowing to defend his reputation following a complaint from a sponsor about his behaviour at the Rugby World Cup.
McGrath was forced to step aside after Bundaberg Rum complained in writing to the ARU that the chairman was affected by alcohol after a lunch in Marseille on the eve of Australia’s quarter-final match against England.
Arriving in Sydney, McGrath was only prepared to make a short statement.
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Oct 24
Souness: No longer considered
Graeme Souness has pulled out of the running to become the next Bolton Wanderers manager.
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Oct 24
Jol: Denied row with substitute Berbatov
Martin Jol’s unstable standing as Tottenham boss has been further eroded following an apparent rift with Dimitar Berbatov during the defeat at Newcastle.
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Oct 24
Dallaglio: Has failed to fully back Brian Ashton
England may have upset the odds to reach the World Cup final, however that has not been enough to earn Brian Ashton the support of one of his players.
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Oct 24
David Nalbandian celebrates winning his first Masters Series title in Madrid
The unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian claimed a shock victory over world number one Roger Federer when he came from a set down to clinch his first Masters Series title with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 win here yesterday.
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Oct 24
Tour de France third-place finisher Levi Leipheimer has decided to migrate to the Astana team for next season, where several of his former Discovery Channel teammates and director Johan Bruyneel have already landed.
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Oct 24
Freshman Todd O’Brien scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Orange team past the Blue 74-71 Tuesday night in Bucknell’s annual intrasquad men’s basketball game. Patrick Behan scored 15 points and Darryl Shazier and Jason Vegotsky had 12 each for the winning side, while John Griffin led the Blue team with 22.
O’Brien, the 6’11″ rookie center from New Holland, Pa., was impressive in his first live action for the Bison. He made 9 of 12 shots from the floor and 3 of 4 from the line, and he also blocked a pair of shots. He had 14 points and eight rebounds at the half.
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Oct 24
ROGER Federer shifted his impeccable tennis back on course after a weekend finals loss, but had to survive a scare from a German giant to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Michael Berrer, a hulking 100kg and 1.90metres, threatened to re-write the script of Federer’s 2007 Basel tennis homecoming, winning a set before finally falling 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 after nearly 90 minutes.
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