Nov 05
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmie Johnson was caught between his competitive urge to win and the big-picture reality that a mistake could cost him a shot at another NASCAR Nextel Cup championship.
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Nov 05
Oklahoma Women’s Tennis Conludes the Fall Season
Nov. 4, 2007
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Oklahoma women’s tennis team concluded its fall slate Sunday, Nov. 4, with the completion of the San Diego State Invitational.
The Sooner duo of Christi Baxley and Tara Eckel won their first doubles title as a pair, claiming the flight two doubles bracket with an 8-3 win over San Diego State’s Ozge Atalay and Olivia Colman.
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Nov 05
Nov 05
Freshman Jordan Crawford scored 30 points to lead No. 9 Indiana over Division II North Alabama 121-76 in an exhibition game Sunday night.
Crawford shot 10-of-11, including 6-for-6 on 3-pointers.
Freshman Eric Gordon had 24 points before sitting out most of the second half after taking an elbow in the mouth. He left to receive dental care following the game.
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Nov 05
By: Sadayoshi
Used Japanese cars have attributes that new Japanese cars (or cars from any country actually) may not have. For example, the design of used Japanese cars are radically different from new cars nowadays – but different and new does not automatically mean better. There are Japanese used cars which actually look very much better than some of these new designs of Japanese cars that are coming out. If you are a collector of Japanese used cars, you might be blessed with having a collection that feature a host of designs that the new generation of car owners may never have seen or even heard of.
Old does not mean bad, which is why there are vintage car owners even up to now. Such people adhere to the credo “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” so they make it a point to collect vintage used Japanese cars which seem beautiful and attractive to them. What makes one set of Japanese used cars vintage while another set of used Japanese cars simply old and second-hand? Actually, nothing in particular except the taste of the collector. Even damaged Japanese used cars may be valuable to such collectors if they are able to buy them, preserve or refurbish them, and then put them up for re-sale or simply display to an admiring public. If you wait long enough, any Japanese used car for sale will eventually qualify as vintage anyway, which is why some people hang on to their old used Japanese cars for a lifetime, and even let their children inherit these eventually.
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Nov 05
By: Rob Parker
On October 1, 2007 the Ford Motor Company announced a grant of $5 million to be distributed annually in $1 million increments to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative (MITEI). In so doing, Ford became the Initiative’s first sustaining member and will have a seat on the MITEI Executive Committee, a body charged with steering the program’s strategic direction.
“The development of new transportation technologies is critical for meeting the world’s energy needs,” said Professor Ernest Moniz, the directory of the Energy Initiative. “As the first mover for the automotive technologies of the 20th century, Ford Motor Company transformed the world. This research collaboration is designed to support Ford’s commitment to providing similar transformational technologies for a new century.”
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Nov 05
France
PARIS – Lens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second half to beat Saint-Etienne 3-2 on Sunday and move out of the relegation zone in the French league.
Ivory Coast forward Aruna Dindane chipped the ball over the Saint-Etienne defence to collect it inside the area and shoot past goalkeeper Jeremie Janot for the winner in the 85th minute.
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Nov 05
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Chase Budinger scored 17 points to help No. 17 Arizona beat Concordia 68-50 in an exhibition game on Sunday. The Wildcats played without head coach Lute Olson, who is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons.
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Nov 05
Former Oklahoma Sooners piles up 296 rushing yards against Chargers
Nov. 4, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS – If anyone could make a statement for the NFL Hall of Fame in just his eighth career game, Adrian Peterson certainly added his name to the ballot.
Peterson raced to the NFL’s single-game rushing record with a 296-yard performance in the Vikings 35-17 victory against the San Diego Chargers.
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Nov 05
Oklahoma ranked in top five of AP for 350th week of 965 total polls. NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma was ranked No. 4 in the Harris, Coaches and AP polls released Sunday. The Sooners rose to No. 5 in the latest BCS standings.
OU was the highest-ranked Big 12 team with Kansas (5) and Missouri (7) also ranked in the top 10 of all three polls and the BCS. Texas was ranked from 12th to 15th in the three polls. The Sooners own regular-season victories against Missouri and Texas.
Oklahoma plays two of its final three regular-season games in Norman. OU next hosts Baylor at Owen Field on Saturday, Nov. 10.
Sunday also marked the 350th week that Oklahoma was ranked in the top five of the AP poll. Initiated in 1936, the AP has issued 965 weekly polls to date. In more than one-third of the polls (36%), Oklahoma has been ranked in the top five. No team in college football history has been ranked more times in the AP top five than Oklahoma. OU and Notre Dame are tied for the most weeks ranked No. 1 at 95 each.
OU All-Time in the AP Poll | Oklahoma Football History & Tradition
AP Poll Coaches Poll Harris Poll
Oklahoma was No. 5 in the latest BCS standings, also released Sunday. The BCS standings formula consists of three components, each weighted equally: the Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe).
Complete BCS Standings | About the BCS | Computer Rankings
BCS Standings Computer Rankings
Source: Sooners No. 4 in Polls, No. 5 in BCS
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