Nov 06
Liam Fontaine did more than break his senior duck with the header that rescued a point for Bristol City in this highly-charged encounter. He also put his manager Gary Johnson in the shop window by coming up with a quick fire response to Jay Bothroyd’s first-half goal for a fully committed Wolverhampton Wanderers. So bemused was Johnson by the central defender’s failure to get on the score-sheet while playing for him at Yeovil town or Ashton Gate that he promised several weeks ago to bare his backside in Burton’s when he finally did so.
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Nov 06
MICHAEL Rodd produced a textbook ride to win the Melbourne Cup on Efficient, unleashing a withering run from the gelding to chase down and pass Purple Moon in the closing stages to win going away.
Rodd gave Efficient, the first Victoria Derby winner to win the Melbourne Cup as a four-year-old since Phar Lap in 1930, a wonderful ride.
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Nov 06
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Groin, the very mention of the word makes Wild fans cringe. Why? It usually means that star winger, Marian Gaborik has managed to get hurt yet again. This is especially painful, no pun intended when you consider how the team worked so hard during this off-season with the hope it would not become an issue. Compounding this situation, was his friend and teammate Pavol Demitra also suffering a groin injury. Once again the Wild will have to find away to win without their dynamic Slovakian duo. If there is anything fortunate about the timing of this recent bout of groin injuries, is that after this game team will not be playing for 6 days. Hopefully that will be enough time to get everyone healthy. This will put the focus back on the 2nd and 3rd line to step up their game to try to boost their offensive production as they faceoff against division rival Edmonton Oilers tonight at the Xcel Energy Centre.
The Wild seemed a bit slow at the start of the first period, but quickly they’d start playing with more energy and Minnesota would start to pressure the young and battered Oilers. Former Chicoutimi Sagueneens’ star, Pierre-Marc Bouchard would draw a penalty on Robert Nilsson when he hooked former CHL player of the year yielding the Wild’s first power play. Minnesota did not take long to strike on the man advantage, as Petteri Nummelin who was playing on the wing tonight would give a fantastic and laser-like diagonal pass that went right onto the stick of Mark Parrish who fired it home by former Wild goaltender Dwayne Roloson to put the State of Hockey up 1-0. Minnesota’s pressure would continue and despite giving the Oilers’ a power play they would quickly even it up because they were being aggressive compelling Jarrett Stoll to hook a racing Brian Rolston, the Oilers would help out the Wild when just after the 4-on-4 ended Steve Staios was given a delay of game for clearing the puck into the crowd. On the power play Minnesota moved the puck with great precision and generated some great chances on Roloson, but were unable to capitalize. The Oilers tried to rally back with some good forechecking work and the Wild perhaps feeling content with their lead stopped moving their feet, and Eric Belanger was called for holding. On the ensuing penalty kill, Mikko Koivu seemed almost like a one-man penalty kill unit as he disrupted the Oilers’ passing lanes and even turning one of his intercepts into a shorthanded rush only to be foiled by a slash by Dick Tarnstrom that wasn’t called. Minnesota would make a big splash offensively, late in the 1st when another Oilers penalty had the Wild putting another showcase on the power play with tremendous puck movement that drew another penalty when Tarnstrom tried to hook Brent Burns, and on the delayed call the Wild kept firing shots at Roloson. The Oilers could not get control of the puck to draw a faceoff, and the puck would end up on the stick of Pierre-Marc Bouchard who would rip a wrister by Roli the goalie to give the Wild a 2-0 lead, and as an added bonus the team was still going to have a 2:00 power play to work with. The State of Hockey took just 9 seconds to light the lamp a second time when a great cross ice pass by Bouchard to a streaking Kurtis Foster and he entered the Edmonton zone and unleashed a slapper that blew past Roloson for the team to put Minnesota up 3-0 going into the 2nd period.
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Nov 06
By: Davion W
Government auto auctions can be your answer to this situation: You may have felt a sense of envy whenever you stop at a traffic light junction and see a sleek BMW stopping next to you. Before you accelerate from your stationary position when the light turns green, the BMW has taken off and is at a distance ahead of you. You start to wonder why are there so many rich people around who can afford such luxury cars. It does not matter how they can afford these cars. The most important is you can be like them and find your dream car at a price you can afford at government auto auctions.
We will look at a few types of government auto auctions you might be interested in. Government seized auto auctions are places where you can find heaps of cars seized and confiscated by the government from criminals. Criminals like drug dealers earn big money and this can be seen in the type of automobile they drive. You can find car makes like BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsches at these auctions. So if you are keen on driving home a quality car without paying the hefty price, these auctions are for you.
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Nov 06
By: Jason Petrina
You meet the nicest people on a Honda. That was the slogan in the 1960’s in America when Honda began to transform the image of the motorcycle. Previously most people thought of motorbikes as big Harley Davidson or Indian Hogs, or the BMW’s of Germany. Images of leather jackets and biker gangs were common. Honda changes all that by popularizing the idea of a small, fun, motorcycle that the family could enjoy.
Honda was founded by a man named Soichiro Honda who began to work in an auto mechanics shop I Tokyo in 1922. He was fifteen at the time. When he discovered that he would be babysitting the owner’s kids instead of learning mechanics he left the job, but they called him back six months later when they really needed the help. When an earthquake devastated Tokyo Honda was one of the few mechanics left in town. He gained experience and became interested in auto racing, building his own racer with a V8 engine previously used in a fighter aircraft..
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Nov 06
PITTSBURGH — John Russell is a humble guy who spent much of his career in the minors. He lacks a marquee name or a big-time resume, and he was fired as a coach two years ago by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Nov 06
Guwahati: 5 November 2007
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Nov 06
CAN’T get to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup? Can’t even get to a TV set? If you’re unfortunate enough to be at work on this great day, look no further than FOXSPORTS.com.au.
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The Parade Ring: A warm welcome to all and sundry on this most majestic of sporting days, the Melbourne Cup. I’ll be keeping you posted on all things Cup throughout the day, until well after the last race, slumped over my chair wondering where it all went wrong. Prior to race descriptions and results, you’ll get ample opportunity to laugh at the Fox Sports Fiver – five sheets each-way on a nag in each of the 10 races. Better yet, your involvement is very much requested - email me your racing musings at using the address above. They might even get published.
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Nov 06
FORMER West Coast forward Ashley Sampi took the first step yesterday towards reviving his career, starting pre-season training with Melbourne.
Sampi has moved in with close friend, Demon Aaron Davey, and is intent on proving his worth.
"He trained with the group today and he looks OK," Melbourne football manager Chris Connolly said last night.
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