Gary Klein Los Angeles Times
The Trojans remained right where they left off before their free weekend: 11th in the Associated Press media poll and 11th in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
The Trojans returned to practice Sunday with fresh legs and appeared enthused about playing seventh-ranked Arizona State, which is sixth in the BCS standings.
The traveling madman that is Clint Mathis has again hit the road, this time landing back in LA with the Galaxy. After a decent season in New York, Mathis will now head to the home of Beckham and Donovan to see if he can make anything happen on the West coast.
In return for Mathis, New York got LA’s natural third round pick in the upcoming 2008 MLS SuperDraft. Continue reading »
World number one Justine Henin has always claimed that she would prefer another Roland Garros title over winning Wimbledon. However, her opinion has changed, and when asked "A fifth Roland Garros or a first Wimbledon?" she replied "Wimbledon!" without hesitation.
Henin’s coach, Carlos Rodriguez, has prepared a plan, some tactical and psychological changes, which will enable the Belgian to win the only Grand Slam title she misses.
Whoever counted out Miami might want to reconsider. Jeff Goodman liked what he saw in his roundup of the early-season tourneys.
Filed under Arizona
Dubai has been on my golf radar for quite a while now, and I’ve posted about the land sometimes known as “the Arabian desert playground” several times on these pages.
I’ve gotten to know more about it lately though a couple of blogger friends, who live, work, blog and play golf there, and really enjoy the vibrant, cosmopolitan lifestyle.
By: Alexander de Albuquerque
The BMW M6 is the most sophisticated and powerful BMW 6 Series Coupe ever. Under the lightweight body of this luxurious 2+2 lurks a thoroughbred super sports car boasting a V10, 507bhp power unit, providing 520Nm of torque. A seven-speed sequential manual gearbox and a superior chassis and suspension compliment its engine.
The all-new M6 features weight-saving technologies such as a carbon-fiber roof and 19-inch forged aluminium wheels that are almost four pounds lighter than regular cast wheels. With almost 500 horsepower available, BMW claims the M6 will hit 60 mph in under 4.6 seconds, and it will run to 20 5mph without the traditional 155-mph speed limiter.
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2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier
9pm, Tuesday 20 November 2007
Agueda, Portugal
Stuart Pearce says that captain Steven Taylor and Gabriel Agbonlahor are both concerns ahead of England Under-21s’ Euro 2009 qualifier in Portugal on Tuesday.
Agbonlahor opened the scoring for England in their 2-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday, but was taken off with a knee injury after an awkward fall midway through the second-half, while Taylor has a problem with his back.
While Lloyd Carr came under fire over the last few seasons for his problems against Ohio State and in bowl games, his overall resume will make him one of the greats.
The Legacy of Lloyd Carr
By Pete Fiutak
We live in a BCS world where a combination of human biases and opinions are mixed in with the cold hard data generated from the computers. When taking into account the legacy of Lloyd Carr, it’ll be important to take a step back from the recent issues with Ohio State and bowl games to look at the entire résumé, and then history might be far kinder than a segment of the fan base was over the last few years.
Oregon senior quarterback Dennis Dixon, Arkansas junior running back Darren McFadden and Florida sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow are finalists for the Maxwell Award for the nation’s best all-around player.
The Maxwell and eight other honors will be presented Dec. 6 at an awards ceremony televised by ESPN. Finalists were announced Monday.