Toronto Marlies
TORONTO – The Toronto Marlies’ 100th home game was significant to the team – but only because it was a win.
Robbie Earl scored the winner as the Marlies edged the Hamilton Bulldogs 2-1 in American Hockey League action on Saturday.
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Two of Regina’s newest players made their home debuts against the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday night, both with varying degrees of success. Dallas Jackson had a solid night, while J.D. Watt’s had an outing he’d like to soon forget.
The Pats won the game in a shootout 2-1, with Jordan Eberle scoring the winner and assisting on Jackson’s marker in the second period.
Blake Griffin scores 18 as OU pulls away late against Rice
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -Blake Griffin tied his career high with 18 points and added nine rebounds as Oklahoma pulled away in the second half to defeat Rice 61-49.
NEW Zealand moved a step closer to a first National Basketball League finals appearance and doused West Sydney’s hopes of a late run to the play-offs with a 113-97 away win over the Razorbacks.
Trailing by seven points at quarter-time and three at the half, the Breakers stormed all over the Pigs in the second half of their clash at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre.
David Carney’s first-half goal secured Championship side Sheffield United’s passage to the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of Premier League Bolton.
Carney struck the only goal of the game three minutes before the break, coolly slotting past keeper Ali Al Habsi.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Senior Darnell Jackson had a career-high 25 points and sophomore Darrell Arthur added a season-high 22 points as the University of Kansas men’s basketball team pulled away from Boston College for a 85-60 victory on Saturday afternoon at Silvio O. Conte Forum.
Darnell Jackson scored 25 points with nine rebounds and Darrell Arthur added 22 points in front of a surprisingly supportive road crowd on Saturday to lead No. 3 Kansas to an 85-60 victory over Boston College.
Kansas won its first 14 games for the sixth time in school history, and the Jayhawks remained one of six unbeaten teams in the nation with one game left before next week’s Big 12 opener against Nebraska. Boston College (10-3) failed in its first game against a ranked opponent this season.
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Third Round Proper
Saturday 5 January 2008
Winning clubs receive £40,000
Havant and Waterlooville scored a late equaliser against League One leaders Swansea City to ensure a non-League club go into the hat for The FA Cup Fourth Round draw on Monday.
Earlier in the day, the two other non-League sides in the Third Round – Chasetown and Cambridge United – took the lead against Championship sides Cardiff City and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, but ended falling at the last.
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Starter/reliever Gerry Staley, who won 88 games in 7 and a fraction seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and later was a standout in the bullpen for the 1959 AL pennant winning Chicago White Sox, passed away this past Wednesday at age 87.
His son Brian told media on Friday that he died of natural causes at his home in Vancouver.